The Alumni Association is proud to announce and honor our 2025 Block M Award recipients, our Black Bear Award recipients, and our 2025 Class Correspondent Award winner. Arthur “Ace” Conro ’60 has dedicated 65 years to strengthening his class and supporting the University of Maine through his leadership, advocacy, and unwavering loyalty. As Class…
Marin Skincare began when UMaine alumna Amber Boutiette ’17 couldn’t find lasting relief from severe eczema. While studying Biomedical Engineering at UMaine, she and co-founder Patrick Breeding ’19G learned from Maine lobster researcher Dr. Bob Bayer about a unique glycoprotein that helps lobsters heal and regenerate, and showed promise for repairing human skin. A simple test formula changed everything.…
by John Ripley ’90 Robert Dana’s ’80 curriculum vitae is impressive enough — it boasts a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt — but his true legacy is etched not on parchment but in smiles, high-fives, hugs, tough-love advice, and shoulders for crying. And laughing. Lots of laughing. You cannot look at an image of Robert Dana without…
The University of Maine’s Athletic Department is in the beginning stages of an unprecedented investment in upgrades to athletic facilities. An addition to the Alfond hockey arena, new soccer and track facilities, new field hockey complex, a new softball field, and a new basketball arena are all included in the expansion that will give UMaine…
Please join us for a special early evening reception on Friday, September 12, 2025, as we celebrate 150 years of the University of Maine Alumni Association! We’ll gather at the Collins Center for the Arts to reflect on our rich history and lasting impact. The program will feature remarks and appearances from past and present…
The University of Maine Alumni Association recognizes the annual Black Bear, Block ‘M’, and Class Correspondent awardees for 2024 with six new individuals and one couple. Block “M” Award Each year the Alumni Association presents the Block “M” Award to deserving individuals who, over a period of years, advance the strength and success of their…
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 Alumni Association has made seven stops on the Black Bear Road Trip of 2024 so far. Beginning in Arizona in February, the UMaine Alumni Association coordinated two stops; one in Scottsdale and one in Tucson, gathering with 40+ alumni and friends. In March, the team traveled to Florida for three stops…
“Have you ever considered modeling?” Ukeme Awakessien Jeter ’04 was riding the train into New York City in the spring of 2001 when a complete stranger approached the then 20-year-old with that question. Jeter was visiting the Big Apple while on Alternative Spring Break during her sophomore year at the University of Maine. At first,…
DON CARRIGAN ’74 is quick to admit he was a “lazy student” at the University of Maine, but his time on the Orono campus in the early 1970s launched a career for which he is deeply grateful. In the fall of his freshman year, he learned that the campus radio station, WMEB-FM, was looking for…
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…
A brilliant UMaine entomologist and community servant, and a highly accomplished educator, mentor and advocate in the field of social work in Maine lead an impressive class of honorees that will be recognized by the University of Maine Alumni Association at our Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner in April. Alumni Career Award From his twenty years of…