Maine will soon have more qualified teachers to serve the state’s youngest residents with special needs thanks to a partnership between the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and Maine Child Development Services (CDS). The Maine CDS system, which is part of the Maine Department of Education, operates nine regional sites that […]
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Jennifer Dean, a senior at the Maine Business School, is the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship awarded by The Council Foundation after participating in Cross Insurance’s 2022 Emerging Risk Manager’s Training Program this summer. The Council Foundation’s competitive annual scholarship program is offered to college students throughout the country interning with an employer who is […]
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Makaila Bailey of Pittsfield, Maine, a student in the University of Maine Environmental Horticulture Program, is working alongside Bradly Libby, superintendent of the Roger Clapp Greenhouses, Littlefield Garden and the Fay Hyland Botanical Garden, to grow rooted stem cuttings from the historical Campana elm. The elm, which was over 150 years old and sited next […]
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Andrew Schanck from Pittsfield, Maine received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and his Ph.D in civil engineering from the University of Maine. He says he chose UMaine because of its renowned engineering program and stayed to pursue research as a graduate student in bridge engineering and advanced numerical modeling. He started working at UMaine’s world-class […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated July 7. The Division of Music in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts is celebrating its 50th annual Maine Summer Youth Music Camp this July, returning to its traditional in-person, residential experience after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The camp, led by Christopher White, UMaine director of bands, […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,951 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2022 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,938 are from Maine, 955 are from 41 other states and 58 are from 30 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the Full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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UMaine Dining has met its goal of purchasing 25% of its food and beverage from local sources nearly three years ahead of schedule. From July 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022, UMaine DIning purchased 25.96% of its food and beverage from local vendors. The movement to support local food producers at UMaine started in 2007 […]
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New technology can enhance the carbon storage of harvested wood products in Maine by using the materials for innovative, longer-lasting end uses such as building materials, according to a study led by the University of Maine. Harvested wood products used in buildings, paper, biochar and more all store carbon. Agencies like the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
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Fifty-two undergraduate and graduate college students have started working in state, municipal and county offices through the 2022 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine administers the program that provides full-time, 12-week work experience to students who are Maine residents and scholars attending Maine colleges. Thirty-seven […]
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The Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine announced the 2022 Maine County Teachers of the Year at a ceremony in Augusta last week. Among the honorees this year are six teachers with degrees from the University of Maine: Aroostook County Teacher of the Year Heather Anderson (’99), Caribou Community School, Caribou Hancock County Teacher […]
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