The University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts will hold an informational event at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, starting at the Hilltop dining facility, to introduce students to the benefits available to them through Collins Center events and special offers. The event will move during the noon hour from Hilltop to the Memorial […]
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The University of Maine is hosting an Oct. 19 conference on nonprofit fundraising featuring University of Washington faculty member and consultant Susan Howlett, who will deliver a talk titled, “Boards on Fire! Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully.” The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Other […]
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The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay will be the focus of a University of Maine School of Performing Arts performance at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21. “Rediscovering Millay,” which honors the 100th anniversary of Millay’s discovery at the Whitehall Inn in Camden, Maine, will take place in UMaine’s Minsky Hall. UMaine faculty members Nancy […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will host MOSAIC, its fourth annual gala event, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the museum at 40 Harlow Street in downtown Bangor. The museum galleries will be transformed into a creative stage for music, art and mingling with fellow museum and art […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will join University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and UMaine System Trustee Greg Johnson from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Minsky Recital Hall for a UMaine community discussion about the strategic change efforts emanating from the Board of Trustees’ Goals and Actions Plan. […]
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Members of the University of Maine community should be aware that the bow-hunting season has begun in the Marsh Island areas of Orono and Old Town and will continue through Dec. 8. The University of Maine Police Department is asking the general population to be especially vigilant while using recreation trails and bike paths, and […]
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University of Maine football player Michael Cole has been named the College Football Performance Awards FCS National Defensive Player of the Week and National Defensive Lineman of the Week. Cole, a junior defensive end from North Brunswick, N.J., had a pair of sacks for a loss of 18 yards and a forced fumble at Atlantic […]
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The University of Maine will welcome guests Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Family and Friends Weekend, which includes a host of activities around campus. The events begin Friday evening with a show at the Jordan Planetarium and music, food and drink specials at the Bear’s Den in the Memorial Union. Saturday’s activities include the Black […]
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Jeff Thaler, the University of Maine’s first visiting professor of energy, policy, law and ethics, will deliver a Climate Change Institute Lecture from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12 in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Thaler’s talk is titled “As the World Burns: From […]
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The University of Maine has selected five former student-athletes for induction into the 2012 Sports Hall of Fame. Former women’s basketball standout Kim Corbitt (2005), men’s basketball player Charlie Goddard (1950), hockey star Steve Kariya (1999), track and field record-holder Richard Nason (1964) and softball great Michelle Puls (1998) will be inducted in the 2012 […]
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