preK-12 outreach

PenBay Pilot promotes new art gallery exhibit at Hutchinson Center

The Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted “S.P.E.A.K.,” or Students Promoting Equity, Art, and Knowledge, a new multimedia art exhibit created by Troy Howard Middle School’s eighth grade social studies students located at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.

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Media cover 2023 Simmons Windstorm Challenge

WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (ABC 7/Fox 22 in Bangor) featured the 2023 Simmons Windstorm Challenge, which brought roughly 600 middle and high school students from across the state to the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.

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BDN features UMaine College of Education and Human Development literacy night

The Bangor Daily News featured a literacy night at Alton Elementary School with University of Maine students at the College of Education and Human Development. The College of Education and Human Development has incorporated literacy nights at area schools into the curriculum for education majors for more than 20 years. It’s an opportunity for UMaine […]

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Seguin featured on Grounded in Maine podcast

Margaruette Seguin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H youth development professional, was featured on the Grounded in Maine podcast discussing how she is cultivating the next generation of Earth lovers through her work.

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Media notes UMaine role in Camp Mummichog summer day camp

In an article about the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust’s Camp Mummichog summer day camp, the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper noted that campers ages of 9–12 who are participating in “Marine Adventures” July 31–Aug. 4 will conduct their own experiments, dissect a squid, visit a lab at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center to […]

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Media promote UMaine Extension 4-H club about sharks

The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com and Turner Publishing Inc. shared that University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online special interest 4-H club on the science of sharks for youth ages 9–18, 4–5 p.m. on Tuesdays, May 16–June 6. Required registration for this special interest, or SPIN, club closes April 25. Register […]

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Daily Bulldog boosts 4-H Agriculture Symposium

The Daily Bulldog shared that Maine students ages 14–18 are invited to a 4-H Agriculture Symposium at the University of Maine April 20–21. For more information, visit the event webpage on the UMaine Extension website.

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Media share 4-H special interest club about algae

The Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot, Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com and Morning Ag Clips shared information about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H online club for ages 12–18 about algae and its impact on surrounding ecosystems. The special interest, or SPIN, club will meet from 4–5 p.m. Wednesdays from April 12–May 17. For more information and […]

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UMaine Extension 4-H introduces youth to ecosystems and community science

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer a short-term online 4-H club about algae and its impact on surrounding ecosystems. Intended for youth ages 12–18, the special interest, or SPIN, club will meet from 4–5 p.m. on Wednesdays from April 12–May 17. Required registration closes March 31.   The 4-H Ecological Studies Club will introduce […]

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Media share virtual training for UMaine Extension 4-H volunteers

The Bangor Daily News, Turner Publishing, CentralMaine.com, Daily Bulldog and Sun Journal shared that University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a two-part online training for adults interested in becoming 4-H volunteers from noon–1 p.m. on March 28 and April 4. A second round of the training will be offered from 6–7 p.m. on April 19 and 26. Register on […]

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