UMaine News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — When the University of Maine Class of 2008 gathers for fall convocation, its first official event to attend as a class, it will hear from a man who has invented dozens of familiar products and advertising slogans. Doug Hall, a 1981 UMaine graduate, is the founder of […]

Contact: Joe Carr, 581-3571 ORONO — Nearly 500 University of Maine employees, students and alumni will be out in force on Friday, greeting new UMaine students and their families as they move into residence halls.  A modern version of the traditional “Maine Hello,” the move-in has become a highlight of UMaine’s Fall Welcome Weekend, a […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — In its annual guide, “The 357 Best Colleges,” the Princeton Review has listed the University of Maine as #20 in its “Best Bargain – Public” category.  The publication determines academic ratings for institutions, then compares those rankings with tuition costs to create a list of the top […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine Interim President Robert A. Kennedy has announced a change in the staffing of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Harry Payne, Executive Director since August 2003 has resigned and left UMaine to return to New Jersey. President Kennedy is recommending the fixed-term appointment of […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Wooden boat building is as immersed in Maine’s cultural heritage as Native American basketmaking, lumbering, potatoes and textiles, although that fact may be lost as Mainers focus on emerging new industries. Visitors to the National Folk Festival on Bangor’s waterfront park area, however, will have a chance […]

Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Dozens, if not hundreds, of older people will start beefing up on bone mass soon as the University of Maine’s RSVP program launches more new “Bone Builders” classes at three new sites in Bangor and Bar Harbor.  RSVP, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, operated through the […]

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756, Rich Grant, 581-1971 ORONO — They’ve raised the bar on business studies at the University of Maine, specifically as the fall class of new MBA graduate students come to the Orono campus a week early for an unusual “business boot camp,” which includes the university’s MaineBound Challenge Course. Nearly three dozen […]

Contact: Ron Beard, Cooperative Extension educator, Hancock County, 1-800-287-1479, rbeard@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Maine

Contact: Ron Davis, director of Orono Bog Boardwalk, 717-248-3797 until August 28; after then, 207-866-4785 or -4786 ORONO– Orono Bog Boardwalk Director Ron Davis announced on August 18th that the boardwalk has been offered $50,000 by an anonymous donor. Davis was recently informed of this offer by the donor’s Bangor attorney. To receive the funds, […]

Contact: Peter Rottmann at 866-2619; George Manlove at 581-3756 ORONO — The cavernous 360,000-square-foot complex on Ayers Island, which has housed lumber, paper and textile mills in the Basin Mills area of Orono, is the site of the first Ayers Island Contemporary Arts Festival, “Without Borders,” Aug. 21-Sept. 15. The event is described as a […]