University of Maine alumni donors Phillip and Susan Morse have committed $10 million for naming rights to the multipurpose arena that is part of the UMaine Athletics Master Facilities Plan. The contribution is part of the private fundraising campaign underway to meet the $90 million challenge grant for UMaine athletics as part of UMS TRANSFORMS, […]
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The Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band’s Alumni Band is a University of Maine Homecoming tradition that brings together current musicians with alumni for a few rousing numbers before the big game. The Alumni Band brings together more than just old friends, though — sometimes, it brings together families. Jeff and Sylvia Ferrell of […]
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The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps at the University of Maine will host its ninth annual March Against Domestic Violence at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 beginning at Stewart Quad. The march will occur along Long Road and the Mall and conclude at the Memorial Union. Also during the event, names of people killed in […]
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More than 165 companies and organizations are expected to be represented at the University of Maine’s 2022 Engineering and Computing Job Fair on Oct. 19. The event, which is expected to attract more than 1,000 students, will be held from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The Career Center, in conjunction […]
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The University of Maine’s largest and most activity-filled event of the year begins on Friday, Oct. 14 when the UMaine Alumni Association kicks off Homecoming 2022. The three-day gathering features a wide variety of formal and informal social, recreational and educational activities. They include class reunions, tailgating, campus tours, concerts, lectures, presentations and women’s soccer, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine will kick off Homecoming 2022 from Oct. 14–16. The three-day gathering features a wide variety of formal and informal activities, including class reunions, tailgating, campus tours, concerts, lectures, presentations and NCAA women’s soccer, football, and women’s ice hockey games. Alumni and their guests who preregister […]
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The University of Maine will conduct its annual emergency communications system test between 3–4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, complete with the outdoor sirens sounding for several minutes. The sirens are part of UMaine’s multifaceted emergency communications system established in 2007 that allows university safety and communications professionals to use several mechanisms to quickly communicate […]
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Steve Legge, director of communication at St. Johnsbury Academy, was photographing a student signing a letter of intent to run cross country at the University of Maine when he was hit with an epiphany. Legge attended UMaine between 1982 and 1985, leaving after his junior year with a GPA “just under 2.” He loved UMaine, […]
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Engineering News-Record interviewed Alyssa McGlynn, a University of Maine graduate student studying mechanical engineering, about her offshore wind energy research. McGlynn’s work focuses on scale model testing of synthetic floating wind turbine mooring systems to validate design performance before full scale structures are deployed at sea. “If Americans want to maintain their energy-rich lifestyles and […]
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Patty Andersen of Durham, New Hampshire is one of the 2022 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The scholarship will help fund Andersen’s study abroad experience this fall semester at the Laval University in Quebec City. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program encourages students from all academic backgrounds to participate in study abroad […]
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