We didn’t receive updates for a column other than this one tidbit from Nyasha Butterfield. She wrote last winter: “I‘ve moved back to Maine to be closer to family and made my first snowman.” She marked the occasion by dressing the snowman in a UMaine hat. Please share your news regardless of the season —…

The Class of 2023 celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. The class kicked things off at Buchanan Alumni House with a cocktail reception followed by a Pat’s Pizza party. The following classmates were in attendance; here is an update on what they are doing now. Stacey Willis Dand started a new business called Ginger World…

It’s our 30th Reunion! We will be celebrating during Homecoming Weekend October 13-15. There are lots of events scheduled — football, class meetings, department gatherings, fraternity/sorority get-togethers — as well as unplanned, impromptu gatherings. Watch your mail and email for more info on Class of ’93 reunion gatherings that weekend! We hope to see you…

Paula Callan, principal of Messalonskee High became the first educator to win both the Maine Principal of the Year and the Maine Assistant Principal of the Year since the founding of the Maine Principals Association in 1992. In her 28 years working in school administration, Paula says she has never seen anything as challenging as…

It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that Red Gendron G, UMaine’s head hockey coach, died in April. I remember when Red joined Shawn Walsh in 1990 as an assistant coach and we all witnessed the UMaine Black Bears win their first NCAA Division I Championship in 1993. What a ride…

Patty Sheridan Koetzner 115 Dogwood Avenue Malverne, NY 11565 (516) 599-5044 pkoetzner@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1993/ Happy summer, everyone! I am not hearing from a lot of people, so please reach out and report what you’re up to.  Classmate Stan Martin, of Dekalb, IL, is putting his mechanical engineering degree to work at Parker Hannifin Corporation.  What about…

Happy 2021, Class of 1993. I hope you have made the best of the challenges we’ve all been facing. Here’s hoping that this year will bring a little more normalcy than we saw in 2020. Please send your news so I have something to share in this column for the next issue. Wishing you a…

Patty Sheridan Koetzner Congratulations to Bob Hamilton ’93 Ph.D., who received a University Foundation Scholar Award from the Boise State University Foundation last June. Bob is a founding faculty member of the civil engineering program at Boise State. He developed the original civil engineering curriculum, has taught a range of courses, and led the accreditation…

Patty Sheridan Koetzner Our classmate and member of the UMaine football team, Fred Harner, joined the XFL as senior vice president of content and media. Most recently, he was vice president and general manager of digital media at SportsNet New York. In his new position, Fred will lead the XFL’s content strategy and all digital…

Patty Sheridan Koetzner The Orono High School Athletic Hall of Fame inducted Ray Wood. Ray started on the 1983, 1984, and 1985 Orono football teams and went a combined 30-5. He also played in two state championship games. He was named to the ALL-LTC first team as a running back and placekicker in 1984, and…

Patty Sheridan Koetzner 115 Dogwood Avenue Malverne, NY 11565 (516) 599-5044 pkoetzner@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/ UMaineClass1993/   REUNION October 26-28 at Homecoming   Jamie Bogart is the research associate at the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth, MA. He works with interns and volunteers, coordinates bird research programs, water quality, and monitoring of salt marsh surveys…

Patty Sheridan Koetzner 115 Dogwood Avenue Malverne, NY 11565 (516) 599-5044 pkoetzner@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1993/   REUNION October 26-28 at Homecoming   The Class of 1993 will be celebrating our 25th Reunion this October. The Alumni Association and the class alumni planning committee are going to work to make it an amazing event. The event will kick…