The University of Maine at Machias Alumni Spotlight shines this week on Anna Adams of Rockland, a 2011 graduate of the Recreation Management Program. Anna is originally from Mariaville, Maine, and is currently the Community Outreach and Events Coordinator for Pope Memorial Humane Society Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: […]
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MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias will hold a Referendapalooza forum discussing the five initiatives on the ballot this November. The Referendapalooza will feature a panel and community discussion led by faculty members Jon Reisman and Garrett Lee, and student Eddie Socker. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. The forum […]
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The University of Maine at Machias is hosting its annual Haunted Forest on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28. The event is sponsored by Dr. Karen Beeftink’s students in UMM’s Environment, Recreation and Tourism Management Program. There will be two levels of “fright” offered. For the younger children, A Mad Science Extravaganza will be […]
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The University of Maine at Machias will be hosting a Theater at Monmouth performance Shakespeare’s The Tempest at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the UMM Performing Arts Center. There is also a morning performance for students only but the evening show is open to the public. UMM students are free and general admission ranges […]
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The University of Maine at Machias will hold its 2016 Washington County Legislative Candidates Forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in Science 102. Confirmed attendees include Senate candidates Rock Alley (D) and Joyce Maker (R), and House candidates Will Tuell (R), Colleen Morton (D), Peter Doak (R), Robert Alley (D), Larry Lockman (R), Laurie […]
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This year’s Maine Policy Scholar from the University of Maine at Machias is Alyssa De Silva, who is researching the impact of the decline of the bee population on Washington County agricultural industries, such as blueberries and cranberries. UMM Professor Megan Duff is overseeing De Silva’s project. The Maine Policy Scholars Program engages students in […]
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University of Maine at Machias President Sue Huseman kicked off the 2016-17 academic year Tuesday morning with a welcome back breakfast for faculty and staff. At the event, 12 people were recognized for 5, 10, 15, and 35 years of service. New faculty and staff were also introduced and Huseman provided optimistic updates regarding the […]
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In the cool, daylight basement of the Science Building on the University of Maine at Machias campus, a dozen research aquariums are bubbling away, tended carefully by senior student Clair Aldrich and Biology Professor Dr. Gayle Kraus. The salt-water tanks are filled with colorful fish, rippling eels, and shrimp the size of your hand that […]
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University of Maine at Machias junior Malcolm MacDonald uses a viewing tube to peer into the waters of Gardner Lake, testing visibility levels and taking water quality measurements. MacDonald is part of a statewide network of lake water volunteers but is also able to further his own research at UMM at the same time. MACHIAS, […]
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MACHIAS, Maine — Early each morning, while the leafy greens are still wet with dew, volunteers head into the two gardens on the University of Maine at Machias campus – one at the O’Brien House and a second behind Torrey Hall – to harvest the day’s bounty: lettuces, chard, kale, beans, carrots, squash, asparagus. Every […]
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