Alumni Matthew Rodrigue ’04 and Trish Riley ’73, ’78G, along with Dean Dana Humphrey were recognized with Stillwater Awards at the UMaine Foundation’s annual Stillwater Society dinner in May. “The Stillwater Awards honor those who have consistently demonstrated philanthropic leadership and dedicated service on behalf of the University of Maine,” said UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy.…
Dean of the College of Engineering Dana Humphrey is retiring later this summer. Dean Humphrey arrived at the University of Maine in 1986. He taught civil engineering courses, served as chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering from 2000-2006, and since 2007 has served as dean of the College of Engineering. “Dean Humphrey…
Riley Clark, who will enter his senior year in the fall, is one of five national recipients of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) prestigious 2022 Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award. The award recognizes student-athletes who have overcome great personal, academic, and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while participating in…
Thomas G. Peaco ’88 will join the UMaine Alumni Association as president and CEO in early July. He will succeed John N. Diamond ’77, ’89G, who is retiring at the end of June after leading the 110,000-member association for the past seven years. A longtime Rockland resident and community leader, Peaco previously served as president…
ORONO—The University of Maine Alumni Association’s board of directors has selected Thomas G. Peaco as the organization’s next president and CEO effective July 5. He will succeed John N. Diamond, who is retiring after leading the 110,000-member association for the past seven years. A longtime Rockland resident and community leader, Peaco currently serves as president…
Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, we hear from Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, professor of clinical nutrition, cooperating faculty in the School of Biomedical Sciences, and associated faculty at the UMaine Institute of Medicine whose research focuses on berry bioactive compounds and their role…
An online presentation by retired UMaine journalism professor Kathryn Olmstead on True North: Finding the Essence of Aroostook, took place earlier this month and was recorded. To watch the presentation, which includes Olmstead reading excerpts from her book, photographs of The County, and a question and answer session, click here.
Maine Day and the 7th annual Maine Day of Giving took place on April 27, 2022. Despite a cool, damp day, students armed with rakes, shovels, and other tools spruced up the campus and participated in the annual tradition. The UMaine Foundation reported a resounding success for the Maine Day of Giving. More than 1,000…
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted is perhaps best known for designing New York’s Central Park, though his firm created nearly 6,000 projects during a century of work. Olmsted’s firm produced the original design for the University of Maine campus, then known as the…
A lot! In 1986, the Maine Legislature restored the university’s name to the “University of Maine” after having operated as the “University of Maine at Orono” for the previous 15 years. The action modified a 1968 law that had placed UMaine together with five regional state colleges, producing a single multi-campus entity named the “University…
Having lost a traditional graduation experience because of the pandemic, members of UMaine’s classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to campus on May 8 for a delayed but more conventional Commencement celebration. Keynote speaker Ukeme Awakessien Jeter ’04, an attorney, city councilor, and member of the UMaine Alumni Association Board of Directors, encouraged attendees to confidently…
Ryan Warner ’12, a third-year medical student, recently returned home after spending five weeks in Ukraine, where he provided medical aid as part of the organization Med Global. Warner observed how Ukrainians were participating in various aspects of the war effort, and described his experience in this local TV story.