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Award-winning Scholar to Lead Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Workshop

Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 Writing is crucial and enriches all fields of academic instruction. That’s the point that widely recognized teacher and author Patricia Lambert Stock will promote and demonstrate to University of Maine faculty during a writing-across-the-curriculum workshop on Friday, Oct. 21.Stock, professor of writing, rhetoric and American cultures at Michigan State University […]

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Renowned Eco-Philosopher to Speak in Camden

Contact: Laura Sebastianelli, Adult Program Coordinator, 207-789- 5808; Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning CenterOne Tanglewood Road, Lincolnville, Maine 04849 CAMDEN, ME. — Eco-philosopher and activist Joanna Macy will speak at the Camden Opera House on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. A scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology, Macy will talk about […]

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Contingent from Mexican University to Visit UMaine

Contact: Joe Carr, 581-3571 ORONO — Four students and an adviser from La Universidad de las AmEricas – Puebla (UDLA), a prominent Mexican university, will visit the University of Maine from Sept. 30-Oct. 6. This will be the third time that UMaine hast hosted a group from that university, as part of an ongoing cultural […]

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Cooperative Extension to Offer Farm Marketing and Promotional Materials Workshop

Contact: Contact: Gleason Gray, Extension EducatorUniversity of Maine Cooperative Extension Penobscot County942-7396 or 1-800-287-1485(in Maine) ORONO, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension of Penobscot County and Coastal Enterprises, Inc. will host “Farm Marketing and Image Building” a three-hour workshop for farmers and value added agriculture producers. The workshop will be offered Wednesday, Nov. 9, […]

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Page Farm & Home Museum Offers Downeast History Tour Sept. 15

Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4115, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum’s annual fall field trip will explore Downeast Maine on Sept. 15, with visits by motor coach to the University of Maine’s Blueberry Hill Farm research station in Jonesboro and Burnham Tavern Museum, the site of the first naval battle […]

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UMaine Student Wins Internship at Smithsonian’s American Indian Museum

Contact: David Slagger, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A background in teaching, volunteering, theater and Native American art has placed UMaine student David Slagger, a member of the Micmac Indian Nation, in the right place at the right time for a prestigious internship at the Smithsonian Institute’s new National Museum of the American Indian. Slagger, […]

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UMaine Students Employ Woods Challenge Course to Develop Business Acumen

Contact: Rich Grant, 581-1971, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Self-confidence, teamwork and networking are among the critical but sometimes overlooked interpersonal skills for business men and women, and nearly 50 candidates for UMaine graduate degrees in business will begin their semester Aug. 26 with some unusual activities designed to enhance those skills. Candidates for the […]

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Eastern Fine Mill Workers’ Stories Wanted

Contact: Amy Stevens, 581-1891 The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine is seeking former Eastern Fine Paper Inc. workers to discuss their experiences for an oral history project. The purpose of the project is to document and preserve the history and culture of the mill and its workers through a series of tape-recorded […]

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Smithsonian Sept. 11 Exhibit Honors Victims, “Impoverishes” Public

Contact: Amy Fried, 581-1797, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Smithsonian Museum’s exhibit commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 reveres victims and their families but may shortchange the public, according to an assessment of the exhibit by a UMaine political science professor. After visiting “September 11: […]

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UMaine Wins $829,000 Grant to Study Organic Dairy Cropping Systems

Contact: Chris Reberg-Horton, (207) 581-2942, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine researchers have received an $829,000, four-year grant to develop ways to reduce costs and increase the quality of feed for organic dairy farms. The grant is part of a new emphasis on organic dairy research that UMaine is pursuing in conjunction […]

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