MINERVA

MINERVA is the Honors College’s annual magazine that highlights current students, faculty, alumni, and friends.  

Visit our MINERVA gallery below to view past covers, editors, and click through to view a digital version of each year.

Our current issue is MINERVA 2022, edited by Melissa Ladenheim, Katie Tims, and Ellen Weinauer, with layout and design by Cassie Mayo. 

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MINERVA awarded 1st place, 2020 NCHC Newsletter Competition

The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the premiere professional association of undergraduate honors programs and colleges, has recognized MINERVA as an outstanding publication. All Honors programs from across the country are invited to submit their magazines and newsletters for a competitive award, eligible to win every other year. Many Honors College staff members deserve recognition for these awards.

2020 – 1st Place2009 – 1st Place
2018 – 1st Place2007 – 1st Place
2016 – 3rd Place2005/2006 – 1st Place
2013 – 2nd Place2003/2004 – 2nd Place
2011 – 2nd Place 

Minerva gallery

  • Minerva 2019 Cover, showing Honors student Sierra Kaplan surrounded by children in Sierra Leone on a 2019 trip.
  • Minerva 2018 cover image showing Honors students discussing work at the UMaine art gallery
  • Minerva 2017 cover image, showing a student volunteering at the Maine Day Meal Packout
  • Minerva 2016 cover, showing an illustration of a globe with world monuments all around it
  • Cover Image of Minerva 2015, showing a painting of the arctic by Honors grad Jill Pelto
  • Minerva 2014 cover image, showing an aerial view of the Honors buildings on campus.
  • Minerva 2013 cover image, showing Charlie's Terrace outdoor classroom across from Estabrooke Hall
  • Minerva 2012 cover showing a quote from the late Dean Charlie Slavin on a pink background with a picture of Charlie Slavin
  • Minerva 2011 Cover image showing a collage of images of many different Honors preceptors in their classes
  • Minerva 2010 cover image, showing an Honors Medallion and an emblem for the 75th Anniversary of the Honors College
  • Minerva 2009 cover image, showing postcards from a variety of cities Honors has traveled to in recent years including Chicago, Philadelphia, D.C., New Orleans, St. Louis, and Denver.
  • Cover Image of Minerva 2008, showing the renovated 4th floor space in Colvin Hall
  • Minerva 2007 cover image, showing the Honors thesis bookshelf
  • MINERVA 2006 cover image showing stained glass image of the goddess Minerva
  • MINERVA 2005 cover image, showing Colvin Hall at night with the moon overhead
  • Minerva 2004 cover image, showing students having class outside on the lawn next to Colvin Hall
  • Minerva 2003 cover image, showing Colvin Hall