The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2016 annual Juried Student Art Exhibition that features work by current studio art, art history and art education students. The exhibition will be on display from April 8 to May 6 in the Lord Hall Gallery. The venue provides the opportunity for undergraduate students at […]
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University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond has been selected to host the 2016 National 4-H Shooting Sports instructor training this summer at 17 Conservation Lane, Bryant Pond. This is the first time Maine has been selected to host the event, which will be held Monday through Friday, June 6–10. The […]
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University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was interviewed for a service project, “Women in Science,” by members of the UMaine chapter of Alpha Tau Omega. The video interview with President Hunter about her career as a faculty member, researcher and administrator is featured in an April 1 post on the ATO Roadshow website.
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Great Value Colleges has named the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center No. 1 in its list of “20 Great Recreation Centers at Small Colleges.” “This $25 million fitness center is LEED Silver certified and was built with an open-floor plan and windows that stretch from the floor to the ceiling so that […]
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The New Balance Student Recreation Center at the University of Maine will hold the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s Great Maine Bike Swap and Maine Bound Adventure Center’s annual Gear Sale on Sunday, April 10. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Great Maine Bike Swap attendees can choose from hundreds of gently used bicycles, including hybrids, […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is again co-sponsoring the annual Literacy Tea organized by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor. The event will be held Sunday, April 3, from 3–5 p.m. at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. Children’s book author Mark Scott Ricketts will read from his book “Adventures in […]
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Designing and building low-cost, efficient milking parlors for dairy herds is the focus of a free workshop 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursday, April 14 at Kennebec Valley Community College Alfond Campus, Recreation Center, Route 201, Hinckley. Larry Tranel, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, will discuss TRANS-Iowa parlors, designed to be more ergonomically friendly, […]
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Members of the University of Maine community and general public are invited to join a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view William Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Portland Public Library. The UMaine Humanities Center (UMHC) and Department of English are […]
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Orono Police Department will conduct training exercises in and around Coburn Hall on Thursday, March 31, from 6–9 p.m. Members of the UMaine community may see police department vehicles and personnel in the area.
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Registration is open for the 2016 Maine Sea Grant Research Symposium: Research in a Time of Rapid Change. The event will be held from 1–5 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus. The biennial event serves as a forum for new and seasoned Maine Sea Grant investigators and […]
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