Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine has recognized four employees, two from its classified staff and two from its professional staff, as winners of annual outstanding employee awards. These awards recognize outstanding professional accomplishment and dedicated service. Formal presentation of the awards is scheduled for the Employee Recognition and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Four esteemed University of Maine professors, each with long and distinguished records of service to the university and its students, were announced this afternoon as the winners of UMaine’s annual top faculty awards. The awards are part of the annual Academic Honors Convocation, traditionally held the day […]
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Contact: Alfred Bushway, (207) 581-1629; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – University of Maine Professor Alfred Bushway has been selected as an Institute of Food Technologists Fellow for 2009 for his contributions to the industry in the areas of food processing and food safety for fruits, vegetables, seafood, meat and poultry. Founded in 1939, […]
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Contact: Melissa Potts, (800) 287-7170 or (207) 581-2788; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Recognizing that it’s crucial to be aware of proper sanitation practices and ensuring the safety of Maine artisan cheese, University of Maine Cooperative Extension is helping the Maine Cheese Guild by promoting food safety awareness, proper sanitation practices and an […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s 207th commencement, scheduled for Saturday May 9 at Alfond Arena, will bring a total of approximately 12,000 people to the Orono campus. As most of those graduates and visitors will travel by automobile on Interstate 95 from south of Orono, significant delays, of […]
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Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Photo available upon request ORONO – The Maine Business School recently named one of Maine’s top business advocates, Cianbro president, chair and CEO Peter Vigue, as the recipient of its 2009 Achievement in Business Award. Vigue, a member of the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation board of directors […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Part time University of Maine student Kevin Wellenius has placed third in an international photojournalism competition with a feature audio slideshow of a Belgrade Lakes man coming to terms with a violent temper and rebuilding a marriage. More than 3,700 journalists from 147 counties submitted 53,000 still images, video […]
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Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Photo available upon request ORONO – This year’s Vincent A. Hartgen Award has been given to Collins Center for the Arts Executive Director John Patches, who for nearly 17 years has overseen both day-to-day operations and long-term goals for one of the most dynamic cultural arts centers in New England. […]
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Contact: Sandra Horne, (207) 581-1236 ORONO – Ten University of Maine undergraduates recently were recognized for successfully completing a 24-credit concentration in interdisciplinary disability studies during a ceremony at the Wells Conference Center. Christa L. Carlson, elementary education major, delivered the student address. Lu Zeph, director of the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 Photo available upon request ORONO — UMaine professor of finance Bob Strong has received the Maine Business School’s 2009 Outstanding Teacher of the Year award, bestowed annually upon a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and accomplishment in teaching. Strong, also the University of Maine Foundation Professor of Investment Education […]
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