Franklin Lewis Roberts, 1934-2012
Franklin Lewis Roberts, who for 33 years taught genetics, biology and evolution at the University of Maine, died on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Roberts graduated from UMaine with honors in 1955.
Read moreCampus Announcements
Harold Westerman Passes Away
Harold Westerman, former University of Maine football coach and athletic director, has passed away at the age of 94. Westerman spent 33 years at UMaine as an assistant football coach (1949-50), head coach (1951-66) and athletic director (1967-82). Under Westerman, the Black Bears won several conference championships and advanced to the Tangerine Bowl in 1965. […]
Read moreSydney Carroll Thomas 1954-2011
Former University of Maine College of Education and Human Development faculty member Sydney Carroll Thomas has died at the age of 57. Thomas, who left UMaine in 2008, was an associate professor of counselor education and also taught in the Honors College. According to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Thomas joined the UMaine […]
Read moreJ. Norman Wilkinson, 1930-2011
J. Norman Wilkinson, who taught performing arts at the University of Maine for 35 years, has died at the age of 81. Born in Liverpool, England, according to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Wilkinson also was an actor, playwright and Maine Masque theater director. His survivors include his wife of 54 years, Dorothy, […]
Read morePep Rally to Support Black Bear Football Team Dec. 7
A pep rally for the Black Bear football team will be held at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Maine Marketplace of the Memorial Union. The UMaine team is headed to Statesboro, Ga., for a Dec. 10 matchup with third-ranked Georgia Southern in the NCAA national quarterfinals. The marching band will perform in the atrium […]
Read moreJames Madison Fellowship applications available
The application for the 2012 James Madison Fellowship is now available at the Fellowship’s website. College seniors and college graduates who intend to become secondary school teachers of American history, American government, or social studies are eligible for this Fellowship, which carries a maximum stipend of $24,000 for up to two years of graduate study […]
Read moreFootball team selected for playoff field
The UMaine Black Bear football team has qualified for the national FCS playoffs. The NCAA announced the playoff field on Sunday, with the 8-3 Black Bears receiving a first-round bye. They will play Appalacian State in Boone, N.C. on Saturday Dec. 3. More details are in a Portland Press Herald blog post by Kevin Thomas.
Read moreWater supply message from VP Waldron
To: Members of the UMaine Community From: Janet Waldron, vice president for administration and finance Officials at the Orono-Veazie Water district, which supplies the UMaine campus, have let us know about a non-emergency issue related to that water supply. Standard testing protocols revealed that the district’s water exceeded acceptable levels of Total Trihalomethanes during the […]
Read moreMTVU program features UMaine and UMaine student
UMaine student Lindsey Miller is the host of this week’s edition of “Deans List,” a television show that airs on MTVU, that network’s university-oriented channel. A crew visited UMaine in October to film the program, which includes information about UMaine’s sustainability efforts. The program features ten music videos, chosen by Miller, that reflect sustainability concerns. […]
Read moreUMaine announces Library of Congress partnership
A new collaboration between the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center and the University of Maine will preserve a unique archival collection that documents the history and traditions of Maine, other New England states and Canada’s Maritime Provinces. That collection, the entire holdings of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and History, is part of UMaine’s […]
Read more