Chancellor James H. Page and the University of Maine System Board of Trustees have asked University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter to extend her tenure for an additional year, through June 30, 2017. President Hunter has graciously agreed to do so. “President Hunter and her leadership team are doing important work on and off campus,” […]
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UMMA celebrates 150th with exhibition that features artists with connection to state.
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A Public Voice, the newsletter of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, noted that APLU President M. Peter McPherson delivered the UMaine Commencement address May 9. A copy of McPherson’s remarks are online.
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The Associated Press and Maine Public Broadcasting Network were among news organizations to report on the University of Maine’s 213th Commencement. M. Peter McPherson, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, delivered the Commencement address and received an honorary degree. Dana Connors, executive director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, […]
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UMaine grads reminded of their role in carrying the land grant mission forward.
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Members of the University of Maine community spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about their time at the University of Maine and the university’s 150-year legacy ahead of Commencement. Katherine Musgrave, who taught nutrition at UMaine from 1969 until last year, spoke about what campus looked like when she first arrived. “When we walked across the […]
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Five generations of the Haskell family have graduated from the University of Maine since it opened its doors in September 1868. Edwin Haskell was first in 1872. In fact, he was one of the six men in the first-ever graduating class at the university, then called the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic […]
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University of Maine students, faculty and staff will take part in Maine Day, the annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition, on Wednesday, April 29. UMaine community members will complete service projects aimed at sprucing up the campus, enjoy a free barbecue, and compete for the oozeball — mud volleyball — championship. About 40 projects will include […]
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Meet UMaine’s 2015 outstanding graduates.
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UMaine ranked in the top 50 environmentally responsible colleges by Princeton Review.
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