
UMaine Professor created Student Essentials Fund
Professor Pankaj “Pank” Agrrawal, Ph.D. has proven his deep care and commitment to the success of UMaine students. Pank created the Student Essentials Fund here at the Foundation in 2019 and continues to contribute to its value as a way to support students with...

Foundation Funded SPIFFY Finding Success in Competition
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...

Alumni create fund to honor mentor and take advantage of tax savings by using their IRA to make the gift
Karen and Tom Guter met over fifty years ago while both were students at UMaine. They later worked together in Fogler Library, as students, for Dr. James C. MacCampbell (Dr. Mac). Dr. Mac served as the Head Librarian at UMaine from 1962-1982. He saw the library...

Foundation Facilitated Gift From the Goos Family Expands UMaine’s Ceramics Curriculum
As far as art goes, ceramics are exceptionally bulky. Ceramics classes need space for clay, drying shelves, kilns and a variety of glazes. For university art programs, the equipment-heavy ceramics can often fall by the wayside, even if interest is high. Thanks to a...

Libra Professorship Program Highlights
Since established in 1989, the ten Libra Professorships at the University of Maine have been transformational in attracting and supporting outstanding faculty. Libra Professors, among the best and brightest in their fields of study, have provided exceptional...

UMaine alumni Phillip and Susan Morse donate $10M for new athletics arena
Orono, Maine — University of Maine alumni donors Phillip and Susan Morse have committed $10 million for naming rights to the multipurpose arena that is part of the UMaine Athletics Master Facilities Plan. The contribution is part of the private fundraising campaign...