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'''Wade Rathke''' is the founder of the [[Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now]] (ACORN) and [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU) Local 100. He was ACORN's chief organizer from 1970 to 2008.


The '''University of Maine''', established in 1865, is the [[flagship]] [[university]] of the [[University of Maine System]]. It is located in [[Orono, Maine]] just outside of [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]], one of [[Maine]]'s largest cities. Known as "'''UMaine'''" for short, the school has an enrollment of over 12,000 students making it the largest university in the state. It is the only institution in Maine classified as a [[Carnegie Classification#Doctorate-granting Universities|research university]] by the [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]]. Athletic teams are nicknamed the Black Bears, and sport blue and white uniforms.
==Education==
Wade Rathkey attended [[Williams College]], a private [[liberal arts college]] in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], from 1965 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/295/A72 | title=Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer at ACORN | first=Wade | last=Rathke | publisher=LinkedIn | accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref> He dropped out in 1968 to join the anti-draft movement.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2008/06/25/saultime-to-step-aside/ | title=Saul...time to step aside | first=Dummand | last=Pike | publisher=''Notes from the Left Coast'' Drummond Pike’s Blog | accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref>


==History==
==Founding of ACORN==
UMaine was founded in 1862 by the [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act|Morrill Act]], signed by President [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]. Originally named the Maine College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the Maine College opened on [[September 21]], [[1868]], changing its name to the University of Maine in 1897.
Rathke began his career as an organizer for the [[National Welfare Rights Organization]] (NWRO) in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. After working with the NWRO, he left for [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], to found a new organization designed to unite poor and working class families around a common agenda.


The College was the fourth to be established in Maine, after [[Bowdoin College|Bowdoin]], [[Bates College|Bates]], and [[Colby College|Colby]]. Originally intended as an agricultural college, the College also placed a large emphasis on engineering and the sciences.
This [[community organizing]] initiative in Arkansas eventually grew into the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the largest organization of lower income and working families in the [[United States]], with 175,000 dues-paying families spread across about eighty-two staffed offices in American cities. The ACORN family of organizations includes radio stations ([[KNON]] and [[KABF]]), publications, housing development and ownership (ACORN Housing), and a variety of other supports for direct organizing and issue campaigns, such as [[Project Vote]] and the Living Wage Resource Center. ACORN International has recently opened staffed offices in [[Lima, Peru]], and [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]], Canada. Several Mexico offices are slated to open in 2005.


Tuition at the Maine College was free until 1879. In return, all students were expected to contribute 15 hours a week of labor, on which they were graded and received compensation in accordance with their grades.
===Departure from ACORN===
July 9th,2008 [[The New York Times]] reported<ref name="nyt">[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/us/09embezzle.html Funds Misappropriated at 2 Nonprofit Groups - NYTimes.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> that Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN's founder Wade Rathke, was found to have embezzled $948,607.50 from the group and affiliated charitable organizations in 1999 and 2000. ACORN executives, including Rathke, did not inform the whole board, nor law enforcement, but signed an enforceable restitution agreement with the Rathke family to repay the amount of the embezzlement. Wade Rathke stated to the Times that "the decision to keep the matter secret was not made to protect his brother but because word of the embezzlement would have put a 'weapon' into the hands of [...] conservatives who object to [ACORN]'s often strident advocacy on behalf of low- and moderate-income families and workers." A whistleblower revealed the embezzlement in 2001; the Rathke brothers both departed ACORN in 2008.<ref name="nyt"/> <ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/CarlHorowitz/2008/08/09/acorn_cracks_wide_open ACORN Cracks Wide Open] by [[Carl Horowitz]] </ref>


Near the end of the 19th century, the curriculum was expanded to place greater emphasis on [[liberal arts]]. New faculty hired during this time included [[Caroline Colvin]], chair of the history department, and the first woman in the nation to head a major university department.
==Founding SEIU==
Rathke is also founder and Chief Organizer of Local 100, [[Service Employees International Union]], which is headquartered in New Orleans with operations in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Founded in 1980 in New Orleans as an independent union of [[Hyatt]] employees, the union became part of SEIU in 1984. Local 100 organizes public sector public workers, including school employees, [[Head Start]], and [[health care worker]]s, as well as lower wage [[private sector worker]]s in the [[hospitality]], [[janitor]]ial, and other [[service industrie]]s.


