The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) has online resources for managing student loan debt. In Maine, nearly 60 percent of college students surveyed in 2017 graduated with debt, and the average debt was $29,752. Maine graduates owe more in student loans than many of their peers, and have the 15th highest rate of college debt…
Sally Leighton ’87G, Peninsula School Principal and longtime Milbridge, ME resident, will retire from her career in education this month. “I’ve just enjoyed [my work] so much,” she reflected in an interview with the Ellsworth American. “I’m really going to miss it. But it’s time.” During her long career Leighton frequently explained to students why…
Join fellow Black Bears and friends at Jones Landing on Peaks Island for another Cocktails on the Coast! This year registration will be held at The Thirsty Pig in Portland from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Guests will enjoy light snacks, an OBC Tap Takeover, and the opportunity to give to a new scholarship. From…
New signs with place names in Penobscot language were recently installed on campus as part of a collaboration between the university and the Penobscot Nation. This collaboration follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding which focuses on creating positive, mutually beneficial relationships between the campus community and Native community members. “At its core [the…
UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy recently unveiled the University of Maine System Research and Development Plan for the fiscal years 2020 through 2024. Ferrini-Mundy led the development of the R&D plan at the request of System Chancellor James Page. The plan outlines the goals of promoting industry, business, and community growth in Maine during the next…
University of Maine students won two awards at the 2019 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in California. A team of six students placed first in Written Documents and second in Overall Performance in one of five “worlds,” a yearlong simulation in which the team manages a company for 20 quarters. Team participants were Eduardo Anzurez,…
Paul Mayewski ‘44H, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, recently served as the scientific leader on an expedition to install the world’s highest weather station. Members of the team, including scientists Tom Matthews and Baker Perry, as well as six Sherpas, lugged the parts of the weather station 29,035 feet up Mount…
Julia A. Munsey of Bangor, board chair of the 109,000-member UMaine Alumni Association, this morning offered the following statement regarding the appointment of Dannel Malloy, former Connecticut governor, as chancellor of the University of Maine System. “We are excited to meet Mr. Malloy and look forward to working alongside him as advocates for investment in…
Registration for our Alumni Travel Program trip to Italy closes on May 24th! From the canals in Venice to the Colosseum in Rome, we’ll take in all that these beautiful Italian vistas have to offer! Join us November 11-23, 2019. Watch the informational webinar to get your questions answered: https://bit.ly/2GSVpye. Or call Collette Travel at 800-581-8942…
Eric Roy ’09 recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, securing a $400,000 investment from Mark Cuban for his Washington, D.C.-based water filter company Hydroviv. Hydroviv makes custom water filters according to the customer’s water quality. It initially began in 2015 as a charitable effort in response to Flint, Michigan’s, water crisis. Roy designed, developed, and…
Award-winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni ’83, Jackson Senior Fellow and Professor of Practice at Yale, was recently named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. She is one of 168 scholars, artists, and writers selected this year. The award will allow Di Giovanni the opportunity to pursue research on minorities in the Middle East for a…
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the University of Maine will commence a bio-based 3D printing program that could prove useful in revitalizing Maine’s forest products industry through finding new uses for wood products. One of the first uses of the printer will be to print a…