Archive for December 17th, 2009

Thursday, December 17th, 2009, 2:37 pm in News

Maine receives $25M grant for rural Internet access

By Dylan Riley

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke came to the University of Maine on Thursday to announce a $25.5 million grant to fund the construction of high speed Internet infrastructure in Maine.

Thursday, December 17th, 2009, 11:08 am in News

Report questions system, USM finances

New analysis confirms earlier report: Maine's universities are in good financial health

By Daniel MacLeod, The Free Press

An independent analysis the University of Maine System and the University of Southern Maine are in sound financial shape has student leaders questioning why administrators are planning to cut academic programs to balance budgets.
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Dean Levasseur, 24, has been missing since late Saturday night. He was last seen at Chickenfest, a party hosted each spring in rural Penobscot County by University of Maine students.

Freeport man, 24, goes missing at Chickenfest in Howland

University of Maine students work with elementary students in a teambuilding exercise at the Old Town YMCA. The " human knot exercise” took place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and helped promote cooperation.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated in Old Town

John White (left) and Rick Eason head toward the University Flying Club's Cessna 172 for White's first foray in a cockpit.

Students take to the skies with UM flying club

David Slagger (center) waits to sign his name to make his appointment official as Gov. Paul LePage signs his own name. Slagger's wife, Priscilla (from left), tribal chief Brenda Commander and Wayne Mitchell, Penobscot Nation representative, also attended the swearing-in ceremony at the State House on Jan. 4.

Doctoral student appointed to first Maliseet tribal representative seat

Ali Alsultan, a native of Saudi Arabia, and Lingxuan Do, a native of China, participate in the Conversation Partner Program, which pairs them with an English volunteer to help the students learn English.

Learning about America the fun way

Junior defender Mike Cornell and the University of Maine men's hockey team managed to get back an early goal at Fenway Park in Boston against the University of New Hampshire. The rivals headed into the second period tied 1-1.

UMaine takes down UNH 5-4 at Fenway Park in overtime thriller