UMaine education major Megan Nichols of Wiscasset will leave Maine on Feb. 24 for student teaching in New Zealand. As Monday’s Bangor Daily News reports, she is one of the first UMaine students to take advantage of a new partnership between UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development and AustraLearn, an organization that places students […]
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The Jan. 2 Maine Sunday Telegram included a story describing UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener volunteer program. Classes begin at various locations around Maine in January, February and March. The story includes comments from Extension’s Tori Jackson, who teaches the classes in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties.
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The April death of UMaine President Emeritus Fred Hutchinson was noted in an Associated Press report on prominent Maine people who died in 2010. Hutchinson, a UMaine graduate who served as president from 1992-1997, was 79 years old when he died.
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Maine Today Media story recounting 2010 developments in Maine politics. Brewer noted that the biggest surprise was the Republican takeover of the Maine House of Representatives.
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The website OffshoreWindWire.com has named Maine’s advances in deepwater offshore wind technology one of the top 10 wind power stories of the year. The website said Maine has emerged as a leader in the area, and mentioned UMaine’s involvement in the effort. UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is developing turbines for deepwater offshore floating platforms.
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Kate Yerxa of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension wrote about the importance of activity for kids during the winter months. Yerxa writes despite the challenges of encouraging kids to play on cold winter days when daylight is short, exercise helps keep kids’ minds sharp and ready to learn, reduces stress, and builds healthy lifestyle habits for the future.
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The Morning Sentinel has a story about the UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Somerset County Master Gardener program, which begins next month. The focus this year will be on ornamental horticulture.
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Contact: David Marcinkowski, 207-581-2740 or instate toll-free 1-800-287-7170; davidmar@maine.edu The University of Maine department of animal and veterinary science is hosting the New England Dairy Travel Course, a week-long tour of Maine dairy farms and related businesses set to begin Monday, January 3. The travel course, which will be based in Waterville, includes bus trips […]
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Contact: Kate Yerxa, (207) 581-3109 ORONO — As the new year arrives, many parents resolve to encourage their children be more active indoors and out, in spite of the colder, shorter days of winter. Even though it’s often a major challenge to keep children engaged in physical activity, exercise keeps kids’ minds sharp and ready […]
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Contact: Sarah Morehead, (207) 951-4551 ORONO — If saving more money in 2011 is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, University of Maine home finance expert Sarah Morehead has advice that might help. It’s all about mindset, says Morehead, a research assistant who oversees the UMaine School of Economics’ Household Financial Education Program and […]
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