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Pelletier helps to launch Film Studies program |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
Award-winning
novelist and screenwriter Cathie Pelletier is coming home to the County and,
among many of the film-related projects she expects to develop and promote, she
will help to launch the University of Maine at Presque Isle's new Film Studies
program.
Pelletier is moving from the Eastern
Townships of Quebec to come back home to northern Maine - she was born and
raised in Allagash - and after writing nine novels, having two of them turned
into movies, and collaborating with some of the top names in Nashville and Hollywood,
she has decided to turn her attention to film and the art of movie-making. She has
spent the past few years writing original screenplays, and is currently
creating a website that caters to film directors and producers. She also hopes
to bring various film productions to Aroostook County.
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UMPI, Red Cross to host Super Blood Drive |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
The American Red Cross and the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Residence Life Office are teaming up to pull off the University’s first “Super Blood Drive” this summer, the time of year when the need for blood increases.
The Super Blood Drive will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, June 30 in Wieden Gymnasium. The event is being sponsored by the University, Spud Speedway, Trinity Blue Mason’s Lodge #130, the Aroostook Shrine Club, Aroostook Shrine Klowns, and the Presque Isle High School National Honor Society. The event will feature prizes, food and snacks for all donors and a live remote by Citadel Big Country 97.
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Student receives newly established Wanbaugh Purchase Award |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
A Fine Arts student from the University of Maine at Presque Isle has received an important honor that she can add to her resume after being presented with the University’s very first art purchase award.
Nichole Smith of Presque Isle received the Robert C. Wanbaugh Memorial Art Purchase Award at the end of the Spring 2008 semester for a painting she created as part of her Senior Art Show “Nostalgia of the Past.” Dr. Rebecca Herrick Wanbaugh, Professor Emerita of History at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, presented the award.
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Employees honored during annual luncheon |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
More than 30 employees at the University of Maine at Presque Isle were honored for their years of service during an Employee Appreciation Luncheon held in May.
Thirty-one employees were recognized for their combined 515 years of service to the University. Employees were honored with various tokens of appreciation, from pewter mugs and clocks to lamps and rocking chairs.
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Students develop, market historical walking tour for Limestone |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
Business students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle have spent the past year working on a project to help the Town of Limestone with its tourism efforts.
Students in several of Professor Bob Murray’s business classes have worked to create, develop, and promote a self-guided historical walking tour of Limestone. The project, being done in conjunction with the Limestone Historical Society, is saving the town time and money that it would have had to spend if it had these services done professionally or if it had done the work itself.
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