Awards and Recognition

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Three Preceptors Promoted

When you see CLAS-Honors preceptors Robert Glover, Sarah Harlan-Haughey, and Jordan Labouff, congratulate them on their recent awards of tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor! The three preceptors hold joint appointments between Honors and departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences–Political Science, English, and Psychology, respectively. Tenure is the academy’s […]

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Honors Scholar-Athletes Recognized

On January 30th, 2017 the UMaine Athletics Department celebrated the 28th annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition Ceremony. Since 1989, Scholar-Athlete Awards have been given annually to student-athletes who have earned a 3.0 or better GPA in the previous spring and fall semesters and/or have maintained a 3.0 or better accumulative GPA. Student-athletes who earned a 3.0 or […]

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Mitchell Center Awards in Honors!

Yesterday afternoon, the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions hosted an awards party that honored tremendous work done by students and faculty. We are pleased to announce that Honors student Brady Davis was the recipient of the “Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability Research by an Undergraduate Student” award! We would also like to congratulate […]

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Honors Celebration Awards

Honors students, their families and advisors gathered in Wells Conference Center for Honors Celebration. The class of 2016 was the 79th class of Honors Graduates from the University of Maine and the 14th class of graduates from the Honors College. There were 87 students recognized for completing a thesis. Additionally Awards were given to underclass Honors students […]

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Professor Mark Brewer presents Miranda Roberts, Allyson Eslin, Jaymi Thiabult, and Madison Waterman with their scholarships.

Three Honors students win new Political Science award

Congratulations to Honors students, Allyson Eslin and Jaymi Thiabult, who were among the five recipients of the Dr. John Mitchell Nickerson ‘59 Memorial Scholarship. This year was the first year that the Political Science Department was able to award the Dr. John Mitchell Nickerson ‘59 Memorial Scholarship to students. These scholarships are made possible by an […]

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Fourteen Honors students recognized at CLAS awards

Fourteen of the 38 students Recognized at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences awards ceremony were Honors students. Congratulations to the following students: Outstanding Graduate in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — Hilary Warner-Evans (Anthropology)   Senior Recognition Awards: Hilary Warner-Evans (Anthropology) Elizabeth Grant (Chemistry) Alan Bennett (Communication & Journalism) Taylor Cunningham (English) Sophia […]

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The 2016 Outstanding Graduates from Honors: Top (L to R): Nicholas Fried, Connor Smart, Jade McGuire. Bottom (L to R): Elizabeth Wood, Hilary Warner-Evans.

Honors Students Named Outstanding Graduating Students

Five Honors students were named Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine this year. Congratulations to: Valedictorian — Nicholas Fried ’16 (Animal & Veterinary Science, Pre-Veterinary) Salutatorian— Connor Smart ‘16 (Accounting, Finance) Outstanding Student, College of Natural Science and Forestry — Elizabeth Wood ‘16 (Biology, Pre-Medical) Outstanding Student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — Hilary Warner-Evans ‘16 […]

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Jill Hein at CWA

Honors Student attends Conference on World Affairs

Thanks to the generous donation of Beau and Dennis Rezendes, each year an honors student has the opportunity to attend the Conference on World Affairs (CWA) in Boulder, Colorado. This year, Jill Hein (International Affairs) represented UMaine at the conference. From Jill: “For me, CWA was an opportunity to learn about issues in international affairs […]

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