[[Image:Img020-mc-fernald.jpg|left|thumb|180px|M. C. Fernald, UMaine's first faculty member and second President, had a large impact on the University's early character and culture.]]
His work in the labor movement includes three terms as Secretary-Treasurer of the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO. He is the president and co- founder of the SEIU Southern Conference, and a member of the International Executive Board of SEIU, and Chief Organizer of HOTROC (the Hotel and Restaurant Organizing Committee) a multi-union organizing project for hospitality workers in New Orleans sponsored by the [[AFL-CIO]] and its president, [[John Sweeney (labor leader)|John Sweeney]].


In 1906, [[The Senior Skull Honor Society]] was founded to “publicly recognize, formally reward, and continually promote outstanding leadership and scholarship, and exemplary citizenship within the University of Maine community.”
==Other projects==
Three years ago, Rathke also created the Organizers' Forum, which brings together senior organizers in labor and community organizations in dialogues about challenges faced by constituency-based organizations, such as tactical development, organizing new immigrants, using technology, utilizing capital strategies and corporate campaign techniques, or understanding the impacts and organizing challenges of globalization.


When the [[University of Maine System]] was incorporated, the school was renamed by the legislature over the objections of the faculty to the University of Maine at Orono (or UMO). This was changed back to the University of Maine in 1986. However, it is still frequently referred to as UMO.
Since 2004, Rathke has directed the Centre for Community Leadership, based in Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A project of the Columbia Foundation, the Community Leadership Centre works to build a more progressive democracy in Canada and the Americas by training organizers to build partnerships between community organizations and labor unions. The Centre will: 1) identify and train community leaders and organizers to initiate and implement campaign-based initiatives on critical community issues, and 2) assist in the formation of sustainable local community or campaign-based organizations capable of effecting social change at the local, provincial/state or federal level.
[[Image:Stevens-Hall-at-University-of-Maine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Stevens Hall]]


The official [[fight song]] of UMaine is the “Stein Song”. Written by Lincoln Colcord (words) and E.A. Fenstad (music), the tune rose to fame when [[Rudy Vallee]] arranged the current version. Vallee attended Maine from 1921–1922 before transferring to Yale, and his popularity helped make the song a national favorite. To this day, the “Stein Song” remains the only college fight song to ever reach number one on the pop charts, achieving this distinction in 1930. According to “College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology” published in 1998, the “Stein Song” ranks as the sixth greatest fight song of all time. It trails only “Notre Dame Victory March”, “The Victors” (Michigan), “On Wisconsin”, “Down the Field” (Yale), and “Anchors Aweigh” (Naval Academy). Maine students and alumni alike take great pride in singing the “Stein Song” while supporting their national powerhouse hockey team.
Rathke is a longtime member of the [[Tides Foundation]] Board of Directors, and Board Chair of the Tides Center, which provides core management services to new and existing nonprofit organizations promoting social change. He is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of [http://www.socialpolicy.org Social Policy], a magazine that explores issues, campaigns, and challenges in labor and community organizing.


==Academics and student life==
He lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.


UMaine counts [[engineering]], [[business]], [[forestry]], [[marine science]] and [[Agriculture]] among its most prominent programs. Other programs include [[wood]] science, [[sustainable agriculture]], [[aquaculture]], [[education]], and [[nutrition]] science. UMaine is unique in offering a program in [[Socialist]] and [[Marxist]] studies and a minor in that field.
== Notes ==

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UMaine is one of only a handful of institutions to offer a combined developmental/clinical [[Ph.D.]] in [[psychology]], as well as distinct advanced degrees in [[developmental psychology]], [[social psychology]], [[biological psychology]], [[cognitive psychology]], and [[behavioral neuroscience]]. Along with offering a Ph.D in psychology with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience, the University also offers a [[neuroscience]] concentration for Ph.D. students studying [[biomedical science]].

