Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Alumni and other friends donated $18,358,852.95 to the University of Maine in the year that ended June 30, 2006. With the exception of 2002, when UMaine received a valuable donated patent, this represents the largest one-year private fundraising total in UMaine’s history. The gifts supported everything from […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, (207) 581-4704; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts has announced its fall semester calendar of events, featuring the artistic talent, creativity and expertise of university faculty members, students and special guest performers. MUSIC Minsky Hall Recital SeriesFaculty Recitals: Saturday, Sept. 23 Trumpet/Piano/Violin Recital Music […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Belfast native Paul T. Conway, a 1987 University of Maine graduate who currently serves as chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, will return to his alma mater on Friday Sept. 1 to address UMaine’s first-year student class. Conway will be the featured […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Members of the University of Maine’s Class of 2010 will arrive on campus on Friday, Sept. 1 when they will move into residence halls and participate in UMaine’s unique and successful “Maine Hello” student greeting and orientation program. “Maine Hello” is highlighted by a Friday welcoming effort […]
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Contact: Mary Dinsmore, Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation, 207-581-3327 or Ray Corey, Extension Educator, Phone 207-778-4650, rcorey@umext.maine.edu LINCOLN, Neb. —More than 200 young from across the nation, including five from Maine, attended the 2006 National 4-H Leadership Conference held July 24-27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “Science, Engineering and Technology for the 21st Century” was […]
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Contact: Sarah Nelson at (207) 581-3454 Madison, WI — Eleven different UMaine scientists, students and alumni who study various aspects of mercury pollution presented their work at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant earlier this month. Approximately 1,200 people attended the conference, the largest meeting dedicated to mercury pollution ever in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The 176 Maine high school students who will take UMaine courses in the fall semester, through an innovative program known as Academ-e, will spend Thursday Aug. 24 on the UMaine campus in Orono. After an opening session during which they will learn more about UMaine and the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — A national college rankings publication rates the Maine Business School at the University of Maine at 150th on its list of the best undergraduate business programs in the U.S. The U.S.News & World Report rankings, which became public earlier this week, are based on assessments by […]
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Contact: Mary Dinsmore, Pine Tree State 4_H Foundation, Phone 207-581-3327, Fax 207-581-1387, mdinsmore@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Me. –During the week of July 9-15, 20 Maine youth delegates attended the National 4-H Program Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), in Washington D.C. The motto of the program, “Better Citizens Today, Better Leaders Tomorrow”was reflected in the CWF itinerary, which included […]
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