Nine female Maine college students who are all alumnae of the Maine NEW Leadership program based at the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center will be in Augusta Thursday, March 22, to shadow current Maine legislators.
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Channel 5 (WABI) on Thursday covered the annual “Grad Fair” at the University Bookstore, a chance for many of the 2012 graduates to get an early opportunity to order or purchase commencement accessories, regalia and mementos. The report included interviews with a graduating senior and Bookstore floor manager Colleen Gagnon. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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A UMaine student was featured Wednesday in the Bangor Daily News’ Photo of the Day. Vinni Nesin, a student from Lincoln, was enjoying the relatively warm temperatures by riding her skateboard on campus. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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The Bangor Daily News reported UMaine hockey player Spencer Abbott has been named the Hockey East Player of the Year by College Hockey Weekly. Abbott, a senior who is not related to UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott, leads the country in scoring and in points per game. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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The University of Maine student group Engineers Without Borders-UMaine (EWB-UMaine) was named Sunday the winner of the Newman’s Own Foundation Campus Community Service Challenge, which comes with a top prize of $25,000. The award was announced at America East Conference Basketball Championship tournament in Hartford, Conn.
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Bangor TV station WABI reported that Justin Edwards, a freshman on the UMaine men’s basketball team, was named Wednesday the College Sports Madness America East Rookie of the Year. Edwards was the top-scoring freshman in the conference this year. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Children, parents and guardians will have a chance Wednesday, March 7 to learn about more than 100 Maine summer camps for kids at the Summer Camp Fair being held from 4-7 p.m. at the University of Maine New Balance Student Recreation Center.
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Sarah Smiley, a columnist for the Bangor Daily News wrote Monday about the dinner she and her three sons shared with UMaine men’s ice hockey coach Tim Whitehead and student-athletes Nick Pryor and Kyle Beattie. The Black Bear hockey representatives were part of the “Dinner with the Smileys project,” in which Sarah Smiley invites special […]
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Judith Josiah-Martin, director of Multicultural Programs and ALANA Center at UMaine, was recently interviewed for a video produced by the America East Conference, of which many UMaine sports teams are members. The video is part of the conference’s effort to honor the African-American faculty and staff members from each of the nine schools affiliated with […]
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UMaine’s Male Athletes Against Violence (MAAV) student group appeared at the State House Tuesday to help mark Maine’s second Domestic Violence Awareness Day. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Roosevelt Boone, a former UMaine football player who was representing MAAV, who said adults and parents need to call out jokes, TV shows and music lyrics that […]
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