A $1 million donation to the University of Maine by alumnus Tom Savage and his wife, Sally, of Key Largo, Florida, will launch the Savage Challenge, a five-year endowment drive for the men’s ice hockey program. The donation will be used to match up to $1 million in gifts from UMaine hockey alumni and former […]
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The Associated Press, WABI (Channel 5), Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WVII (Channel 7) and Portland Press Herald reported on Michelle Obama’s visit to the University of Maine to campaign for Maine gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud. The first lady; Michaud; Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund; Emily […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host the 7th annual Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability Oct. 2 with a talk by Harvard University’s William Clark of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Sen. George J. Mitchell and UMaine President Susan Hunter are scheduled to make remarks. […]
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University of Maine President Sue Hunter met with the Bangor Daily News to discuss her goals, the challenges UMaine faces and the role the university should play in the state’s economic future. Hunter spoke about the UMaine’s 150-year-old tradition of being the state’s land grant university, and what that means in terms of teaching, research, […]
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University of Maine President Susan Hunter joined University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery Mills for the University of Maine Foundation Scholarship Recognition Reception Aug. 20 in Falmouth. The reception was held to thank scholarship donors and honor recipients from southern Maine. UMaine 2014 graduate Kimberly Dao was the guest speaker. Dao spoke about her personal […]
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Editor’s note: This is an edited version of the original story. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud welcomed top officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to Castine on Sept. 5 to celebrate a successful year of the VolturnUS floating wind turbine deployed off Castine. “This anniversary is another great day […]
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Ryan Low, executive director of governmental and external affairs for the University of Maine System, has been appointed interim vice president for administration and finance at the University of Maine, effective Sept. 2, 2014. Low will serve a one-year term, ending Aug. 31, 2015. This spring, a search will be conducted to fill the position […]
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University of Maine President Sue Hunter is the focus of a Diverse: Issues In Higher Education article titled, “University of Maine’s pioneering president essentially home grown.” The report about UMaine’s first woman president details Hunter’s background both in the state and at the university, where she began her career as an adjunct professor in 1987. […]
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University of Maine President Susan Hunter and Judy Ryan, UMaine vice president for administration and finance, announced today that Ryan will retire Sept. 12. Ryan joined the University of Maine in 2012 as associate vice president for human resources and administration. In April 2014, she replaced Janet Waldron, senior vice president for administration and finance, […]
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The University of Maine is one of the 379 higher education institutions nationwide — and the only public university in Maine — to be profiled in the 2015 Princeton Review guide to best colleges. The top ranking follows UMaine’s inclusion earlier this year in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015” and Princeton Review’s “Guide to […]
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