A Milestone Weekend
In honor of the UMaine football team’s 1,000th game, Black Bears fans voted for the program’s top 10 moments.
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Enrollment Officer Comments in Student Numbers Report
University of Maine Vice President for Enrollment Management Jimmy Jung was interviewed about UMaine enrollment for an Associated Press article about enrollments within the University of Maine System. Several news outlets, including the Bangor Daily News, the Boston Globe website and The Republic in Columbus, Ind., ran the report. In spite of almost universal enrollment […]
Read moreSidelko Interviewed for Report on UMA Smoking Ban
Lauri Sidelko, the director of UMaine’s Student Wellness Resource Center, was mentioned in a Kennebec Journal report on the news that UMaine-Augusta will ban smoking on its campus starting in January. Sidelko said UMaine, which was the first University of Maine System campus to ban smoking, has had fewer than 10 students reported for violations. […]
Read moreStudent Affairs Vice President Comments on Princeton Review List
University of Maine vice president for student affairs and dean of students Robert Dana spoke with Maine Public Broadcasting Network Tuesday about UMaine’s designation by the Princeton Review as being among the top 20 so-called party schools in the country. Dana said the listing, while dubious, presents an opportunity to remind parents and students of […]
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Summer of Sculpture
One student’s experience working with the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium and taking a UMaine sculpture class.
Read moreNews Media Reports UMaine Standing in Princeton Review List
The Bangor Daily News and Channel 2 (WLBZ) were among the news organizations to report that the 2013 Princeton Review includes the University of Maine as 19th in the top 20 schools rated as best party schools. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read moreUMaine Student’s Obituary Published
The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]
Read moreNewspapers Report Ongoing Investigation in Student Death
The Bangor Daily News published an article about the ongoing investigation into the death July 28 of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, a 22-year-old New Hampshire resident who fell from a steep mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The Seacoastonline.com newspaper group in southern Maine also carried the report. Investigators said they want to determine exactly […]
Read moreTV Report on Student’s Mississippi River Adventure
Bangor TV station WABI reported on UMaine student Benton Purnell, who recently completed a 67-day canoe trip that took him the entire 2,500-mile length of the Mississippi River. Purnell said in an interview the trip came about when his father encouraged him to do something interesting this summer. He started in northern Minnesota, where he […]
Read moreStudent Noted in Story About Clothing Business
In a story on the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier website, UMaine student Neil St. Cyr was included for starting a new pop-up clothing business in a Main Street storefront in Biddeford. The store will be open until Aug. 31 as part of the Heart of Biddeford’s program to provide positive youth experiences and promote entrepreneurism in the […]
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