WLBZ (Channel 2) reported around 19 incoming University of Maine freshmen volunteered Saturday to help Momentum, a support program for adults with developmental disabilities. Students spent the day doing chores such as yard work, washing cars and organization inside the Momentum building.
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Certified therapy dogs will return to Fogler Library this semester to offer stress relief and comfort for any student, staff or faculty member interested in visiting the animals, according to Fogler’s Public Relations Manager Gretchen Gfeller. Therapy dogs are scheduled to be in the Reserve Reading Room on the library’s first floor from 12–2 p.m. […]
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The Morning Sentinel spoke with Jimmy Jung, vice president for enrollment management at the University of Maine, about President Barack Obama’s series of higher education proposals that would rate colleges on metrics and tie federal aid to schools based on their ranking. Jung said he thinks the proposals are a “good way to hold colleges […]
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University of Maine students and Caribou natives Cameron Anderson and Chris Nadeau were interviewed in an Aroostook Republican & News article that was also published in the Bangor Daily News about their participation in the Education to Industry Summit held in Presque Isle. Anderson and Nadeau spoke about their summer internships at Presque Isle-based MMG […]
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Rachel Nelson, a performance artist and intermedia MFA student at the University of Maine, was featured in the arts and culture online journal BOMBLOG. She spoke about identity and power, and creating her work.
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,033 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Spring 2013 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,716 are from Maine, 254 are from out of state, and 63 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2013 Spring […]
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The Wall Street Journal interviewed two University of Maine students, John and Christine Carney, about their student loan debt and how it has changed their business plans for their startup, Through Thick and Thin. For their business, they make acrylic cupcake toppers, jewelry and ornaments using a laser cutter. Because of their debt, they have […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the Clean Sweep Furniture Sale held at the University of Maine. Funds from the sale will support the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service at the end of August.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Clean Sweep Furniture Sale being held at the University of Maine on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10. Lisa Morin, coordinator of the Bodwell Center for Service Volunteerism, spoke about the sale and how the funds will support the center’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service at the end of the […]
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The University of Maine will hold a Clean Sweep Furniture Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 in York Commons on Square Road. Items for sale include furniture, such as dressers, couches and chairs that are being replaced in the residence halls. […]
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