The UMaine Alumni Association’s annual tuition raffle is underway, and it offers a prize worth more than $11,000 for UMaine’s 2022-23 academic year. The raffle, sponsored by University Credit Union, provides the opportunity to win the prize, which is the dollar equivalent of 30 credit hours at the university’s in-state undergraduate tuition rate. Anyone 18…
Plan to watch the online 2022 Alumni Achievement Awards celebration on May 12. The program is sponsored by Bangor International Airport and will feature stories and interviews that showcase each honoree, including Dr. Daniel Sandweiss, this year’s Distinguished Maine Professor, and The Honorable Leigh Saufley ’76, the 2022 Alumni Career Award recipient. Bill Green ’76…
Chris Markwood ’05 has been named the UMaine men’s basketball team’s new head coach. Coach Markwood was captain of the Black Bears during his student days, and coached at UMaine from 2006-2011. For the past 16 seasons, he was an assistant coach at schools in the Northeast. Most recently he was assistant coach at Boston…
Without the Moon, Earth would be significantly different from what it is today. Renowned scientist and author Dr. Neil Comins explains the evolution of the Earth-Moon system and the Moon’s profound effects on our planet and life as we know it. This webinar was sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank.
By Ashley Forbes THE FIRST TIME Brian Harris ’11 met his future business partner, Owen McCarthy ’10, Harris was not dressed to impress. It was the summer before Harris’ first year at the University of Maine and he was at home in West Enfield, Maine, waiting for a few brothers from Sigma Phi Epsilon…
Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, we hear from Colleen Walker, director of UMaine’s Process Development Center (PDC), which has collaborated closely with the pulp and paper industry for decades. The facility was established to support industry needs, and is funded almost…
The Career Center recently migrated its Maine Mentor Database to the CareerLink platform. CareerLink is a new professional networking database where students can connect directly with alumni who also join the network for networking, internships, and mentorship purposes. The Career Center asks alumni and employers to consider joining the new CareerLink Professional Networking database. Sign…
Watch the webinar “The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the US and the World,” which took place on March 3 and is available online. Presented by the UMaine Alumni Association, the William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service, the School of Policy and International Affairs, and the Department of Political Science, the…
UMaine astrophysicist Neil Comins will present a webinar “What If The Moon Didn’t Exist?” on March 31 at noon. Without the Moon, Earth would be significantly different from what it is today. Renowned scientist and author Dr. Neil Comins will explain the evolution of the Earth-Moon system and the Moon’s profound effects on our planet…
Dr. Jeff Mills `82, president and CEO of the UMaine Foundation, has been selected to receive a prestigious national award in recognition of his decades of leadership in higher education philanthropy. Mills merged UMaine’s Office of Advancement with the UMaine Foundation, which integrated the fundraising structure and increased support. Under Mills’ leadership, giving campaigns have…
The 2022 Alumni Achievement Awards celebration will take place on May 12 as an online event. Sponsored by Bangor International Airport. The program will feature stories and interviews that showcase each honoree and will be hosted by Bill Green ‘76. Prominent Black Bear alumni will narrate stories and discuss how the various lives, careers, and stories…
The latest MAINE Alumni Magazine is now online. Read about MedRhythms, the digital therapeutics company founded by Brian Harris ’11 and Owen McCarthy ’10, meet Pat Collins ’49, Instagram’s Macey Hall ’11, and discover why Coach Amy Vachon ’00 was previously reluctant to coach. Learn about the interdisciplinary characteristics of the College of Natural Sciences,…