Tuesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a photo from Monday’s Summer Tour 2011 open house for prospective students and their families. More than 2,000 people registered for the event, making it the largest open house UMaine has ever hosted. WLBZ/WCSH interviewed President Ferguson for a story about the event. Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean […]
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Tuesday’s Hartford Courant reports on Monday’s announcement that UMaine President Emeritus Robert Kennedy will be interim president of Connecticut’s new Board of Regents for Higher Education. Connecticut Gov. Dannell Malloy made that announcement in Hartford. The story includes comments from Prof. Howard Segal, Alumni Association President Todd Saucier and Jake Ward, UMaine’s assistant vice president […]
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UMaine President Emeritus Bob Kennedy has been appointed Interim President of the Board of Regents of Higher Education, a new post that involves oversight of Connecticut’s four state universities, its community colleges and Charter Oak State College. Gov. Dannell P. Malloy made the announcement Monday afternoon in Hartford. Kennedy came to UMaine in 2000 as […]
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The following information from the Division of Student Affairs relates to parking and traffic on campus leading up to Friday August 26 and the Maine Hello. As the University of Maine prepares for the arrival of the Class of 2015 on Friday, August 26 it is important to be aware of parking lot closures necessary […]
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UMaine facilities crews are in Estabrooke Hall Friday morning, dealing with issues caused by water in the basement. Power has been cut off there to facilitate repairs, but also causing the loss of network service on the south side of campus. Service should resume at approximately 9 a.m. A failed gasket in a water heater […]
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Some 1,895 people, mostly high school seniors and their family members, are registered for the University of Maine’s Monday, Aug. 22 Summer Tour 2011 open house event. Modeled after a similar open house last August, Summer Tour 2011 represents a fresh approach to the traditional open house. Prospective students and their families will have ample […]
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The annual Graduate School picnic is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 4-6 p.m. on the Stodder Hall patio. Graduate students with their families, faculty members and support personnel are all invited to attend. The rain date is Thursday, Sept. 15
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will be at the University of Maine on Thursday, Aug. 18 from approximately 1:45-3:15 p.m. Salazar, a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Colorado who has been a member of the Obama cabinet since January, 2009, will be in Maine for a series of meetings arranged by Sen. Susan […]
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will visit UMaine on Thursday Aug. 18, one of several stops that day to be hosted by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Salazar will visit the Advanced Structures and Composites Center to learn more about UMaine-led research into technology development for deepwater offshore wind power initiatives. A brief Associated Press […]
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WLBZ television broadcast a Thursday story about UMaine’s inclusion on Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll. The story included interviews with UMaine engineers Stewart Harvey and Carolyn McDonough, along with sustainability coordinator Laurie Lommler. Princeton Review was one of three national guidebooks to recognize UMaine for quality and value during the past several days. The Green […]
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