Sandy beaches cover only about two percent of Maine’s vast coastline, but generate significant economic impact through tourism, recreation, and coastal living. On Friday, July 15, these diverse interests will gather at Southern Maine Community College for the Maine Beaches Conference.
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WLBZ television broadcast a Monday report about recognition UMaine recently received for its sustainability efforts. The story, which includes comments from Elaine Clark and Laura Lommler, describes infrastructure and transportation initiatives that are aimed at environmental stewardship. Princeton Review recently named UMaine to its green colleges list.
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The Bangor Daily News has a Tuesday story about two UMaine funds, the President’s Gift Account and the UMaine Priorities Account, to which the UMaine president has access in order to fund unforeseen situations that arise or activities such as private fundraising initiatives. President Robert Kennedy recently announced he would use the gift account to […]
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The Bicycle Coalition of Maine in conjunction with the UMaine Sustainability Office is holding several free and public bicycle education training sessions (PDF) Friday, April 22 – Earth Day – in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Sessions include “Bicycle Education and Pedestrian Safety Education Basic Training” from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., “Get […]
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The Bangor Daily News covered the announcement that UMaine has been named for the second year in a one of the nation’s most environmentally responsibile colleges and universities by the Princeton Review. The story included comments from UMaine President Robert Kennedy, who was one of the original signers in 2007 of the American College and […]
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UMaine Senior Designer Carol Nichols has earned prestigious recognition from the University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), for her work in designing the fall and spring UMaineOnLine promotional postcard. The organization announced a bronze award for this effort, in the University Continuing and Distance Education Division, during a conference in Toronto last week. The […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — More than a dozen University of Maine students are displaced by a Saturday evening fire at an Orono apartment complex. University personnel are in close contact with those students and their families, providing assistance as needed. “Above all, we are thankful no one was injured,” says […]
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UMaine’s next president is scheduled for a Thursday morning radio interview on WVOM’s George Hale/Ric Tyler Show. Paul Ferguson, appointed on Monday by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees, will be on the program from approximately 7:34-7:45 a.m. News coverage of Ferguson’s selection has included an Associated Press story on the Chicago Tribune […]
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ORONO — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has approved UMaine President Robert Kennedy’s tenure and/or promotion recommendations for 31 faculty members. The board’s action came at its Monday meeting. “These professors represent the most outstanding characteristics of UMaine’s wonderful faculty,” Kennedy says. “As leading members of our community of scholars, they inspire […]
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Contact: Peggy Markson 973-3245 (mobile 949-1250) AUGUSTA – This afternoon the University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved Chancellor Richard Pattenaude’s recommendation of Dr. Paul Ferguson as the next president of UMaine, the state’s flagship and land-grant university in Orono. “Dr. Ferguson brings a successful track record of leadership positions at similar institutions and […]
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