News Center Maine spoke with Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine president, Vice President Robert Dana, and several student volunteers about Maine Day traditions on the Orono campus. WVII (Channel 7) talked with Lisa Morin, coordinator for the Bodwell Center for Service, and a number of students who were participating in campus clean-up activities. WABI (Channel […]
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University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery Mills announced a $100,000 gift to kick off the annual Maine Day of Giving event led by the Foundation. Donors Joe and Sue Cyr of Old Town have provided $50,000 to name a biomedical engineering prep lab in the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, $40,000 to support the […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine System Board of Trustees will consider renaming Little Hall on the University of Maine campus for Beryl Warner Williams, a Bangor native who earned two degrees at UMaine.
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WABI (Channel 5) and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) talked with Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation and UMaine president, and UMaine graduate student Mackenzie Bumpus about the decision to lift the quarantine requirement for any fully vaccinated staff or student who comes in contact with others infected with […]
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News Center Maine talked with Emma Wilson, Big Gig coordinator at the University of Maine, about the final event of the 2021 season. According to Wilson, conducting the pitch-off events virtually has facilitated increased participation and publicity for the contestants and their businesses. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation […]
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Education Week reported on a symposium at the American Educational Research Association’s virtual annual meeting featuring Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation and president of the University of Maine. In the symposium, Ferrini-Mundy spoke about the challenges of teaching science during the pandemic while recognizing the opportunity to “watch […]
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News Center Maine cited University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy in a story about the system’s campaign to encourage vaccinations. WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and Maine Public cited UMaine nursing student Candace Doughty in reporting on the campaign. WVII (Channel 7) also covered the announcement of the […]
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Biochemistry major Bailey West of Stockton Springs is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett of Brewer is this year’s salutatorian. “We are very proud of these two exceptional students,” says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “Both Bailey and Drew have excelled in all that they have pursued at UMaine and […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited a statement from Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation and president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, in reporting that more students attending college in Maine will be walking across a stage this spring to mark their graduation.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine offering an in-person component for the May 2021 commencement. Students will have the option to participate in an in-person stage walk at the Collins Center for the Arts. “What we did hear was the piece of walking across the stage is something that is very important […]
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