Steve Abbott, an Orono native who served 12 years as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff, has been named University of Maine interim athletic director. An attorney and former Harvard football captain, Abbott will take over for Blake James, who is leaving UMaine on Sept. 7 to become senior associate athletic director for external relations […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy has selected Steve Abbott to serve as interim athletic director beginning Monday, Sept. 6. An attorney who served as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff for 12 years, Abbott grew up on and around the UMaine campus where his […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — UMaine President Robert Kennedy has selected an interim athletic director to succeed Blake James, who is leaving UMaine for a senior athletics administration position at the University of Miami. Kennedy will announce his choice at a 2 p.m. Friday Aug. 20 news conference scheduled for the Alfond […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Series of events to include retrospective on memorable Maine-based film. ORONO — What would make a couple of notoriously reclusive brothers from a Maine lobstering family sit down in front of a camera and open themselves up for a night of storytelling? Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson still ponders that question, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will debut a new-look primary Web page on Tuesday, Aug. 17. A simplified version of the current page at http://www.umaine.edu, it will feature links that direct visitors to the most relevant and timely information sources on the university’s extensive Web site. Based on […]
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UMaine police encourage key registration program – Click here for more information or to register your keytag.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — As the University of Maine prepares to welcome its new first-year students later this month, an informative, exciting, lively Monday Aug. 23 open house will signal the start of the 2010-2011 student recruitment and admissions cycle. Labeled “Summer Tour 2010,” the event represents a new approach to […]
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Contacts: Robert White, (207) 581-3113; Rod Bushway, (207) 581- 1626; Susan Sullivan, (207) 581-3130 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine and the University of Vermont are joining forces this fall to offer a research-based online weight management course that helps college students develop healthy eating and exercise habits. “Vtrim Online” is a one-credit, semester-long […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Andrew Mahoney at (207) 581-4158 ORONO — University of Maine athletic director Blake James has accepted an offer to return to the University of Miami, where he worked in athletic administration from 1998-2001. UMaine’s AD since July 2005, James will leave in early September. “Blake has done an outstanding […]
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Contact: Scott Wilkerson, (207) 581-3049 or scott.wilkerson@umit.maine.edu ORONO – The University of Maine Office of Facilities Management will begin early next week a multi-part project to improve stormwater management on campus and keep in compliance with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Starting around Aug. 9, the Belgrade Spur Detention Pond will be dredged and […]
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