Project Spotlight is a monthly series dedicated to sharing outstanding Honors projects, both in and out of the classroom. This month, we are highlighting the Maine Day Meal Packout committee and the work they are doing to organize the upcoming event. Maine Day is an annual UMaine tradition that has evolved in many ways since its […]
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The Honors College is excited to announce our upcoming John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics, Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador Maulian Dana. Ambassador Dana will be the speaker for our 2021 Rezendes Ethics Essay event on Tuesday, April 27th at 3:30 PM EST. The event, co-sponsored by the Native American Programs department, will feature Ambassador […]
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Honors Student Ambassadors Katie Tims and Bailey West are launching the “It’s Personal” personal care item donation campaign to benefit the Black Bear Exchange (BBE). The “It’s Personal” campaign seeks to foster friendly competition between units and organizations campus-wide. The competition will be designed in a bracket system, with campus units competing to collect the […]
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Do you love playing Minecraft with friends? Join the Honors Ambassadors for the launch of the Honors College Minecraft Server on Friday, January 15th at 7 PM EST! The server will be accessible to Honors students that fill out the sign-up form at bit.ly/HonorsMinecraft for the spring semester. We look forward to building a community […]
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Food insecurity is all too common in Maine, even on our university campuses. Those experiencing food insecurity may experience difficulty securing other necessary resources, like personal care products. The Honors College Student Ambassadors want to address this need. The ambassadors are hosting a personal care item drive on Giving Tuesday, November 24, 2020 outside of […]
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The votes have been tallied up — and the winners of the 2020 Honors College Talent Show competition have been chosen! Of our fifteen fantastic participants, these are the five whose entries received the most votes from the UMaine community: 1st place: Allison Ogle 2nd place: Tamra Benson 3rd place: Evelyn Zumwalt 4th place: Vinh-Nhan […]
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As a part of our Honors Outdoor Program Series (HOPS), planned in collaboration with Maine Bound Adventure Center, many of our Honors students recently got to use the campus high ropes course. The ropes course is the perfect outdoor adventure, full of fun challenges, obstacles, and even a zip line! Students each had a turn […]
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You are invited to join the Honors College’s team for the 2020 Eastern Maine Walk to End Alzheimer’s! The walk will be held on October 17th at 9AM EST. You can walk with friends on campus, stroll around your neighborhood, or go walk somewhere special to commemorate the event. Many team members are working to […]
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Do you sing, play an instrument, dance, or write poetry? Are you a magician or actor in your spare time? If you have a talent you want to share, enter the Honors Talent Show competition! The top 5 entries will receive a gift card prize! Submission Process Please note: this competition is open only to current […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will host an online recognition event at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 8 for the 2020 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year’s theme was “ethics and food […]
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