Somerset County

WVII Reports on Nor’easter Bowl at UMaine

WVII (Channel 7) reported high school teams from Maine and New Hampshire were set to compete at the Nor’easter Bowl — a regional ocean science competition — at the University of Maine over the weekend. Student teams were challenged with quick-answer buzzer questions and team challenge queries throughout the day. The winning team earns the […]

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UMaine Hosts Nor’easter Bowl

High school teams from Maine and New Hampshire are competing in the Nor’easter Bowl — a regional ocean science competition — Saturday, Feb. 7, in the D.P. Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine. Science of oil in the ocean is the theme of the contest. Four- and five-member student teams will be challenged […]

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BDN Features New Media Student Projects

The Bangor Daily News reported on a student digital narrative project in a University of Maine new media course taught by Associate Professor Joline Blais. The project was inspired by the BDN endeavor titled My Maine Culture. The student projects celebrated Maine’s sense of place and included memories of lobstering and becoming immersed in Maine’s […]

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Free Family Fun Cooking Class Offered in Skowhegan

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and FoodCorps are offering a free cooking class for income-eligible families 5–6 p.m. Wednesdays, March 4–25, at the UMaine Extension Somerset County office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. The four-session class is designed for income-eligible families with children living at home. Parents will be taught to prepare quick and easy main […]

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University of Maine Announces Fall 2014 Dean’s List

The University of Maine recognized 2,114 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2014 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,622 are from Maine, 394 are from 32 other states and 98 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]

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Helping Maine Entrepreneurs

The Top Gun Entrepreneurship Acceleration program is an annual five-month business accelerator for entrepreneurs. Top Gun combines mentoring and curriculum in three locations statewide: Orono, Portland and Rockland. The program is offered through a partnership among the University of Maine, the Maine Technology Institute and the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development. The University of Maine’s […]

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UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center, Maine MEP Announce Partnership

The University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) has entered into a new agreement with the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) that will expand the center’s capacity, Maine MEP announced. The partnership, which will place a Maine MEP project manager at AMC, will promote closer collaboration between the organizations with the goal of enhancing […]

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Applications Due for March Master Gardener Training

Applications are due Feb. 19 for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Program that starts March 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the UMaine Extension Piscataquis County office, 165 East Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Live video conferencing of the training will be provided at Extension offices in Skowhegan, Fort Kent, Presque […]

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Carnegie Foundation Selects UMaine for 2015 Community Engagement Classification

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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