Why would a 57-year-old who lives in Escondido, California decide to earn his MBA from the University of Maine? A sense of community, history and flexibility. Jord Thomas had hit a wall promotion-wise at his job. He works as a production operations supervisor at a recovery firm serving major banks and vehicle manufacturers. He […]
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Emily Dunlap from Old Town, Maine is a rising fourth-year music education major with an instrumental concentration. She is also in the Honors College. Dunlap has received the Thomas E. Lynch Honors Fellowship, been recognized as a James S. Stevens Outstanding Junior and is an alumni member of the 2021 Macy’s Great American Alumni Marching […]
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Yujin Lee from South Korea is an electrical engineering technology (EET) major. Over the course of Lee’s time at UMaine, she has earned the International Presidential Scholarship, Central Maine Power EET Scholarship and the Crowley Family Research & Development Scholarship. She has held internships at global consulting, engineering and construction management firm TRC and at […]
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3D printing, nanotechnology and weeds might not seem like a natural combination. For Sonora Ortiz, though, solving practical farm tasks with advanced technology might just be the key to making agriculture more sustainable. Ortiz is an undergraduate at the University of Maine whose research focuses on developing artificial weeds using 3D printing and nanocoating technology […]
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Hail Champagne, a University of Maine rising senior from Lewiston, has been awarded the 2022–23 George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship to study abroad at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. UMaine partnered with UCC to create the scholarship that honors the 1998 Northern Ireland peace accord brokered by then-Senator George Mitchell between Ireland and the […]
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Before she arrived at the University of Maine Machias, Yani Nganzobo said that she wasn’t an exceptional student. “I was never an A student. There were moments I cried because things weren’t going well,” Nganzobo says. “My perspective of life completely changed in the year 2019 when I arrived in Maine.” But when Nganzobo arrived […]
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Nicholas Sanborn of Standish, Maine is the 2022 University of Maine Machias Salutatorian. Sanborn is graduating with a degree in recreation and tourism management, with a focus on conservation law enforcement and natural resources. Sanborn had not even considered applying to UMaine Machias until his senior year of high school, when an admissions counselor at […]
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Jinyoung Park of Seongnam-si, South Korea is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Park, a chemistry major, has received International Presidential Scholarships and the Charles A. Brautlecht Scholarship, and a Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship. For the past three semesters, Park has been collaborating with professor Matthew Brichacek […]
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Tiana Bucknor of Milton, Ontario, Canada is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Education and Human Development. She is a kinesiology and physical education major, with a concentration in exercise science. Bucknor, a Presidential Scholar, is the senior captain of the women’s soccer team and a member of the America East Student […]
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Nancy DesJardin of Winterport, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Division of Lifelong Learning. DesJardin is a university studies major, with minors in anthropology, and peace and reconciliation. Her academic honors include an Adult Degree Completion Scholarship and two American Association of University Women (AAUW) Non-Traditional Women Scholarships. She is a member of […]
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