Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Three authorities on Maine politics will participate in a Thursday, April 24 University of Maine panel discussion on ethnicity and politics in Maine. The forum is scheduled for 3-5 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Bumps Room. Christian Potholm, the DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government at Bowdoin College, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Camp CaPella, a Lucerne facility that provides summer camp programming for children and adults with developmental or physical disabilities, will benefit from an April 26 5K run sponsored by the University of Maine Navy ROTC unit. All proceeds will go directly to Camp CaPella to support its […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Col. Michael J. Meese, a U.S. Military Academy at West Point professor who leads that institution’s Combating Terrorism Center, will deliver a University of Maine talk on Friday April 18 from 11 a.m.-12 noon at Minsky Recital Hall. Meese is also head of the academy’s Dept. of […]
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Contact: Nancy Kelly, (207) 581-2378; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO –The University of Maine School of Social Work and the Community Child Welfare Conference Committee is inviting people who work with children in child welfare systems to attend the 14th Annual Child Welfare Conference, Thursday, April 17, at the Buchanan Alumni House on the Orono […]
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Contact: Sherry Treworgy, 581-1356; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The nation’s largest employer — the United States government, with a workforce of 1.8 million workers — is facing significant and immediate personnel reductions, as nearly a million people will be eligible to retire as soon as this year. Recognizing an urgent need to fill 193,000 […]
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Contact: Stephanie Palmer, 207-650-0457, Ashley Hoskins, 944-9519, or Casey Johnson Bromberg, 949-0497 Delta Zeta Brings Resolution for Sororities to Join Together to Fight Global Warming by Acting Locally ORONO — In anticipation of Earth Day later this month, the University of Maine’s Delta Zeta Sorority will present a resolution at this Thursday’s UMaine Panhellenic Council […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-1400; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Tired of the usual April vacation destinations, high gasoline prices and crowded airports? The University of Maine’s Page Farm and Home Museum is suggesting a little-time traveling as a different choice this year for area families with elementary and middle school-aged children. Children ages 6-12 can […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 PORTLAND –The University of Maine Symphonic Band and South Portland High School Wind Ensemble are teaming up for an evening of music spanning three centuries on Thursday, April 10, at Merrill Hall Auditorium in Portland. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge, although donations […]
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Contact: David Hiebeler, 581-3924 ORONO — Starting this fall, Maine high school students can work alongside University of Maine researchers as part of a unique outreach effort at the SPEED (Spatial Population Ecological and Epidemiological Dynamics) Lab. Under the guidance of David Hiebeler, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the lab’s research […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A University of Maine junior from Hampden is one of just 65 college students announced recently as the 2008 Truman Scholars. Erin McKenzie, an accounting major who served ten years in the Air Force before enrolling at UMaine, is an aspiring attorney who plans to practice family […]
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