Awards and Recognition

Maine Talent Showcase Finalists Announced!

2 Honors Students Among Maine Talent Showcase Finalists

Two Honors students have been named as finalists in the Maine Talent Showcase, an online talent show hosted by the Collins Center for the Arts (CCA)! The CCA received more than 100 entries for this competition. Now, the showcase has narrowed to ten finalists and the public will be able to vote for the winners! […]

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2020 Honors College Service Award - Lauren Ryan

Lauren Ryan ’20H Receives 2020 Honors College Service Award

The Honors College staff is proud to announce Lauren Ryan ’20H as the recipient of the 2020 Honors College Service Award. The award recognizes a graduating senior in the Honors College for their outstanding commitment and contributions to the University of Maine Honors community. During her time at the University of Maine, Lauren studied biomedical […]

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Peace Scholarship Announcement - Tom Adams

Tom Adams, Rising Honors Senior, receives George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship

Congratulations to rising senior Honors and secondary education major, Tom Adams, for receiving the 2020-2021 George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship! The scholarship brings one Maine college student abroad each year to study at the beautiful University College Cork in Cork City, Ireland. While abroad, Tom plans to “pursue his passion for music and soak up […]

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Congratulations to all of our Spring 2020 Honors scholarship recipients!

The Honors College Announces Spring 2020 Scholarship Recipients

The Honors College is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s spring scholarships! Normally we would recognize these winners at the annual Honors Celebration, but this year’s event was unfortunately cancelled due to the global pandemic, so we hope to recognize them here. Thank you to the generous donors who make these scholarship opportunities […]

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2 Honors Students Among Fall 2020 McGillicuddy Fellows

UMaine Honors students Hailey Cedor and Katherine Reardon are two of the Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center undergraduate fellows. UMaine students Nolan Altvater and Nola Prevost were also awarded fellowships. Fellows receive $4,000 a semester for two consecutive semesters while they work on their chosen humanities projects and serve as humanities […]

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Cam Spicer plays ice hockey against Alaska Anchorage in an October 2019 game.

Rising Honors Senior Spicer named MBS Outstanding Student Athlete 2019-2020

Cameron Spicer, a rising senior in the Honors College, was recently named as the Outstanding Student Athlete in the Maine Business School for the 2019-2020 academic year. Spicer plays Defense on the Men’s Hockey team. He studies both finance and financial economics, and plans to begin work on his Honors thesis this coming fall. Congratulations […]

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Samuel Varga

Varga ’20H Featured in UMaine News

Recent Honors grad Sámuel Varga ’20H has been featured in an article in UMaine News, discussing his path to UMaine and aspirations in the field of Finance. Click here to read the full article on UMaine News. Sámuel recently completed his Honors thesis on Predictors of IPO Underpricing and was recognized for Academic Achievement in Finance […]

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Congratulations, 2020 Outstanding Seniors!

Honors Students Recognized as Outstanding Seniors in CLAS, MBS

Numerous graduating Honors students have been selected for Class of 2020 departmental awards in recent announcements from both the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Maine Business School. Congratulations to these Honors students, as well as all of the students selected, for this exciting recognition! College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lilja Bernheim, […]

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Honors chair in the thesis reading room, with bookshelves of theses shown behind it.

Seven Honors Students Recieve UMaine Student Life Leadership Awards

Congratulations to all of the students and staff who were recipients of the 2020 UMaine Student Life Leadership Awards. We would like to highlight some of our fantastic Honors students amongst the award recipients! Outstanding Student Leader Lauren Ryan ’20 Emerging Leaders Program members Gabby Peluso ’23 and Mikayla Reynolds ’23 Dirigo Leadership Society members Betelhem Abay […]

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