The Maine Department of Education shared that University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy participated in a panel discussion on how Maine is paving the way for students and teachers to be successful in the world of computer science. “The more we can engage with computer science at the Pre-K through 12 level, the more ready […]
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News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WVII (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that University of Maine’s North Stevens Hall has been renamed Boudreau Hall in honor of alumna Karen Boudreau after she and her husband, Tom Jensen, pledged a naming gift. “This is historic. We’re very, very grateful to Karen and […]
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A pledge from University of Maine alumna Karen Boudreau and her husband, Thomas Jensen, M.D. will rename North Stevens Hall on campus in honor of the former Brewer, Maine resident and now San Diego-based attorney. Karen L. Boudreau, Esq. Hall will be dedicated on July 14. Expected to participate in the ceremony are UMaine President […]
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Legislators and affordable housing developers and advocates visited the University of Maine on Friday to see how the state’s flagship university is advancing housing and food security through research, innovation and partnerships. The daylong summit showcasing solutions to one of the state’s grand challenges was organized by UMaine and the University of Maine System in […]
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Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center will celebrate its launch in Old Town off University Farm Road on Thursday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The launch event celebrates a new, 3-acre wild blueberry research and education site at the J. Franklin Witter Teaching & Research Center near the University of Maine campus. It will […]
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George Kinghorn has been named senior executive director of cultural engagement and arts at the University of Maine. In addition to this three-year appointment, he also will continue to serve as director and curator of UMaine’s Zillman Art Museum. Kinghorn will collaborate with Danny Williams, executive director of the Collins Center for the Arts, and […]
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Orono, Maine — The University of Maine celebrated three of its top advocates at the Stillwater Society Dinner May 21. The annual event in Orono honors UMaine’s most generous philanthropists. Currently, there are 1,541 members in the society, including 270 new members inducted and 197 members who advanced in their membership level at the event. […]
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University of Maine System President Joan Ferrini-Mundy served as a panelist on the Maine Public show “Maine Calling” for an episode about how colleges and universities find innovative approaches to higher education.
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will join Unity College President Melik Peter Khoury and Maine Community College System Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Janet Sortor for a Maine Public Radio “Maine Calling” segment, “Innovations in Higher Education.” The program, focused on the new, creative approaches to education by Maine colleges and universities, airs at […]
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The 12-member circulation staff of Fogler Library at the University of Maine are the recipients of the 2022 Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact. UMaine established the Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact in 2021 to recognize the performance excellence of an individual or group. Such positive impact is “deep, significant and lasting,” and is […]
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