What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? The support and opportunities I received at UMaine — especially in my department — provided essential experience and guidance which led to an internship (as a software development intern with Tyler Technologies in Falmouth, Maine) and job offers. Have you […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? The scholarship that I received from UMaine has certainly allowed me to get a quality education, and I am very grateful for that. Besides that, many classes here have well prepared me academically to enter my graduate studies. I also […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? The most valuable aspect of my education at UMaine was the tremendous personal growth and maturity. UMaine encourages students to be themselves and the campus has a very welcoming and comfortable atmosphere. This platform has pushed me to step out […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has given me the resources and help to achieve everything I’ve wanted to while I’ve been here. Without everyone that has helped me along the way, I wouldn’t have the experiences I’ve had or the opportunities I have going […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? Being able to peacefully study what I’m passionate about. I am very thankful for this incredible opportunity. Have you had an experience at UMaine that has changed or shaped the way you see the world? There are so many experiences […]
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University of Maine divers Colby Johns, Elisabeth Maxwell and Hattie Train went face-to-fin with enormous whale sharks, rare bowmouth guitarfish, reef sharks, a sawshark, manta rays, wobbegongs and other fish from three oceans at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) scientific divers did so in February in the aquarium’s […]
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The first day that snow fell in December 2017, Bryce Risley boarded a plane headed for the sandy, palm tree-lined coasts of Sri Lanka. During winter break, the graduate student in the School of Marine Sciences conducted fieldwork focused on the marine ornamental species trade, more broadly referred to as the aquarium trade. The trade […]
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Brianna DeGone, a bioengineering major from Turner, Maine, has been named the 2018 salutatorian at the University of Maine. At Commencement, DeGone will earn a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering with a minor in business administration. While at UMaine, DeGone was named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar and was […]
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Graham Van Goffrier, a physics major from Norwell, Massachusetts, has been named the 2018 valedictorian at the University of Maine. “Being selected as valedictorian for my graduating class is the highest honor that I can imagine during my time here,” Van Goffrier says. “I am most appreciative of the constant support of my professors, family […]
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Cody Walker has always had a fascination with planes and it was at the University of Maine that his passion soared to new heights. He took to the skies in a major way with the help of the UMaine Flying Club and the university-owned Cessnas — a 172SP and a 152 — based at Bangor […]
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