Welcome to winter, everyone!
All of us have fond memories from our days at Maine. One of my winter memories is walking across campus in a snowstorm. By the time I got to the Student Union my beard was packed with snow!
And that was the one day they closed the campus and cancelled classes due to snow. But no one had a cell phone in those days!
Another is when I got stuck in the snow in the “parking lot” behind the E/M building and my econ professor helped push me out. That says something about the professors at Maine.
In July, Lynn Hearty Coutts was named the first female Athletic Director at UMass Lowell.
She joined UMass Lowell after serving as associate vice chancellor and deputy director of athletics and the senior woman administrator at the University of Denver.
Lynn has joined UMass Lowell’s executive cabinet, with the athletic director position elevated to play a larger role executing university-wide priorities and engaging broad constituencies throughout the regional community.
Lynn is a native of Shawville, Quebec, played softball at UMaine from 1983 to 1987, and was captain from 1985 to 1987.
Dan Tremble ran for and was elected Penobscot County commissioner in the November elections. Dan has a long career in public service, having served his community for 14 years on the Bangor City Council and 12 years as the Penobscot County treasurer.
Ron Lessard has joined the environmental consulting team at Sevee & Maher Engineers as a workplace safety and sustainability expert.
Ron is a certified industrial hygienist and safety professional with over 35 years of experience including two hitches with General Dynamics at Bath Iron Works and nine years running his own EHS consulting firm.
Ron served two years as a vice president in Alpha Phi Omega and performed as Bananas the Bear at UMaine hockey games.