UMaine students Greg Pease and Sean Campbell were interviewed for a Thursday WABI television story about alternative spring break activities that are taking students to various community service projects around the country. Campbell is coordinating the UMaine program, which is described in more detail in a UMaine news release.
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UMaine international affairs student Maja Bedak was one of three people featured in a Portland Press Herald story about how the recent uprisings in Egypt affected college students and faculty who happened to be studying or researching in that country. Bedak, who lives in Portland, was halfway through her junior year abroad in a yearlong […]
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Applications Available for Acadian Internship summer program students, field sponsors Contact: Dr. Sarah Nelson (207) 581-3454 or acadianinternship@gmail.com ORONO – The inaugural Acadian Internship Program is now accepting applications from students and conservation organizations for summer 2011. This innovative program combines formal coursework, offered for credit through the University of Maine’s Summer University, with a […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about the UMaine Police Department’s effort to gain national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA. Members of the UMaine community may offer comments on the police department this weekend.
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Contact: Sean Campbell (207) 423-3983; (sean.campbell@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — Instead of heading for warm-weather beaches or ski and snowboarding vacations, about 100 University of Maine students will be packing their bags for a week of volunteer work in six states from Virginia to Texas as part of the longstanding Alternative Spring Break program. Seven groups of […]
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UMaine freshman Chris Low was quoted in a Morning Sentinel story about a Lawrence High School program that allows high school students to take college-level classes for credit. Low said the credit he earned in high school allowed him to readjust his college schedule without worrying he would lose credits. Taking a lighter course load, […]
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The Orono Black Bear express shuttle service will suspend operations during spring break. Service will end at 10 p.m. Saturday Feb. 26, resuming at 7 a.m. Monday March 14.
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CONTACT: Chief Roland LaCroix Police Department ORONO – An assessor from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®), will arrive on Saturday, Feb. 26 to examine all aspects of the University of Maine Police Department policy and procedures, management, operations, and support services, Chief Roland LaCroix announced today. Verification by the team […]
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The BDN previewed the International Dance Festival, which is scheduled for Saturday, February 19, at the Collins Center for the Arts. There will be performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Traditional dances from India, Africa, Vietnam, Brazil, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States will be performed. This free event typically attracts […]
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WABI television broadcast a Saturday report about UMaine’s winter carnival activities. The story included an interview with E.J. Roach, UMaine’s director of campus activities.
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