Student Life

News About Palm Vein Scanners in Dining Halls

The website PR Web has a news release about UMaine’s use of palm vein scanner biometric software for student check-in at on-campus dining halls. According to the news release, the technology is expected to save thousands of dollars per by year by eliminating shared cards, a practice that has students share their meal plans at […]

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UMaine, NAACP to Host 2012 MLK Breakfast

The Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine will present the 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration Monday, Jan. 16 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the UMaine Wells Conference Center.

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Advance on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events

The Bangor Daily News advanced the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration taking place at UMaine. The events include a keynote address by Professor Denise Patmon, director of the undergraduate teacher licensure program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. UMaine athletes, students and community members will lead the activities, which include crafts, […]

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Report On Hand Scanners in UMaine Dining Halls

The Bangor Daily News has a report on the hand scanners, installed last semester, in several UMaine dining facilities. The scanners were installed to keep costs down and eliminate the sharing of MaineCards, a practice that can cost UMaine up to $4,100 per card, the price of a meal plan for an academic year, according […]

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UMaine Student in TV Report on Toy Donations

Anna Assenmacher, a graduate student in UMaine’s Maine Business School, was interviewed for a WABI-TV about the MBS Corps toy drive, which collected about 150 toys for local children whose parent might not be able to afford toys during the holidays. The MBS Corps is the volunteer outreach and social responsibility arm of the Maine […]

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Channel 5 Covers Student Campout for ‘Habitat’

Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed several UMaine student members of the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity Thursday who have been camping out near the Mall to draw attention to and raise money for the effort to reduce substandard housing for people who cannot afford improvements. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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Coverage of UMaine Football Pep Rally

Several Bangor television stations covered Wednesday’s pep rally in the Memorial Union in support of the UMaine football team’s quarterfinal playoff game against Georgia Southern Saturday. WABI did a live broadcast from the pep rally, including an interview with Raibonne Charles, a senior defensive lineman and forestry major. WVII also interviewed senior linebacker Vinson Givans, […]

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Sentence in Student Hit-and-Run Death

The Bangor Daily News and other media outlets reported on the sentencing of  a South Berwick man who was convicted of manslaughter and drunk driving in the January 2010 death of UMaine student Jordyn Bakley. Garrett Cheney was sentenced to 15 years in prison with all but seven suspended for the incident. Bakley would have […]

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Pep Rally to Support Black Bear Football Team Dec. 7

A pep rally for the Black Bear football team will be held at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Maine Marketplace of the Memorial Union. The UMaine team is headed to Statesboro, Ga., for a Dec. 10 matchup with third-ranked Georgia Southern in the NCAA national quarterfinals. The marching band will perform in the atrium […]

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Report on Fraternity Members Back in House

The Bangor Daily News reported most of the members of UMaine’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity are back in their house on College Avenue following repairs and renovations this semester. The house was shut down in September by Orono town officials are several code violations were discovered after an inspection. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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