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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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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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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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 (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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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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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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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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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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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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