The University's Fogler Library is the largest in Maine and serves as one of its intellectual hubs, attracting scholars, professors, and researchers from around the state. A collection of rare and ancient manuscripts, as well as about two million government publications, augment the University's collection. The Special Collections Unit includes the [[Stephen King|Stephen Edwin King]] (author of ''[[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]]'' and UMaine alumnus) papers, which attract researchers from across the globe.

The University's education is often rated as an excellent value, ranking high in both the [[The Princeton Review|''Princeton Review'']] and ''Kiplinger'''s annual lists of best public schools. UMaine is one of only four institutions in Maine (along with [[Bowdoin College|Bowdoin]], [[Bates College|Bates]], and [[Colby College|Colby]]) accredited to award membership into the prestigious [[Phi Beta Kappa]] [[honor society]].

UMaine is also the birthplace of the [[Phi Kappa Phi]] honor society, recognizing high academic achievement across all disciplines.

It is the only institution in Maine ranked as a [[research university|national university]] in the [[U.S. News and World Report|''U.S. News and World Report'']] annual [[college rankings|rankings]]. U.S. News categorizes UMaine as an institution that "offers a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees." [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranknatudoc_brief.php].

The [[Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden]] is a research garden for [[horticulture]] in northern climates. The University of Maine is also home to the [[Maine Business School]], the largest [[business school]] in Maine. Recently a Paris-based international educational consulting organization Eduniversal has included the Maine Business School at the University of Maine among its recent selection of 1,000 of the world’s best business schools. <ref>[http://www.umaine.edu/news/article.asp?id_no=2187 The University of Maine - News - June 12, 2008 - Maine Business School Named One of World’s Best<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The 2008-2009 student body consists of representatives from 47 of the [[United States]], as well as 47 other countries [http://www.umaine.edu/news/article.asp?id_no=2258].

The University is also host to the '''Intensive English Institute,''' [http://www.umaine.edu/iei/] an [[English language learning and teaching| English as a Second Language program]] designed to help students develop their English language skills for success in school, business, and social communication.

==University of Maine Student Government, Inc.==

The University of Maine is one of a handful of colleges in the United States whose Student Government is incorporated. Student Government was formed in 1978 and incorporated shortly thereafter. They are classified as a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation. The organization represents solely undergraduate students as each semester, however, Student Government is also regularly accused of not seeing to students' best interests, with accusations of political corruptness and mishandling of elections.

It consists of a Legislative Branch, which passes resolutions, and an Executive Branch, which helps organize on-campus entertainment and guest speakers, works with new and existing student organizations, and performs other duties.

Other organizations fall under the umbrella of Student Government, including Representative Boards, Community Associations, and many other student groups.

Student Government in the recent past has brought [[Live (band)|Live]], [[Blues Traveler]], [[Ben Folds]], [[Guster]], [[Better Than Ezra]], [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Motion City Soundtrack]], and others to the campus as well as actively lobbying for student interests at all levels of the government and administration.

The current President of University of Maine Student Government, Inc. is Steven Moran.[[Image:MaineBlackBears.png|thumb|right|180px|Maine Black Bears logo]]

==Athletics==
{{main|Maine Black Bears}}
The University of Maine participates in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Division I]] level, is a member of the [[Colonial Athletic Association]] for [[American football|football]], [[Hockey East]] for [[ice hockey]], and the [[America East Conference]] for all other sports. The school has won two national championships, both in [[Maine Black Bears Hockey|men's ice hockey]]. In 1993, they defeated Lake Superior State University 5-4 behind a third period hat trick by Jim Montgomery. In 1999, they defeated rival [[University of New Hampshire Wildcats|University of New Hampshire]] 3-2 in overtime on a goal by Marcus Gustafsson.

