Comments from Lauri Sidelko, UMaine’s director of Drug and Alcohol Education Programs, were included in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News editorial about binge drinking among college students. Sidelko described some of the tactics she and her colleagues use to educate UMaine students about the dangers of excessive alcohol use.
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Nearly 2,000 new first-year students, members of the Class of 2015, will arrive at the University of Maine on Friday, Aug. 26. to begin Fall Welcome Weekend, a series of events designed to acclimate them to campus life and prepare them for the start of classes on Monday, Aug. 29. Fall Welcome Weekend begins with […]
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Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a photo from Monday’s Summer Tour 2011 open house for prospective students and their families. More than 2,000 people registered for the event, making it the largest open house UMaine has ever hosted. WLBZ/WCSH interviewed President Ferguson for a story about the event. Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean […]
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The following information from the Division of Student Affairs relates to parking and traffic on campus leading up to Friday August 26 and the Maine Hello. As the University of Maine prepares for the arrival of the Class of 2015 on Friday, August 26 it is important to be aware of parking lot closures necessary […]
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Some 1,895 people, mostly high school seniors and their family members, are registered for the University of Maine’s Monday, Aug. 22 Summer Tour 2011 open house event. Modeled after a similar open house last August, Summer Tour 2011 represents a fresh approach to the traditional open house. Prospective students and their families will have ample […]
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Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a story about the potential for the synthetic drug known as “bath salts” to be an issue at UMaine during the coming academic year. The story includes comments from Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Dana, police chief Roland LaCroix and Lauri Sidelko, director of Alcohol and Drug Education Programs.
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There were several reports from Sunday’s Mitchell Institute scholars lunch, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center according to the Bangor Daily News. Senator George Mitchell was the keynote speaker. Bangor television station WABI noted the institute has awarded more than $8.2 million in scholarships to more than 1,800 Maine high school graduates since […]
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Retired UMaine police sergeant Harold Kennedy died on Thursday Aug. 4 at the age of 74. An Old Town native, Kennedy was a popular “good, old-fashioned police officer,” as described by Officer Deborah Mitchell.
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) on Monday evening carried a report about the progress of the UMaine bicycle path rehabilitation project that is replacing and upgrading the paved paths through university forests between the campus and Old Town. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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Media reported Thursday and Friday the news that a jury found a North Berwick man guilty in the hit-and-run death of a UMaine student in 2010. Jordyn Bakley, a 20-year-old Camden resident, died in January 2010. Portland television station WCSH and Bangor’s WABI carried stories. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Bakley’s father. Foster’s Daily Democrat […]
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