Hometown: Hobe Sound, Florida He studies mathematics, with a concentration in applied math and a double minor in statistics and computer science. He plans on graduating in 2020 and pursue a career as a data scientist. I’ve always been fascinated by data and data structures, and the complex information that can be gathered from a […]
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Iva Jugovic started her academic journey at the University of Maine in 2011. At the age of 19, she traveled 4,000 miles across the Atlantic, from her hometown Leskovac, Serbia to Orono, Maine to pursue her undergraduate studies. The recipient of a full-tuition scholarship to UMaine, Jugovic quickly took an interest in the health-related sciences […]
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Hometown: Brewer, Maine She studies music education and performance. I love music, I always have. I think being in bands helped me to be able to talk with people after I was homeschooled. I want to pass that passion and encouragement to others and watch them grow as people. I like to go out with […]
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Gwendelyn Hill of Saco, Maine, knew she wanted to join University Singers, the advanced concert choir of the University of Maine, before she even graduated high school. “I had seen them perform multiple times at my high school and in my hometown while they were on their annual spring tour, and I was blown away […]
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University of Maine graduate student Sarah Vogel is investigating the dam relicensing process as it relates to federally regulated hydropower dams in Maine. Her work is part of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions’ Future of Dams project. Vogel and other researchers will be striving to understand stakeholder actions and identify potential […]
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Exploring national parks as a teen during a family cross-country trip made a lasting impression on Kayla Greenawalt. “It made me want to be around that environment and protect the environment,” says the University of Maine ecology and environmental sciences major. Greenawalt, who returned from a research trip to the Falkland Islands with Ph.D. student […]
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Hometown: Astana, Kazakhstan I’m a political science and journalism major. I’m the culture editor [at the Maine Campus]; being a journalist allows you to really get into a story, report on it, research it and when it’s time to move on, you can. The University of Maine has more than 500 international students on campus. […]
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University of Maine student Michaela Murray, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in ecology and environmental sciences, found her research passion in the form of sustainable food systems. Murray, who is an Honors College student with a minor in economics, learned about the Farm to Institution Food Project (F2I), a pilot program the Honors College […]
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During his senior year at Penquis Valley High School in Milo, Maine, Jarod Webb was conflicted about what he wanted to study at the University of Maine. Then one of his teachers asked, “What about teaching?” “I thought that it would be a really nice profession to go into to be able to help people, […]
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Hometown: Fairfield, Connecticut I’m a marine science major with a dual concentration in marine biology and aquaculture, and for two years I was vice president of student entertainment. I enjoy playing music, reading, meditation and being outside. I’m researching human pharmaceutical uses of marine invertebrates. I’ve always been fascinated by marine life and how marine […]
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