The website Bleacher Report named Orono one of the nation’s 50 best hockey cities. The ranking cited the “fantastic players” that have come out of UMaine and also the “red-hot” hockey community. Orono was ranked 29th, ahead of communities with NHL teams such as Anaheim, Calif., Dallas, and Tampa Bay. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Some 85 companies and organizations, and as many as 1,000 college students, are preparing for the annual Career Fair Feb. 1 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center, sponsored by the UMaine Career Center. The annual event connects employers with students, who often land internships or full time jobs as a result of the introductions. […]
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The Bangor Daily News has an advance on next week’s visits to campus by the three finalists for the UMaine System chancellor position. All three will be on the UMaine campus Jan. 18-20 with open forum sessions from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. in Wells Conference Center Room 2. The system’s chancellor search web page […]
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Lauri Sidelko, the director of UMaine’s Alcohol and Drug Education Programs (ADEP), was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about binge drinking in Maine. Sidelko said ADEP uses the term high-risk drinking in order to better connect with students. The program teaches students to recognize their personal intolerance for alcohol and about the legal […]
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Several media outlets covered Monday’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. The Bangor Daily News noted the focus of the event was on education and King’s vision for how American children should learn — regardless of race, social or economic standing. Phyllis Brazee, a UMaine […]
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The website PR Web has a news release about UMaine’s use of palm vein scanner biometric software for student check-in at on-campus dining halls. According to the news release, the technology is expected to save thousands of dollars per by year by eliminating shared cards, a practice that has students share their meal plans at […]
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The Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine will present the 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration Monday, Jan. 16 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the UMaine Wells Conference Center.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration taking place at UMaine. The events include a keynote address by Professor Denise Patmon, director of the undergraduate teacher licensure program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. UMaine athletes, students and community members will lead the activities, which include crafts, […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a report on the hand scanners, installed last semester, in several UMaine dining facilities. The scanners were installed to keep costs down and eliminate the sharing of MaineCards, a practice that can cost UMaine up to $4,100 per card, the price of a meal plan for an academic year, according […]
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Anna Assenmacher, a graduate student in UMaine’s Maine Business School, was interviewed for a WABI-TV about the MBS Corps toy drive, which collected about 150 toys for local children whose parent might not be able to afford toys during the holidays. The MBS Corps is the volunteer outreach and social responsibility arm of the Maine […]
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