Student Life

BDN promotes Concert for a Cause

The Bangor Daily News promoted the upcoming Concert for a Cause, to be performed by the University of Maine Concert Band in partnership with Leonard Middle School and Reeds Brook Middle School to benefit a local charity. This year’s beneficiary will be the Bangor Humane Society. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. March […]

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Undergraduate Responsible Conduct of Research Training available through March 31

The University of Maine Office of Research Compliance will be offering online Responsible Conduct of Research Training for undergraduate students on Brightspace from Wednesday, March 1, to Friday, March 31. Completion of this training is required for students participating in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and/or […]

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World Learning’s Global Gazette features UMaine partnership

The Global Gazette, an online publication for the study abroad program World Learning, featured its partnership with the University of Maine and interviewed Orlina Boteva, director of the Office of International Programs at University of Maine. UMaine is currently hosting three students through World Learning’s Global Undergraduate Exchange, or UGRAD. “I have very fond memories […]

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Portland Press Herald features UMaine hybrid classes

The Portland Press Herald wrote a feature article about hybrid virtual and in-person classes at the University of Maine. The PPH reported that the “increase in online learning has both fans and critics.” “Many of our faculty who taught classes online for the first time during COVID became accustomed to it, enjoyed it and built […]

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BDN features Ash Wednesday at UMaine

The Bangor Daily News featured the Ash Wednesday ceremony at the University of Maine Memorial Union led by Rev. Kyle Doustous, who is also known as “Father Kyle” and serves as the Roman Catholic chaplain at Maine’s flagship campus. Doustous is also the pastor of the Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord, which serves […]

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News Center Maine features Turkish UMaine student

News Center Maine featured Ece Yeldan, a junior at the University of Maine from Turkey, who said that it’s been difficult being away from home in light of the region’s devastating earthquakes in early February. “It felt a little unfair, too, because, like, here I am, like, worrying about how well I’ll perform on my […]

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UMaine hosts 2023 Winter Carnival Feb. 21–25

The University of Maine will host its 2023 Winter Carnival from Feb. 21–25. The weeklong celebration will feature a Star Wars theme and offer games and events that are “out of this world.”  The carnival begins with a kickoff bonfire with s’mores and a hot cocoa bar from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Feb. 21 on the […]

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Piscataquis Observer shares that UMaine student will intern with Sen. Collins

The Piscataquis Observer noted that University of Maine junior Steffi Victoria has been awarded a spring internship in Sen. Susan Collins’ Washington, D.C. office. Victoria first met Collins during the UMaine Cohen Institute Summer Program’s Washington, D.C., trip last year, and she completed an internship in Collins’ Bangor office last fall. Victoria is majoring in […]

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