Chantel Banus, second-year master’s student in human nutrition at the University of Maine, is working to determine the factors that influence consumer purchase of seaweed products in the United States. Banus is conducting a survey to see what consumers are looking for in seaweed products and what influences their decision to purchase them. She wants […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has expanded the stage of my life. I grew up in a small village in Chongqing, China. I did not go to high school because my parents couldn’t afford it. I came to the U.S. in 2009, attended Lawrence […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has made me more cognizant of all of the possibilities in the world and that I have the ability to attain whatever I set my mind to. I have greatly increased my network in my time here, and I […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has great diversity, both in terms of people and academics. It has really helped me grow and shape my views both as an individual and a scientist. I was able to take advantage of numerous opportunities which helped me […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? UMaine has made a huge difference in my life. Freshman year I was able to explore a lot of different areas within my academic field to find the right major for me. Interacting with other students and the faculty has […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? The University of Maine provides students with opportunities and resources to prepare them for any career and help them realize their potential through rigorous education. The best thing about UMaine is that it provided me with an all-rounded education. I […]
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What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? It’s been my intent to become a folklorist since I was 15. But very few colleges and universities in the Northeast, including three of the five to which I applied for my undergrad, offer anything at all in the way […]
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Have you had an experience at UMaine that has changed or shaped the way you see the world? Who you are — your color, language or your religion — does not matter. What matters are the results you yield at the end of the day and your passion for what you doing. Why UMaine? UMaine […]
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Nicholas Fried of Millerstown, Pennsylvania has been named the 2016 University of Maine valedictorian. This fall, Fried will be an M.D./Ph.D. student at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies in New Orleans. He plans to become a primary care physician in a medically underserved community and conduct research […]
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Connor Smart of Lincoln, Maine has been named the 2016 University of Maine salutatorian and the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Maine Business School. The honors student double majored in accounting and finance, and received academic achievement awards in business and accounting. Smart was the 2012 valedictorian of Mattanawcook Academy. In the spring 2015 semester, Smart […]
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