Student Life

UMaine Football Game Featured on NCAA Website

The University of Maine football team’s Homecoming game Saturday against the University of New Hampshire was featured Thursday on the NCAA website. The website noted the Black Bears and Wildcats are playing each other for the 100th time — the longest running rivalry in UNH history. The teams play annually for the Brice-Cowell Musket, named […]

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Barbara Higgins Bodwell, 1923–2012

University of Maine graduate Barbara Higgins Bodwell, who sponsored the Barbara Bodwell Volunteer Center at the University of Maine and with her husband, Russell Bodwell, was awarded UMaine’s Stillwater Presidential Award in 2010, passed away Monday, Oct. 15., at her home in Orono. “Barbara Bodwell was an inspiration to all of us, but especially to […]

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2012 Culturefest International Student Showcase October 27

The University of Maine will hold its 25th annual International Culturefest from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at the University of Maine Field House. A festival of cultural exhibits, traditional singing, dancing, clothing and cuisine from around the world presented by UMaine’s international students, Culturefest is free, open to the public and […]

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Police Chief Comments in Article on Dayglow Concert

An article in the Springfield, Mo. News-Leader newspaper about emergency services personnel preparedness for trouble during “Dayglow” paint concerts at colleges and universities included comments from University of Maine Police Chief Roland Lacroix, who said UMaine planned well in advance of a Dayglow concert last year at UMaine and after substantial research into what to […]

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Basketball Enthusiasts Invited to UMaine Event

University of Maine students and basketball fans are invited to participate in a “Shoot, Slam and Shuffle” event with UMaine basketball players at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. “Knockout for a Cause,” is organized by the Theta Chi fraternity as a fundraiser for Spruce Run, a nonprofit […]

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Website Reports Job-Spawning UMaine Collaborative

The Mass High Tech website posted an article about the Blackstone Accelerates Growth (BAG) program, in which UMaine is involved, and $3 million in funding from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation to launch a new Innovation Hubs initiative in Bangor and Portland. The Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and UMaine are part […]

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Media Coverage of Mitchell Visit, Democrats’ Rally

The Bangor Daily News interviewed former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who was on the UMaine campus Tuesday for the annual Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability and also to appear at a rally hosted by the UMaine Democrats student group. Acknowledging that politics has always been rough and tumble, Mitchell also bemoaned the bitterness that […]

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TV News Reports on UMaine Beer Tent

University of Maine Vice President for Students Robert Dana was quoted in a Channel 6 (WCSH) news report on the decision to allow vendors to sell beer in an enclosed Bavarian garden-style beer tent at Alfond Stadium at UMaine home football games. Dana said fans wishing to buy beer will be given bracelets after showing […]

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UMaine Named Again to Military Friendly Schools List

G.I. Jobs has again named the University of Maine to its annual list of military-friendly schools, a listing that ranks colleges and universities on services and assistance provided to members or veterans of military service. Designated institutions are defined as those in the top 15 percent of schools nationwide that deliver the best experience for […]

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