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Honors Faculty and student are shown visiting Sierra Leone

Video: Recent Sierra Leone trip by Honors College’s Servant Heart Research Collaborative

The University of Maine has put out a new video documenting the June 2019 trip to Sierra Leone by the Honors College Servant Heart Research Collaborative. Check out the video below to learn more about this impactful work by Honors students and faculty.

Honors Preceptor Dr. Jennie Woodard Published in 2019 JNCHC

Congratulations to Dr. Jennie Woodard, Honors Preceptor and Lecturer, whose work was published in the Spring 2019 edition of the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council for her article titled “The Power of Creation: Critical Imagination in the Honors Classroom.” Click here to read her article as she reflects upon the implications of a […]

Bailey West is shown with an image of a brain.

Congratulations to Bailey West on her acceptance to Tufts Medical School

Second year Honors student and Biochemistry major Bailey West was accepted to Tufts Medical School through the Maine Track program. Students accepted to this program attend Tufts Medical School upon graduation and then finish their residency in Maine. For more information about the Maine Track Program click here. Congratulations Bailey!

Honors Steins presented to Honors Graduates at the celebration.

Honors students, faculty travel to Sierra Leone to deepen educational partnerships

Honors Graduate – Christopher Gilbert Published by Eagle Hill Institute

Christopher Gilbert ’18 recently had his Honors Thesis research published by Eagle Hill Institute. Congratulations!

Samantha Jones is shown with a projection of the ocean

Samantha Jones in the IDSVA

One of our incredible Honors Preceptors was recently written about in an Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts article. You can check it out here! https://www.idsva.edu/newsletter-spring-2019/2019/4/22/getting-to-know-sam-jones-cohort-19

Margaret Chase Smith is shown setting a table

Margaret Chase Smith Research Collaborative Article

Students and Faculty who work within the Margaret Chase Smith Research Collaborative were recently written about in the article below! http://mainewomenmagazine.com/mixing-it-up-with-margaret/?fbclid=IwAR0LL-XqgKjAvGxg0hV2yLo0kqOkYdrTLK6yxzWsS6Ts-GSSGkF2k8tGxm8 Photo Courtesy of the Margaret Chase Smith Library

An overhead view of all the participants working in the 2019 Maine Day Meal Packout

Maine Day Meal Packout on the News!

Our packout from Wednesday is now live on the WABI website! https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/University-of-Maine-students-participate-in-annual-day-of-service-509331671.html

Honors students shown preparing for the Maine Day Meal Packout in 2019

UMaine Honors Students Prepping for the Maine Day Meal Packout

https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/UMaine-students-preparing-for-annual-Maine-Day-Meal-Packout–509226101.html

University of Maine Alumni Association Presents Alumni Achievement Awards

2019 Alumni Achievement Awards

On April 5th, 2019, The University of Maine Alumni Association presented the 2019 Alumni Achievement Awards. Of the awards winners, we are proud to recognize the three winners who came from the Honors College! Paige Eggleston ’13 and Nate Wildes ’12 both received a Rising Star Award. This award recognizes an individual who, in the […]