ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this summer’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS), a biennial cultural event that will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the UMaine campus to create stone artwork for permanent display at eight locations in Orono, Old Town and Bangor. (more…)
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University of Maine to Host Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Campus Activities Scheduled for President’s Inauguration
Monday, January 30th, 2012The inauguration of University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will be Thursday, April 19 and a number of events on and off campus are planned as part of a Leadership Week, April 11-20. A website provides the latest information about the inauguration and related events. Beginning this week, Save the Week and other correspondence will be sent to members of the University community on and off campus.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
UMaine Blue Sky Plan Listening Sessions Continue Friday
Friday, January 27th, 2012To solicit input for UMaine’s strategic plan, a series of one-hour information-gathering sessions will take place over the next several weeks. The Friday, January 27 session on university sustainability will be held at noon in 102 York Complex. The subject area is Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. For a complete list of topics, dates and locations, visit http://umaine.edu/blueskyplan/
What do you see as a key area of distinction at UMaine?
What do you see as an opportunity or challenge that UMaine faces?
What solution do you propose?
How will this solution enable UMaine to achieve a new vision of institutional excellence and realize its position as a leading 21st century Land and Sea Grant University?
How would you assess whether this solution is successful?
For more information, contact Linda Silka at silka@maine.edu.
UMaine System Chancellor Candidates Begin Visits January 17
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012The three finalists for the University of Maine System chancellor position will begin to make campus visits on Jan. 17, with the three finalists visiting UMaine Jan. 18-20. (more…)
Franklin Lewis Roberts, 1934-2012
Thursday, January 5th, 2012Franklin Lewis Roberts, who for 33 years taught genetics, biology and evolution at the University of Maine, died on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Roberts graduated from UMaine with honors in 1955. (more…)
Harold Westerman Passes Away
Friday, December 30th, 2011Harold Westerman, former University of Maine football coach and athletic director, has passed away at the age of 94. Westerman spent 33 years at UMaine as an assistant football coach (1949-50), head coach (1951-66) and athletic director (1967-82). Under Westerman, the Black Bears won several conference championships and advanced to the Tangerine Bowl in 1965. He is a member of the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame and is one of four members of the Black Bear Football Ring of Honor. A UMaine athletics department news release, which has also been posted on the Bangor Daily News website, has more information.
Contact: Laura Reed, laura.reed@umit.maine.edu; Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777 or jessica.bloch@umit.maine.edu
Sydney Carroll Thomas 1954-2011
Friday, December 30th, 2011Former University of Maine College of Education and Human Development faculty member Sydney Carroll Thomas has died at the age of 57. Thomas, who left UMaine in 2008, was an associate professor of counselor education and also taught in the Honors College. According to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Thomas joined the UMaine faculty after obtaining a doctorate at the University of Rochester in New York. Thomas is survived by two children and five grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at The Church of Latter-day Saints, 639 Grandview Ave., Bangor. In lieu of flowers, donations in Sydney’s honor may be made to ASPCA, 424 East 92nd St., New York, NY 10128-6804 or at aspca.org; PETA at peta.org; or Avian Haven, 418 North Palermo Road, Freedom, ME 04941. Notes of condolences may be left at www.birminghamfuneralhome.com
J. Norman Wilkinson, 1930-2011
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011J. Norman Wilkinson, who taught performing arts at the University of Maine for 35 years, has died at the age of 81. Born in Liverpool, England, according to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Wilkinson also was an actor, playwright and Maine Masque theater director. His survivors include his wife of 54 years, Dorothy, a son and a daughter. There are no calling hours. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at Congregational Church of Wells, 1695 Post Road, U.S. Route One in Wells. Donations may made in his memory to American Alzheimer’s Association – Maine Chapter, 383 U.S. Route One, Suite 2C, Scarborough, Maine, 04074, or The Rotary Club of Ogunquit, P.O. Box 2338, Ogunquit, Maine, 03907.
Pep Rally to Support Black Bear Football Team Dec. 7
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011A pep rally for the Black Bear football team will be held at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Maine Marketplace of the Memorial Union. The UMaine team is headed to Statesboro, Ga., for a Dec. 10 matchup with third-ranked Georgia Southern in the NCAA national quarterfinals. The marching band will perform in the atrium outside the UMaine Bookstore. Speakers are expected to include football coach Jack Cosgrove and team member Roosevelt Boone. MCing the event will be Danny Williams.
The Black Bears have a 9-3 record following a 34-12 NCAA second-round victory over Appalachian State Dec. 3. UMaine is the only team left in the CAA still alive in the NCAA tournament.
James Madison Fellowship applications available
Monday, November 28th, 2011The application for the 2012 James Madison Fellowship is now available at the Fellowship’s website.
College seniors and college graduates who intend to become secondary school teachers of American history, American government, or social studies are eligible for this Fellowship, which carries a maximum stipend of $24,000 for up to two years of graduate study in a program leading to a master’s degree in American history, political science, or education offered by any accredited university in the United States. Fellowship recipients are required to teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7-12 for a minimum of one year for each academic year of graduate assistance they receive.
Those interested in more information on the James Madison Fellowship can visit the website listed above, contact the Madison Foundation at 1-800-525-6928 or by email, or contact University of Maine Faculty Representative Mark Brewer at 581-1863 or by email.
The 2012 Madison Fellowship application must be completed online, and is due March 1, 2012.
