Student Life

UMaine Student’s Obituary Published

The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]

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Newspapers Report Ongoing Investigation in Student Death

The Bangor Daily News published an article about the ongoing investigation into the death July 28 of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, a 22-year-old New Hampshire resident who fell from a steep mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The Seacoastonline.com newspaper group in southern Maine also carried the report. Investigators said they want to determine exactly […]

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TV Report on Student’s Mississippi River Adventure

Bangor TV station WABI reported on UMaine student Benton Purnell, who recently completed a 67-day canoe trip that took him the entire 2,500-mile length of the Mississippi River. Purnell said in an interview the trip came about when his father encouraged him to do something interesting this summer. He started in northern Minnesota, where he […]

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Student Noted in Story About Clothing Business

In a story on the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier website, UMaine student Neil St. Cyr was included for starting a new pop-up clothing business in a Main Street storefront in Biddeford. The store will be open until Aug. 31 as part of the Heart of Biddeford’s program to provide positive youth experiences and promote entrepreneurism in the […]

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Concord Monitor Reports on Student’s Death

The Concord Monitor newspaper in New Hampshire published an extensive article about the loss being felt at the University of Maine over the weekend of a student from Barnstead, N.H. who worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. Friends and co-workers of 22-year-old Shirley Ladd, who succumbed to injuries suffered in a fall from […]

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Media Coverage of Student Hiking Death

Several news organizations, including the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, continued coverage of the accidental death Saturday of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who fell from a mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The CBS News Travel Section also carried a report. Local news stations Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Jeff Hunt, […]

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News Media Report Student’s Death

Several news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Channel 5 (WABI) (http://www.wabi.tv/news/32134/update-name-of-new-hampshire-hiker-who-fell-off-trail-in-acadia-national-park-released), and Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on the death Saturday of 22-year-old UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who died from injuries suffered in a fall in Acadia National Park earlier in the day. Ladd, a psychology major with a minor in business […]

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UMaine Student Passes Away

University of Maine senior Shirley Ladd from Barnstead, N.H., died July 28 from injuries she sustained earlier that day while hiking in Acadia National Park. She was 22. Ladd was a psychology major with a minor in business administration who worked in the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus, most recently as a student […]

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Student’s Summer Internship Noted in Hartford Newspaper

The Hartford Courant has a story about Nick DiTaranto, a UMaine civil engineering major who is spending the summer as an intern in West Hartford, Conn., inspecting sidewalks on a bicycle. DiTaranto is close to completing the 245-mile inspection and has logged more than 700 sidewalk issues in a town database. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) […]

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