Rod Sparrow (’71) Pledges $1 Million Gift to Support UMaine Athletics Facilities Master Plan
Orono, Maine – UMaine Athletics has received a gift of $1 million to support the Athletics Facilities Master Plan, part of the University of Maine System Transforms campaign. The generous gift was made by Rod Sparrow ('71) and will support the football program's...
Helen Klocko makes real estate gift
With her children grown, Helen Klocko rarely visited her lakefront property. After considering her options, she chose to donate her property outright to the University of Maine Foundation—a gift that brought her tax and financial benefits and fulfilled her desire to...
UMaine Foundation Announces $100,000 Maine Day of Giving Gift
University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery Mills announced the receipt of a $100,000 gift today to kick off the annual Maine Day of Giving event led by the Foundation. Donors Joe and Sue Cyr of Old Town have provided $50,000 to name a biomedical engineering prep...
William and Harriet Currie: Providing for UMaine’s Future
William D. Currie, fondly known as Bill, was always full of hope for the future. Bill also planned for the future of a place that was near and dear to his heart: Buchanan Alumni House. In 2013 in his role as Co-President of the Class of 1952 Bill facilitated the...
Helping Students to Afford to Attend UMaine
Why would a couple from Berkley, California who did not attend the University of Maine create a $3.4 million scholarship for Maine's neediest students?Durant Sheffield and his eight sisters all attended school in Thomaston, Maine. Their mother, Wilma T. Sheffield, was...
The College of Her Heart Always
On August 6, 2020 Agnes Ann Walsh ’41 will celebrate her 100th birthday. The University of Maine has been in existence for 154 years, and Agnes A. Walsh ’41 has been a proud Black Bear for more than half that time. Since her graduation in 1941, at least one thing has...
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