The University of Maine has been designated as a voter friendly campus for 2021–2022, according to the Campus Vote Project and the NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. These nonpartisan, national organizations seek to involve college students in the political process to foster lifelong civic engagement. The Voter Friendly Campus designation is earned […]
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A team of students from the Maine Business School (MBS) at the University of Maine has claimed the top prize at the state’s 2021 Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge, successfully defending the title won last year by another team of UMaine students. Pank Agrrawal, the team’s advisor, says that the students’ hard work has […]
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WABI reported that the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts received the Innovation of the Year award from the ticketing firm Paciolan for using their ticketing software to streamline campus COVID-19 testing.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine students Madison-Riley Powell and Jonathan Warren have received Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study in the United Kingdom in fall 2021. Powell is a marine sciences major; Warren is studying business management.
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The Bangor Daily News, The Bethel Citizen, The Irregular, the Advertiser Democrat and the Livermore Falls Advertiser noted that the University of Maine extended the deadline for applications to the Bachelor of University Studies program. For more information about the Bachelor of University Studies, and to apply for a spring semester start, visit the program website or call 207.581.3143.
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy spoke with News Center Maine about the 2021 commencement in repose to an online petition calling for an in-person ceremony. “We have committees meeting regularly to look at what other possibilities might open up to us if state civil guidance should change,” Ferrini-Mundy said. “I have (the petition) and […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Dominique DiSpirito, a third-year political science and Honors student at the University of Maine, is a finalist for a highly competitive Truman Scholarship. The award recognizes community service and government leadership among undergraduate students pursuing careers in public service. Winners will be announced on April 14.
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Two University of Maine students have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study in the United Kingdom for the fall 2021 semester. Madison-Riley Powell, a third-year marine sciences major from Leicester, Massachusetts, seeks to enroll at Bangor University in Wales. Jonathan Warren, a business management transfer student from Tacoma, Washington, will study at […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a University of Maine announcement about a student-led campaign to collect donations of personal care items for the campus food pantry, the Black Bear Exchange. Honors Ambassadors Katie Tims and Bailey West sponsored a campus food drive last fall that garnered more than 500 items for the pantry and a […]
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The Portland Press Herald promoted the 2021 virtual Engineering Week Expo which is scheduled for 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Feb. 27. The event has been designed by VFairs to simulate a gaming experience with a virtual space that mimics the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, which is currently under construction at the University of Maine. […]
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