In 1965, the football team competed in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando Florida against East Carolina. They were beaten in the game 31-0, but remain the only team from Maine to compete in a bowl contest.

{| align=right
| [[Image:UMaine OakHall.jpg|thumb|180px|The Oak Hall Dormitory]]
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| [[Image:Picture-283m.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Autumn leaves shower a lawn in front of UMaine's Hannibal Hamlin Hall]]
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| [[Image:umaine-main lawn.jpg|center|thumb|200px|The Mall]]
|}

==Notable alumni==
===Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment===
*[[Doris Allen]], [[CISV|Children's International Summer Villages]] founder
*[[Lawrence Bender]], film producer (''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' and ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'')
*[[Stephen King]] Class of 1970, author
*[[Tabitha King]] Class of 1971, author, wife of Stephen King
*[[Brad Sullivan]], American actor
*[[Rick Hautala]], Class of 1970, author

===Politics===
*[[John Baldacci]] Class of 1986, governor of Maine
*[[Joseph Brennan (politician)|Joseph E. Brennan]], U.S. politician
*[[Styles Bridges]], former governor of New Hampshire, senator
* [[Matthew Dunlap]], Maine Secretary of State
*[[John R. McKernan, Jr.]], former governor of Maine, U.S. politician
*[[Olympia Snowe]] Class of 1969, U.S. Senator
*[[Wallace Rider Farrington]] Class of 1891, Former Governor of [[Hawai'i]], Founder of the [[University of Hawai'i]]

===Business, construction, and service===
*[[Colby Chandler (CEO)|Colby Chandler]] Class of 1950, former CEO, [[Eastman Kodak]]
*[[Francis Clergue]], businessman, industrialist
*[[Maurice K. Goddard]] - former secretary of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]], a driving force in the creation of 45 [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania state parks]] during his 24 years in office.
*[[Robert A. Rushworth]] Class of 1951, Air Force test pilot

===Science and engineering===
*[[Bernard Lown]] Class of 1944, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner
*[[Ashok Jhunjhunwala]], Class of 1979, Professor at IIT Madras and [[Padma Shri]] recipient
*[[Frank Crowe|Francis T. Crowe]] Class of 1905, [[Civil engineering|Civil Engineer]], chief engineer of the [[Hoover Dam]], namesake of the [[Francis Crowe Society]]
*[[Leslie Holdridge]] Class of 1931, Botanist
*[[Harold Beverage]] Class of 1915, Inventor, Vice President of R&D at RCA Communications

===Faculty and administration===
*[[Alvin C. Eurich]], first President of the [[State University of New York]]
*[[Eileen Farrell]], opera singer
*[[Edward D. Ives]], noted folklorist
*[[C. C. Little]], President (1922–1925)
*[[Joanne P. McCallie]], coach
*[[H. A. Pogorzelski]], mathematician
*[[Clark G. Reynolds]], Professor of History (1968-1976)

