The Northern New England segment of the Gazillion Bubbles Show, including a performance scheduled for UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts on Wednesday Oct. 5, has been canceled. Ticket holders are asked to call the Collins Center for the Arts box office at (207) 581-1755 for a refund or to exchange those tickets for another […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a report on Friday’s celebration of the UMaine bookstore’s 100th anniversary. The story includes comments from President Ferguson, Vice President for Finance and Administration Janet Waldron, bookstore manager Dick Young and Colleen Gagnon, who has worked at the store for 31 years.
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mtvU, MTV’s college channel, is looking to cast a few UMaine students for a series called “Dean’s List.” The episode will be produced in conjunction with the Campus Consciousness Tour taking place on campus Thursday Oct. 20. Specifically, producers are searching for students who are involved in initiatives that promote green/sustainable living. “Dean’s List” list […]
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Family and Friends Weekend begins at the University of Maine on Friday Sept. 30, with a 5-7 p.m. cookout featuring live entertainment by John Rush, also known as the human iPod. Rush, who is a popular performer on college campuses around the country, is a singer-songwriter who performs a combination of his own music and […]
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University Bookstore, the official bookstore of the University of Maine. To commemorate the occasion, a “birthday party” will be held this Friday from 1-3 p.m. at the store, located in the lower level of the Memorial Union. Students, faculty and staff members, alumni and […]
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Bakers at the University of Maine Dining Services serve up an average of 20,000 whoopie pies, with some four different flavors, each year on campus. Not that anyone’s counting. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the popular sandwich-size cake with a sweet frosting inside becomes the official state treat. At Hilltop Dining, chefs, cooks, bakers, staff and […]
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A group of 300 University of Maine community members and others will walk to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention on Sunday, Oct 2. The 3.5 mile walk will begin at UMaine’s Fogler Library, at 2 p.m., with registration at 1 p.m. The UMaine event is part of the Out of the Darkness Community […]
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UMaine’s club rugby team will open its season with a game against the University of Vermont Saturday at 11 a.m. on Lengyel Field. Twenty-two UMaine students play on the team, which won its only preseason game by a score of 38-5 over the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Former UMaine professor Oskar Feichtinger died on Sept. 5 at the age 77. Born in Germany, Feichtinger immigrated to the U.S. when he was a high school student, later serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and earning a Ph.D. before joining the UMaine faculty as a statistics professor. Active in the community, Feichtinger was an […]
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Eight films are scheduled for UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts, Thursday nights in the fall beginning Sept. 15. Show time is 7 p.m. with an admission charge of $6. Thursday, Sept. 15 Buck Thursday, Sept. 22 Midnight in Paris Thursday, Sept. 29 Beats, Rhymes & Life Thursday, Oct. 6 Cave of Forgotten Dreams Thursday, […]
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