Soon to close out its 120th year and following a recent move into larger quarters in Portland, engineering, architecture and design firm WBRC Inc. is transitioning its leadership to advance its vision for the future. President and CEO Doug Whitney, a senior principal, will retire after leading the firm for nearly a decade. Shareholders and the board of directors…
The UMaine Alumni Travel Program, which previously traveled to Ireland and Italy with alumni, is offering a trip to Iceland. The November 4-10, 2023 trip, arranged through Collette, includes a tour of Reykjavik and a northern lights cruise before exploring other coastal and inland locations. Travelers will visit Thingvellir and Skaftafell National Parks, the geothermal…
Nov. 22, 2022 Emily Albee: 2022 Penobscot County Teacher of the Year found a passion for education and social justice at UMaine Emily Albee (’06, ‘09G, ‘12G) says her high school students are often surprised to learn that she wasn’t entirely prepared for college when she started attending the University of Maine. The Hampden Academy social studies teacher is…
It’s Thanksgiving week and families are sharing their favorite dishes with relatives and friends. One may hear “Don’t forget the cranberry sauce!” The story behind that holiday food staple started with a few factors including a UMaine Alumnus and an honor society. Marcus Urann, a Sullivan, ME native and graduate of the University of Maine,…
Over the course of one amazing rookie season, Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena has moved beyond his spring training status as Carlos Correa‘s successor. At this point, it might be more accurate to say that Correa, Houston’s longtime All-Star shortstop who departed via free agency this spring, is Pena’s predecessor. Read more here.
When rural Montana native Ryan Stovall ’18 was 13 years old, his curiosity about different types of poetry was piqued and the poems didn’t all come from school assignments. You could find Stovall reading Dante’s Inferno, a 14th-century poem. Stovall has written poetry for years and his first book, Black Snowflakes: Smothering A Torch, was…
The Campbell Trophy nomination Eric D. Lee ‘10 received as a student was an honor forgotten, until he received a surprising email invitation to the 2022 Campbell Trophy Summit. As an attorney for Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor out of Phillipsburg, NJ, Lee naturally questioned the legitimacy of the email. After some digging,…
A Hermon elementary school teacher was surprised recently as one of America’s top teachers. In front of a vibrant schoolwide assembly of cheering students, appreciative colleagues, local dignitaries and media, Sarah Collins, a fourth grade science teacher at Patricia A. Duran School, received the $25,000 Milken Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation. Collins is the first…
During her days in Orono you could catch Leigh Kellis ’97 studying for Spanish exams—today, she has built a donut empire. What began as a few dozen donuts baked from her Munjoy Hill apartment each morning has become The Holy Donut, a Portland, ME based donut eatery, that boasts three locations with a fourth set…
ORONO—Maine Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Rick E. Lawrence will share his perspective on civil rights and the courts as part of the 2022 Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series, to be held Thursday, November 17, at the University of Maine’s Wells Conference Center in Orono. Co-hosted by the University of Maine Alumni Association and…
On September 28, 2022, about 2.5 million people residing in Florida were asked to leave their homes in anticipation of one of the deadliest hurricanes in decades. Floridians are no stranger to hurricanes, however Ian changed the lives of many. Health care workers, utility workers and members of other non-profit organizations made their way to…
Members of the classes of 1951, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, and 1972 returned to campus to celebrate reunions with classmates and friends September 8-10. Reunion-goers enjoyed several open houses, opportunities to meet with and hear from current students, tours of buildings and facilities including the new Ferland Engineering Education and Design…