Contact: Craig DeForest, Bodwell Center for Service, 581-1796; Aimee Dolloff, 581-3777 ORONO — The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism at UMaine is holding its Fourth Annual “UMaine Cares” service event in Orono, Old Town and the Greater Bangor Area in celebration of National Make a Difference Day on Saturday, Oct. 25. UMaine Cares began […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777; Kristen Andresen (207) 581-3742 October is quickly coming to an end, and that means Halloween is just around the corner. Here’s a list of Halloween festivities coming up at the University of Maine:
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Contact: Andrea St.Pierre at (207) 491-6753 ORONO–The University of Maine chapter of the American Marketing Association will host the third annual Maine State Collegiate Business Conference on Saturday, Nov. 15. The conference will include a full day of workshops and seminars featuring notable business leaders and professionals discussing the most relevant topics in Maine business […]
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Contact: Heather Pullen, 581-2443 Orono, ME — High school students from around Maine will gather on Wednesday, Oct. 22 to share their experiences and ideas with high school student-staffed writing centers. Writing Centers are a collaborative way to help students think critically about their own writing and make their writing stronger. A student-staffed center adds […]
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Contact: Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777Nancy Hall (207) 581-3260 ORONO, Maine — A new program at the University of Maine is specifically designed to facilitate and enhance research and creative achievement opportunities for undergraduate students. The Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has set out to develop a database of research and creative projects at UMaine that […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704Julie Goell, 766-2945 ORONO — “Jack Sparrow meets Daffy Duck,” is how Portland actor, director and performer Julie Goell describes the upcoming UMaine School of Performing Arts production “Scapin,” a 17th century comic masterpiece by Moli
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Contact: Robert Goodwin, (518) 578-6235 ORONO — The Maine Outing Club at the University of Maine is holding a fundraising event — a raffle, a ski movie premiere and musical entertainment — Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. at D.P. Corbett Business Building to raise money for maintenance and repairs at its cabin near Sugarloaf […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 NEW WORK A Department of Art Exhibition WHERE: Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine WHEN: October 10–November 19, 2008 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Department of Art at the University of Maine (on the Orono campus) presents NEW WORK an exhibition of work by […]
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Contact: Ann Schonberger, 581-1229 ORONO ‘ The University of Maine has announced the recipients of the 2008 Maryann Hartman Awards. Named for the late UMaine speech communication professor, the awards honor the spirit, achievement and zest for life that Hartman epitomized. This year’s winners are Catherine Beller-McKenna, the director of the Portland-based women’s chorus Women […]
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Contact: Ivan Manev, 581-1968; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A group of Maine Business School professors at UMaine, experts in finance, investments, management and marketing, are teaming up to present a symposium for the public on Thursday, Oct. 16, to explain the current financial crisis currently hobbling economies throughout the nation. “The current financial crisis: […]
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