Fifteen University of Maine Honors College students will attend the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Seattle, Oct. 13–16. Each will make at least one presentation, either on research conducted in collaboration with UMaine faculty mentors, or on Honors pedagogy and culture. Some of the students also will participate in panel and roundtable discussions. In […]
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Darling Marine Center friends and neighbors are invited to an Autumn Dessert Social to learn about plans for the future of University of Maine’s marine laboratory 6:30–8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. Seating is limited for the free public event in Brooke Hall on the DMC’s lower waterfront campus; those interested are asked to RSVP by […]
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The University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center will host Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s Open Farm Sunday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Members of the public are welcome to visit the farm for a family-friendly afternoon of free cheese, apples, games and live bluegrass music. UMaine Applied Dairy Cooperative of Organized Working […]
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The University of Maine’s Homecoming 2016 will be celebrated with several events on campus Friday through Sunday, Oct. 14–16. A special highlight this year will be the dedication of the Professor Michael H. Lewis Painting Studio in the Wyeth Family Studio Art Center on campus. The dedication event begins at noon Saturday, Oct. 15 in […]
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The Orono Bog Boardwalk will close at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. The closing is six weeks earlier to allow for the third phase of the boardwalk reconstruction. Between the closure and the reopening in the spring, 48 more sections of the boardwalk will be replaced, along with one interpretive station and one wheelchair turnout. […]
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Beginning in mid-October, 25 Mexican students will be on campus for a four-week English language program, offered by the Intensive English Institute. This is the third program IEI has hosted for students participating in Mexico’s Proyecta 100,000 initiative, which provides government-sponsored scholarships to study English and pursue short-term academic work in the United States. The […]
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More than 650 students from 12 middle and elementary schools throughout northern and central Maine will convene at the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 11 for the biennial Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival. The festival, which will be held from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. in the New Balance Field House, offers an opportunity for students […]
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Nine University of Maine art students will be thinking big Oct. 8 when they take their printmaking to Belfast for a Steamroller Print Party, organized by Waterfall Arts. The students in the intermediate and advanced print classes taught by art professor Susan Groce will join other artists and members of the community for the 10 […]
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DigitalCommons@UMaine provides a format for publishing electronic books and monographs, offering an opportunity for faculty to incorporate the accessible and effective technology into the design of on-site and online courses. Publishing options include integrated cover images, chapter indexing, print on demand, online reading capability and full-text downloads. One example of an open-access monograph on Digital […]
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More than 100 students from eight area high schools are expected to be in the University of Maine’s Demeritt Forest for Envirothon Field Day on Oct. 6 from 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., sponsored by the Maine Association of Conservation Districts and supported by the UMaine School of Forest Resources. During the field day, student teams test […]
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