Campus Announcements

Maine 4-H youth place at regional dairy competition

Nineteen participants of 4-H, an educational youth program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and their project animals traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts in September to represent Maine at the Eastern States Exposition. They competed against more than 150 youth from around New England in a variety of dairy competitions. In the first contest, the […]

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Engineering ambassadors

UMaine students to attend Engineering Ambassador Workshop

Eight University of Maine undergraduate engineering students will join peers from eight universities for a three-day Engineering Ambassador Northeast Regional Workshop at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Oct. 8–11. The Engineering Ambassadors Network (EAN) trains university engineering students in effectively communicating with middle and high school students about the discipline. EAN empowers future leaders in engineering and […]

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Engineering Job Fair Oct. 15

More than 90 companies will be represented at the University of Maine’s 2015 Engineering Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Co-sponsored by the UMaine College of Engineering and Career Center, the event is an opportunity for students to learn about some of the […]

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Backyard poultry workshops offered this fall

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are co-sponsoring three fall workshops for new and future small-scale meat and egg producers. UMaine Extension educator Donna Coffin and assistant state veterinarian Beth McEvoy will cover poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition for backyard meat and egg producers. Workshops are […]

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Participants sought for inaugural Homecoming Parade, Float Competition

The University of Maine will hold an inaugural Homecoming Parade and Float Competition Oct. 17, which will feature the UMaine Marching Band and student floats vying for prizes. The parade will start at noon from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot, continue down Long Road, and end outside Alfond Stadium. Winners will be […]

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Caron, Cosgrove, football players featured in Colonial Athletic Association video

Sandy Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, is featured in a new video produced by the Colonial Athletic Association that highlights the Male Athletes Against Violence program. The video features UMaine football players Trevor Bates, Sherrod Baltimore, Michael Kozlakowski, Chase Hoyt and Christophe Mulumba-Tshimanga, as well as head football […]

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Volunteers sought for online aphasia communication group

Participants are being sought for an online aphasia communication group as part of a research project being led by Judy Walker, an associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at the University of Maine. The project aims to determine if people with aphasia — a disruption in the ability to communicate typically caused by a […]

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Lord Hall Gallery exhibits to explore concepts of home, homelessness

The University of Maine Department of Art will present two related exhibitions as part of the 2015 Maine Photo Project. A juried exhibition will feature the work of 19 Maine photographers, while “Young Photographers” will include work by 14 artists from Orono middle and high schools, as well as the Carleton Project and Shaw House, […]

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Online voting open for UMaine to win $10,000 donation from PC Construction

The University of Maine is one of six institutions participating in “Building Communities: PC Construction Gives Back.” The contest focuses on supporting higher education at colleges and universities that have welcomed PC Construction on their campuses. Online voting throughout October will determine which school will receive a $10,000 donation from the company. Second- and third-place […]

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Key Assessment Design and Selection workshop Oct. 22

University of Maine faculty members are encouraged to take part in “Key Assessment Design and Selection,” a hands-on, informational workshop from noon to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22. The session, which will be held in the McIntire Room of the Buchanan Alumni House, aims to enhance participants’ understanding of how to successfully design and analyze appropriate […]

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