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August 15, 2019

Athletics Offers Special Young Alumni Discount

Young alumni will receive discounted rates on season passes for all four of UMaine’s ticketed sports this year including football, men’s ice hockey, women’s basketball, and men’s baseball. University of Maine athletics, in an effort to keep young alumni engaged with Black Bear Sports after college and beyond, is offering a special 20% discount on…

July 17, 2019

Maine’s Mr. Secretary

ONE DAY as then-Attorney General Janet T. Mills was struggling to take care of her family, household, and official duties during her late husband’s illness, she received an unannounced visitor: Secretary of State Matt Dunlap ’87, ’94G, who was in Farmington to give a speech. “He came in, changed into some work clothes, and went…

July 15, 2019

Athletics Announces Fall 2019 Schedules

It may be summer but many UMaine student-athletes are readying themselves for the fall sports season.  Women’s soccer, football, and the women’s and men’s ice hockey teams have released their schedules for the year, with schedules for the field hockey, cross country, and swimming & diving teams expected to be announced in the near future. …

May 17, 2019

Eight Inductees Will Join UMaine Sports Hall of Fame

The University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame will induct an eight-member class this fall on September 13th. Honorees include Corey Conner, 10-time America East champion and two-time track All-American; Gerald (Jerry) Ellis, nine-time letterwinner and two-time Maine State Champion in the mile; Heather Hathorn (Driscoll), women’s soccer record holder for career goals and career…

February 11, 2019

Coach Barron’s Journey Featured in Washington Post

In 2011 Richard Barron accepted a position coaching the women’s basketball team at the University of Maine. His career path, having been the head coach of both a men’s and women’s Division I basketball program, is very rare. After a mysterious illness kept him from coaching for nearly a year, Barron is in his first…

February 11, 2019

Countdown to the 2019 Black Bear Road Trip

This month the 2019 Black Bear Road Trip will commence with events in both Tucson and Phoenix, AZ. Organized in coordination with local alumni volunteers, this year’s road trip will travel to nine states and the District of Columbia. The first stop, on February 19, will take place at The Arizona Inn in Tucson, where…

January 7, 2019

UMaine Football Ends Historic Season, Gains New Head Coach

In December, the Black Bears ended a phenomenal football season with the first football championship subdivision national semifinal appearance in UMaine’s history. The team lost to Eastern Washington University, 50-19, in the Final Four of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision on December 15th. Given his success during his three years as UMaine’s head coach, Joe…

December 10, 2018

Black Bears are one win away from the National Championship game!

The amazing journey continues, as the UMaine football team approaches Saturday’s semifinal game against Eastern Washington University (EWU). The game will be played at the EWU campus in Cheney, Washington, near Spokane. Saturday’s game will kick off at 2 p.m. Eastern Time and will be carried live on ESPN2. A victory there will propel the…

December 7, 2018

Former UMaine basketball coach and players reunite for memorable event

Former UMaine women’s basketball coach Joanne Palombo-McCallie returned to Maine for a November game, where her nationally ranked Duke Blue Devils took on  the Black Bears, coached by her former star guard Amy Vachon ‘00. Maine came within three four points of pulling off an upset, falling to Duke 66-63. The occasion brought together dozens…