ORONO (AP) — The University of Maine is calling on football fans to don their finest flannel apparel this weekend to break a world record. At Saturday’s game against the University of New Hampshire, the UMaine Black Bears are hoping to break the Guinness world record for the most people wearing plaid or tartan-patterned clothing […]
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UMaine System’s fiscal problems, proposed graduate school to be addressed at trustees meeting
BANGOR — The University of Maine System’s financial troubles will be front and center at a board of trustees meeting in Portland on Sunday and Monday. In addition to a financial update, the trustees will hear a presentation that makes a case for a new graduate school in Portland. The meeting comes at a time […]
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Women’s basketball: Anderson ready for final season
Before she finished high school, Courtney Anderson made one of the biggest decisions of her life. It was a choice that not only had an impact on her basketball career but also her professional future for years to come. So when Anderson chose to attend the University of Maine, she faced a lot of unknowns, […]
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UMaine student charged in home invasion
OLD TOWN — Old Town police said a University of Maine Student tried to break into a Bennoch Road home early Sunday morning wearing a mask and holding a gun while the homeowner was inside. Luke Cushman-Cole, 21, of Fletchers Landing Township was arrested in his dorm room on campus after the attempted break-in, according […]
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University of Maine System will pursue a plan to give central office more control of budgets
BANGOR — A panel of University of Maine System trustees gave administrators the go-ahead to pursue a plan that would give central administration more control of the individual budgets of the seven campuses. The plan, which is currently being created by Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Rebecca Wyke, is intended to give the Board […]
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UMaine vice president who oversaw enrollment increase leaves post
ORONO — The University of Maine’s vice president for enrollment management, whose work recruiting students, particularly from out of state, was considered “foundational” to the university’s five-year plan, no longer works at UMaine, a spokesperson confirmed last week. The vice president, Jimmy Jung, was hired by the university in 2012. After at least three consecutive […]
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Former professor gifts over $2M for scholarships
A year and a half after he passed away, John Nickerson is still giving. An endowed scholarship fund and political science professorship have been established at the University of Maine Foundation with more than $2 million in gifts from Nickerson, a University of Maine alumnus and professor emeritus at the University of Maine at Augusta. […]
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Rangeley literacy project goes around the world
RANGELEY — Regional School Unit 78 directors this week were told that Rangeley Lakes Regional School students have sent their journals to friends and strangers around the world, who will add entries and return them. It’s a project that middle school literacy teacher Robin George works on with sixth-graders. She compares the project to sending […]
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New owner of Orono student apartments planning improvements to clubhouse, units
ORONO — The new owner of Orchard Trails apartments plans to renovate the 8-year-old clubhouse and rental units to make them more attractive to students, according to an official with the company that manages the complex. “It was top of the line when it opened … however, it’s no longer 2006,” Jason White, regional manager […]
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Maine students heading to New York City for People’s Climate March
ORONO — More than 100 University of Maine students are heading to the Big Apple this weekend to take part in what is being hailed as the biggest demonstration in the history of the climate justice movement. Set for Sunday in New York and other major cities around the globe, the People’s Climate March is […]