Six individuals and two teams will join the 220-member University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame this year as part of the Class of 2022. Honorees include Elizabeth Carone ’81, five-time New England swimming champion; Stephen Cooper ’03, football All-American and two-time conference defensive player of the year; Scott Morse ’87, baseball All-American; Mike Viani…
Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, we hear from Wade Merritt ‘96, president of Maine International Trade Center. Merritt, a student of international affairs, history, and Canadian studies at UMaine, became fascinated by international dealings at an early age and has spent…
A pledge from UMaine alumna Karen Boudreau Esq. ’80 and her husband, Thomas Jensen, M.D. renamed North Stevens Hall on campus in honor of the former Brewer, ME resident and now San Diego-based attorney. Karen L. Boudreau, Esq. Hall was dedicated in July. Boudreau and Jensen say they hope that naming this building for a…
Reunions will once again take place on the beautiful Orono campus! The classes of 1951, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, and Senior Alumni (those that have celebrated 50 years since graduation) will be gathering for class events, lunches, socializing, campus tours, and more. Some classes are holding off-campus reunions or have other…
UMaine Sports Hall of Famer Jim Montgomery ’93, of the 1992-93 NCAA National Championship Men’s Ice Hockey team, has just been named head coach of the Boston Bruins, making him the 29th coach in the team’s history. Montgomery will leave his role as assistant coach of the St. Louis Blues. He played four seasons at…
Don’t miss the sell-out alumni event of the summer! There is still time to join us for Cocktails on the Coast on Friday, July 1st. The night will begin at the Thirsty Pig in Portland with an Orono Brewing Company tap takeover before heading out to Jones Landing on Peaks Island. Reconnect with friends and…
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.…
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…
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.
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…