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4-H leadership program to help teens explore agriculture careers
The program begins March 7 with a series of online learning, concluding with an in-person visit April 20 to the UMaine campus in Orono.
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UMaine Orono dips into reserves amid declining enrollment
The UMaine System board allows the state’s flagship university to pull $5.7 million from savings to help close a $17 million budget gap.
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Orono center to host talk on utilizing interdisciplinary thinking Feb. 6
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is scheduled to host a talk, “Interdisciplinary Thinking Outside of the Academy: Lessons from Program Evaluation,” at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and are offered both remotely via […]
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Orono center to host talk on climate action relationships Jan. 30
The talk will held both remotely and in person.
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Goos Family Studio expands UMaine’s ceramics curriculum
The university has received a gift from Sam and Charlotte Goos of Alton, New Hampshire; Sam hails from the Augusta area.
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UMaine to host Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast celebration Jan. 16 postponed to Feb. 20
The 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life, is set for 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16. The event will be held in the Wells Conference Center at 64-82 Grove Street Extention, on the University of Maine Orono […]
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New agriculture-focused calendar features works by Maine-based artists
ORONO — The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program’s new 2023 wall calendar features original artwork by Maine-based artists. The program, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Mediation Program, is managed locally by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The program supports farmers and families in discussions surrounding priorities, goals and decision-making as it relates […]
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Market garden training for farmers to begin in January
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a comprehensive nine-month hybrid (online and in-person) training program for all beginning farmers. Participants can acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully grow produce for small-scale private or commercial fruit and vegetable operations. Online training begins Tuesday, Jan. 17. The program continues twice-monthly through […]
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UMaine System recognizes inaugural Alfond Ambassadors
The new UMS program awards scholarships to students from historically underrepresented communities.