The University of Maine’s fifth annual March Against Domestic Violence will take place Oct. 3 on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The march, which begins at noon, is sponsored by the Maine Business School (MBS) Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace and other organizations. Following the march, remarks […]
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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. Oct. 11. The program will focus on a variety of topics related to group work, including experiencing the effectiveness of groups in different roles and predicting, normalizing and handling challenges of running […]
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University of Maine faculty and staff are invited to attend the President’s Fall Welcome 8–9:30 a.m. Oct. 2 in Wells Conference Center. UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy is scheduled to speak at 8:30 a.m. An additional event for employees working the late shift will be held at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 1, also in Wells.
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A four-session course for farmers and those hoping to farm will be held from 1–4 p.m. Oct. 2 at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Penobscot County Office in Bangor. The course, “So You Want to Farm in Maine?” continues weekly through Oct. 23. Live streaming will be available. Appointments for individual consultations will be […]
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The Maine Mass Timber Event, a daylong conference focused on established and emerging cost-effective mass timber construction technologies that are growing in popularity nationwide and around the globe, will be held Oct. 11 at the University of Maine, offered by UMaine’s Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center in partnership with WoodWorks – Wood Products Council. The […]
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A coalition working to boost Maine’s forest economy announced its action plan at the University of Maine on Sept. 25. Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine), a coalition working to diversify the state’s wood products businesses, attract capital investments, and develop greater economic prosperity for communities impacted by recent mill closures, announced a plan to grow Maine’s […]
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Editor’s note: Hannah Carter’s presentation has been moved from 1:30–3 p.m. to 3:15–4:45 p.m. Oct. 4. The search committee for the University of Maine Dean of Cooperative Extension will welcome three finalists to campus. Members of the campus community are invited and encouraged to attend presentations on “University of Maine Cooperative Extension of Tomorrow: How […]
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Rethinking the Canadian-American borderlands in the context of the 1918 Migratory Bird Conservation Act will be the focus of a lecture by guest speaker Matthew Hatvany on Oct. 1 at the University of Maine. Part of the 2018–19 CanAm Lecture Series and the History Department’s Symposium Series, “A Borderless Continent: Rethinking the Canadian-American Borderlands from […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA 2018–19 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with Isaac Record ’03 on Sept. 25. Record, an assistant professor of practice at Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College, will discuss “Life, the University and Everything: My Romp Across Disciplines in Pursuit of Answers,” at 3:30 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will host a presentation and discussion on voter education by Susan Hill on Sept. 26. The nonpartisan event, slated for 6–8 p.m., will include topics on voter registration, safe election procedures, voting districts, political party office locations, the list of offices and initiatives on the November ballot, […]
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