Campus Announcements

Werrbach Named to Truth and Reconciliation Commission

In December, Associate Professor of Social Work Gail Werrbach was named as one of five members of the newly established Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She and the other commissioners — alumnus Matthew Dunlap, UMaine adjust instructor gkisedtanamoogk, Sandra White Hawk and Carol Wishcamper — will be seated in a ceremony Feb. […]

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Women’s Hockey Promoting ‘Skating Strides’ for Cancer Research

The University of Maine women’s ice hockey team is raising money for the annual Hockey East Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign. Team members have been selling pink paper pucks at UMaine sporting events and will hold an auction of their game-worn pink jerseys during their game at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2 against Boston […]

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UMaine Visiting Artists Series Announced

The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program has announced the presenters for its Spring 2013 Visiting Artist Series, Jan. 17–April 30 in Lord Hall. They include artist, writer and teacher Iain Kerr; artist Ilana Boltvinik; photographer and videographer Miranda Clark; interdisciplinary artists Hasan Elahi and Erin Manning; co-authors Patsy Baudoin, John Bell and Nick Montfort; […]

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Coach to Shave Head If ‘Play4Kay’ Goal Reached

For the second year in a row, UMaine’s women’s basketball Coach Richard Barron has issued a challenge to the Black Bear community. If the “Play4Kay” cancer benefit reaches its $10,000 goal, he’ll shave his head following the women’s basketball team’s annual Play4Kay game at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Harold Alfond Sports Arena. […]

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UMaine International Dance Festival

The University of Maine’s ninth annual International Dance Festival, showcasing an array of traditional music, dance and costumes of some of the 400 international students at UMaine, is set for Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Two free performances of dances from around the world are scheduled at 2 p.m. and […]

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UMaine SPIA Talk on U.S., China Policy

Defense policy adviser and author Michael Pillsbury, an authority on China, will discuss “A China Policy for the United States” at 4 p.m., Feb. 4 in 107 D.P. Corbett Business Building. The free public talk is presented by the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. Pillsbury, author of China Debates the Future […]

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Mahon Lecture on Worldwide Debt, Deficits

The political ramifications and consequences of a world mired in debt is the subject of a free public discussion at 2:10 p.m., Monday, Jan. 28 at the University of Maine by John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management in the Maine Business School at UMaine. […]

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UMaine to Present ‘MLK Diversity Day’ at Local YMCA

The University of Maine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, Multicultural Student Affairs, V.E.T.S. and the Department of Athletics will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service from noon–3:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 21 at the Old Town/Orono YMCA. Students in grades 3–6 from all communities are invited to attend the free event. Children […]

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UMMA’s Kinghorn Named Jurist for Tampa Arts Festival

University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) Director and Curator George Kinghorn has been named a juror for the 43rd annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, March 2–3 at the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Fla. Artists participating in the prestigious festival will compete for $74,500 in cash awards, including the $15,000 […]

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Students, Businesses Preparing for 2013 UMaine Career Fair

As many as 1,000 University of Maine students and more than 103 businesses, firms and organizations are preparing for the 2013 Career Fair from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Coordinated this year by the UMaine Career Center and the School of Forest Resources, the annual event connects […]

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