A University of Maine football player from Washington, D.C. serving as the athletic program director for the national youth health and fitness initiative is bringing a message about youth inactivity and obesity to Maine through a 2011 Wellness and Nutrition Summer Youth Camp program this summer.
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April 18, 2011 The fourth annual Healthy High Race/Walk is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20 at the University of Maine, with a 5K and a 10K run/walk scheduled to start at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center at 4:20 p.m.
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The progress of renovations to UMaine’s Alfond Arena and the ongoing fundraising efforts for renovations to Memorial Gym were the subject of a Bangor Daily News story. Alfond Arena renovations are set to begin after UMaine’s May 7 commencement activities. Athletic Director Steve Abbott told the BDN fundraising for the Memorial […]
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Contact: Judith Josiah-Martin, (207) 581-1437 ORONO — “Beyond Blame, Shame & Guilt – Thinking rather than feeling about privileged systems” is the title of public and student forums at the University of Maine on Tuesday, April 19, featuring internationally known activists Peggy McIntosh and Victor Lewis. The public forum, free and open to the public, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the identification and punishment of vandals who have twice this week damaged a flag pole on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. Part of Pride Week, an […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Several media outlets covered the disappearance from the campus of a flag in honor of Pride Week, a celebration of the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community. The flag was raised Monday, but on Tuesday it was noticed the flag was gone. UMaine Senior Associate Dean of Students Kenda Scheele told WABI […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The UMaine 2011 Graduate Academic Exposition was advanced in Friday’s Bangor Daily News. The expo, which is scheduled for April 21-22 at the Wells Conference Center, showcases research being done by graduate school students in the physical and natural sciences, technology, social sciences and the humanities.
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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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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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Contact: Kevin Taschereau, kevin.taschereau,@umit.maine.edu. ORONO — Maine Day, a University of Maine tradition now in its 76th year, is scheduled for Wednesday April 27.
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