Contact: EJ Roach, 581-1736 ORONO — Campus Activities & Student Engagement at the University of Maine is taking full advantage of this robust winter with an exciting, fun-filled and action-packed Winter Carnival Feb. 4-12, with snow sculptures, ski and snowshoe races, warming fires, bands, food, a winter ball and fireworks, among other activities. Highlights of […]
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Two UMaine researchers were mentioned in a Working Waterfront column about the state’s oyster industry and an outbreak of the pathogen Haplosporidium nelson, known as MSX. The column, which was co-authored by Catherine Schmitt of the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, mentioned the work that Dana Morse of the Sea Grant Extension program, and Debbie Bouchard, […]
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The UMaine branch of the national group Engineers Without Borders was the focus of a Bangor Daily News story about the group’s effort to raise funds for the completion of a new public works project in Honduras. The story noted the urgent nature of the fundraising effort as students need to have money in place […]
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Contact: Cindy Paschal, 581-2841 More than 100 summer, temporary and permanent outdoor jobs will be available for UMaine students on Tuesday, Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center. More than 20 employers will be available to discuss job opportunities with students. On-site interviews will be conducted from 2-5 p.m., […]
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Sophie Wilson, the town manager of Brownville, will be offered the position of town manager of Orono, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Wilson has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UMaine, according to the story.
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine social work graduate student Kristina Minott and a study she is conducting about addiction recovery and the qualities of personal resiliency. Minott is seeking individuals in various stages of recovery for an anonymous survey designed to measure their resiliency.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Iain Kerr, an associate for critical engagement on the University of Maine Intermedia faculty, will present a Monday Feb. 7 lecture, “I know this sounds *#@*! absurd but…what is art?” His talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. in 100 Lord Hall. The Master’s of Fine Arts in […]
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Contact: Alan Parks (alan.parks@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — College Reading and Learning Association’s (CRLA) International Tutor Program Certification has certified the University of Maine’s Tutor Program through 2016. This recognition affirms that the program plays a vital role in enhancing UMaine student learning. The Tutor Program, one of UMaine’s College Success Programs, uses a “learning-to-learn” model in […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, (207) 581-3940 UMaine students are invited to gather today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Room 100, Neville Hall, to learn about the upcoming international Imagine Cup 2011 competition sponsored by Microsoft and designed to bring out the best in information technology creations by the world’s young software developers. Imagine Cup is a team-based, […]
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UMaine alumnus Doug Hall, who founded UMaine’s innovation engineering program, was mentioned in a story in The Forecaster newspaper in southern Maine. Hall’s techniques helped inspire children to come up with marketing ideas during a Lemonade Day Maine event in South Portland.
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