Bear Pair Jeffrey Rogers ‘16 and Emma Hutchinson Rogers ‘19 have been loyal and active members of the President’s Club since 2020 by utilizing the recent alumni introductory rate program. While at UMaine, Emma excelled as an Honors College student, majored in English, and held the position of Vice President for All Maine Women and President of the…
This semester, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) welcomes four new undergraduate research fellows: Chapman “Chappy” Hall, Iris Loehr, Sarah Renee Ozlanski and Katherine Ritche. This new cohort will join current fellows Paige Allen, Sebastien Chamberlain, Abigail Roberts and Willow Wind. MHC undergraduate fellows receive an award of up to $8,000 over the…
The Vaun Dole Born’47 Memorial Scholarship fund was established at the University of Maine Foundation in 2023 for the benefit of the University of Maine, Orono, Maine with a gift from Vaun’s husband, James O. Born, son Douglas J. Born, and daughter Christine Born Johnson ’82. Vaun was born at home in Portland, Maine, in…
University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills has announced a matching gift program in honor of the Foundation’s upcoming 90th anniversary on June 9, 2024. The 25% match will encourage the establishment of new scholarship endowments and gifts to existing scholarship endowment funds for the benefit of the University of Maine. This match is…
The University of Maine officially unveiled its new field hockey complex at a grand opening ceremony on Aug. 18. “Through the generosity of the Harold Alfond Foundation, we’ve created a field hockey complex where athletes of all ages will share countless stories of growth, resilience, and triumph,” President/CEO of the University of Maine Foundation Jeff…
The University of Maine officially unveiled its new softball complex at a grand opening ceremony on March 31. “This is an important day for Black Bear Nation and a proud day for Maine,” says Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine. “This state-of-the-art softball facility, a UMS TRANSFORMS initiative made possible by the Harold…
August “Gus” De Siervo is a donor with a big heart, whose generosity spreads to his family, loved ones, and the University of Maine. Starting in 1969, Gus was a professor in the Biochemistry and Microbiology department for 30 years during which he shared his passion for STEM education with his students and fellow faculty…
Passionate supporters of UMaine’s lively and long-standing literature programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, Steve Evans and Jennifer Moxley joined the UMaine faculty in 1999, drawn by the international reputation of and strong institutional support for the Center for Poetry and Poetics (then called the National Poetry Foundation). The couple helped to start the New…
Conservationist and author Ken Olson has donated his professional papers to Fogler Library at the University of Maine, complementing materials the state’s largest library holds relating to the environment, resource conservation and policy in Maine and elsewhere. He has donated an estate gift to the University of Maine Foundation to fund the curation of his…
Two planned gifts from a University of Maine alumnus totaling $2 million will greatly enhance the digital resources of Raymond H. Fogler Library and provide additional scholarship assistance to University of Maine business majors. The University of Maine Foundation received the bequests from John Marshall Webber, a 1970 graduate who passed away on Oct. 24,…
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