Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, will speak on the Maine Public radio show “Maine Calling” on Jan. 7. The show, airing at 1 p.m., will focus on the recently released 10-year Strategic Economic Development Plan for the state of Maine. Discussion will cover the plan’s major […]
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The 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration will be held on Monday, Jan. 20 in Wells Conference Center. Doors open at 8 a.m.; breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased online. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended as seating is limited. A limited number of […]
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The Beginning Farmer Resource Network (BFRN), a coalition of agricultural agencies in Maine, will host free workshops and offer consultation services to Maine’s newest farmers Jan. 14–16 during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center. Two Jan. 15 workshops will focus on multiple aspects of farm labor. Four Jan. 16 workshops will […]
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Josette McWilliams has been named executive assistant to University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, effective Jan. 6. McWilliams, a UMaine alumna who was a first-generation college student, comes to the university from Colby College, where she served as executive assistant to the dean of the college for two years. “I’m pleased and humbled to return […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training to Maine residents from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 16, at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center. The course provides a foundation for produce safety, best practices, co-management of natural resources and food safety, Food Safety Modernization Act […]
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The University of Maine’s Graduate School Commencement Ceremony will be held on May 8 at 4 p.m. in Harold Alfond Sports Arena. New to the ceremony this year: All candidates for advanced degrees, including doctoral candidates, will receive their hoods and have their degrees conferred during the Friday afternoon ceremony. All graduate students interested in […]
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January events at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine will include a performance of “The Simon & Garfunkel Story,” a chamber music concert and several broadcast shows. “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” tells the tale of how two young boys from Queens in New York City became the world’s most […]
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What’s it like living and doing research in the world’s most remote locations? Listen as Ron Lisnet continues his conversation with Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. In Part 2 of the two-part podcast “The Maine Question,” Mayewski recalls drilling ice cores on glaciers and living in a tent for […]
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Graduate students in the Master of Science in Human Development program at the University of Maine have created a business plan for a recovery café at the Bangor Area Recovery Network (BARN). BARN is a nonprofit community recovery center that offers support services to people in addiction recovery and others affected by alcohol or drug […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the inaugural Downeast Agriculture Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Jan. 18, at the Lee Pellon Center, 90 Main St., Machias. The snow date is Jan. 25. Both land- and sea-based production topics will be covered, including the future of Maine family blueberry farms, high tunnel crop […]
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