Student Life

UMaine Bodwell Gala 2011 Celebrates Community Engagement

Contact: Samantha Kane, 581-1796 ORONO – The Bodwell Center for Service & Volunteerism at the University of Maine will host its annual Community Engagement Gala on April 25 to celebrate and honor university members and community organizations for their commitment to service. During the event, the Bodwell Center will recognize individuals and groups that have […]

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Channel 5 Interviews Dana on Orono Fire

Channel 5 (WABI) broadcast a Monday report on UMaine’s reaction to a weekend Orono fire that displaced more than a dozen UMaine students.  Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students described the university’s response, which included providing various services and access to materials those students need to continue their studies uninterrupted.

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Column On UMaine Alumna Surviving On ‘Survivor’

The Morning Sentinel has another in its weekly series of columns about UMaine nursing alumna Ashley Underwood, who is a cast member on the CBS reality show “Survivor.” After five episodes of playing under-the-radar, according to the column, Underwood has gained a nemesis on the show, which should make for some interesting fireworks. The Sentinel […]

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Orono Fire News Coverage

A Sunday Bangor Daily News story about a Saturday evening Orono includes comments from Vice President Robert Dana.  Several UMaine students living at the Stillwater Village apartments were displaced.  UMaine student affairs personnel were on the scene and quickly provided those students with access to food, housing and other necessities.

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Coverage Of Reality TV Series Tryouts

NESN.com covered the tryouts held Thursday at UMaine for “Schooled,” NESN’s new reality series. Three UMaine students will be selected to take part in a battle of intelligence-based challenges against students from other New England schools. NESN has a video of some of the potential contestants on its website. WLBZ also reported on the tryouts.

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Students Interviewed for NESN Reality Game Show

Several UMaine students who turned out for a casting call for the new reality quiz show “Schooled,” to begin airing on the New England Sports Network in the fall, were interviewed for a Wednesday evening news report on Channel 2 (WLBZ).

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Alumna’s “Survivor” Adventures Continue

The Waterville Morning Sentinel has another in a series of columns about Ashley Underwood, a UMaine nursing graduate who is a contestant on the hit reality TV show “Survivor.” The column, which will run weekly for as long as Underwood remains on the show, is being written by Zach Dionne, a UMaine graduate who is […]

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NESN Covers Casting Call For Maine Students

The website of television network NESN has a story about a casting call for UMaine students who want to compete on a TV quiz show that would feature academic- and intelligence-based challenges. The show “Schooled” would pit UMaine students against students from eight other New England schools, including Boston College, Boston University, Connecticut, UMass, Amherst, […]

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Transgender Awareness Author to Speak at UMaine

Contact: Victoria Blanchette, 581-2204; Sandy Caron, 207-581-3138 ORONO — Joanne Herman, author of “Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not,” will be available for a book-signing and to meet members of the UMaine community Tuesday, March 29 from 3-4 p.m. at the University Bookstore. Herman, a transgender female since 2002, will read a passage from […]

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Student Awards Available for Maine-Centered Research

Contact: Maine Studies office, (207) 581-3147 The University of Maine’s Maine Studies program is offering two Student Research and Creativity Awards of $250 each for excellence in Maine-released research projects. All UMaine research papers or projects that are Maine-related and were written within the last year are eligible, and all UMaine students, both part-time and […]

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