Samantha Costanza from Norwalk, Connecticut is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Division of Lifelong Learning. Costanza is a university studies major in the labor studies track, and an Online Flagship Scholarship recipient. Costanza has worked full-time as a communications professional for a national retirement company while pursuing an associate degree at a local community […]
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In fall 2022, University of Maine senior Sam Ransley of New Harbor, Maine, penned an essay about the threat of totalitarianism. He will soon present his essay to political science experts from across the U.S. and beyond at the World Social Science Association’s 65th Annual Conference in April in Tempe, Arizona. Ransley, who is majoring […]
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Kaitlin McCullough has spent years shaping her own unique singing voice, and she is ready to share it with thousands of people during the 2023 University of Maine commencement ceremonies. Commencement is not the first event at which McCullough, a UMaine senior from Ellsworth majoring in music education, has sung the “National Anthem.” She performed […]
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Amanda Ives has always been outdoorsy. She remembers her childhood vacations and outdoor summer camp adventures as formative times in her life, and influential in her decision to pursue conservation as a career. As the 2022 Davis Intern at the Fields Pond Audubon Nature Center, Ives had the opportunity to communicate that love for the […]
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Andrew Bustin moved to Portland, Maine, in 2018 for two reasons. One, to pursue his MBA at the University of Maine Graduate School of Business, and two, to experience the world-class food and drinks that Portland is a mecca for. Bustin’s background is rich with experiences in national land conservation, sustainability, permaculture, and the local […]
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Katherine McCarthy of Greenville, North Carolina is a University of Maine graduate student pursuing her M.Ed in student development in higher education. McCarthy, who moved to Maine in fall of 2021, has a graduate assistantship for training and outreach in the Office of Diversity and inclusion and is heavily involved with the Center of Student […]
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Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, Maine. Joan Staffiere was the school’s principal. Low is now a college senior majoring in elementary education at the University of Maine, where Staffiere — who retired from a distinguished career as a public school teacher and administrator in […]
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From 2012–14, Alireza Kianimoqadam helped provide sustainable heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for people in Tehran as a volunteer engineer with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The systems he designed were efficient and relied on renewable sources instead of fossil fuels. Kianimoqadam, of Tabas, Iran, completed his bachelor’s degree only months before starting […]
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“None of us are as smart as all of us” and “students first” are two values of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). Indeed, the statements are on the wall in the lobby and conference rooms of the University of Maine research complex, and at the heart of ASCC’s internationally recognized work by nearly […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 14, 2023. The assignment was simple: add information to the Wikipedia page of an invertebrate species, citing two peer-reviewed sources. Somehow, Kaylee Hussey misunderstood the task — and may have found a passion for science communication along the way. Hussey grew up in southern Maine. She always loved […]
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