The Weekly newspaper has a preview of the upcoming HOPE Festival, which will take place Saturday at UMaine’s Student Recreation and Fitness Center. The UMaine festival sponsors include the Peace & Reconciliation Studies Program, the Women In Curriculum and Women’s Studies program, and student groups Maine Peace Action Committee, Sustainable Agriculture Enthusiasts, and Green Team. […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News this week reported on a 5K race May 1 organized by UMaine student and former Bangor High School track athlete Dee Wilbur to raise funds for an orphanage in Uganda. The race begins at 2 p.m. at the UMaine Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Wilbur took a year off between high […]
Read more
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine in conjunction with the UMaine Sustainability Office is holding several free and public bicycle education training sessions (PDF) Friday, April 22 – Earth Day – in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Sessions include “Bicycle Education and Pedestrian Safety Education Basic Training” from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., “Get […]
Read more
The Boxscore World Sportswire website Tuesday carried the announcement of the Jeff Cole Memorial Bone Marrow Drive, being held Thursday, April 21 at the UMaine Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Jeff Cole was a popular UMaine football coach before he died of cancer in 2004. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read more
A University of Maine football player from Washington, D.C. serving as the athletic program director for the national youth health and fitness initiative is bringing a message about youth inactivity and obesity to Maine through a 2011 Wellness and Nutrition Summer Youth Camp program this summer.
Read more
April 18, 2011 The fourth annual Healthy High Race/Walk is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20 at the University of Maine, with a 5K and a 10K run/walk scheduled to start at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center at 4:20 p.m.
Read more
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The progress of renovations to UMaine’s Alfond Arena and the ongoing fundraising efforts for renovations to Memorial Gym were the subject of a Bangor Daily News story. Alfond Arena renovations are set to begin after UMaine’s May 7 commencement activities. Athletic Director Steve Abbott told the BDN fundraising for the Memorial […]
Read more
Contact: Judith Josiah-Martin, (207) 581-1437 ORONO — “Beyond Blame, Shame & Guilt – Thinking rather than feeling about privileged systems” is the title of public and student forums at the University of Maine on Tuesday, April 19, featuring internationally known activists Peggy McIntosh and Victor Lewis. The public forum, free and open to the public, […]
Read more
Contact: Joe Carr, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the identification and punishment of vandals who have twice this week damaged a flag pole on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. Part of Pride Week, an […]
Read more
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 Several media outlets covered the disappearance from the campus of a flag in honor of Pride Week, a celebration of the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community. The flag was raised Monday, but on Tuesday it was noticed the flag was gone. UMaine Senior Associate Dean of Students Kenda Scheele told WABI […]
Read more