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Announcing the Honors Talent Show Competition Winners

Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Honors College Talent Show Competition

The votes have been tallied up — and the winners of the 2020 Honors College Talent Show competition have been chosen! Of our fifteen fantastic participants, these are the five whose entries received the most votes from the UMaine community: 1st place: Allison Ogle 2nd place: Tamra Benson 3rd place: Evelyn Zumwalt 4th place: Vinh-Nhan […]

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Feature Friday: Kora Kukk

Feature Friday: Kora Kukk ’21

The Honors College’s Feature Friday series highlights an Honors student every Friday and shares a little bit about their experiences in Honors and at the University of Maine. This week, our feature is on Kora Kukk. Kora is a senior biomedical engineering major with a minor in nanotechnology from Brookfield, Connecticut. Her favorite thing about […]

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Feature Friday: Olivia Kjellander

Feature Friday: Olivia Kjellander ’24

The Honors College’s Feature Friday series highlights an Honors student every Friday and shares a little bit about their experiences in Honors and at the University of Maine. This week, our feature is on Olivia Kjellander. Olivia is a first-year chemistry major with a minor in film studies from Kingston, Massachusetts! Her favorite thing about […]

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Awards from the UMaine Student Symposium

CUGR Student Symposium Award Winners Announced

An Honors student and several recent Honors graduates received awards at the 2020 UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) Student Symposium! The virtual symposium took place on Friday, October 2nd and 270 students showcased 131 research and creative works. Top Undergraduate Project in Allied Health: Sophia Palangas ’20H, “Assessing Health Related Quality of Life, Language Impairment, […]

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Feature Friday: Nathanael Batson ’23

The Honors College’s Feature Friday series highlights an Honors student every Friday and shares a little bit about their experiences in Honors and at the University of Maine. This week, our profile is on Nathanael Batson. Nathanael is a second-year music and political science double major from Fairfield, Maine. Nathanael noted his favorite part of […]

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Feature Friday: Dominique DiSpirito ’22

The Honors College’s Feature Friday series highlights an Honors student every Friday and shares a little bit about their experiences in Honors and at the University of Maine. This week, our profile is on Dominique DiSpirito. Dominique is a third-year political science major with minors in legal studies and ecology & environmental sciences. She is […]

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A photo of the two Killam fellows. Left: Abigail Muscat, Right: Sarah Marcotte

Marcotte, Muscat awarded Killam Fellowships to study in Canada

Congratulations to Honors students Sarah Marcotte (right) and Abigail Muscat (left) for receiving Killam Fellowships to study in Canada during the Spring 2021 semester! Sarah is a third-year biology major who will be studying at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; while Abigail is a third-year marine sciences major who will be studying at the […]

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Feature Friday: Avery Gosselin ’23

The Honors College’s Feature Friday series highlights an Honors student every Friday and shares a little bit about their experiences in Honors and at the University of Maine. This week, our profile is on Avery Gosselin. Avery is a second-year Computer Science major from Burnham, Maine. His favorite thing about Honors so far is “HON […]

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Honors Preceptor Rob Glover Awarded Voting Advocacy Grant; Seeking Student Voting Ambassadors

Congratulations to Professor Rob Glover, Associate Professor in the University of Maine Political Science Department and preceptor in the Honors College! Professor Glover is the recipient (with Coordinator for Leadership Development, Jenny Desmond) of an approximately $20,000 grant from the non-partisan student voting advocacy organization Ask Every Student. Half of the value of the grant […]

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Feature Friday: Katie Tims ’21

Our new social media series, “Feature Friday,” will highlight an Honors student every Friday and share a little bit about their experiences in Honors and at the University of Maine. Our first feature is on Katie Tims! Katie is a senior Biology major with a concentration in Pre-Medical Studies and minor in Sustainable Food Systems. […]

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