Two alumni and two new student government representatives have joined the UMaine Alumni Association Board of Directors, as six board members reached the end of their terms. The Association’s annual meeting was held on Friday, June 21 in Portland. New board members pictured left to right: Catherine DeWick Johnson ’88, Rich Goodenough ’88, Laura Curioli…
THE UNIVERSITY of Maine was the talk of the college hockey world in February 1993. Coach Shawn Walsh’s Black Bears were undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the country for a key Hockey East home series against Boston University at Alfond Arena. For the Friday game, four students from Hart Hall wanted to do something…
Changing Lives Silvestre Guzmán ’13, ’17G helps students reach their potential By Nina Mahaleris ’20′ [To view story in the MAINE Alumni Magazine, click here] For many students, the path to higher education is straightforward. It often begins early — when parents enroll their child in kindergarten or prekindergarten, then continues for the next 12 or…
A UMaine club’s planned event led to the most contentious public controversy in the university’s history [To view story in the MAINE Alumni Magazine, click here] In 1973, a week or so into his freshman year at the University of Maine, Dan MacNaughton spotted a flyer in the Hilltop Commons dining hall. U of Maine Gay…
Building New England’s Premiere Athletic Training Program: Enhancing Well-being. Ensuring Peak Performance. Saving Lives. UMaine’s Athletic Training program is the only program in the state featuring: • Full integration with and routine access to Division 1 athletics. • 100% passage of the national certification examination on the first attempt over the last two years, compared to the…
Over 200 University of Maine Singers alumni, families and friends from across the U.S., Europe and Canada joined current University of Maine Singers in their spring 2023 concert celebrating longtime director emeritus Dennis Cox at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Hosted by the University of Maine School of Performing Arts,…
Join us for a special online presentation, Seth Woodcock, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Development and Capital Planning, will share the vision for the future of UMaine athletics facilities, funded in large part by a $90 million commitment from the Harold Alfond Foundation. The plan includes support to maintain excellence in the state’s only Division…
The University of Maine has been named one of today’s best schools for online higher education in health care by EduMed.org, a website that connects students to flexible education programs to fast-track careers in nursing and allied health. UMaine’s online interprofessional graduate certificate in gerontology ranked No. 12 in best accredited online gerontology programs in…
First-year students and their families got a Hearty Maine Hello and warm welcome on move-in day as they moved into their dorms. Students, faculty, and staff came together to help get students settled and acclimated to campus on August 26th. The fall semester began on Monday, August 29th.
Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, we hear from Orion Schwab, a rising senior and computer science major at UMaine who spent the summer as a fellow in the Innovate for Maine program run by the Foster Center for Innovation. Innovate for…
This summer welcomed a new group of students to the Intensive English Institute (IEI) at UMaine from Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, and Ukraine. Because English language learning is so much more than being in the classroom, the institute works to provide additional cultural exchange, community building and community integration to its students.…
The Maine Outing Club’s Cabin in Carrabassett Valley near Sugarloaf Mountain will be getting a facelift. The cabin was selected for renovation by the Maine Cabin Masters of the Magnolia Network. Now, the club is fundraising $20,000 needed to complete the renovation by September 1st. The Outing Club entered their cabin as a “shot in…