UMaine News

Channel 5 (WABI) broadcast a Monday report on UMaine’s reaction to a weekend Orono fire that displaced more than a dozen UMaine students.  Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students described the university’s response, which included providing various services and access to materials those students need to continue their studies uninterrupted.

The Morning Sentinel has another in its weekly series of columns about UMaine nursing alumna Ashley Underwood, who is a cast member on the CBS reality show “Survivor.” After five episodes of playing under-the-radar, according to the column, Underwood has gained a nemesis on the show, which should make for some interesting fireworks. The Sentinel […]

A Sunday Bangor Daily News story about a Saturday evening Orono includes comments from Vice President Robert Dana.  Several UMaine students living at the Stillwater Village apartments were displaced.  UMaine student affairs personnel were on the scene and quickly provided those students with access to food, housing and other necessities.

NESN.com covered the tryouts held Thursday at UMaine for “Schooled,” NESN’s new reality series. Three UMaine students will be selected to take part in a battle of intelligence-based challenges against students from other New England schools. NESN has a video of some of the potential contestants on its website. WLBZ also reported on the tryouts.

Several UMaine students who turned out for a casting call for the new reality quiz show “Schooled,” to begin airing on the New England Sports Network in the fall, were interviewed for a Wednesday evening news report on Channel 2 (WLBZ).

The Waterville Morning Sentinel has another in a series of columns about Ashley Underwood, a UMaine nursing graduate who is a contestant on the hit reality TV show “Survivor.” The column, which will run weekly for as long as Underwood remains on the show, is being written by Zach Dionne, a UMaine graduate who is […]

The website of television network NESN has a story about a casting call for UMaine students who want to compete on a TV quiz show that would feature academic- and intelligence-based challenges. The show “Schooled” would pit UMaine students against students from eight other New England schools, including Boston College, Boston University, Connecticut, UMass, Amherst, […]