UMaine News

Contact: Anatole Wieck, 581-1260/990-9304; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Many young people pursue athletics to escape impoverished backgrounds, but a program called “M

Contact: Gretchen Gfeller at 207-581-1696 Nicholas Smith, distinguished historian of Native American life and culture will visit the Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine on Thursday, Oct. 12. His presentation will begin at 3 p.m. in the Special Collections department. Smith was a founding member of the Maine Archaeological Society and the […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 LINCOLNVILLE, Me. — Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, a program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, recently hired Corey Pickett as its new marketing manager. Pickett, who joined the staff on August 21, is a member of AmeriCorps’ Communities for Children and Youth Program, a state-wide effort to […]

Contact: Laura Wilson, 207-581-2971, lwilson@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Me. — The seventh Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival is set for Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the University of Maine. This event was created for 5th and 6th  grade students and their teachers from Maine communities in the northern part of the state to demonstrate water’s properties, values, and […]

Contact: Carey Nason, 581- 581-2515; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Several university department and community program leaders have organized to present National Women’s Health & Fitness Day, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, a day to highlight holistic methods of pursuing better health and well-being. Workshops, discussions and talks will take place throughout the campus, with related […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — Statewide leaders from business, government and education will be at the University of Maine on Tuesday, Sept. 26 for the 2006 Maine EPSCoR State Conference. EPSCoR, the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, supports research in states that have historically been on the low end […]

Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1848; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Staff members from the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine are taking their “Save Our History” paper mills research project into the schools on Tuesday, Sept. 26, as they introduce Brewer Middle School students to the historic preservation of a defunct Brewer paper mill. […]

Contact: Margo Lukens, 581-3823; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Three speakers, all scholars of Wabanaki culture, will present a variety of perspectives on 19th century Penobscot author Joseph Nicolar during a special program Monday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall. Nicolar wrote “Life and Traditions of […]

Contact: Constant Albertson, 581-3251; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting registration applications for the fall 2006 after school ArtWorks classes for area children. A program designed to give UMaine art education students supervised classroom experience with children and to provide community youngsters with art lessons, ArtWorks begins […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A new map and guide highlighting points in Hancock and Washington Counties that illustrate Maine’s geologic history will soon be available, and the University of Maine will host a Monday Oct. 2 event to celebrate its publication. It will begin at 10:30 a.m. at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni […]