For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Maine is hosting two Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, one in Mandarin Chinese and the other in Arabic. Ming-Tso Chien of Taiwan and Yahya Mahmoud Elsayed of Egypt have been awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program grants to serve as teaching assistants in Mandarin and […]
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The University of Maine will host the Black Bear Triathlon on Sept. 27. The race, sponsored by UMaine Campus Recreation and sanctioned by USA Triathlon, will be held on campus beginning at 8:30 a.m. The event begins with a 525-yard swim in UMaine’s Wallace Pool, followed by a 12.5-mile bike race into Old Town, and […]
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The University of Maine’s History Department will host several public lectures as part of its fall 2015 Symposium Series. The series kicks off at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 when UMaine history professor Anne Kelly Knowles delivers the talk, “Telling the Spatial Story of the Holocaust: Finding Humanity in Social Science,” in the Fernald APPE […]
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SafeWise named Orono one of the “50 Safest College Towns in America.” Coming in at 30 on the list, Orono was mentioned as working closely with the University of Maine on a variety of community projects. “Collaborative service arrangements include fire safety, wastewater collection and treatment, and recreational trail management,” the report states. “Not only […]
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https://youtu.be/Xk73BtO4fNo Transcript Registering online for classes in the community has never been easier thanks to the Orono-based company CourseStorm. UMaine alum and programmer Matt James co-founded the software company whose technology makes registering for courses online “impossibly simple.” Clients include various adult education programs around the country, including the Maine Adult Education system. CourseStorm is […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a Pollinator Field Day to celebrate the often overlooked local heroes that make Maine’s unique landscape grow, as well as the native plants they rely on. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, those interested in promoting bee-friendly gardens and learning more about how native […]
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A free training workshop for college women who are interested in sharpening their leadership skills and learning more about political campaigns will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 at Wells Conference Center on the University of Maine campus. Elect Her — Campus Women Win participants will learn the basics of running a successful student government campaign, […]
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University of Maine students are invited to take a $10 bus trip to Portland for a guided tour of the Portland Museum of Art’s exhibit, “Directors’ Cut: Selections from the Maine Art Museum Trail,” on Saturday, Sept. 19. The bus will leave from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and […]
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Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Carol Kim has named Alan Cobo-Lewis, associate professor of psychology, as the director of the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) at the University of Maine. CCIDS is one of 68 federally funded University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) established under […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the fall 2015 session of after-school art classes for area children in grades K–8. The ArtWorks! program provides children an opportunity to explore the world of art through hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media, as well as the history and viewing of […]
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