Student Life

Friday (8/30) - Maine Hello

Recreation Center Drop In | 5 a.m. – 10 p.m. 💙
Drop by the Recreation Center to check out all their services, get your workout in, or get ready for the year ahead.

MaineCard Office Open | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. 💙

Get any help you need with your mobile or physical MaineCard!

Location DTAV Community Center

Maine Hello | 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. 💙
MOVE IN DAYYY! Bring your family to help you move into your first-year residence hall. Find more information at: https://umaine.edu/reslife/maine-hello/

Orientation Help Desk | 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 💙
Team Maine and our friendly team from Admissions will be standing by to answer all your questions, provide campus, tours, and much more! Check them out in the Memorial Union lobby.

Bookstore Celebration | 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Pick up your text books and check out some sweet deals.
Location: Bookstore (Memorial Union)

Bookstore Annual Tent Sale | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pick up your text books and check out some sweet deals.
Location: DTAV Community Building Parking Lot

Army ROTC First-Year Orientation & Open House | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 💙
For first year students and transferring students.  Learn about Army ROTC scholarships and career opportunities after graduation.  Also meet and greet fellow Cadets!
Location:  Army ROTC Office, New Balance Field House

Bear Necessities Fan Shop Open | 12 – 4 p.m.
Come support our athletic teams by checking out the fan shop!
Location:  Alfond Arena

President’s Dinner | 4 – 5:30 p.m. 💙
Join us for President Ferrini-Mundy’s Annual Dinner at the New Balance Field House. Free for students with your MaineCard.

Convocation & Class Picture | 5:30 p.m. 💙
Join us in welcoming the class of 2027 to UMaine!

Location: Collins Center for the Arts (CCA)

Planetarium Shows | Various Times
Step into space with these astronomy shows. Register here: https://astro.umaine.edu/

• Supermassive Black Holes (7pm): Discover the physics of the objects that power the evolution and structure of galaxies.  Program includes a tour of the night sky as viewed from Maine.

Rock Against Rape Concert | 6 – 9 p.m. 💙
This sexual assault awareness event featured by Sigma Phi Epsilon will feature local bands and more fun activities!

Location: IMRC

Saturday (8/31)

Orono Farmer’s Market | 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Go check out our local vendors in the Steam Plant Parking Lot!

Rec Center Drop In | 8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. 💙
Drop by the Recreation Center to check out all their services, get your workout in, or get ready for the year ahead.

Mandatory Residence Hall Floor Meetings| 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. 💙
Get to know your floor mates and RAs in your own residence hall!

MaineCard Office Open | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 💙

Get any help you need with your mobile or physical MaineCard!

Location DTAV Communtiy Center

Bookstore Celebration | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Pick up your text books and check out some sweet deals.
Location: Bookstore (Memorial Union)

Bookstore Annual Tent Sale | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Pick up your text books and check out some sweet deals.
Location: DTAV Community Building Parking Lot

Planetarium Shows | Various Times
Step into space with these astronomy shows. Register here: https://astro.umaine.edu/

Honors College Induction & Social | 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. 💙
Join us for your formal induction into the Honors College; you will also learn more about your upcoming Honors experience and get to know your fellow students at an ice cream social!  Required for all incoming Honors College students.   

Location: Wells Auditorium

Party on the Hill | 8 -10 p.m. 💙
Join the Center for Student Involvement for a Silent Disco and more!

Location: New Balance Student Recreation Center and Hilltop Quad

Sunday (9/1)

Bookstore Celebration | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Pick up your text books and check out some sweet deals.
Location: Bookstore (Memorial Union)

Recreation Center Drop In | 1 – 9 p.m. 💙
Drop by the Recreation Center to check out all their services, get your workout in, or get ready for the year ahead.

MaineCard Office Open | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 💙

Get any help you need with your mobile or physical MaineCard!

Location DTAV Communtiy Center

Maine Bound Climbing Wall | 4 – 8 p.m. 💙
Explore the Maine Bound Adventure Center and try out their indoor rock climbing walls!

Location: Maine Bound Adventure Center

Planetarium Shows | Various Times
Step into space with these astronomy shows. Register here: https://astro.umaine.edu/

• The Stellars: Mission Green (2pm): Join  Imani, Aki, and John are three friends from an alien solar system on a quest to discover the essentials necessary for plant growth, the diversity of Earth’s ecosystems, and the critical role of forests as habitats.
• Radiohead: Blackstar (4pm):
  Exploring a collection of cinematic Radiohead songs from their discography! Take a journey from the powerful Paranoid Android to the melancholic How to Disappear Completely with stunning visuals and immersive stories in the planetarium!
   

MaineCard Information!

We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus and would love to help you with Mobile MaineCard. If you haven’t submitted your photo yet, we encourage you to do so today. Details on Mobile MaineCard can be found at umaine.edu/mainecard/mobile

The University of Maine System uses an online photo submission process for all its campuses. ALL new students are required to go online and submit a photo for their student ID accompanied by an approved form of identification. Make sure to use your @maine.edu email address during this process. Don’t wait until you arrive to take care of this.

Please visit https://onlinephoto.transactcampus.net/ to submit your photo TODAY!