Student Life

MTV program student casting call

mtvU, MTV’s college channel, is looking to cast a few UMaine students for a series called “Dean’s List.”  The episode will be produced in conjunction with the Campus Consciousness Tour taking place on campus Thursday Oct. 20. Specifically, producers are searching for students who are involved in initiatives that promote green/sustainable living. “Dean’s List” list […]

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Family and Friends Weekend begins Friday

Family and Friends Weekend begins at the University of Maine on Friday Sept. 30, with a 5-7 p.m. cookout featuring live entertainment by John Rush, also known as the human iPod.  Rush, who is a popular performer on college campuses around the country, is a singer-songwriter who performs a combination of his own music and […]

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Coverage of Whoopie Pie Event

Several news outlets covered Wednesday’s whoopie pie event at Hilltop Dining Commons, during which a 4-foot-tall model of Mount Katahdin — made of around 1,500 whoopie pies — was unveiled to mark the law that makes the whoopie pie Maine’s state treat. University of Maine Foundation President Amos Orcutt, president of the Maine Whoopie Pie […]

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Coverage of College Fair

UMaine hosted Tuesday a college fair which drew high school students from dozens of Maine schools and had more than 200 college and university representatives. Bill Munsey, associate director of undergraduate admissions at UMaine, told Bangor television station WABI (Channel 5) there were colleges and universities from all over the country at the event. Contact: […]

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Bookstore centennial celebration Friday

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University Bookstore, the official bookstore of the University of Maine. To commemorate the occasion, a “birthday party” will be held this Friday from 1-3 p.m. at the store, located in the lower level of the Memorial Union. Students, faculty and staff members, alumni and […]

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UMaine celebrating state treat with Whoopie Pie Mountain

Bakers at the University of Maine Dining Services serve up an average of 20,000 whoopie pies, with some four different flavors, each year on campus. Not that anyone’s counting.  On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the popular sandwich-size cake with a sweet frosting inside becomes the official state treat. At Hilltop Dining, chefs, cooks, bakers, staff and […]

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Newspaper Report on Youth Triathlon

Sunday’s Cub Tracks Youth Triathlon, which was held at UMaine’s track and field complex, was featured in a Bangor Daily News article. Lisa Trimper, a health educator with Eastern Maine Medical Center and the wife of UMaine coach Steve Trimper, said the main goal of the event is to increase youth awareness of physical activity, […]

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UMaine to host “Badges for Baseball” activity Saturday

The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, in collaboration with the U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Justice and LexisNexis Special Services, Inc. will bring its “Badges for Baseball” program to UMaine on Saturday Sept. 24 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Mahaney Dome.

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Newspaper Report on UN Health Expert’s Visit

The Bangor Daily News had an article about a visit to the UMaine campus by United Nations hunger expert Douglass Coutts, who spoke Wednesday at Buchanan Alumni House. John Rebar, UMaine Cooperative Extension director, announced the formation of a UMaine chapter of Universities Fighting World Hunger which will be organized by M. Susan Erich, a […]

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Oct. 2 suicide prevention, awareness walk

A group of 300 University of Maine community members and others will walk to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention on Sunday, Oct 2.  The 3.5 mile walk will begin at UMaine’s Fogler Library, at 2 p.m., with registration at 1 p.m. The UMaine event is part of the Out of the Darkness Community […]

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