Associate Dean Melissa Ladenheim is the recipient of The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism’s 2016 Dean Lucy Award, which is described below. The Dean Lucy Award was created to recognize a faculty or staff member who has gone out of his/her way in service to the University of Maine community and surrounding area. This recipient […]
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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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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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The John M. Rezendes Ethics Initiative was established to critically engage students, faculty members, and the surrounding community with ethical issues of national importance. A generous gift from Dennis Rezendes has made this initative possible. Our deepest gratitude to Dennis and Beau Rezendes for their support of Honors education and engaging studies of ethics at the University of Maine. […]
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The Honors College is pleased to announce that the two Honors Associate positions for 2016-2017 are now posted at the University of Maine’s Human Resources site. Please visit the link above for the job posting and to submit an application. Honors staff can answer questions about the positions; Katie Kurz can answer questions about using […]
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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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Honors and Business Management Student, Brady Davis, recently attended the Northeast Regional Honors Council Conference in Cambridge, MA. Numerous colleges and universities around the region came together to present research and engage in discussion about pressing topics and issues around the globe. Davis presented on research he conducted with the Honors College’s Sustainable Food System Research […]
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By Jennie Woodard In HON 343: Media Literacy and Identity, we consistently discuss why representation of diverse populations matters in popular media. As Honors is a place where we discuss not only the author of a text itself but also the society for whom the text is created, so does our class examine how messages and images […]
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Congratulations to Honors students Nicholas Fried and Connor Smart who were named the Valedictorian and Salutatorian, respectively, of UMaine’s graduating class of 2016. Read more here.
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Journey to Lesvos: Migrants, Volunteers, and the Unfolding of a Human Tragedy On Friday, February 12, Dr. Irwin Novak and Mary Snell presented a talk on the refugee crisis on Lesvos, Greece: Journey to Lesvos: Migrants, Volunteers and the Unfolding of a Human Tragedy. Speaking in Colvin 107, they recounted their experience on Lesvos this […]
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