Sunday’s third annual Out of the Darkness Walk, which raises money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and is held on campus and in Orono, was covered by Bangor television station WABI (Channel 5). Kylie Cole, the prevention and education coordinator and a staff psychologist the UMaine’s Counseling Center, was interviewed for the story. […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a report on Friday’s celebration of the UMaine bookstore’s 100th anniversary. The story includes comments from President Ferguson, Vice President for Finance and Administration Janet Waldron, bookstore manager Dick Young and Colleen Gagnon, who has worked at the store for 31 years.
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WABI television broadcast a Sunday story about UMaine’s “Out of the Darkness” 3.5 mile walk to raise awareness for suicide prevention causes and activities. The annual event is organized by staff members in the UMaine Counseling Center.
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mtvU, MTV’s college channel, is looking to cast a few UMaine students for a series called “Dean’s List.” The episode will be produced in conjunction with the Campus Consciousness Tour taking place on campus Thursday Oct. 20. Specifically, producers are searching for students who are involved in initiatives that promote green/sustainable living. “Dean’s List” list […]
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Family and Friends Weekend begins at the University of Maine on Friday Sept. 30, with a 5-7 p.m. cookout featuring live entertainment by John Rush, also known as the human iPod. Rush, who is a popular performer on college campuses around the country, is a singer-songwriter who performs a combination of his own music and […]
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Several news outlets covered Wednesday’s whoopie pie event at Hilltop Dining Commons, during which a 4-foot-tall model of Mount Katahdin — made of around 1,500 whoopie pies — was unveiled to mark the law that makes the whoopie pie Maine’s state treat. University of Maine Foundation President Amos Orcutt, president of the Maine Whoopie Pie […]
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UMaine hosted Tuesday a college fair which drew high school students from dozens of Maine schools and had more than 200 college and university representatives. Bill Munsey, associate director of undergraduate admissions at UMaine, told Bangor television station WABI (Channel 5) there were colleges and universities from all over the country at the event. Contact: […]
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University Bookstore, the official bookstore of the University of Maine. To commemorate the occasion, a “birthday party” will be held this Friday from 1-3 p.m. at the store, located in the lower level of the Memorial Union. Students, faculty and staff members, alumni and […]
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Bakers at the University of Maine Dining Services serve up an average of 20,000 whoopie pies, with some four different flavors, each year on campus. Not that anyone’s counting. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the popular sandwich-size cake with a sweet frosting inside becomes the official state treat. At Hilltop Dining, chefs, cooks, bakers, staff and […]
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Sunday’s Cub Tracks Youth Triathlon, which was held at UMaine’s track and field complex, was featured in a Bangor Daily News article. Lisa Trimper, a health educator with Eastern Maine Medical Center and the wife of UMaine coach Steve Trimper, said the main goal of the event is to increase youth awareness of physical activity, […]
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