University of Maine at Augusta News

In 2007, Maine's Labor Market Digest indicated that those with less than a high school diploma had an unemployment rate of 10.9%. Those with a Bachelor's Degree had a 2.3% unemployment rate.

WINTHROP : Richard Randall, former president of the University of Maine at Augusta, died May 31, 2008, at the age of 65 after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.

AUGUSTA : For the past decade, Maine has been looking at how government can operate more efficiently.

AUGUSTA : ORONO a ' The University of Maine at Augusta announced that the following students were named to the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester: Colby Adolphsen of Appleton, Kristin Belyea of Rockland, Michelle Blum of Rockland, Joshua Bowen of Rockland, Sarah Chase of Rockland, Zachary Cole, Wanda-Oakes Davis of Vinalhaven, Derek Dube of ...

BELFAST : During the month of July, Belfast Free Library will offer A Terrible Beauty is Born: A Look at the Literature that Created Modern Ireland, a book discussion series facilitated by Kay Retzlaff.

AUGUSTA : The University of Maine at Augusta formally launched its new Military Achievement Project on Monday, June 15, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of UMA Veterans Lounge.

ST. GEORGE : Brian A. Anderson and Juliene Y. Musser, together with their parents, announced their engagement.

Women, Work and Community honored Candace Sanborn of Encompass Marketing and Design, Auburn, as one of six statewide champions for Maine women and communities.

ROCKLAND : Philip Gerard, instructor for the University of Maine at Augusta's biology course taught at University College at Rockland has been accepted at the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers Summer Molecular Biology Workshop.

AUGUSTA : The first Richard J. Randall Memorial Walk was held May 31 on the fitness trails behind the University of Maine at Augusta.

HALLOWELL : Cougar, a jazz combo based at the University of Maine at Augusta, will perform at the Hubbard Free Library in Hallowell at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23.

ROCKLAND : Last January the University of Maine at Augusta launched a new Bachelor's of Science in Nursing Completion Degree .

WINTHROP : At 11:50 a.m. Monday, a University of Maine at Augusta student living on Route 202 reported that forms she and 13 other students had filled out with their Social Security numbers and other personal information had been pilfered from their UMA instructora s car.

The University of Maine System's 45,000 students will pay up to 6 percent more in tuition starting this fall, system trustees decided Monday.

AUGUSTA : Perhaps it was not preordained that Seth Pillsbury would play the guitar.

AUGUSTA : Robert Katz, professor of art at the University of Maine at Augusta, has been invited to be speak at a oe2009 Legacy of the Holocaust,a an international conference that will take place May 21-23 at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

AUGUSTA : Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17 at Jewett Auditorium, University of Maine Augusta.

AUGUSTA : When the University of Maine at Augusta holds its graduation Saturday, May 9, at least two of the degree recipients will be related.

ROCKPORT : Iris Eichenlaub, library assistant at the Rockport Public Library, will graduate from the University of Maine at Augusta on May 9 with a bachelor of science degree in information and library services.

Portland, ME - The Maine Humanities Council, in partnership with the Portland Museum of Art, Maine's Head Start Quality Initiative and the University of Maine at Augusta, will be offering a pilot training to two Head Start programs on using the Picturing America program.