Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Young writers can sharpen skills and express their creativity during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors’ Camps taking place at five sites this summer. Sponsored by the Maine Writing Project, the day camps will be held in Orono, Benton, Newport, Brunswick and Bar Harbor. Camps […]
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Contact: William Sulinski, 866-6562; Matthew Rodrigue, 774-487-8396; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — A University of Maine business student and a recent engineering graduate have won a second major business plan competition, which provides a $25,000 prize to help launch a new company they co-founded. William Sulinski, a senior from Dedham, Maine majoring in economics, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Brent Williamson (207) 581-4158 ORONO, Me. — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy announced today that he has chosen Blake James to be Director of Athletics at UMaine. James, who has been at UMaine since 2003 and has served as interim athletic director since July 2005, was chosen following […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A 20-year partnership between the University of Maine and Old Town Elementary School has given hundreds of aspiring physical education teachers the skills and insight needed to motivate, instruct and evaluate the progress of young students in a busy school environment. Through the initial and continued leadership […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — More than 2,000 people will graduate from the University of Maine on Saturday May 13, making the Class of 2006 the largest in UMaine’s history. Two separate commencement ceremonies are scheduled for Harold Alfond Sports Arena, one at 10:30 a.m. and one at 2:30 p.m. It is […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Despite targeted efforts to promote and improve diversity, many segments of the national population remain underrepresented at public research universities across the country. An award-winning study from the University of Maine examines how well-intentioned groups charged with addressing the problem can undermine their own goals in discussions […]
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Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, Room 112, Armory, 581-1125 ORONO – The Black Bear Battalion’s Cadet Anders C. Hamlin of Milo has been named the George C. Marshall Award winner from the University of Maine. Given annually, the award is presented to the most outstanding cadet in the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Todd Saucier, an Ashland native and 1993 University of Maine graduate, has been named president and executive director of the University of Maine Alumni Association after a national search that association officials say yielded many excellent candidates. An alumni association staff member since 1999, Saucier has been […]
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Contact: Emily Ann Cain, Coordinator of Advancement, Honors College, Phone: 207-581-3308 ORONO — Students in the University of Maine Honors College have successfully competed in prestigious undergraduate scholarship competitions at the national level every year since 2003. In 2003, 2004, and 2006 Honors students were honored with Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, and in 2005, another […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 (Note: Media contacts at the event include: Dean Robert Cobb; Mary Rosser, University Reading Recovery Trainer; and Gary Cole of the Cole Family Foundation.) ORONO, Maine — Young readers will be in the spotlight Thursday, May 11 at the 2006 celebration of the Reading Recovery partnership between the Cole […]
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