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Tobias “Toby” Koffman, a Master of Science in Earth Sciences student is the October 2012 Graduate Student of the Month.
Graduate School: Where are you from originally?
Koffman: Southwest Harbor, Maine
Graduate School: What undergraduate institution(s) did you previously attend?
Koffman: Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT
Graduate School: Why did you choose to attend UMaine?
Koffman: I chose to come to UMaine so that I could learn about glacial geology from Professor Brenda Hall....
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Corey Butler, a Master of Education in Instructional Technology student is the September 2012 Graduate Student of the Month.
Graduate School: Where are you from originally?
Butler: I’m from Lebanon, Maine; a small and quiet town on the New Hampshire border.
Graduate School: What undergraduate institution(s) did you previously attend?
Butler: My undergraduate degree is also from UMaine, in New Media.
Graduate School: Why did you choose to attend UMaine?
Butler: UMaine was the only u...
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Posted November 19, 2012
At the 2012 Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE) Annual Meeting on September 14 and 15 several UMaine students received awards for their research. First prize for the Governor Baldacci Outstanding Oral Presentation Award went to Janice Duy with second place tied by Justin Guay and Josh Boucher. Deepthi Muthukrishnan won first prize in the President Kennedy Outstanding Poster Presentation and Virginia McLane took second place. Students received $1...
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Posted November 19, 2012
Kristin Peet, a student in the Master of Forestry program, was named the biologist of the year by the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society in May. Peet has been the big-game biologist for the Penobscot Indian Nation in Indian Island, Maine for seven years. Peet helps the Nation make management decisions regarding the big game species that live on the 130,000 acres owned by the tribe. Nominated for the award by the Penobscot Indian Nation’s Director of the Depa...
