Student Life

Football win gets national attention

Chris Treister’s overtime two-point conversion score, which gave the UMaine Black Bears a 25-24 Saturday win over James Madison, was #2 on ESPN Sports Center’s “Top 10 Plays” on Sunday morning.  A Virginia television station’s news coverage includes video highlights from the game, including the decisive play. More game details are in a Maine Sunday […]

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Food Drive Oct. 14

UMaine’s Classified Employees Advisory Council and Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, in partnership with radio station WBFB (97.1 FM), are planning a “stuff the bus” food drive for Friday Oct. 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. near the Black Bear statue outside Memorial Gym.  Members of the UMaine community are invited to donate non-perishable food items […]

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David Lint 1952-2011

Former UMaine police officer David Lint has died at the age of 59.  An Orono resident who was also a well-known Celtic storyteller, Lint served on the UMaine police force for 26 years.  He is survived by four children and his wife of 38 years, Claire Lint, UMaine’s assistant manager of dining services.  One of […]

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TV Report on Suicide Prevention Walk

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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Bookstore centennial news coverage

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 covers suicide prevention/awareness walk

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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MTV program student casting call

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 Friday

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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Coverage of Whoopie Pie Event

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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