The University of Maine is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2015 with events on campus and statewide, and an interactive website to encourage community engagement by the many constituents of the state’s land and sea grant university. In a Jan. 23 letter to the community, UMaine President Susan Hunter noted the significance of this anniversary […]
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The Portland Press Herald covered the University of Maine’s FY16 Community Conversation, a follow-up to a similar gathering held in October. UMaine President Susan Hunter; Jeff Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost; and Ryan Low, interim vice president for administration and finance, spoke during the event. The officials said they expect to […]
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Wabanaki reconciliation will be the focus of a keynote address at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Jan. 19, sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine. Doors open at 8 a.m. in UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Tickets are $20; $12.50 for children 12 and under; free […]
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The University of Maine is one of 240 colleges and universities in the United States selected to receive the 2015 Community Engagement Classification of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UMaine and 156 other institutions received reclassification; 83 colleges and universities received first-time classification. In 2008, UMaine and Bates College were the first […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a march held at the University of Maine to raise awareness against domestic violence and advocate for change by educating classmates and the community. UMaine President Susan Hunter spoke at the event. She mentioned several statistics, including that almost half the homicides in Maine involve domestic violence, and mentioned […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece written by University of Maine President Susan Hunter, titled “‘Yes’ on Question 2 is a vote for Maine’s health, safety.” Question 2 on the November ballot will ask Maine voters to approve an $8 million bond for animal and plant diagnostic services. The bond would allow the […]
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University of Maine President Susan Hunter has appointed Dr. Jeffrey Hecker to fill the position of Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost on an ongoing basis. Last August, Hecker was appointed to the position for a two-year term. The ongoing appointment culminates an internal search conducted over the past several weeks to evaluate […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a budget forum held at the University of Maine. UMaine President Susan Hunter, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Jeffrey Hecker and Vice President for Administration and Finance Ryan Low presented […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and SB Nation covered the announcement of the Savage Challenge, a five-year endowment drive for the University of Maine men’s ice hockey program that will be launched by a $1 million donation to UMaine by alumnus Tom Savage and his wife, Sally, […]
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The University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center will be dedicated in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, as part of UMaine’s Homecoming weekend. The Emera Astronomy Center is the new home of the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium and Observatory. It features a planetarium dome 33 feet in diameter equipped with a state-of-the-art projection […]
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