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UMaine News - Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009
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UMaine Receives Carnegie Foundation Classification for
Community Engagement |
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The University of Maine is
one of 76 institutions nationwide to selected by the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to
receive its Community Engagement Classification. UMaine
was recognized for curricular engagement, outreach and
partnerships. "The classification is an honor, and a
deserved one," says Kathleen March, a UMaine professor
of Spanish who was instrumental in the application
process. "As a land grant, sea grant institution, UMaine
has consistently given back to many communities, in all
disciplines." "This honor is a real mark of distinction
for UMaine," says President Robert Kennedy. "It
reflects the fundamental nature of our community,
characterized by commitment to community service and
educational opportunities that inspire our students to
actively engage in improving the lives of others."
A news release with more is here. |
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Kaye in Down East Articles on Retirement |
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Len Kaye, director of the UMaine Center on
Aging was interviewed for two articles in a series on
retiring in Maine, published in the February edition of
Down East magazine. "The elders of tomorrow will be a
unique bread of adults," Kaye tells the magazine.
"They'll be more mobile, more educated, and they’re
going to be healthier. They won't appear to be
retirees." |
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BDN Features UMaine Grad Student |
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A Jan. 9 Bangor Daily News story profiled
brothers Dan and Mike Flannery, who are about to release
a children's music album. Dan Flannery is a student in
UMaine's Intermedia MFA program. |
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UMaine News in the Weekly |
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The Jan. 15 issue of the Weekly includes
the following UMaine stories:
- a news release previewing the new University of Maine
Museum of Art exhibits, which open Friday Jan. 16
- a news release about the UMaine student art exhibit
"Thought-Box"
- a news release looking ahead to spring musical
performances by UMaine student groups in Portland and
Boston
- a news release about research by UMaine biochemistry
professor Mary Rumpho-Kennedy, whose recent studies
offer new insights into the potential for photosynthesis
in an animal through symbiosis and gene transfer
- a news release about the UMaine Student Recreation and
Fitness Center's Big Bears to Little Bears fitness
challenge
- a story about the new narrative map, "Take Me There:
People, Places, and Stories from Champlain's Travels in
Canada, 1603-1616," developed by UMaine Canadian
American Center senior cartographer Michael Hermann and
a colleague at Ohio University
The full text of all these stories, and all other UMaine
news releases, online at
www.umaine.edu/news. |
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