{"id":1314,"date":"2015-01-12T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/?page_id=1314"},"modified":"2021-05-31T16:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:59:41","slug":"current-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/current-events\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Happening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">TRIO ADVOCACY 2016!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/2016-Policy-Seminar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1622 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/2016-Policy-Seminar-250x141.jpg\" alt=\"2016 Policy Seminar\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Nikita-in-DC-e1458060509821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1620 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Nikita-in-DC-e1458060509821-150x250.jpg\" alt=\"Nikita in DC\" width=\"150\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UMaine UB\/UBMS was well represented in March at both the state and national levels! <strong>Nikita Gagain and Dr. Patricia Marshall<\/strong>, UB Alumnae, represented Maine at the COE Policy Seminar in Washington, DC. Back in Maine, UBMS students attended the Hall of Flags at the Maine State Capital on March 9. Neesha Fatmi was a guest speaker at the event! In attendance: <strong>Reilly, Mark, Neesha, Matthew, Megan, Garrett, Hamdi, Maryan, Usira\u00a0and Becky.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Group-selfie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1618 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Group-selfie-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"Group selfie\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Group-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1617 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Group-photo-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/WElcome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1616 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/WElcome-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"WElcome\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Neesha-speech-e1458060028358.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1614 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Neesha-speech-e1458060028358-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"Neesha speech\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Reilly-and-Senator-e1458060015528.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1615 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Reilly-and-Senator-e1458060015528-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"Reilly and Senator\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Megan-Mark-and-Representative-e1458060000557.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1613 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2016\/03\/Megan-Mark-and-Representative-e1458060000557-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"Hall of Flags 2016\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1586 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/299\/2015\/12\/IMG_7714-e1449252985306-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"Witter Farm, 2015\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/>We would like to thank <strong>Dr. Robert Causey <\/strong>(Associate Professor, Animal and Veterinary Sciences) and\u00a0<strong>Matthew Dube<\/strong> (Ph.D. Candidate in Spatial Information Science and Engineering in the School of Computing and Information Science) for the tour and presentation of their research at the\u00a0J. Franklin Witter\u00a0Teaching &amp; Research Center on November 15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We would like to thank Maine EPSCoR and Kristine Hoffmann for our successful 2013 Group Design Project partnership! To learn more, watch:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/99836706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/99836706<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIO ADVOCACY 2016! UMaine UB\/UBMS was well represented in March at both the state and national levels! Nikita Gagain and Dr. Patricia Marshall, UB Alumnae, represented Maine at the COE Policy Seminar in Washington, DC. Back in Maine, UBMS students attended the Hall of Flags at the Maine State Capital on March 9. 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