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ORONO Four weeks remain to enter for a chance to win a year’s worth of in-state tuition at the University of Maine for yourself, a family member or friend, or perhaps a student in need.
The UMaine Alumni Association will pay at least $9,000 to cover the prize recipient’s tuition at UMaine in Orono for the 2021-22 academic year. All students planning to attend UMaine in the fall are eligible to receive the prize regardless of whether they are in-state or out-of-state residents.
The deadline for entering is May 3. The winner will be determined on May 7.
The specific amount to be awarded will be the dollar equivalent of 30 credit hours at the university’s in-state undergraduate tuition rate, which will soon be set by university trustees. University Credit Union has partnered with the Alumni Association to sponsor this year’s raffle.
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ORONO Four weeks remain to enter for a chance to win a year’s worth of in-state tuition at the University of Maine for yourself, a family member or friend, or perhaps a student in need.
The UMaine Alumni Association will pay at least $9,000 to cover the prize recipient’s tuition at UMaine in Orono for the 2021-22 academic year. All students planning to attend UMaine in the fall are eligible to receive the prize regardless of whether they are in-state or out-of-state residents.
The deadline for entering is May 3. The winner will be determined on May 7.
The specific amount to be awarded will be the dollar equivalent of 30 credit hours at the university’s in-state undergraduate tuition rate, which will soon be set by university trustees. University Credit Union has partnered with the Alumni Association to sponsor this year’s raffle.
The University of Maine Alumni Association and the UMaine Department of Political Science will co-host a virtual roundtable discussion with political scientists and policy experts exploring the makings of effective governing at 3:30 p.m. March 15.
The event, âWhat Makes for Good Governance?â honors political science professor Jim Warhola, who retired in 2020 after 37 years at UMaine.
The first wave of COVID-19 in spring 2020 made a traditional retirement celebration for Warhola impossible. Invited to reflect on how he would like his career to be commemorated, Warhola turned his attention to the recurring questions that animated his illustrious career: What makes for good governance? How is tyranny recognized and avoided? How does democracy flourish? And how can modern governments get along with each other?
March 8, 2021
Professor of chemical engineering Hemant Pendse has won the 2021 Maine Distinguished Professor Award. This award recognizes a University of Maine professor who is committed to high quality education, research, and public service through their role as a professor. A committee of 17 people consisting of both students and staff gathered to select the professor for this prestigious award. Chemical engineering student Grace Farrington presented the nomination package to the committee and Dean of the College of Engineering Dana Humphry pushed for Pendse to win the award.
Pendse is the chair of the Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Department at UMaine and also leads the UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation as the faculty fellow director. Pendse conducts research in colloidal phenomena, paper manufacturing and fluid particle systems. Work on instrument and sensor development in labs is also underway through Pendse’s advising. He has 82 publications in his field and has