The Waldo County Extension Association will offer two virtual presentations about rural living in Maine from 3–6:30 p.m. April 13. The event is in lieu of the annual Rural Living Days, which was canceled this year due to the pandemic. “Rural Living Night 2021” opens with “Grandmother’s Gift — Skomon (corn)” with Nibezun board member […]
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Biochemistry major Bailey West of Stockton Springs is the University of Maine 2021 valedictorian and mechanical engineering major Drew Bennett of Brewer is this year’s salutatorian. “We are very proud of these two exceptional students,” says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “Both Bailey and Drew have excelled in all that they have pursued at UMaine and […]
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Registration is open for an online professional development program, “Career Transformation Lunch-and-Learn Series,” offered noon–1 p.m. April 9, 16 and 23 through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center. Participants will learn to differentiate themselves from other job applicants with specific networking, resume writing and interviewing strategies shared during these casual lunch-and-learn sessions. Topics include “Building […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant will offer four free “Signs of the Seasons” training options for volunteer citizen scientists around the state. The training options include: A three-part webinar series from 4–5 p.m. on March 22, 24 and 26. Online training co-hosted by Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve from 3:30–5 p.m. […]
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University of Maine Honors Student Ambassadors Katie Tims and Bailey West are launching the “It’s Personal” personal care items donation campaign to benefit the Black Bear Exchange (BBE) on campus. Through the donation drive, Tims, a fourth-year Honors biology major from Cornish, Maine, and West, a fourth-year Honors biochemistry major from Stockton Springs, Maine, hope […]
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Waldo County residents entering their first or second year of post-secondary education are eligible to apply for one $1,500 scholarship made available by the Waldo County Extension Association and the Maine 4-H Foundation. Scholarship for a Sustainable Future applicants must be pursuing a career in a field that supports the mission of University of Maine […]
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The University of Maine recognized 4,133 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2020 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,670 are from Maine, 1,366 are from 38 other states and 97 are from 35 countries other than the U.S. Due to the unusual and challenging circumstances faced this semester […]
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Centralmaine.com advanced the Scholarship for a Sustainable Future program, which provides $1,500 to first or second-year college students from Waldo County pursuing a career in a field that supports the mission of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. More information about the program is online.
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Registration is open for an online professional development program, “Self-Care for Clinicians,” offered Jan. 29–30 through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center. The two-day Zoom program is scheduled for 6–8 p.m. on Jan. 29 and 10 a.m.–noon on Jan. 30. The cost is $75 per person. Clinicians on the front lines need care and support […]
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According to a new University of Maine study, a natural way to support Maine’s wild blueberry industry is to cultivate plants popular with bees such as butterfly weed, starflower, summer sweet, sweet clover and swamp rose. Recent declines in wild native bee populations have garnered global attention, particularly in Maine where blueberry growers depend on […]
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