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UMaine News - Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
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Fulbright Conference at UMaine Sept. 27 |
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Members of the UMaine community are
invited to a Saturday, Sept. 27 program, UMaine
Initiatives for Facing Environmental Challenges. The
event, presented by UMaine and the Fulbright Association,
Maine Chapter, is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Minsky
Recital Hall. It will feature music and dance
performances, along with presentations on UMaine research
related to the global environment. The schedule also
includes tours of UMaine's LEED-certified buildings: the
Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, the Student
Recreation Center and the Foster Student Innovation
Center. Lunch will be provided for those who attend. RSVP
by Sept. 12 by calling 581-1572 or emailing Sharon
Buchanan (sharon_buchanan@umit.maine.edu). |
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Inside UMaine |
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Inside UMaine, the university's monthly
faculty/staff newsletter, is now exclusively available on
the Web at
www.umaine.edu/insideumaine. The shift to an
online presentation creates opportunities for more
regular updates and it allows for more content than the
four-page printed format. Regular features include
President Kennedy's monthly Go Blue message, staff
profiles, the "Along the Mall" listing of faculty
presentations and publications, and monthly highlights
from UMaine Today Online (www.umaine.edu/umainetoday).
The site also provides navigation links to other online
UMaine information sources, including the calendar of
events (http://www.calendar.umaine.edu/). |
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Fun and Fashion at UMaine Museum of Art |
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In conjunction with the University of
Maine Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition "Celebrities
and Socialites: Photographs by Andy Warhol", the Museum
will present Bangor's first-ever Fashion Challenge to be
held at the museum on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. Pop artist Andy
Warhol had a life-long fascination with fame and
throughout the 70s took thousands of photographs of the
rich and famous in and around New York City where he was
a frequent visitor of the popular nightclub Studio 54. To
launch the Museum of Art exhibition, local designers and
artists will be inspired to create a garment that a
celebrity might wear to a red carpet affair or perhaps,
like Warhol, to a night of dancing at a discotheque. The
Fashion Challenge event will feature a runway show, a
special musical performance, and a cash bar reception to
follow the fashion show. Drawing inspiration from the
popular reality show Project Runway, designers are
provided special criteria and encouraged to create
original and artful designs to be debuted on October 3rd.
A panel of guest judges will determine the winner of this
creative competition and prizes will be awarded for 1st
Place and Runner Up. The special guest host for the
evening will be Bangor Daily News' Shopgirl Kristen
Andresen.
Information for Designers:
- Designer(s) + model call to register: 561-3350
- Attend the Kick-off/Informational Meeting on
September 15, 5:30 p.m. at the Museum
- Design and construct a creative garment in 18 days
- Debut your design at the October 3rd Fashion
Challenge
- $10 discounted participation fee for Students with
ID (non-refundable)
- $25 participation fee all others (non-refundable)
- UMMA encourages individuals or small teams (no more
than three) to register to participate in this event.
- Advance tickets to attend the Fashion Challenge
will go on sale September 16th:
- $12 for General Admission, $6 for Museum Members
and UMaine Students w/ Maine Card.
- For more information please visit the Museum's Web
site at
www.umma.umaine.edu.
- To purchase tickets or to register as a designer
call 561-3350 or stop by the Museum of Art in downtown
Bangor's Norumbega Hall.
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Channel 2 Plans Fundraiser Coverage |
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) plans a Friday report on
a fundraising project involving UMaine's Sigma Pi Epsilon
fraternity. The students have camped out on the Mall all
week, raising money for the YouthAIDS education and
prevention program. |
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Brewer in Press Herald Story |
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine
political science faculty were included in a Thursday
Portland Press Herald story about efforts by the
presidential campaign organizations in Maine to attract
supporters from the opposite party. |
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BDN Reports on Museum of Art Meeting |
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Friday's Bangor Daily News includes a
brief story noting the Sept. 15 organizing meeting
related to the University of Maine Museum of Art's
upcoming Fashion Challenge. |
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