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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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Four prestigious Stillwater Society Presidential Awards for Achievement will be presented Friday, May 5 to six preeminent University of Maine alumni and friends who are leaders in the fields of telecommunications, marketing, publishing and community stewardship. The six — Allen and Sally Fernald of Rockport, Maine; Douglas […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 Please see the UMaine Athletics website at http://goblackbears.cstv.com for athletics schedules. 5/4 HealthyU Wellness Award celebration, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Maine Marketplace, Memorial Union, celebrating the Wellness Councils of America’s awarding UMaine a silver wellness award for employee fitness initiatives; features “dine smart” menu specials, interactive entertainment and body fat analysis […]
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Contact: Dana Morse, Extension Associate, Maine Sea Grant College Program and UMaine Cooperative Extension, 207.563.3146 x205 AUGUSTA– “The Spring Running: A Festival to Celebrate the Kennebec River’s Herring Revival ” will be held on May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Edwards Mill Park in downtown Augusta and Old Fort Western, a National […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A ceremony celebrating the renovation of Lord Hall as the new University of Maine Art Department home is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday May 5. Tours of the beautiful new space will follow the dedication ceremony, which should take about 30 minutes. The $5.375 million renovation was […]
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Contact: Liz Deploy, 581-1469; Alan Parks, 581-1236 ORONO – The UMaine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies will hold its annual Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Celebration of Achievement from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union, to recognize the students who have completed the concentration in interdisciplinary disability studies. […]
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Contact: Chet Rock, 581-2218; Ron Brown, 581-2674; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – After 55 years in the cupola atop Fogler Library, the century-old bronze bell from Wingate Hall and the subject of a six-year search, has been removed and will be lowered by crane to the ground on Maine Day, May 3. Facilities Management hired […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The man who invented the wire lobster trap and a nutrition educator who continues to teach and inspire well into her 80s will receive honorary University of Maine doctorates at UMaine’s May 13 commencement ceremony. James Knott, Sr., of Northbridge, Mass., will receive a Doctor of Science […]
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