On Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, the Honors College and Honors College Board of Advocates hosted the inaugural 1935 Society Tea. The 1935 Society is a special group of Honors supporters who are recognized for their engagement with the Honors community and philanthropic support to the College. The tea was held as a part of the […]
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Fourth-year Honors student Patrick Hurley spoke at the Maine State Beekeepers Association Annual Meeting this past weekend with a presentation titled “Mites, Camera, Action: A New Approach to Old Mite Treatments.” Two other students also presented at the meeting: Henry Laurita of UMaine with “Patch, Pattern, and Preference: Understanding Foraging Behavior,” and Adele Wise of […]
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University of Maine Honors alumnus, James (Jim) Tierney ’69, joined the Honors College and the UMaine Political Science department on campus for a visit on Tuesday, Oct. 2 and Wednesday, Oct. 3! Tierney served in the Maine State Legislature and was Maine’s Attorney General from 1981 to 1990. He is now part of the faculty […]
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Emotional Connections could be the name of the Art Exhibit currently on display in the Honors Center Colvin Hall, and it’s certainly what we want you to feel as you peruse the presentation. Our artist, Maya Silver, has told us about her work, “My work deals primarily with figure and form. It explores relationships and […]
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University of Maine Honors alumna, Emily Cain ’02, joined us on campus on Tuesday, Sept. 24 as the 2019-2020 Distinguished Honors Graduate. Emily ate breakfast with several of our Honors students, stopped by Professor Amy Fried’s Women and Politics class, and met with the Margaret Chase Smith Recipe Collaborative and the UMaine American Association for […]
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Congratulations to Honors students Emma Freeman and Annie Hanley-Miller for receiving the Servant Heart Scholarship through the University of Maine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism. This scholarship is intended to “benefit students who connect public service with their academic work and who apply practical solutions to real-world problems.” Emma is a senior Microbiology major […]
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Congratulations to Olivia Petersen, for her recent Dearborn Foundation Scholarship. Olivia is a second year Honors student studying Mechanical Engineering, and was recognized by the Dearborn Foundation as an outstanding engineering student. Congrats, Olivia!
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Patrick Pittis, a 2013 Honors graduate, was recently featured in UMaine News, discussing his journey towards a film career in Hollywood. Click here to read the article about Patrick, “For Pittis ’13, ‘Rubble’ could lay groundwork for Hollywood film career.” Click here to read Patrick’s 2013 Honors Thesis, “Staking Out Gender: A Poststructuralist Analysis of […]
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Congratulations to Honors Preceptor Dr. Robert Klose on the release of his latest book, Life on Mars. Life on Mars, a Novel for our Political Times Offers a Unique Blend of Sci-Fi, Absurdism and Social Satire Robert Klose’s sixth book — and second novel — is his most pointed and daring. Life on Mars (July 2019) […]
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Third-year Honors student and marine science major, Brynn Yarbrough, was recently named a 2019 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here to read more about Brynn’s UMaine experience. Congrats Brynn!
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