The Bangor Daily News spoke with Ben McNaboe, a senior music education major at the University of Maine, about the upcoming School of Performing Arts fundraiser show he created and organized. On Jan. 17 McNaboe will lead about 90 musicians and vocalists in a student-produced show titled “An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics.” It […]
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SB Nation College Hockey, CBS Sports, NESN, Diehard Sport and Examiner.com reported seventh-grader Oliver Wahlstrom of Yarmouth, Maine has committed to play college hockey at the University of Maine. Wahlstrom is the youngest player to commit to an NCAA college hockey program and won’t be able to attend the university until the fall of 2019, […]
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Kate Garland, horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) for a report on the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association wanting a presence in Penobscot County. To test community interest, the group is hosting a Stone Soup Social Jan. 11 where members are invited to bring chopped vegetables to […]
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Renewable Energy News reported the Maine Public Utilities Commission will consider a long-term energy contract for a proposed offshore wind project by Maine Aqua Ventus, which includes the University of Maine and partner companies. Regulators will deliberate the project’s proposed term sheet Jan. 14.
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Susan Bennett-Armistead, the Correll Professor of Early Literacy at the University of Maine, about the new Literacy to Go program that aims to promote early literacy. UMaine’s Fogler Library and Old Town’s elementary school and public library are teaming up to offer themed kits that include three books inside a […]
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House Speaker Mark Eves is expected to speak about the University of Maine’s efforts to promote research on aging issues across various departments during the opening address of a daylong summit Jan. 17, according to the Portland Press Herald. More than 300 people are expected to attend the Maine Summit on Aging to help develop […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, WVII (Channel 7), Kennebec Journal, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Portland Press Herald were among news organizations to report that Karlton Creech has been named the University of Maine’s director of athletics. UMaine President Paul Ferguson named Creech to the position, effective Feb. 10. Creech is currently the senior associate […]
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The December 2013 issue of Impact, a Maine State Chamber of Commerce publication, featured an article on the University of Maine’s involvement with the Maine Invention Convention. The event is a statewide competition that promotes problem solving and inventing by students in grades five through eight throughout the school year and ends with the statewide […]
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Bangor Metro interviewed Susan Lizzotte, head coach of the University of Maine’s swimming and diving teams, and student-athletes Lauren Dwyer and Cody Lachance about the swimming lessons the team offers to local children. Lizzotte, who oversees the program offered to children who are 4 to 13 years old, said each collegiate instructor is assigned to […]
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Gianna Marrs, director of financial aid for the University of Maine, spoke with the Associated Press for an article about the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit and how it is being overlooked because of the state’s failure to market it effectively. UMaine financial aid officials said they tell students about the program and available resources but […]
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