More than 2,000 first-year students at the University of Maine are expected to volunteer for community projects as part of the seventh annual Welcome Weekend Day of Service on Saturday, Aug. 27. The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism coordinates the Welcome Weekend Day of Service on the first weekend students are on campus to […]
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest more than $4 million to help diversify and grow the Maine economy, which includes new funds designed to aid the forest sector, announced U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine in a news conference at the University of Maine July […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Richard “Dick” Hill has passed away at the age of 97. Hill was professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and director emeritus of the Department of Industrial Cooperation at the University of Maine, where he taught for 46 years. Funeral plans are pending at Brookings-Smith’s Orono Chapel, according to the article. […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a University of Maine Foundation news release announcing entrepreneur David Sklar ’63 has joined the Charles F. Allen Legacy Society with a $1 million planned gift. UMaine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills and UMaine President Susan J. Hunter recently presented Sklar with a certificate recognizing him as a new member […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated 5 p.m., May 27. In a news release this morning, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Maine’s New England Aqua Ventus I floating offshore wind demonstration project, designed by a University of Maine-led consortium, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in the […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and Mainebiz reported University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter will extend her appointment through June 30, 2018. University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page made the announcement Thursday. In July 2014, Hunter became the first woman to serve in the position. Hunter has been […]
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University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page announced today that University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter will extend her appointment at the helm of Maine’s Flagship Institution through June 30, 2018. A valued member of the Maine University community for nearly three decades, Susan Hunter became the first woman to serve as President […]
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The Bangor Daily News ran a story about the University of Maine Flagship Match Program that helped bring in 2,447 first-year students for the fall 2016 semester, compared with 2,012 a year ago. Of those students who indicated they’d be attending in fall 2016, 1,123 are from outside the state, according to the report, compared […]
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The number of confirmed students for fall 2016 at the University of Maine is up 22 percent compared to this time last year, bringing the incoming class to 2,447 as of May 2. The double-digit growth reflects a 3 percent increase in in-state students and a 52 percent increase in out-of-state students over last year, […]
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On April 17, University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was inducted as an honorary member of All Maine Women Honor Society. Professor Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was inducted as an honorary member of Senior Skull Honor Society. All Maine Women, founded in 1925, recognizes distinguished leadership, scholarship […]
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