Student Life

News Report On Student Running For Biddeford Mayor

Contact: Jessica Bloch 207-581-3777 The Portland Press Herald has a report about a UMaine sophomore who is running for mayor of Biddeford. Ryan Gavin, 20, is a political science major who lives in Biddeford and is taking classes online.

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Student Newspaper Wins Regional Award

Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 The Society for Professinal Journalists has recognized The Maine Campus, UMaine’s student newspaper, as 2010’s top non-daily student newspaper in Region 1.  That includes New York, New Jersey, New Engand and part of Pennsylvania.   The Maine Campus won the same award in 2001.  The nine other regional winners, which include […]

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UMaine Student Announces Run For Biddeford Mayor

Contact: Jessica Bloch 207-581-3777 UMaine student Ryan Gavin announced Sunday he intends to run for mayor of Biddeford, according to a story on the Portland-based WCSH television website. Gavin, who is taking online courses while living in Biddeford, has served two years on the school committee there.

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International Youth to Explore Campus, Programs

Contact: Karen Boucias, (207) 581-3433 The UMaine Office of International Programs and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are bringing about 40 international high school students from John Bapst, Orono High School and Lee Academy to campus for tours of some of the university’s facilities and programs Thursday, April 14.

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Commencement Activities Advanced

Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Portland television station WGME has an Associated Press story about the upcoming UMaine commencement. The 209th commencement ceremonies, which are expected to draw a combined 14,000 people to Orono for a morning and afternoon ceremony, will be held Saturday, May 7. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will give commencement addresses during both […]

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Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s Great Orono Bike Swap May 1

Contact: Nancy Grant, (207) 623-4511 or (207) 400-6558 The annual Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s Great Orono Bike Swap is scheduled May 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UMaine Student Recreation and Fitness Center, offering people a chance to buy affordable used mountain bikes, road bikes, classic cruisers, kids’ bikes and hybrids, or […]

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Alpha Phi’s ‘Move Your Phi’t 5k Run/Walk’ to Benefit Cardiac Care

Contact: Emma Morrison, (207) 351-6404 or emma.morrison@umit.maine.edu The women of the Delta Nu chapter of Alpha Phi International Women’s Fraternity will host their 9th annual Move Your Phi’t 5k run/walk in support of women’s cardiac care and research on April 17. The race will begin and end at the Buchanan Alumni House on the University […]

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UMaine Students, Faculty Rally On Campus

The Bangor Daily News covered on Monday a rally in UMaine’s UMaine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza. The rally, which was held to express disapproval with proposed federal and state spending cuts, was scheduled to coincide with the anniversary of King’s assassination on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tenn. […]

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Opening Nears For Regional Learning Center In Falmouth

The Falmouth Forecaster newspaper website has a photo of Maine Department of Transportation workers on Monday posting signs directing travelers on Interstate 295 to UMaine’s new Regional Learning Center at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth. The center, which is scheduled to open the first week of May with a grand opening on May 14, will include […]

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