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Gardening Expert Roger Doiron to Speak at UMM
MACHIAS, Maine – The University of Maine at Machias will host guest speaker Roger Doiron, garden writer and founder of Kitchen Gardeners International, for a presentation on Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The talk is part of the Four Seasons of Food and Community lecture and workshop series.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 09-Apr-12 08:49
UMM to Host U.S. Senate Primary Forums in May
MACHIAS, Maine – The University of Maine at Machias will host a pair of U.S. Senate candidate forums in May.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 03-Apr-12 13:25
UMM Receives NEH Grant to Examine Humans and Nature
MACHIAS, Maine – The University of Maine at Machias has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Enduring Questions Program to develop a course exploring the relationship between humans and nature.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 02-Apr-12 13:51
UMaine Machias Students Learn Valuable GIS Skills
On March 31st, the Bangor Daily News featured an article on UMM's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programs. The article appears in the BDN's "Perspective: Living" custom publication.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 02-Apr-12 09:00
Gothic Romance: UM-Machias Students Fall for Long-dead Author
The April 1st issue of the Maine Sunday Telegram featured an article on UMM's English and Book Arts program and a project students are working on to reprint the first novel published in Maine, "Julia and the Illuminated Baron."
Click here to read the full postPublished on 02-Apr-12 08:39
Fifth Annual Rainbow Ball Alternative Prom Planned at UMM
MACHIAS, Maine – More than 130 youth and their supporters are expected to attend the 5th Annual Rainbow Ball Weekend, held April 13–15 at the University of Maine at Machias. The weekend of events will include educational workshops, a highlighter party, a drag show competition, an admissions campus preview, and the Rainbow Ball prom.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 30-Mar-12 10:16
UMM to Host Poetry Slam on April 5
MACHIAS, Maine – The competitive art of performance poetry will hit the stage when the University of Maine at Machias hosts a poetry slam on Thursday, April 5. The slam will start at 7 p.m. in the Portside room of Kimball Hall.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 26-Mar-12 09:18
Maine Writers Series to Host Southwest Harbor Poets April 10
MACHIAS, Maine – The Maine Writers Series at the University of Maine at Machias will host members of the group Poetry Downeast for a reading at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10. The reading will take place in the UMM Art Galleries, located in Powers Hall.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 23-Mar-12 15:47
WUMM Radio Station to Hold Open House April 4
MACHIAS, Maine – WUMM 91.7 FM, the campus radio station of the University of Maine at Machias, will hold an open house on Wednesday, April 4. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will take place at the WUMM studio on the second floor of Kimball Hall.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 23-Mar-12 14:12
UMM Students to Present Research at State House on Friday
MACHIAS, Maine – Three University of Maine at Machias students will take part in Undergraduate Research Day at the State House in Augusta on Friday. The UMM students will join undergraduates from all seven campuses of the University of Maine System at the event, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hall of Flags.
Click here to read the full postPublished on 22-Mar-12 09:53
