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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University Bookstore will host its annual Family and Friends sale with select items on sale and the store will have extended hours: Friday, Sept. 30, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Bear Necessities Fan Shop will also have hours on Family and Friends weekend. Friday, Sept. 30, noon–4 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reported that Madison Jones, a junior at the University of Maine studying sustainable agriculture, has been awarded the $1,000 Nell Goff Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship aids college students pursuing horticulture-related studies and honors Nell Goff who, in the 1970s and ’80s, served as the president of the Garden Club Federation of […]
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The Courier-Gazette and Republican Journal noted that the Poets Corner, a platform created to foster community among writers and readers of poetry and short prose, will feature five young poets who are University of Maine students active in campus creative writing activities and the campus literary magazine, “The Open Field,” on their Zoom event Oct. […]
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Karen Keim, director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search at the University of Maine, will receive the Walter O. Mason Award from the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE). The award is the highest honor given by COE and recognizes outstanding contributions to federal TRIO programs and the advancement of […]
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The Bangor Daily News and CentralMaine.com shared that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about the internship program it launched this summer to train students to address challenges related to sustainability, conservation, climate change, public health and other complex societal issues at 3 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Neily Raymond, junior at the University of Maine, was selected as part of the inaugural Voyager Scholarship cohort from the Obama Foundation and Airbnb. The scholarship is for 100 rising college juniors nationwide who plan to pursue a career in public service.
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