===Sports===
*[[Cindy Blodgett]], basketball player in the [[WNBA]] and head women's basketball coach at the [[University of Maine]].
*[[Jim Boylan]], Head Basketball Coach, [[University of Utah]]
*[[Mike Bordick]], former Major League Baseball shortstop
*[[D'Lo Brown]] (born Accie Conner), professional wrestler currently signed to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
*[[Mike Buck (football player)|Mike Buck]], NFL, [[New Orleans Saints]]
*[[Jack Capuano]], [[NHL]] Defenseman; Asst. Coach of the [[New York Islanders]] [[American Hockey League|AHL]] affiliate, [[Bridgeport Sound Tigers]]
*[[Rick Carlisle]], [[NBA]] player, [[Indiana Pacers]] coach (transferred to [[University of Virginia]])
*[[Stephen Cooper]], [[Linebacker]], [[San Diego Chargers]]
*[[Niko Dimitrakos]], professional [[ice hockey]] player
*[[Mike Dunham]], former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player and [[United States]] Olympian (2002)
*[[Mike Flynn (offensive lineman)|Mike Flynn]] Center, [[Baltimore Ravens]]
*[[Barrett Heisten]], [[ECHL]] player, [[Alaska Aces]]
*[[Jimmy Howard]], [[NHL]] Goalie, [[Detroit Red Wings]]
*[[Joe Johnson (baseball)|Joe Johnson]], MLB, [[Atlanta Braves]]
*[[Paul Kariya]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player, [[Nashville Predators]]
*[[Steve Kariya]], [[Elitserien|SEL]] player, [[Frölunda HC]], brother of Paul
*[[Jack Leggett]], [[Clemson University]] Baseball Head Coach
*[[Brandon McGowan]], Defensive Back, [[Chicago Bears]]. 2005.
*[[Kevin McMahan]], Wide Receiver, [[New York Giants]]
*[[Stump Merrill|Carl "Stump" Merrill]], former manager of the [[New York Yankees]]
*[[Greg Moore (ice hockey)|Greg Moore]], [[American Hockey League|AHL]] player, [[Hartford Wolfpack]]
*[[Montell Owens]], [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]], [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]
*[[Bill Patrick]] (AKA Gerard Monteux) - [[NBC]], Versus Network announcer and columnist
*[[Dustin Penner]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player, [[Anaheim Ducks]], [[Edmonton Oilers]] Became first player to win the Stanley Cup (2007)
*[[Jeff Plympton]], [[MLB]], [[Boston Red Sox]]
*[[Jeremy Roenick]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player; attended the University for one day before realizing his place was in pro hockey
*[[Viktoriya Rybalko]], long jumper
*[[Garth Snow]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player, [[Colorado Avalanche]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]], [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], [[New York Islanders]]; General Manager, [[New York Islanders]]
*[[Daren Stone]], Safety, [[Atlanta Falcons]]
*[[Justin Strzelczyk]], Offensive Lineman, [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
*[[Mark Sweeney]], Major League Baseball outfielder
*[[Bill Swift]], former Major League Baseball pitcher
*[[Lofa Tatupu]], [[Pro Bowl]] [[Linebacker]], [[Seattle Seahawks]] (transferred to [[University of Southern California]])
*[[Larry Thomas (baseball)|Larry Thomas]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[Gary Thorne]] ESPN sports analyst and play-by-play announcer
*[[John Tortorella]], head coach of the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]].
*[[Eric Weinrich]], [[NHL]] Player & 1988 USA Olympic Hockey Team Member
*[[John Henry Williams (baseball)|John Henry Williams]], only son of baseball legend [[Ted Williams]]

== Points of interest ==
[[image:Littlefield_Garden_Trees.jpg|right|300px]]
* [[Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation]]
* [[#Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden|Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden]]
* [[Stevens Hall]]
* [[Student Recreation and Fitness Center]]
* [http://cc.its.maine.edu/~maine/index.php Computer Connection]

=== Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden ===
The ''' Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden''' (6.5 ha) is located on the [[University of Maine]] campus in [[Orono, Maine]], [[United States|USA]]<ref>[http://www.umaine.edu/locator/BuildingDisplaybackup.asp?BldgName=Littlefield%20Ornamental%20Gardens Profile by the University of Maine]</ref>. It consists of two parts: the Littlefield Garden, housing the permanent collection of woody and herbaceous ornamentals; and the Research Center dedicated to research. The Littlefield Garden is open to the public every day of the year.

Littlefield Garden was founded in the early 1960s by Lyle E. Littlefield, then Professor of [[Horticulture]]. Since then the Garden has collected over 2,500 woody and herbaceous plants, with special emphasis as follows: 210 [[crabapple]] varieties, 180 [[lilac]]s, 150 [[rhododendron]]s, and 35 [[magnolia]]s.

The 15,000 square feet Roger Clapp Greenhouses are also located on the [[University of Maine]] campus. The greenhouses contain over 200 species of tropical and desert plant species from throughout the world.
[[Image:Littlefield_Garden_Flower.jpg|right|300px]]<br clear="all" />

==Academic Programs==
===College of Business, Public Policy and Health===
*BS [[Business Administration]]
*BA [[Economics]]
*BA [[Financial Economics]]
*BA [[Public Management]]
*BA [[Social Work]]

===College of Education and Human Development===
*BS [[Athletic training|Athletic Training]]
*BS [[Child development|Child Development & Family Relations]]
*BS [[Elementary Education]]
*BS [[Kinesiology|Kinesiology & Physical Education]]
*BS [[Secondary Education]]

===College of Engineering===
*BS [[Biological Engineering]]
*BS [[Chemical Engineering]]
*BS [[Civil Engineering]]
*BS [[Computer Engineering]]
*BS [[Construction Management|Construction Management Technology]]
*BS [[Electrical Engineering]]
*BS [[Electrical Engineering Technology]]
*BS [[Engineering Physics]]
*BS [[Mechanical Engineering]]
*BS [[Mechanical Engineering Technology]]
*BS [[Pulp and paper|Pulp & Paper Technology]]
*BS [[Surveying|Surveying Engineering Technology]]

===College of Liberal Arts and Sciences===
*BA [[Anthropology]]
*BA [[Art Education]]
*BA [[Art History]]
*BA/BS [[Chemistry]]
*BA [[Communication]]/[[Journalism]]/[[Mass Communication]]
*BA [[Communication sciences|Communication Sciences]] & [[Speech disorders|Disorders]]
*BA/BS [[Computer Science]]
*BA [[English]]
*BA [[French]]
*BA [[German]]
*BA [[History]]
*BA [[Interdisciplinary Studies]]
*BA [[International Affairs]]
*BA [[Latin]]
*BA [[Mathematics]]
*BA [[Modern Languages]]
*BA [[Music]]
*BMEd [[Music Education]]
*BM [[Music performance|Music Performance]]
*BA [[New Media]]
*BA [[Philosophy]]
*BA/BS [[Physics]]
*BA [[Political Science]]
*BA [[Psychology]]
*BA [[Romance Languages]]
*BA [[Sociology]]
*BA [[Spanish]]
*BA/BFA [[Studio Art]]
*BA [[Theatre]]
*BA [[Women’s Studies]]

===College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture===
*BS [[Veterinary science|Animal and Veterinary Science]]
*BS [[Aquaculture]]
*BS [[Biochemistry]]
*BA/BS [[Biology]]
*BA/BS [[Botany]]
*BS [[Clinical science|Clinical Laboratory Sciences]]
*BA/BS [[Earth Sciences]]
*BS [[Ecology]] & [[Environmental Sciences]]
*BS [[Environmental Management]] & [[Environmental policy|Policy]]
*BS [[Food Science]] & [[Nutrition|Human Nutrition]]
*BS [[Forest science|Forest Ecosystem Science & Conservation]]
*BS [[Forest Operations Science]]
*BS [[Forestry]]
*BS [[Landscape Horticulture]]
*BS [[Marine Science]]
*BS [[Microbiology]]
*BS [[Molecular & Cellular Biology]]
*BS [[Nursing]]
*BS [[Parks]], [[Recreation]], & [[Tourism]]
*BS [[Sustainable Agriculture]]
*BS [[Wildlife Ecology]]
*BS [[Wood Science & Technology]]
*BA/BS [[Zoology]]

==References==

<references/>
# Smith, David C. (1979). ''The First Century''. University of Maine at Orono Press. ISBN 0-89101-037-8.
# [http://www.umaine.edu/ois/facts_at_glance/factsglance.htm Office of Institutional Studies, Fact Sheet with Official Enrollment]
#http://bangornews.com/news/t/maineblackbears.aspx?articleid=159527&zoneid=221
#http://bangornews.com/news/t/city.aspx?articleid=160623&zoneid=176
#http://www.mainecampus.com/news/2007/11/08/MaineSports/Hockey.Player.Charged.With.Assault.Unlawful.Sexual.Touching-3086925.shtml

