Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 2. The University of Maine Office for Diversity and Inclusion has organized Black History Month events throughout February, beginning with a Black Lives Matter flag raising at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 1 in the atrium on the first floor of the Memorial Union. Later that day, the office […]
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The University of Maine will hold the 2023 International Dance Festival on Feb. 11 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The annual event will showcase traditional music, dance and costumes from around the world that are representative of the diverse student body at UMaine. The two shows, which are free and open to the […]
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The University of Maine Career Center and Outdoor Leadership Program will host an Outdoor Recreation and Leadership Job Fair from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the North Pod in the Memorial Union. The fair is open to students of all majors from UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias. About 20 employers […]
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University of Maine alumna Kelsey Stoyanova, Maine’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, will keynote the annual UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS), a celebration of student research and creative work, April 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts. Stoyanova’s UMSS23 address will have two main themes: “Voice, choice and advocacy: What can YOU do to make […]
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News Center Maine and WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported that University of Maine is revamping its Maine Day celebration. University President Joan Ferrini-Mundy announced that Maine Day will become “Maine Day Week” from April 24–28. Classes will be held all week. The focus on campus clean-up, community building, philanthropy, and celebration was backed by […]
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The University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development has opened a new round of applications for the Susan Hathaway Glines Scholarship for educators who live and work in Oxford County, Maine and are interested in pursuing graduate studies. Established in 2019 with a generous donation to the University of Maine Foundation, the scholarship […]
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The University of Maine System employee tuition waiver policy and dependent tuition benefit policy now includes English language courses for the UMS workforce. The policy expansion is part of an effort to generate strong and diverse candidate pools in searches. Concurrently, Maine NGOs and state education and workforce leaders report low English language proficiency as […]
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The 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration on Jan. 16, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life, will feature a keynote address by two civil rights community leaders, whose efforts led to the successful Juneteenth commemoration in Ellsworth last summer, and a University […]
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Laura Curioli’s artwork, featuring her photography, has been selected as the winning entry in the student art contest sponsored by the University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning. Her design will be used on this year’s Summer University poster and in other promotions. Curioli, who grew up in Eastport and lives in Hampden, is a […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Bangor Daily News and CentralMaine.com highlighted the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life. The breakfast celebration will be held at 8:30 on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Wells Conference Center. Registration can […]
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