Generous donors and dedicated alumni working with their alma mater bring state-of-the-art facilities to UMaine Pride and Progress By Joy Hollowell The night before the ribbon cutting of the newly renovated University of Maine Alfond Arena and Shawn Walsh Hockey Center, Elizabeth Simonds ’20 stayed late to ensure everything was ready for the reveal.…
Analyzing Care and Community How an exchange student and UMaine alumna became a world leader in healthcare analytics By John Ripley ’90 The distance to Orono from Dr. Ewa Kleczyk’s native Poland is just under 4,000 miles, but her journey is perhaps more properly measured in experiences, accolades, and giving back to her many…
Father-daughter team hikes famous footpath from Georgia to Maine By Aislinn Sarnacki ’10 Mark Bolduc ’84 and his daughter Natalie Bolduc Nicols ’17, ’22G have gone on many outdoor adventures together, but in the spring of 2025, they embarked on their longest and most challenging journey to date: a thru-hike of the famous Appalachian Trail. …
Good Returns: Upward Bound alum and director Rusty Brown gives back to transformative program By Casey Kelly ’19G, ’25 CGS In the early 1990s as a student at Belfast Area High School, Rusty Brown ’98, ’01G admits that he was “floundering” somewhat on his educational journey. At a particularly low moment, coming off a three-day…
UMaine’s Original On-stage Bear Pair by Troy R. Bennett Ron Lisnet and Julie Arnold Lisnet’s now 43-year love affair with each other, and the University of Maine, did not begin with a thunderbolt from heaven back in 1982, when they met inside the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. In fact, it started with a snide comment. “I…
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…
Their Hearts Beat True Blue Hardcore Black Bear alums mark milestones with UMaine By Kris Ferrazza Some alumni are wedded to UMaine like a happy couple, in sickness and in health, ‘til death do they part – literally. Take Piet Lammert ’91, for example, who drummed to the “Stein Song” while undergoing brain surgery earlier…
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…
UMaine’s Congressional Internship Program marks 65 years By Allen Adams ’14 [To view story in the MAINE Alumni Magazine, click here] The University of Maine’s Congressional Internship Program recently marked its 65th year of providing UMaine students with the opportunity to work in the offices of a Congressional delegation. That longevity speaks for itself, yet…
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,…