==See also==
* [[Francis Crowe Society]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.acorn.org acorn.org]
*[http://www.tidesfoundation.org tidesfoundation.org]
*[http://www.umaine.edu/ Official UMaine site]
*[http://seiu100.org/ seiu100.org]
**[http://www.umaine.edu/locator/ Campus Map]
**[http://calendar.umaine.edu/default.asp Calendar of Events]
*[http://chieforganizer.org/ chieforganizer.org]
**[http://cc.its.maine.edu/~maine/index.php Computer Connection]
*[http://www.socialpolicy.org socialpolicy.org]
*[http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110009214 WSJ Article about Rathke]
*[http://www.goblackbears.com/ Official Maine athletics site]
*[http://www2.umaine.edu/StudentGovernment/home.htm UMaine Student Government, Inc.]
*[http://www.mainecampus.com/ ''The Maine Campus'']
*[http://www.mainealumni.org/ ''UMaine Alumni Association'']
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Revision as of 16:14, 10 October 2008

Should not be confused with Université du Maine, in Le Mans, France
University of Maine
File:Logo of UM.jpg
MottoDirigo (I lead)
TypePublic
Established1862
Endowment$230.5 Million
PresidentRobert A. Kennedy
Academic staff
720
Students12,100
Undergraduates9,596
Location
Orono
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Maine
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USA
CampusRural
ColorsBlue and White
NicknameBlack Bears File:MaineBlackBears.png
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Websitewww.umaine.edu

The University of Maine, established in 1865, is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is located in Orono, Maine just outside of Bangor, one of Maine's largest cities. Known as "UMaine" for short, the school has an enrollment of over 12,000 students making it the largest university in the state. It is the only institution in Maine classified as a research university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Athletic teams are nicknamed the Black Bears, and sport blue and white uniforms.

History

UMaine was founded in 1862 by the Morrill Act, signed by President Lincoln. Originally named the Maine College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the Maine College opened on September 21, 1868, changing its name to the University of Maine in 1897.

The College was the fourth to be established in Maine, after Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby. Originally intended as an agricultural college, the College also placed a large emphasis on engineering and the sciences.

Tuition at the Maine College was free until 1879. In return, all students were expected to contribute 15 hours a week of labor, on which they were graded and received compensation in accordance with their grades.

Near the end of the 19th century, the curriculum was expanded to place greater emphasis on liberal arts. New faculty hired during this time included Caroline Colvin, chair of the history department, and the first woman in the nation to head a major university department.

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M. C. Fernald, UMaine's first faculty member and second President, had a large impact on the University's early character and culture.

In 1906, The Senior Skull Honor Society was founded to “publicly recognize, formally reward, and continually promote outstanding leadership and scholarship, and exemplary citizenship within the University of Maine community.”

When the University of Maine System was incorporated, the school was renamed by the legislature over the objections of the faculty to the University of Maine at Orono (or UMO). This was changed back to the University of Maine in 1986. However, it is still frequently referred to as UMO.

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Stevens Hall

The official fight song of UMaine is the “Stein Song”. Written by Lincoln Colcord (words) and E.A. Fenstad (music), the tune rose to fame when Rudy Vallee arranged the current version. Vallee attended Maine from 1921–1922 before transferring to Yale, and his popularity helped make the song a national favorite. To this day, the “Stein Song” remains the only college fight song to ever reach number one on the pop charts, achieving this distinction in 1930. According to “College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology” published in 1998, the “Stein Song” ranks as the sixth greatest fight song of all time. It trails only “Notre Dame Victory March”, “The Victors” (Michigan), “On Wisconsin”, “Down the Field” (Yale), and “Anchors Aweigh” (Naval Academy). Maine students and alumni alike take great pride in singing the “Stein Song” while supporting their national powerhouse hockey team.

Academics and student life

UMaine counts engineering, business, forestry, marine science and Agriculture among its most prominent programs. Other programs include wood science, sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, education, and nutrition science. UMaine is unique in offering a program in Socialist and Marxist studies and a minor in that field.

