Black Bear profiles

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Wesley Hutchins: Studying and advocating for migrating monarchs

Wesley Hutchins knows how to handle butterflies. The third-year University of Maine undergraduate studying wildlife ecology has spent the past two summers carefully gluing radio transmitters the size of a grain of rice to the abdomen of monarch butterflies, where it won’t get in the way of its wings or legs. “It is very delicate,” […]

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Steve Legge: Back after 40 years to finish his UMaine degree

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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Crispin Kamundala: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipient to study abroad in Lyon France

Crispin Kamundala from the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the 2022 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The scholarship will help to fund Kamundala’s fall semester abroad at l’Université Catholique de Lyon in Lyon, France. The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program encourages students from all academic backgrounds to participate in study […]

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Kendra Batchelder: An interdisciplinary Ph.D. that was meant to be

Kendra Batchelder never expected that she would end up pursuing an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Computational Biomedicine, but in many ways it was the perfect culmination of her winding path through life so far. As Batchelder completes her final year researching mammogram image analysis with professor Andre Khalil, she is looking forward to the ways that […]

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Michael Delorge: Researching recovery 

Michael Delorge may only be in his third year at the University of Maine, but he is already making waves in the world of public health. Delorge will present research about substance use disorder recovery in Maine that he conducted with his peers through a UMaine political science class at the Maine Public Health Association’s […]

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Shafagh Rezaei: Helping Maine Grains grow through marketing internship

Shafagh Rezaei, a MaineMBA student, participated in a summer internship with Maine Grains, which she received through the Innovate for Maine Fellows Program.  Emphasizing innovation and entrepreneurship, the Innovate for Maine Fellows Program prepares students to collaborate with companies on projects that accelerate company growth. Maine Grains was looking for a marketing intern, and Shafagh’s […]

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Zachary Beaton: Learning ins and outs of management at Sherwin-Williams

Zachary Beaton spent his summer learning the ins and outs of management and sales at Sherwin-Williams.  The rising senior from Hermon, Maine, did more than sell paint. Through job shadowing his managers and sales representatives, Beaton learned what is needed to successfully operate a business. Read Beaton’s full story on the Maine Business School website.  […]

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