ORONO — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a four-year grant of $1,678,000 to the University of Maine’s Canadian-American Center. The grant will support a National Resource Center (NRC) on Canada and provide Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for graduate students studying Canada. The Canadian-American Center will use these funds to further […]
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Contact Catherine Schmitt (207) 581-1434, catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu HOLDEN – The restoration of Sedgeunkedunk Stream will be discussed and celebrated on Friday, Sept. 17, at Fields Pond Audubon Center. The collaborative, community-based project, including removal of two dams and construction of a natural rock-ramp fishway, is serving as a model for other small-scale stream restoration efforts throughout […]
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Contact Eric Whitman (eric.whitman@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — The UMaine Tackle Football Club will host an NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition on Saturday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m. at Morse Field. The competition is free of charge, open to youngster ages 6-15. Interested parents can get information and register their children for the competition by visiting the […]
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Oakland Elementary School teacher Shelley Moody has been named Maine’s 2011 Teacher of the Year. State Education Commissioner Angela Faherty presented the award Friday at Williams Elementary School, where Moody teaches third and fourth grade. She earned a master’s degree in literacy from UMaine.
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President Obama has announced his intention to nominate UMaine graduate Pamela Ann White Ambassador to the republic of The Gambia. White, a Senior Foreign Service officer with the rank of Career Minister, has served since 2008 as USAID Mission Director in Liberia. She earned a journalism degree from UMaine.
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UMaine political science professor Amy Fried commented in a Friday Maine Public Radio report about issues involving Maine gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage. As first reported by the MaineToday Media group, there are questions about LePage’s wife’s residency in Maine and Florida, and associated property tax issues. Fried says the story “could have an impact” on […]
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Shelly Moody, who earned a master’s degree at UMaine, has been named the 2011 Maine Teacher of the Year, MPBN reports. A teacher at Williams Elementary School in Oakland, Moody has a master’s in literacy. She will compete for 2011 National Teacher of the Year, with the winner to be announced next April at the […]
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Gov. John Baldacci announced the Department of Energy has awarded Ocean Renewable Power Co. a $10 million grant to fund a commercial-scale tidal energy development project in Cobscook Bay near Eastport, according to Smart Energy News. As a partner in the project, UMaine researchers are supervising the program, which incorporates state-of-the-art visual and acoustic monitoring […]
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The Sporting News’ college basketball preseason edition has picked the UMaine men’s basketball team to finish first in the America East conference, while Athlon Sports Basketball Preview magazine picked the Black Bears to finish fourth. UMaine returns 11 players, including four starters from last season’s team that placed third in America East and tied for […]
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Ivan J. Fernandez, a UMaine professor of soil science and cooperating professor of forest resources, has been named a 2010 Soil Science Society of America Fellow. He will be recognized at an awards ceremony during SSSA’s annual meeting Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Long Beach, Calif. Fellows are selected based on professional achievement and meritorious service. […]
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