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March 5, 2024

Ukeme is Breaking Stereotypes since Arriving in the U.S. in 2000

“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,…

March 5, 2024

Don Carrigan Shares Love of His Profession and Love of Maine

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…

March 4, 2024

The ‘Naked 5’ Celebrate 3 Decades of Inspiring UMaine Hockey Fans

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…

March 18, 2022

Tuning Up

  By Ashley Forbes THE FIRST TIME Brian Harris ’11 met his future business partner, Owen McCarthy ’10, Harris was not dressed to impress. It was the summer before Harris’ first year at the University of Maine and he was at home in West Enfield, Maine, waiting for a few brothers from Sigma Phi Epsilon…

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December 1, 2021

Black Feminism and Me/Maine Webinar

This program was made possible with generous support from the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Fund. Watch panelists discuss the Black Feminism topics of radical healing, finding rich spaces to grow, self care and more.

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August 17, 2021

1979 Murder of UMaine Professor is Topic of Book

A forthcoming book about the 1979 murder of a UMaine history professor was the subject of a webinar co-hosted by the Alumni Association and the Maine Historical Society. Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper, co-authors of Fighting Time, have unique perspectives. Banks was the teenage daughter of Prof. Ronald Banks, who was killed in a street…

May 12, 2021

Floating Offshore Wind Webinar ft. Dr. Habib Dagher

Hear Prof. Habib Dagher discuss the floating wind turbines – what they look like, why in specific locations to minimize a carbon footprint, the wind shore capacity to power the nation, and more. The deep waters off the coast of Maine cause us to create these floating, offshore turbines, unlike the way other areas secure…