A 14-member search committee has been named to help select the next University of Maine director of athletics, according to Dr. Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student life and dean of students. Dana, who chairs the committee, says the national search will be aided by a search firm and will begin as soon as […]
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Starting this fall, University of Maine students will be able to apply for the Churchill Scholarship, a prestigious merit-based scholarship for postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. Due to a collaborative effort among various campus entities, including the Office of Major Scholarships, UMaine has been added to the list of 112 participating […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s Reading Recovery program will celebrate its longtime collaboration with the Galen Cole Family Foundation at two upcoming events. The annual Reading Recovery Cole Family Celebration will be held May 18 at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor. Members of the statewide education community will […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has released the seventh installment of “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The latest video in the series tells the story of 16-year-old entrepreneur who founded Simply Macarons by Jaelin. The macaron is a French meringue-based, filled sandwich cookie — not to […]
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Four UMaine students joined 235 of their peers from 38 colleges in the United States and Canada to compete in the 17th annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge April 12–15 in Visalia, California. David Marcinkowski from the School of Food and Agriculture coached the UMaine seniors — Carly Amsden of Eliot, Maine; Alexandra Banks of […]
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A section of Rangeley Road will be closed May 13 through Aug. 30 during the installation of a roundabout at the intersection of Rangeley and Park streets by the Maine Department of Transportation. During this time, campus can be accessed by the College Avenue entrances located along Long, Munson and Sebec roads. Access to the […]
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The Maine State Bicentennial Conference Committee at the University of Maine seeks presentation proposals that explore all aspects of the Maine statehood process and the bicentennial for the event that will be held next spring. The Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference will be held May 30–June 1, 2019 on the UMaine campus with a field […]
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A six-member team from the Maine Business School earned a performance award — the first for the University of Maine — at the 50th annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in Anaheim, California. In the rigorous, semester-long business simulation, which consisted of a remote phase and a final on-site phase, students ran a virtual company […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole will offer an intensive, hands-on shellfish farming workshop June 25–29. The “Applied Methods in Shellfish Farming Workshop” is intended to familiarize participants with practical approaches to cultivate molluscs — including oysters, mussels, clams and scallops. Attendees will learn about hatchery methods and upweller and nursery systems, […]
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J. Michael Weber, a senior associate dean and professor of marketing at Mercer University, has been named dean of the new Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, 2018. The Graduate School of Business, part of the Maine Business School, will offer the MBA program in Orono and Portland and online, and will house all […]
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