UMaine News

Contact: Shanda Ivory, sivory@nacac.comKristen Bourke, kbourke@nacac.com Alexandria, VA– Kimberly Johnston, senior associate director of admission at the University of Maine, was elected president-elect of the Board of Directors of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) at its 62nd National Conference of the last week in Pittsburgh, PA. NACAC is the largest association of […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — State Sen. Kevin Raye (R-Perry) will visit the University of Maine on Thursday, Oct.12 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Raye will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The Distinguished Maine Policy […]

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Meteorologist “Altitude Lou” McNally, the Hudson Museum’s Archaeology Month Lecture speaker on Oct. 25, will discuss three decades of climate change in Maine and how it has and will continue to affect Mainer’s lives. The lecture is at 7 p.m. in the Bodwell Lounge in the […]

Contact: Alexander Grab, 581-1928; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A group of University of Maine history professors opposed to the war in Iraq will hold a “teach-in” Oct. 24 on the Orono campus to offer background and historical perspective on the subject. The public is invited to the free forum, starting at 7 p.m. in […]

Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library, 207-581-1696 ORONO — Several individuals who were there at the beginnings of Maine’s foremost literary journal, the Puckerbrush Review, will gather to tell its story and celebrate its achievements in publishing Maine authors and in bringing international authors to Maine readers over the better part […]

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine has three new exhibits, featuring illustrations from a children’s book by Maine artist Robert Shetterly, fabric collections from the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands of Panama and an exhibit celebrating the legacy of former UMaine anthropologist […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Doug Hall, a 1981 University of Maine graduate whose success as an inventor and entrepreneur has gained widespread recognition and a role as one of the four judges on the ABC television program “American Inventor,” will be the guest speaker at Friday’s Student Innovation Center ribbon cutting […]

Contact: Bob Potts, Marketing & Creative Services, (207) 581-1149 or (800) 934-2586 “Paint The Town BLUE!” theme captures essence of Homecoming celebrationAppearance by “Motor Booty Affair” to highlight weekend ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine Alumni Association has announced the schedule of events for the 131st Homecoming Weekend at UMaine, October 20, 21 and […]

Contact: Amos Orcutt, President/CEO, University of Maine Foundation, 800.982.8503 ORONO — John I. Simpson of Bangor was elected 2006-2007 chair of the University of Maine Foundation Board of Directors at the foundation’s Oct. 4 annual meeting. Simpson is a 1971 graduate of the University of Maine; he also received an MBA in 1983. He is […]

Contact: Owen Smith, 299-2418; George Manlove, 581-3756; Walter Tisdale, 942-3119 ORONO — The newest exhibit at the Department of Art’s Lord Hall Gallery at UMaine focuses a good deal on books, in addition to the creativity that emerges when artists and writers collaborate, but to appreciate the show, visitors must suspend their ingrained concept of […]