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, 2012UMaine celebrating state treat with Whoopie Pie Mountain
Monday, September 26th, 2011Bakers at the University of Maine Dining Services serve up an average of 20,000 whoopie pies, with some four different flavors, each year on campus. Not that anyone’s counting. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, the popular sandwich-size cake with a sweet frosting inside becomes the official state treat. At Hilltop Dining, chefs, cooks, bakers, staff and students will celebrate the designation by preparing a “Mountain of Whoopie Pies,” a four-foot-tall replica of Mount Katahdin made with 1,500 whoopie pies. The display will include at the base of the mountain whoopie pies with blue frosting to resemble the Penobscot River, and different flavors and colors — pumpkin, chocolate chip, blueberry and a white cake with chocolate frosting filling — will form the rest of the state’s famous mile-high outcrop. (more…)
Aroostook corn maze highlights UMaine
Sunday, September 18th, 2011A cornfield maze at Goughan’s Berry Farm near Caribou draws attention to the value of higher education and challenges visitors to navigate a maze depicting the UMaine Black Bear logo. UMaine graduate Kelly O’Mara filed a report last week on Presque Isle’s WAGM television.
