ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UMaine) has received a $5,000 grant from the Woodard & Curran Foundation. The funding will be used for EWB-UMaine’s sanitation project in the village of Dulce Vivir in Honduras.
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UMaine police officer Deb Mitchell was quoted in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story about Friday’s Totally Trades Conference at Washington County Community College, where 130 middle school and high school girls gathered to learn about careers in fields where most of the workers are men.
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Bangor television station WLBZ covered Wednesday’s UMaine Engineering Job Fair, which was held at the student recreation center. There were 65 companies at the fair, according to the report. UMaine civil and environmental engineer Eric Landis said in an interview that in a knowledge-based economy, we need engineers to drive innovation. Senior Jessica Sanborn who […]
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Several members of the UMaine men’s basketball team were interviewed for a Bangor Daily News report on the international student-athletes playing for the Black Bears this year. Coach Ted Woodward’s team includes a contingent of four from Europe, two Canadians and one Israeli, which means international players make up 47 percent of UMaine’s 15-man roster […]
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UMaine student Michael Shepherd, the editor of UMaine’s Maine Campus newspaper, was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald op-ed by Anthony Ronzio, the past president of the Maine Press Association and the editor and publisher of the Kennebec Journal and Central Maine Morning Sentinel. Ronzio wrote that Shepherd represents the future of Maine journalism as […]
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The University of Maine police department will conduct traffic checks in the coming months, as part of an effort to ensure traffic and roadway safety. Officers will conduct road checks in campus areas that get the most traffic. Traditionally, road checks are conducted to discourage the operation of motor vehicles by drivers under the use […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate the Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary and its own strong tradition of service with a Friday Oct. 28 reception for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), scheduled for 2-4 p.m. in the Career Center library on Memorial Union’s third floor. All RPCVs in Maine are welcome and invited to bring a […]
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The University of Maine will hold its 24th annual Culturefest Saturday, Oct. 29, a festival of cultural exhibits, traditional singing, dancing, clothing and cuisine from around the world presented by UMaine’s international students. Held annually in the UMaine Field House from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Culturefest features cultural exhibits, an international food court, international […]
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The Bangor Daily News previewed Thursday’s Janelle Monae concert, which will take place at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. The Grammy Award-nominated singer is performing as part of MTV’s Campus Consciousness Tour to promote sustainability. Tickets can be purchased at the Collins Center website. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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University of Maine student and staff volunteers are busy making last-minute preparations for Thursday, Oct. 20, when UMaine hosts the Campus Consciousness Tour, a national initiative to raise awareness of ecological and sustainability issues among college students.
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