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News at a Glance
Admissions Video Captures Second Silver Award
The Admissions Marketing Report newspaper announced in its February 1999 issue that the UMaine admissions video received a silver award in the paper's Eleventh Annual Advertising Awards competition.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) honored the video with a silver award at the District I conference held in Boston last January.
The video, One University With Many Faces, was created by Public Affairs producers Rick Winter, Ron Lisnet and Kim Mitchell, and Creative Services Coordinator Monique Mace-Hashey, with Dean John Beacon of the Office of Enrollment Management.
Copies of the video are available in the Office of Enrollment Management.
Hudson Museum Receives Grants
The Hudson Museum has received an $11,700 grant from the Museum Loan Network to identify 150 objects in the William Palmer Collection that are suitable and available for future long-term loans to other institutions.
The grant will permit greater scholarly and public knowledge of the museum's collection by increasing its visibility and by offering art never before publicly exhibited.
Inclusion of Palmer Collection items in the Museum Loan Network's directory will foster collaborations between the Hudson Museum and other institutions.
In addition, the Museum is now drafting a strategic plan to encourage and stimulate greater public interest and participation in the cultural and artistic heritage of Maine. The project is funded in part by a $2,000 grant from the Maine Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The strategic plan will lead to the development of exhibits of high artistic quality and programs promoting cultural diversity. The plan also will help the museum expand its programs and exhibits focusing on such groups as Franco-Americans, Native Americans and the state's Asian community.
University Bookstore Pays Tribute to the Greatest Generation
The creation of a Greatest Generation exhibit in the University Bookstore this semester was made possible by an outpouring of support from members of the University community who had World War II memorabilia.
The Greatest Generation display is being entered in a nationwide contest sponsored by Random House, the publisher of journalist Tom Brokaw's new book by the same title. The bookstore with the "Greatest Display," as depicted in a photograph, will win first prize - a visit by Brokaw with 200 copies of his book. Second and third prizes are signed copies of The Greatest Generation.
At UMaine, many members of the University community loaned photographs, medals, memorabilia, and military gear and apparel to the display, which is located at the front entrance of the Bookstore. A large portion of the exhibit came from the collection of Bill and Kathy Cook.
The contest deadline is March 30, with winners announced in early April.
The University Bookstore's exhibit will be on display through March 19.
Bloom Collection Donated
The School of Performing Arts has received a 42-volume set of music for oboe from the Robert Bloom Collection.
Bloom was the solo English hornist and assistant principal oboist in the Philadelphia Orchestra and principal oboist of the Rochester Philharmonic and NBC Symphony. He also taught music at Yale University School of Music and Juilliard.
According to Louis Hall, professor of music and oboe at UMaine, Bloom is one of the icons of oboe playing in the country.
The collection includes selected 18th-century works, transcriptions, original compositions and concerted cadenzas from Bloom's personal library. Many works have performance notes by Bloom and preface notes from his wife, oboist Sara Lambert Bloom.
The gift is a donation from Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Rossi of Northeast Harbor and New Haven, Conn. The collection will be housed in Fogler Library.
"It's a very prestigious gift and I think it's great that they chose us because they think we have a worthwhile program that can utilize this gift," says Diane Roscetti, director of the School of Performing Arts, who has played in a summer orchestra performance conducted by Bloom.
UMaine Authors Honored by Fogler Library
Fogler Library hosted a Feb. 11 reception for members of the University community who authored books in the last two years.
Sixty-two authors from at least 30 campus departments and offices were invited. They are the authors of 65 books.
Attendees included Chancellor Terrence MacTaggart, whose book, Seeking Excellence Through Independence, was published in 1998. President Peter Hoff told the gathering that, while the University is often required to measure its scholarship by the number of research dollars it attracts, it is important to remember that authorship of books is also an important measure of the intellectual life of the University.
A list of the authors honored by the Library is on the Web: http://libraries.maine.edu/orocolldev/authors.htm
25-Year Employees to be Honored
This year, 30 members of the University community will be honored for their 25 years of service to UMaine during one of two annual employee banquets.
The 25-Year and Outstanding Employee Awards Banquet will be held Tuesday, May 18. The Retirement Banquet will be Thursday, May 20. Both begin with a social gathering at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., Wells Conference Center.
The 25-year employees are: Admissions - Joan Martin; Biological Sciences - Malcolm Shick, John Ringo, Jean Ketch; Biosystems Science and Engineering - Warren Hedstrom, John Smagula; Bureau of Labor Education - William Murphy; Campus Living - Carolyn King; Canadian American Center - Amy Morin; Chemical Engineering - Joseph Genco; Darling Center - Erlyn Lane; Education - Susanne Thibodeau, Phyllis Thibodeau; English - Richard Brucker; Facilities Management - James Tardy, Vaughn Coleman, Nathan Emerson, Colwell Severance; Geological Sciences - Terence Hughes; Human Resources - Betsy Wilson, Dale MacDonald, Eileen Murphy; Onward - Gerald Ellis; Philosophy - Doug Allen, Brenda Collamore; Public Safety - Sue York; Purchasing - Robert Eslin; School of Performing Arts - Fred Heath; Sponsored Programs - Sylvia Polchies; Wabanaki Center - Ted Mitchell.