The President’s Community Conversation 3.0 will be held 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in Wells Conference Center. The Community Conversation continues the new UMaine tradition of combining the Annual Employee Breakfast with the opportunity for President Paul Ferguson to share the successes of the Blue Sky Plan, provide copies of the 2013 UMaine Annual Report […]
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Three founders of Wilde-Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity will take part in a panel discussion Oct. 18 to celebrate the organization’s advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights for 40 years at the University of Maine. The panel discussion will be part of a 4:30-7 p.m. celebratory event at Wells Conference Center that includes […]
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The University of Maine’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Program has announced the recipients of the 2013 Maryann Hartman Award, an annual recognition of women whose work inspires others and raises awareness of contemporary women’s accomplishments. The 28th annual Maryann Hartman Award ceremony will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 at […]
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Jack Burt, an associate professor of music at the University of Maine, performed with the European Brass Ensemble in Carinthia, Austria and Merano, Italy earlier this month. Burt, who plays trumpet, also visited the Gustav Mahler Composition Hut on the Wörthersee, where Mahler composed Symphony No. 5 through Symphony No. 9. Professor Thomas Clamor directs […]
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The effects of poverty and how educators at all levels can make a difference will be the theme of a program offered by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development on Friday, Oct. 18. Dr. Donna Beegle, an author and public speaker who uses her personal story and research to teach others […]
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Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 18-20, will honor the reunion classes of 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. A football game with William & Mary, and a men’s ice hockey game with Bentley are among the many events scheduled. Other activities include social events, awards, performances, tours and a silent auction. Due to the […]
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The University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center will participate in Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s Open Farm Sunday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. UMaine Applied Dairy Cooperative of Organized Working Students (UMAD COWS) and students with Maine Animal Club (MAC) will be available to answer questions and give tours. Guests can also […]
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The public and University of Maine students are invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at UMaine’s Maynard F. Jordan Observatory 7–11 p.m. Oct. 12. Observatory staff will point out stars and constellations with the main telescope and smaller instruments at the free event. Refreshments will be provided and stargazing and moon informational handouts […]
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University of Maine sociologist Kim Huisman has organized a free two-day conference to strengthen mother-daughter bonds and create zones where girls can thrive. “Strong Girls: Cultivating Connection, Resilience, and Hardiness in Girls” will be held Nov. 1–2 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast, says Huisman, UMaine associate professor of sociology. SuEllen Hamkins, […]
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Brian Naylor, a Washington Desk correspondent for National Public Radio and University of Maine alumnus, will visit UMaine and join two local veteran journalists for a public panel discussion on Friday, Oct. 18. The panel will discuss issues facing American journalism from 1–2 p.m. in Room 3 of the Wells Conference Center on campus. Michael […]
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