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December 9, 2021

Recent Graduate Works to Help Educators Teach Native History

Nolan Altvater ’21 is working to create resources and fill gaps that will help Maine educators teach Native history and culture. The Passamaquoddy student, who is enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is coordinating with Portland public school educators and tribal leaders to develop resources and materials that will assist K-12 educators in…

December 9, 2021

Webinar Explores Black Feminism in Maine

Five panelists and a UMaine graduate student recently came together for a kitchen-table dialogue about the state of Black feminism in Maine as well as their roles as activists, community leaders, and change-makers. The webinar celebrated Black feminism as an ongoing, multi-faceted, transformative force in the speakers’ lives, as well as in communities across the United States and right here…

December 9, 2021

Governor Visits Campus to Address Climate Change

Maine Governor Janet Mills held a press conference outside Buchanan Alumni House on December 1 to mark the progress of the Maine Climate Council and announce new initiatives to combat climate change. Members of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute have worked with the state to advance measures to mitigate climate change. President Joan Ferrini-Mundy welcomed Gov.…

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December 9, 2021

Fund Established to Honor Alumna and Community Leader

Sarah Dubay ’97, ’00G, a member of the University of Maine Alumni Association Board of Directors, passed away on November 12, 2021. Sarah was a prominent civic and community leader who lived with her husband, Jeff Teunisen, in Bangor. Besides her involvement with the UMaine Alumni Association and Black Bear Athletics, she was a member…

November 12, 2021

Rob Dumas: A Focus on Food Innovation

Black Bear alumni, faculty, staff, and students are among Maine’s most productive innovators and entrepreneurs. In this month’s column, chef Rob Dumas, UMaine’s food science innovation coordinator, talks about his wide-ranging work within Maine’s food system. Dumas manages the university’s Dr. Matthew Highlands Food Pilot Plant, a well-equipped research facility home to a sensory lab,…

November 12, 2021

Interactive Sculpture to Engage Community with Math

A new interactive sculpture that will be installed in Orono’s Webster Park has been designed to engage people with math. The sculpture features the sun’s rays, which help users visualize multiplication and division. The sculpture is the result of a partnership between UMaine and the town of Orono.  UMaine mathematics faculty members Justin Dimmell and…

November 12, 2021

Alumna Named Maine’s Teacher of the Year

Eighth grade teacher Kelsey Stoyanova ’14, ’18G was named Maine’s 2022 Teacher of the Year. Stoyanova teaches language arts at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden. She did her student teaching at Reeds Brook before becoming a teacher there. She earned a master’s in literacy education in 2018, and is working towards her educational specialist…

November 12, 2021

What is the Blue Economy?

Join a Zoom to find out about the Blue Economy: What is it, what is its importance to Maine, and how is UMaine involved? Join us for this special event to hear leaders in the state discuss and define the Blue Economy in Maine, provide your input, and let us know how UMaine should be…

November 12, 2021

UMaine is sending nursing students to vaccinate kids against COVID-19

UMaine nursing students are again gaining hands-on experience while helping to combat the spread of COVID-19. The nursing students are participating in vaccination clinics for children ages 5 to 11 at several Bangor area schools. The CDC recently approved the Pfizer vaccine for elementary school-age children. Two dozen nursing students from the University of Maine…

November 12, 2021

Service Men and Women Honored at Nov. 6th Football Game

The final home football game of the season, on November 6, was part of UMaine Athletics’ Military Appreciation Series, presented by Dead River Co., to honor service men and women. Military personnel, veterans, and their immediate family members received complimentary tickets to each of the selected games.  University of Maine Veterans Week activities included a…

November 12, 2021

Presentation About Professor’s Murder Available Online

A new book about the 1979 murder of well-known UMaine History Professor Ronald Banks and the friendship that later emerged between his daughter and Banks’s falsely accused killer were the subjects of the inaugural Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series in October. Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper spoke on campus as part of the annual series,…