Greetings, classmates, it’s time for another round of recognitions for the accomplishments from Class Y2K! This time we start with William Post G (public administration), longtime assistant city manager of Waterville. Last summer Bill accepted the assistant city manager job in Augusta. The state capitol is lucky to get Bill on board, and according to…

Greetings, classmates, it’s time for another update from UMaine Y2K. For the first time in several years, I have something to share. My wife, Nichole Clark Werle ’02 (social work), and I are relocating to Atlanta when the kids’ school year ends! I accepted a job offer with a different agency of the US Department…

Greetings, Class of 2000, we’ve got another batch of classmates to recognize in this issue of the alumni magazine: Cathy Brezinksi (Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture) was elevated to the position of senior creative resources manager with her company, Rinck Advertising. She has been there since 2015, serving in a variety of roles for a…

Hello, Class of 2000, we are hitting that point in our careers where we are achieving some big things! Here are a few examples: Jerry Douglass (public management and parks & recreation) was hired as the new town manager for Durham, following extensive experience managing public works in Brunswick.  In his 14th year as the…

Fellow Y2K classmates, we need some more newsworthy items coming in. Don’t let those other recent class years out-scoop us! Is your family welcoming a new child? Are you making a career move? Or establishing a new seven-figure scholarship fund at our old school? Let us hear about it! We all remember the excitement of…

Hello, Class of 2000, I haven’t heard any new updates from our group but hopefully that will change for the next issue! Nichole and I already are getting excited for our summer trip back to Maine, we’ll pack two kids and a dog into the minivan and hit the road. We always plan for a…

The UMaine Sports Hall of Fame has some illustrious members, from Harold Alfond to John Zollo ’49; how about Mike Bordick ’88, Cindy Blodgett ‘98, and Bill Swift ’84? Well, the Class of 2000 now has some bragging rights, with the recent announcement that Aaron Dashiell has joined their ranks. In 2000, Aaron became the…

Chris Werle Purvis, MS 39475 chriswerle@yahoo.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2000/ Greetings, Class of 2000! For those whom I did not get to meet in Orono (over 20 years ago!), I studied wildlife ecology and enjoyed playing in Dr. Lidral’s jazz ensemble. I now live in Mississippi with my wife, Nichole Clark Werle ’02, where I’m an entomologist with…

Hi everyone, Here’s some of the news. There’s lots more, but we need a class correspondent to help report it in future columns. Wendy Hughes Baker, assistant vice president, wealth management at R.M. Davis, passed the certified financial planner exam last spring. Wendy lives in New Gloucester, ME, with her husband and two sons. She…

Bill Post G serves as Rockport’s town manager. Bill’s previous experience as a town manager includes his work with Bradley, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, and Bowdoinham. Bill lives in Waldoboro with his wife, two teenage children, and the family’s yellow labs. In his spare time, he is a baseball empire for the Midcoast Umpire Association and coaches…

facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2000/ Many thanks to Heidi Dombrock Weaver, who wrote this column for nearly 20 years. We now need someone to pick up the pen (or laptop) and continue the job. Please contact Abby Zelz at abigail.zelz@maine.edu at the UMaine Alumni Association if you are interested in writing the class column. It only takes a little…

Heidi Dombrock Weaver Class of 2000 — please submit news so we can report it in the magazine. We’d love to hear from you. And while you’re at it, join the class Facebook group and share!