You may not realize it, but Maine’s Public Universities have an impact on everyday real life things all around you – maybe even this Internet connection.
The Student Support Services TRiO program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent works to foster leadership development among its students. One of the programs that it offers is the TRiO Leadership Group. The program is comprised of TRiO program participants, and uses experimental learning opportunities to facilitate skill development in team building, communication, and leadership skills.
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FARMINGTON —Extreme weather events over the recent past have caused many people to ask if we are seeing the evidence of climate change. The University of Maine at Farmington is exploring that question, the workings of the complex human-earth system, the political hurdles associated with climate science and future prospects with a University Forum entitled “State of the Planet, Intergenerational Justice and Our Collective Future” to be held during spring semester 2013.
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This month, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is introducing a new Beginning Farmer Resource Network and question-and-answer website.
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MACHIAS – This summer, the University of Maine at Machias ran a unique program to help disabled individuals train their pet dogs to be service animals. The program, made possible through a grant from the Maine Charity Fund, provided training in obedience, public access, and specific tasks for nine dogs and their owners.
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Looking for something fun for your kids to do on a Saturday morning instead of watching cartoons? Fit and Fun Day returns to the University of Maine at Presque Isle for its 16th semi-annual event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27 in Gentile Hall. Registration will begin at 9:15 a.m.; admission is free. Fit and Fun Day is designed to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles for local children. With the event being held in late October, organizers are adding another element of fun by giving participants the option to wear a costume during the event.
Read MoreSome of the hardest items to find on the trade floor at this year’s Potato Expo are potatoes.
There are machines to sort them and clean them, chemicals to fertilize them and seeds to start them. But of the 149 exhibitors this week at Caesars Palace, only a few displays actually feature the potatoes themselves.
Read MoreORONO, Maine — University of Maine researchers plan to investigate the merits of a new tool to battle depression, bullying and drug use in Maine’s high schools — the students themselves.
On Dec. 5, University of Maine professors and graduate students will train nine Piscataquis Community Secondary School students and four from Blue Hill Harbor School to serve as peer counselors for their schools.
Read MoreApproximately 70 middle-school students from eastern and northern Maine worked with a University of Maine engineering professor and two UMaine students during the recent Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival, held at UMaine, to learn about how different factors can inhibit or promote water movement through the environment.
Read MoreThe buzz surrounding massive open online courses, or MOOCs, has grown nearly as massive as the courses themselves. MOOCs are the new “thneeds,” the oddly-shaped items peddled by the Once-ler in The Lorax: Everybody seems to want one, even if nobody yet knows exactly what they are or what they mean.
But amid all this MOOC mania, the University of Maine at Presque Isle is attempting a different kind of free online offering — one that would swap the scale of a MOOC for the high-touch experience of a conventional online course.
Michael Sonntag, the provost, calls it a “LOOC”: a little open online course.
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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The University of Maine at Presque Isle has put a new twist on a program offered at colleges such as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which they say will help expand higher education to more people.
And, the entire program is free to anyone who wants to sign up.
Officials said the new UMPI OpenU project will allow learners of all ages to participate in online college courses for free, as long as they aren’t seeking college credit.
Read MoreMACHIAS, Maine — On a Down East pier, six teens are lying in a row on their bellies, faces so close to the water that occasionally their noses get wet. Their arms reach into the salt water, feeling for marine life: sea squirts, anemones, barnacles.
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University of Maine at Farmington’s Fitness and Recreation Center is pleased to announce the outdoor recreation activities being offered this summer through its Mainely Outdoors program. This UMF program creates opportunities for individuals and groups to participate in all types of outdoor adventure activities, clinics, workshops and excursions. The aim is to promote fitness, get people active, expose individuals to new recreation opportunities and take advantage of the abundant natural resources in our area. Activities are open to both the campus and members of the public.
Read MoreLIMESTONE, Maine — Officials with the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Maine School of Science and Mathematics lauded a unique partnership Wednesday that will give MSSM students a head start on their college educations, save them a significant amount of money and encourage them to pursue degrees within the University of Maine System.
Read MorePORTLAND — Bollywood dancing, Iranian folk dancers and a dance light show inspired by the indigenous Maori culture of New Zealand provided a festive atmosphere as more than 100 students from across the world celebrated their academic achievements.
Read MoreThe University of Southern Maine is helping Maine adults complete their college degrees with four new, fully online programs available for the fall 2012 semester.
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FARMINGTON, ME (April 6, 2012)—Longfellow Mountains, a University of Maine at Farmington workshop for young writers, will return for its third year Sunday, July 15 through Saturday, July 21, 2012, on the UMF campus.
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High school students from throughout Washington County were invited to bring and share their work, including two- and three-dimensional art, music, theatre, and creative writing performances, speeches, skits, raps, dances, videos, and more. UMM faculty and students organized activities, workshops, and performances for the event, including the ever-popular “Jam in the Dark.”
Read MoreThe Bicycle Coalition of Maine will hold the Great Maine Bike Swap on Sunday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan Gym in Portland.
Read MoreThe University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole will offer a Natural Science Illustration Workshop July 16-20. The workshop is open to anyone who wants to illustrate a natural history journal with sketches or watercolor, hone observational skills and artistic talents to create scientifically accurate drawings, or bring art and science into the classroom.
Read MoreApplications are now being accepted for the University of Maine’s Dive In 2012, a program for college-bound high school students interested in pursuing a career in the marine sciences.
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