Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A UMaine graduate student has won runner-up honors in a prestigious international conservation and nature photography competition. Dane Wojcicki was honored in the student category of the International Conservation Photography Awards 2008 competition. His photograph of a bird, a juvenile Dunlin, was taken on a recent University of Maine […]
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Contact: Patrick Pittis at patrick_pittis@umit.maine.edu ORONO — They just moved in and they’re already camping out. Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity at the University of Maine is hosting the annual Camp Out for YouthAIDS on the corner of the UMaine’s Mall, near Fogler Library. SigEp will be on the mall collecting donations for YouthAIDS through […]
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Contact: Amy Blackstone, 581-2392; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine sociologist Amy Blackstone has received a $125,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a two-year study of workplace harassment of older workers in Maine. Conventional thinking may associate workplace harassment with younger or culturally different demographic groups, but given the state’s aging workforce, […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, University of Maine Foundation President/CEO, 207 581-5100 ORONO — On June 9, 1934,the University of Maine Class of 1909 presented a check for $1,000 to the newly formed University of Maine Foundation. The foundation’s investment of that gift and the many gifts that followed has resulted in total assets now exceeding […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Some 700 student, faculty and staff volunteers were on hand this morning at the University of Maine to welcome the university’s largest-ever first-year class. In keeping with UMaine tradition, arriving students and their families are met by “Maine Hello” volunteers who assist in the move-in process. […]
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Contact: Bill Murphy, 581-4124; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education has recently completed a revised update of A Maine Guide to Employment Law. Employment law encompasses a myriad of statutes that deal with work and employee-employer relations. Over time, these laws evolve through political, administrative and judicial processes […]
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Contact: Crisanne Blackie, 581-2587; Aimee Guy, 233-9143, George Manlove, 581-3756 A dozen University of Maine students planning careers in healthcare, dentistry and optometry left the Orono campus Monday for four days of volunteer work, providing health education programs to Northern Maine migrant workers and children in rural and underserved communities in Aroostook County. This is […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Hundreds of University of Maine faculty, staff and student volunteers will greet the members of UMaine’s Class of 2012 when the new first-year students arrive on campus Friday, Aug. 29. The program runs from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Known as the “Maine Hello,” the traditional welcoming features more […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 FALMOUTH, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tree tour of Mackworth Island in Falmouth, on Friday, September12 from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Dennis Brennan, district forester with the Maine Forest Service and Thomas Rawinski, botanist, USDA Forest Service, will lead the tour. Brennan and Rawinski will identify […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORON0 — A group of University of Maine student leaders will provide community service at six local agencies on Saturday, Aug. 24. The students, all resident assistants in UMaine residence halls, will establish or solidify connections with those agencies during Saturday’s activities. UMaine officials hope this will lead to […]
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