The trial of Garrett Cheney, a 23-year-old who is facing manslaughter and other charges in the Jan. 30, 2010 car crash that killed UMaine student Jordyn Bakley of Camden, is scheduled to begin in July, according to the Bangor Daily News. Cheney’s lawyer met with officials in court Monday. The Boston Herald had an AP […]
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Richard Barron has been named head coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team. Currently a North Carolina State women’s basketball assistant coach, Barron was chosen following a national search.
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Robin Arnold, a long-time UMaine staff member who graduates Saturday with a bachelor’s degree, is profiled in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story. An administrative associate in the School of Social Work, Arnold started course work 12 years ago on her way to a degree in Earth Sciences. The story, which includes comments from her […]
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INDIAN ISLAND – AmeriCorps members and the UMaine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, in conjunction with members of the Penobscot Nation, are looking for volunteers from the university and surrounding communities to help with a high-tunnel greenhouse gardening project on Indian Island this month.
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Basic information about UMaine’s commencement activities, which are being held Saturday, is available in a Bangor Daily News brief. For more information, see a news release here.
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A story in the Buffalo News included comments from UMaine football players Jeremy Kelley and Desmond Randall, who both played wide receiver for the Black Bears. Kelley and Randall, who are both natives of West Seneca, N.Y., went undrafted in last week’s NFL draft and are waiting to see if they sign free-agent contracts. Kelley […]
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ORONO — The University of Maine’s 209th commencement, scheduled for Saturday May 7, will fill Alfond Arena with graduates and spectators for each of its two sessions. One of Maine’s largest single-day, indoor annual events, UMaine commencement celebrates the accomplishments of those graduating from Maine’s flagship university.
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Two UMaine students were charged with assault after an incident that took place at the Orchard Trails housing complex, according to a Bangor Daily News report. Orono police told the BDN the incident happened early Sunday. Contact: Joe Carr, 207-581-3571
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UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood is one of the final six remaining on the CBS reality show “Survivor,” according to a column in the Waterville Sentinel. Zach Dionne, also a UMaine alum who is now an editor at AOL’s PopEater, writes that Underwood has not factored into many major strategic decisions, decisive challenge victories, or memorable […]
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Portland native Muna Abdullahi, a UMaine political science major and president of the UMaine Muslim Student Association, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about local reactions to the May 1 killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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