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Around the Campus Joe Genco named 2012 Distinguished Maine Professor Joe Genco, professor of pulp and paper science and engineering, was recognized as the 2012 Distinguished Maine Professor (DMP). The annual DMP award recognizes outstanding achievements in teaching, research, and public service. Genco teaches many of the undergraduate core chemical engineering courses, all of the core pulp and paper technology courses, and advises all of the fifth-year pulp and paper certificate students. Students appreciate his enthusiasm, conversational teaching style, and the respect he shows for them. They admire his ability to explain complex concepts as well as his accessibility and efforts to ensure that they succeed. Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium on campus The University of Maine’s steam plant parking lot on College Avenue will become an open-air sculpture studio late this summer. The fourth annual Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, an artist-in-residency program, will take place in late July through the end of August. The program brings together artists, visitors, and communities to create public sculpture in eastern Maine. Using Maine granite, the selected eight sculptors from Maine, Taiwan, new Zealand, the netherlands, and other countries will create six large sculptures for placement in public sites in Maine. Three of the completed sculptures will be located on the UMaine campus: at Buchanan Alumni House, nutting Hall, and Fogler Library. Giving hope, shaving heads By Mallory Lavoie For the second year, students had an opportunity to support the St. Baldrick’s Foundation charity on Maine Day. The charity supports research on childhood cancers. This year, 99 male and female students had their heads shaved in support of the cause. “I wanted to do something for these kids,” said student Katelyn Dufour. “I wanted to give them a fighting chance and give them hope.” Before the event, participants raised money through both online and cash donations. This fundraiser proves that sometimes making a difference can be as simple as shaving your head! International and study abroad programs flourishing By Jennifer Stoudt During the 2011-2012 school year, a record number of 423 international students studied at the University of Maine. Besides this influx of international students, about 120-150 UMaine students study abroad each year. Orlina Boteva ’04G, ’05G, advisor for the study abroad program, and a native of Bulgaria, studied at the University of Maine during her undergraduate career. Boteva has a passion for broadening the minds of UMaine students and helping them think internationally. She states, “My hope is that every student at UMaine will have an international experience during college. It can start with getting involved in International Coffee Hour, Culturefest, or International Dance Festival, and culminate in spending a semester or year abroad. It’s amazing to see the growth that happens in a student in just four months spent abroad. Sometimes I feel like students have spent years away from campus when I hear how eloquent, mature, and worldly they have become.” 2012-2013 TUITION RAFFLE WINNER: Ethan Hibler ’15, a second-year civil engineering student from Turner, ME, is the lucky winner of this year’s tuition raffle. Ethan said, “This news was a good way to end a really good year.” Above, Ethan is congratulated by Todd Saucier ’93, ’97G, UMAA president and executive director (left). 4 MAInE Alumni Magazine
ASB provides service opportunities By Scott Burian Alternative Spring Break (ASB), a student-run organization, provides opportunities for students to participate in service projects both in the U.S. and overseas. This year ASB provided seven spring break and two winter break trips for students. ASB trips are run by site leaders and projects include working with underprivileged youth, children’s hospitals, AIDS, Killam Foundation supports United States - Canada student exchange By: Mallory Lavoie The Killam Fellowships Foundation, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to fostering Canada and U.S. relations by providing scholarships to American and Canadian undergraduate students so they can participate in a semester or year-long educational exchange in the opposite country. Studying abroad is an opportunity for University of Maine students to experience a whole new culture, learning environment, and way of life. Graeme Cunningham, manager of strategic development and partnerships, explains that the Killam Fellowships Program is merit- environmental work, Habitat for Humanity, endangered animals, and homelessness. Students are responsible for fundraising to help cover the costs of the trip. This year eight members of the Catholic Student Association volunteered for Bridgeport, Connecticut’s, Habitat for Humanity program. Sophie Ouellette reported, “I put up insulation, dug holes for a porch, moved a lot of furniture in warehouses, and helped build a wall.” based. It makes awards to students who possess outstanding academic credentials, with above-average grades, previously granted scholarships, fellowships and internships, or other recognition. They seek students who show ambassadorial qualities, strong interpersonal skills, compassion, and community engagement. University of Maine student, Sarah Denslow, was awarded a Killam Scholarship to attend the University of Ottawa for the 2011-2012 school year. She is a thirdyear international affairs and French double major and a sister of Alpha Omicron Pi, Gamma chapter. Jeff Mills named head of UMaine Foundation Jeffery n. Mills ’82 has been named president/CEO of the University of Maine Foundation, succeeding Amos E. Orcutt ’64, who retired after serving the organization for 22 years. “Jeff has extensive experience as a nonprofit fundraising and alumni relations leader in higher education,” said Ellen Greig Stinson ’68, chair of the Foundation board of directors. “I believe Jeff is truly the right person to lead the Foundation and take it to the next level.” Mills has been vice president of University Advancement at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, nJ, for the past seven years. He is returning to UMaine where he previously served as vice president for University Advancement and president/CEO of the Alumni Association. In both positions he worked closely with the Foundation. A Maine native who graduated from the University of Maine, Mills earned an M.Ed. in higher education administration and Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from Arizona State University. At Monmouth, Mills was a member of the committee responsible for the investment of the university’s $125 million endowment and plant funds. He increased overall fundraising to the highest levels in university history, which led to Monmouth University winning the 2009 CASE- WealthEngine Award for Educational Fundraising. SUMMER 2012 5
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