Students in the Spotlight

Posted January 7, 2011

Intermedia MFA graduate student Allison Melton was named by the Bangor Daily News, one of 11 people to watch on the cultural scene in the Bangor area. Melton has organized several public art events including an undergraduate art exhibit that was held in a vacant former hair salon in downtown Bangor. Melton is also a singer in the local band Queen City.

Tuesday, January 4th Hollywood Slots employees are hosting the second annual Pantry Project kickoff in front of a holiday tree made of more than 3,000 cans by local artist and University of Maine graduate student, Allison Melton. The tree, made primarily of tuna cans will be an excellent boost towards the goal of collecting 12,000 pounds for Eastern Maine pantries. 

Companies from Bangor to Machias have teamed up with the Pantry Project, a food gathering program organized by United Way of Eastern Maine (UWEM) to benefit local food pantries. “We’re honored to be able to aid in part of the solution for hunger challenges in Eastern Maine,” said John Kuropchak, United Way of Eastern Maine president. “It’s a great partnership with Good Shepherd Food Bank and all
of our participating companies.”  Jason Birney, Director of Marketing at Hollywood Slots said, “We couldn’t be more proud to contribute to this great cause in such a creative way.  We only hope that this beautiful work of art has assisted in raising awareness and donations to the United Way’s Pantry Project.”

Intermedia MFA Student, Allison Melton shown with the Tuna Tree

Posted December 8, 2010

Eva Wadoski, a Master of Science in Earth Sciences Alumna, was awarded a European Mineralogical Union (EMU) Poster Prize for her poster "Stepwise dehydration of goosecreekite: a structural study" co-authored with Thomas Armbruster, Biljana Lazic and Martin Fisch at the 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Budapest, Hungary; August 21-27, 2010. The EMU has been awarding Poster Prizes at relevant international conferences to young scientists working in the mineralogical sciences and related disciplines. Wadoski was one of the three selected to receive the award in Budapest.

The poster reported a portion of Wadoski’s doctoral thesis research at the Mineralogical Crystallography Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland. Her Master of Science thesis research at the University of Maine was a mineralogical study of tourmaline and other borosilicate minerals in pegmatites from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica.
 

Posted November 19, 2010

Doctoral Student elected minority leader in Maine House of Representatives State Rep. Emily Cain, whose legislative district includes UMaine's Orono property, has been elected minority leader of the Maine House of Representatives.  Cain, who is a UMaine graduate, is pursuing a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership at UMaine. She also serves as coordinator of advancement in the Honors College.  A Maine Today Media (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) story includes more details about the recent vote by the Democratic House caucus.

Maine House of Representatives State Rep. Emily Cain
is seated at right.

Posted November 2, 2010

Soren Hansen, a doctoral student in Marine Biology and owner of the Sea & Reef Company was featured in the Boston Globe's November 1st issue.  The story includes a feature about his tropical fish breeding business.  Hansen is a native of Denmark who came to UMaine ten years ago as a grad student and has gradually grown the business to the point where he is now moving to a new facility at UMaine's Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin.  For the full story, please click here.