Registration is open for Totally Trades!, career sessions offered online this spring by New Ventures Maine. Eleven sessions, offered at no cost, are designed to encourage girls in grades eight through 12 to consider careers in which women are traditionally underrepresented. The 15-minute video sessions focus on high-wage, high-demand nontraditional careers in trade and technical […]
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UMaine at Augusta designated as Military Friendly school
The University of Maine at Augusta has been designated a Military Friendly school. Receiving the Military Friendly School gold award status acknowledges the “over and above” student-centered approach that UMA offers its community, according to a news release from the university. “We are grateful that our military service members, veterans, and their families have chosen […]
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Maine Women’s Hall of Fame to honor 2022 inductees
The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame 33rd annual induction ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Susan and Barry Farber Forum, located in Jewett Hall at 46 University Drive on the University of Maine at Augusta campus. The 2022 inductees include Julia “Judy” Kahrl, Ph.D., an activist for women’s autonomy and […]
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Maine photographer to hold photo project workshops
AUGUSTA — Maine photographer Séan Alonzo Harris’s “Light Confirms My Reality,” a community-based photo project and exhibition in collaboration with faculty and students at the University of Maine at Augusta and the Charles Danforth Gallery, is scheduled to be on view Wednesday, March 9, through Thursday, March 31, at the 46 University Drive gallery. The […]
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Augusta university names fall president’s, dean’s lists
University of Maine at Augusta has announced the 2021 fall semester full-time president’s list and the 2021 fall semester full-time dean’s list. UMA President’s List Androscoggin County Braelyn Bailey of Durham; Sarah Bedard of Lewiston; Becca Budesheim of Lisbon Falls; Sarah Cougle of Auburn; Taylor Day of Turner; Kira Gelinas of Poland; Cameron Gilman of […]
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‘I wake up crying every day’: Central Mainers with ties to Ukraine watch in horror as war rages
Augusta-area residents with direct family ties to Ukraine say they feel anguish as Russian invades their native country.
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Livermore Falls student receives UMA-Bangor scholarship
The Alicia Rae Bessey Memorial Scholarship Committee has selected three students to receive initial awards for the scholarship, according to a news release from the University of Maine at Augusta. Riley Gray of Livermore Falls, a dental hygiene student, is among those students. This scholarship fund honors the memory of Alicia Rae Bessey and her […]
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UMA provides $2.5 million in federal COVID-19 aid to help with student debt, college expenses
The coronavirus relief money, in some cases, could be used to forgive debt for students who were enrolled from March 2020 to March 2021.
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‘Paper Things’ author to give talk Nov. 14 at UMaine Augusta
AUGUSTA — Author and Educator Jennifer Richard Jacobson plans to discuss homelessness, research for her books, and also the writing process at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at the University of Maine at Augusta, Katz Library, Room 14, 20 Jewett Drive. Interested participants also can attend via Zoom by registering with UMA Academic Logistics at […]
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University of Maine System trustee tours Augusta campus
Earlier this fall, Roger Katz, current University of Maine System board trustee and former state senator and mayor, visited the University of Maine at Augusta. He was invited by UMA Interim President Joseph Szakas to see the refurbished lettering outside of the Bennett D. Katz Library, named in 1999 for Katz’s father. The refreshing of […]