Several media outlets have reported on the news that John Voltz has been hired as executive director of Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. Mainebiz had a story about the hiring, noting that the Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s entrepreneurial community […]
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Bangor TV station WLBZ covered Wednesday’s annual Career Fair, which was held at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The report said hundreds of students had the opportunity to visit with dozens of companies and organizations about jobs and internship opportunities. Several students, including mechanical engineering major Jake Low, who said location and job satisfaction […]
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In a news release on the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch web page, Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and UMaine, announced the hiring of John Voltz as its Executive Director. The Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s […]
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ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this summer’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS), a biennial cultural event that will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the UMaine campus to create stone artwork for permanent display at eight locations in Orono, Old Town and Bangor.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Feb. 1 Career Fair planned by UMaine’s Career Center at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Representatives from some 85 companies, organizations and graduate school programs are looking to meet UMaine and other colleges students who could land internships and full or part time jobs. Contact: Patty Counihan, (207) […]
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The website Bleacher Report named Orono one of the nation’s 50 best hockey cities. The ranking cited the “fantastic players” that have come out of UMaine and also the “red-hot” hockey community. Orono was ranked 29th, ahead of communities with NHL teams such as Anaheim, Calif., Dallas, and Tampa Bay. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Some 85 companies and organizations, and as many as 1,000 college students, are preparing for the annual Career Fair Feb. 1 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center, sponsored by the UMaine Career Center. The annual event connects employers with students, who often land internships or full time jobs as a result of the introductions. […]
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The Bangor Daily News has an advance on next week’s visits to campus by the three finalists for the UMaine System chancellor position. All three will be on the UMaine campus Jan. 18-20 with open forum sessions from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in Wells Conference Center Room 2. The system’s chancellor search web page […]
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Lauri Sidelko, the director of UMaine’s Alcohol and Drug Education Programs (ADEP), was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about binge drinking in Maine. Sidelko said ADEP uses the term high-risk drinking in order to better connect with students. The program teaches students to recognize their personal intolerance for alcohol and about the legal […]
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Several media outlets covered Monday’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. The Bangor Daily News noted the focus of the event was on education and King’s vision for how American children should learn — regardless of race, social or economic standing. Phyllis Brazee, a UMaine […]
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