Sally Daniels of Ellsworth, director of project services with the University of Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC), received an Adult Education Outstanding Teaching Award from the Maine Adult Education Association. The award was presented at the association’s annual conference at Colby College in June. Daniels, an MEOC staff member since its inception in 1991, was […]
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Labor unions and the economics of healthcare will be the focus of two keynote addresses at this year’s Maine AFL-CIO Summer Institute, Aug. 7–8 at the University of Maine, co-sponsored by UMaine’s Bureau of Labor Education. An address by longtime justice and labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr., “Common Myths and Falsehoods that Surround the Subject […]
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Aug. 1, the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics released the first of a series of quarterly reports analyzing critical economic indicators in Maine and exploring in detail the reasons for — and impacts of — Maine’s comparatively low worker productivity. Professor Todd Gabe wrote the inaugural report that focuses […]
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University of Maine researchers are seeking 50 volunteers to eat fresh Maine wild blueberries grown under four different types of agricultural practices, including organic. The taste test takes place 3–5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 in the Consumer Testing Center at 168 Hitchner Hall on the UMaine campus. Volunteers will receive $5 cash for participation in […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone and several collaborators will announce a Childfree Man and Childfree Woman of the Year on Aug. 1, International Childfree Day. Winners will be selected for their accomplishments and contributions to others and to the acceptance of the childfree choice in society. “My hope is that International Childfree Day will […]
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University of Maine President Paul W. Ferguson has named Jeffrey E. Hecker as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost effective Sept. 1. Hecker is currently the dean of UMaine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He replaces Provost Susan Hunter, who was named vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University of Maine […]
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Bill Kuykendall, senior lecturer in new media at the University of Maine, has published his first e-book which will be available for download on Apple’s iBookstore starting Aug. 1. The e-book, “Memories of a Mountaineer,” culminated from interviews with celebrated woodsman, soldier, carver and philosopher Sterling Spencer of Richwood, W.Va., about his life growing up […]
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Final group videos by student teams in the Upward Bound Math Science Summer Program will be presented from 8–11 a.m., July 26, Woolley Room, Doris Twitchell Allen Village. The high school students gained hands-on experience working with UMaine graduate students or faculty planning and designing sustainability solutions. This summer, those sustainability solutions included designing safe, […]
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The works of seven graduating master’s students in intermedia will be featured in the 10th Annual Without Borders Festival, Aug. 9–Sept. 27 in the University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery. The exhibit is sponsored by UMaine’s Intermedia MFA Program. A public reception is scheduled for Sept. 6, 5:30–7 p.m. For more information or to request […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ annual Maine Summer Youth Music (MSYM) camp opened the first of two sessions on July 15 with more than 200 junior campers from around Maine, the U.S. and the world. This session will mark the 33rd annual junior camp, directed by UMaine faculty member Chris White. White, […]
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