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UMaine News – Wednesday, November 18, 2009
LAURENCE JONES MEMORIAL FRIDAY The UMaine Alumni Association and the University of Maine Foundation will host a memorial service honoring the life of Laurence A. Jones, Jr. on Friday Nov. 20, 2009. It is scheduled for 12 noon on the Mall near North Stevens Hall, in front of the Laurence A. Jones, Jr. Memorial Tree. Laurence graduated from UMaine in 1992 with a B.A. degree in psychology. His mother, Yong Cha Jones, generously established a scholarship in memory of her son. This year’s recipient will be announced at the memorial service.
ANNUAL HOLIDAY BOOK DRIVE UNDER WAY UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development, in collaboration with the University Bookstore and the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, is accepting books suitable for toddlers through teens for the holiday season now through Dec. 4. The public is invited to bring new books, unwrapped, to the office of college dean Anne Pooler at 151 Shibles Hall or to the University Bookstore in the Memorial Union. The books are distributed to area children at the Kiwanis’ annual holiday party, a public event. Through Nov. 25, the bookstore is offering 20 percent discounts on books purchased there for the drive. In addition, for University Bookstore books donated to the campaign, the bookstore will match the donation.
RESEARCH GRANT WORKSHOP PLANNED The UMaine Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, in conjunction with the Center for Teaching Excellence, will offer a workshop, “ORSP 103: The Post-Award Process,” Thursday, Dec. 10 from 10-11:30 a.m. in Wells Conference Center Room 2. To participate, RSVP amanda.ashe@umit.maine.edu on or before Dec. 3. More information is online here.
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NORWEGIAN ENERGY FIRM’S VISIT COVERED The visit this week by representatives from Statoil Hydro energy company of Norway to the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center and several Maine businesses, including Cianbro’s Eastern Fine Manufacturing Facility in Brewer, was covered by the Bangor Daily News in today’s edition and Channel 2 (WLBZ) on Tuesday. Statoil has expressed interest in joining an offshore wind-energy demonstration project planned by the state of Maine, the University of Maine and others.
$2 MILLION GIFT TO UNIVERSITY REPORTED The $2 million being donated to the University of Maine by a Georgia family for special programs was reported Tuesday and today in several newspapers, including the Bangor Daily News, and radio stations, including WBZ in Boston, which carried an Associated Press article.
UMAINE TOURISM RESEARCH CITED IN CRUISE LINE STORY Research by several UMaine economists on the economic impact of cruise line passengers visiting Portland was cited in a Mainebiz newspaper article Tuesday about the end of the cruise line season and how passenger spending affected local businesses.
