A first-year class of at least 2,230 students moved in during this year’s Welcome Weekend with the help of more than 700 volunteers from the University of Maine community. The first-year students again make up one of the largest classes in UMaine history, and over 46 percent of them are from other states. This fall, […]
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Twenty Maine K–12 STEM teachers from 14 school districts are expected to be at the University of Maine Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon for a STEM education workshop by the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE). In their physical, life or Earth sciences classrooms, teachers use research-based materials from the RiSE […]
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Chadwick “Chad” Arms, a former dairy specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, passed away Sept. 2. Arms served in three states including Maine in his 40-year career with Cooperative Extension, retiring in 1998 as the UMaine Extension dairy specialist. Arms and his wife were leaders of a 26-member 4-H Club, the Riverside 4-H […]
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Prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula will be the focus of a Sept. 13 lecture at the University of Maine by Kristin Vekasi, a UMaine assistant professor of political science. The free public lecture, from 4:30–5:30 p.m. in 120 Little Hall, will focus on the key background from the perspectives of major stakeholder countries […]
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The International Programs Office will hold a Welcome Assembly and Coffee Hour beginning at 4 p.m., Sept. 7. The event will begin in Minsky Recital Hall with brief remarks from UMaine and Orono leaders to welcome new and returning international students, research scholars, faculty and staff members, as well as friends of UMaine’s international community. […]
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Jonathan Fox, the principal percussionist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 2000 and a University of Maine iPh.D. student studying under UMaine School of Performing Arts professor Stuart Marrs, will give a public lecture on campus Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, “Living and Working Abroad: Challenges and Rewards.” Fox teaches at […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association are partnering with the Maine Grass Farmers Network to offer a pasture walk at the David Greeley farm in Jackson, Maine on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 4–6 p.m. Pasture walks are designed to be a peer-to-peer learning experience, where experienced graziers share […]
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Scott Delcourt has been named associate vice president for graduate studies and senior associate dean of the Graduate School, and Luke Doucette named general manager for the Coordinated Operating Research Entities (CORE) program, effective Sept. 1. A story about the promotions is online.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will celebrate the growing season with a Field Day from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden, 914 Bennoch Rd., Old Town. Field Day participants will enjoy workshops, demonstrations, children’s activities and homemade food. Featured speaker Matt Dunlap plans to share cooking […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is offering a variety of performances throughout the 2018–19 season. September events will include a broadcast of a murder mystery and several musical groups. National Theatre Live will bring “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” to the CCA at 7 p.m. […]
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