Jesse Moriarity of the UMaine Foster Center for Student Innovation spoke today with Cumulus Radio News (WQCB – 106.5 – and other stations) for a story about the Wednesday March 9 summer camp fair, scheduled for UMaine’s Student Recreation and Fitness Center. She will also appear Monday morning between 8 and 9 a.m. on three […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Several University of Maine units will join forces with the United Way of Eastern Maine to host a summer camp fair on Wednesday March 9 from 4-7 p.m. at UMaine’s Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Similar to events in recent years at the Bangor Civic Center, the […]
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The University of Maine athletics department is asking any Black Bear hockey fans who might be interested in joining a Fan Bus trip to either the Hockey East quarterfinals or championship tournament to send an email to goblackbears@yahoo.com or call (207) 581-4849. The site for the quarterfinals depends on UMaine’s seeding following this weekend’s conference […]
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The Portland Press Herald reports UMaine graduate Ashley Hebert was sent packing in Monday’s episode of “The Bachelor,” a reality television show. Hebert, 26, is a Madawaska native who is in dental school at the University of Pennsylvania. She was one of the final three women remaining on the show.
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UMaine students Greg Pease and Sean Campbell were interviewed for a Thursday WABI television story about alternative spring break activities that are taking students to various community service projects around the country. Campbell is coordinating the UMaine program, which is described in more detail in a UMaine news release.
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UMaine international affairs student Maja Bedak was one of three people featured in a Portland Press Herald story about how the recent uprisings in Egypt affected college students and faculty who happened to be studying or researching in that country. Bedak, who lives in Portland, was halfway through her junior year abroad in a yearlong […]
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Applications Available for Acadian Internship summer program students, field sponsors Contact: Dr. Sarah Nelson (207) 581-3454 or acadianinternship@gmail.com ORONO – The inaugural Acadian Internship Program is now accepting applications from students and conservation organizations for summer 2011. This innovative program combines formal coursework, offered for credit through the University of Maine’s Summer University, with a […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about the UMaine Police Department’s effort to gain national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA. Members of the UMaine community may offer comments on the police department this weekend.
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Contact: Sean Campbell (207) 423-3983; (sean.campbell@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — Instead of heading for warm-weather beaches or ski and snowboarding vacations, about 100 University of Maine students will be packing their bags for a week of volunteer work in six states from Virginia to Texas as part of the longstanding Alternative Spring Break program. Seven groups of […]
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UMaine freshman Chris Low was quoted in a Morning Sentinel story about a Lawrence High School program that allows high school students to take college-level classes for credit. Low said the credit he earned in high school allowed him to readjust his college schedule without worrying he would lose credits. Taking a lighter course load, […]
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