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,…
While working part-time on farms and in greenhouses, University of Maine senior Ross Sousa of Somerset, Massachusetts learned firsthand how disease can ruin crops. Memories of farmers’ plight, combined with a passion for plant pathology and finding more sustainable agricultural resources, encouraged him to get involved in research to determine whether lobster shells can combat…
For Ethan Howe, investing is about more than the money: it’s about the challenge, the thrill of taking risks, and the community that he has built around it. Aside from his involvement with student investment funds on campus, he has used his knowledge of the market to lead a UMaine team in a global competition,…
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