The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast is offering a professional development program on the power of group work 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Sept. 27. “Helping People Change: The Power of Groups” will focus on gaining insight into therapeutic or curative factors that make groups work; appreciating the power of group work; predicting, normalizing and […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County is holding a free winter care workshop for small-scale poultry producers. The program will be offered twice Sept. 26 — 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 6–8:30 p.m., at the UMaine Extension office in Dover-Foxcroft. Workshop topics will include poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition, demonstrations of various waterers […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a free yoga class for gardeners and farmers 6–7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the University of Maine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Brie Weisman, Maine AgrAbility specialist, OTR/L, and owner of Adapt-Able Living in Rumford, will instruct the class. She’ll demonstrate ways to incorporate yoga […]
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Researchers with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute will take part in a sold-out conversation Sept. 24 hosted by the Bangor Daily News. Maine’s upcoming bicentennial has the BDN editorial board thinking about how the state’s climate has changed in the past 200 years, and what the next 200 years could look like, according […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension released the latest installment of “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The latest video in the series takes viewers to Lubec and the home of Monica’s Chocolates. Originally from Peru, and despite being a novice chocolatier, Monica Elliot built a successful chocolate […]
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Members of UMaine UVote will recognize National Voter Registration Day Sept. 24. In cooperation with the national nonpartisan Campus Election Engagement Project, UMaine UVote will be on the Mall 9 a.m.–4 p.m. helping students register to vote. Students also will have the opportunity to participate in a raffle for UMaine men’s ice hockey tickets or […]
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Today’s Fall Convocation will be live streamed using the following Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/761382430 The event, which launches a year of focus on fostering learner success at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias, begins with a processional at 3:50 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium. It will feature a keynote address by President […]
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The University of Maine will hold Family and Friends Weekend Friday through Sunday, Sept. 20–22. Many events will be held on campus throughout the weekend, including the Fall Convocation, planetarium shows at the Emera Astronomy Center, a lobster bake, 5k road race, carnival and petting zoo, Maine Bound Adventure Center’s Paddle Fest, a performance by […]
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A Fall Convocation will be held Friday, Sept. 20 to launch a year of focus on fostering learner success at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias. The event will begin with a processional at 3:50 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium. It will feature a keynote address by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, as […]
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The University of Maine International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair will be held at two times and locations on Thursday, Sept. 19. The event will be held 10 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union and 4–6 p.m. at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The free fair is held to inform UMaine […]
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