Campus Announcements

Society to Auction Orchid Terrarium to Benefit Scholarship

The Eastern Maine Orchid Society (EMOS) will meet at the University of Maine’s Roger Clapp Greenhouses at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. During their meeting, society member Janelle Delicata will demonstrate how to build an orchid terrarium. The completed terrarium will be auctioned with proceeds going to the EMOS scholarship that is awarded to a […]

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Highmoor Farm Fall Harvest Sale Oct. 9 in Orono

Staff from the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth will be on the Orono campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, selling apples and pumpkins. The sale will be located by the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre between Winslow Hall and Fogler Library, weather permitting. A rain date is set for 10 a.m. […]

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Lord Hall Gallery Opens Dudley Zopp Installation Oct. 10

The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine presents a new installation, “Ground/Underground,” by sculptor and painter Dudley Zopp. The exhibition, which runs from Oct. 10 through Nov. 14, is a continuation of Zopp’s “Erratics” sculptures, and features new, large-format watercolor paintings and 700 smaller oil paintings that suggest geological sediments. For “Ground/Underground,” Zopp […]

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Marketing for Business Success with UMaine Extension

Marketing for Business Success is a four-part workshop beginning 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC), 40 Harlow St., Bangor. Remaining sessions meet Nov. 13, Dec. 11 and Jan. 14, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and EMDC. In the first session, Jim McConnon, UMaine Extension business and […]

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Get the Scoop on Poultry Coop Contest

Got a great design idea for a poultry coop? The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Poultry Growers Association (MPGA) are accepting entries for the 2015 Maine Poultry Coop Contest until Saturday, Nov. 1. The contest is to recognize poultry keepers — hobbyists and farmers from Maine — who have valuable and creative ideas […]

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Markowsky to Deliver Cybersecurity Talk

University of Maine professor George Markowsky will present a talk about cybersecurity at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the Margaret Chase Smith Library. The talk is the library’s Ada E. Leeke Lecture on International Affairs. Markowsky is a professor of computer science and cooperating professor in the School of Policy and International Affairs. The […]

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Learn About Pasture Management

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a two-part workshop on pasture and forage management 4:30–6:30 p.m., Oct. 15, at Aldermere Farm, 70 Russell Ave., Rockport, and 5:30–7:30 p.m., Oct. 22, at the UMaine Extension office, 377 Manktown Road, Waldoboro. Cost is $20 for the workshop, which is for people who manage forage or pasture […]

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UMaine Extension Offers School Gardening Class

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a course designed for educators and others interested in creating and maintaining school gardens. The class meets 4:30–7 p.m. Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, at South Berwick Central School, 197 Main St., South Berwick. Each class will focus on a […]

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Have a blast at ‘Rockets to the Rescue’

“Rockets to the Rescue!” is the theme of the 4-H Science Saturday workshop from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Oct. 25, at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation and Emera Astronomy Center. In light of recent disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan, participants will be challenged to design and build an aerodynamic food […]

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