Alumna Melissa Crowe ’96 published a new book, Lo. Lo maps the deprivation and richness of a rural girlhood and offers an intimate portrait of the woman—tender, hungry, hopeful—who manages to emerge. In a series of lyric odes and elegies, Lo explores the notion that we can be partially constituted by lack—poverty, neglect, isolation. The…
The Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine announced the 2023 County Teachers of the Year at a ceremony in the Hall of Flags at the Maine state capitol this week. Among the 16 members of the 2023 class were five teachers with degrees from the University of Maine or the University of Maine at…
The Alumni Association welcomed thousands of new graduates following the 2023 commencement ceremonies, as we hosted an Alumni Welcome Center tent and handed out gifts to UMaine’s newest, official alumni group. The tent also featured an Alumni-stamped backdrop for photos. The Association serves as a wonderful way for alumni to stay in touch with the…
Ken Olson ’68 retired in 2006 from a three-decade conservation career that included twenty years as chief executive of three nonprofit corporations, running black budgets every year. His fulltime charitable work began in 1971 when, at 25, he became the youngest person ever to direct the Appalachian Mountain Club’s combined Hut System, Pinkham Notch Camp, Saco…
Ecologist and conservation biologist Janet McMahon was bestowed the honor at the Maine Land Trust Network Annual conference held May 3 in Rockport, Maine (May 3, 2023, Topsham, Maine) – Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) has named Waldoboro resident Janet McMahon as recipient of the 2023 Espy Land Heritage Award, an annual award that recognizes an…
Over 200 University of Maine Singers alumni, families and friends from across the U.S., Europe and Canada joined current University of Maine Singers in their spring 2023 concert celebrating longtime director emeritus Dennis Cox at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Hosted by the University of Maine School of Performing Arts,…
Yellow postcards with requests for data verification are sent by Publishing Concepts and are connected to this project. The University of Maine Alumni Association welcomes all alumni to participate in the UMaine Memories – Oral History Project, a publication that will unite alumni across generations. We have collaborated with industry-leader PCI to collect stories from alumni…
The iconic Fogler Library holds special meaning for so many. Most UMaine students remember fond walks along the mall to the library on their way to study and many carved out their own quiet spaces within its walls. A staffer who has fond memories of visiting Fogler as a grammar school student while his mom…
The annual Black Bear Road Trip made two stops in Florida. Alumni and friends gathered first in The Villages, FL for a tailgate, lunch and polo match. Photos can be viewed here. Shortly after UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Alumni Association President Tom Peaco ’88 traveled to Fort Myers, FL for a Red Sox Spring…
Orono, Maine — Conservationist and author Ken Olson has donated his professional papers to Fogler Library at the University of Maine, complementing materials the state’s largest library holds relating to the environment, resource conservation and policy in Maine and elsewhere. Olson is a 1968 graduate of the university, where he was a Senior Skull and…
This February UMaine launched its month long ‘Women in Sports’ celebration to honor female students past and present, and to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX, the amendment which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and services, including athletics, that receive federal financial assistance. Commemorate the month and celebrate former female…
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