UMaine is one of only a handful of institutions to offer a combined developmental/clinical Ph.D. in psychology, as well as distinct advanced degrees in developmental psychology, social psychology, biological psychology, cognitive psychology, and behavioral neuroscience. Along with offering a Ph.D in psychology with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience, the University also offers a neuroscience concentration for Ph.D. students studying biomedical science.

The University's Fogler Library is the largest in Maine and serves as one of its intellectual hubs, attracting scholars, professors, and researchers from around the state. A collection of rare and ancient manuscripts, as well as about two million government publications, augment the University's collection. The Special Collections Unit includes the Stephen Edwin King (author of The Shining and UMaine alumnus) papers, which attract researchers from across the globe.

The University's education is often rated as an excellent value, ranking high in both the Princeton Review and Kiplinger's annual lists of best public schools. UMaine is one of only four institutions in Maine (along with Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby) accredited to award membership into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

UMaine is also the birthplace of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society, recognizing high academic achievement across all disciplines.

It is the only institution in Maine ranked as a national university in the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings. U.S. News categorizes UMaine as an institution that "offers a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees." [1].

The Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden is a research garden for horticulture in northern climates. The University of Maine is also home to the Maine Business School, the largest business school in Maine. Recently a Paris-based international educational consulting organization Eduniversal has included the Maine Business School at the University of Maine among its recent selection of 1,000 of the world’s best business schools. [1]

The 2008-2009 student body consists of representatives from 47 of the United States, as well as 47 other countries [2].

The University is also host to the Intensive English Institute, [3] an English as a Second Language program designed to help students develop their English language skills for success in school, business, and social communication.

University of Maine Student Government, Inc.

The University of Maine is one of a handful of colleges in the United States whose Student Government is incorporated. Student Government was formed in 1978 and incorporated shortly thereafter. They are classified as a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation. The organization represents solely undergraduate students as each semester, however, Student Government is also regularly accused of not seeing to students' best interests, with accusations of political corruptness and mishandling of elections.

It consists of a Legislative Branch, which passes resolutions, and an Executive Branch, which helps organize on-campus entertainment and guest speakers, works with new and existing student organizations, and performs other duties.

Other organizations fall under the umbrella of Student Government, including Representative Boards, Community Associations, and many other student groups.

Student Government in the recent past has brought Live, Blues Traveler, Ben Folds, Guster, Better Than Ezra, Dashboard Confessional, Motion City Soundtrack, and others to the campus as well as actively lobbying for student interests at all levels of the government and administration.

The current President of University of Maine Student Government, Inc. is Steven Moran.

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Maine Black Bears logo

Athletics

Main article: Maine Black Bears

The University of Maine participates in the NCAA's Division I level, is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association for football, Hockey East for ice hockey, and the America East Conference for all other sports. The school has won two national championships, both in men's ice hockey. In 1993, they defeated Lake Superior State University 5-4 behind a third period hat trick by Jim Montgomery. In 1999, they defeated rival University of New Hampshire 3-2 in overtime on a goal by Marcus Gustafsson.

In 1965, the football team competed in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando Florida against East Carolina. They were beaten in the game 31-0, but remain the only team from Maine to compete in a bowl contest.

The Oak Hall Dormitory
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Autumn leaves shower a lawn in front of UMaine's Hannibal Hamlin Hall
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The Mall

Notable alumni

Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment

Politics

Business, construction, and service

Science and engineering

Faculty and administration

Sports

Points of interest

Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden

The Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden (6.5 ha) is located on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, USA[2]. It consists of two parts: the Littlefield Garden, housing the permanent collection of woody and herbaceous ornamentals; and the Research Center dedicated to research. The Littlefield Garden is open to the public every day of the year.

Littlefield Garden was founded in the early 1960s by Lyle E. Littlefield, then Professor of Horticulture. Since then the Garden has collected over 2,500 woody and herbaceous plants, with special emphasis as follows: 210 crabapple varieties, 180 lilacs, 150 rhododendrons, and 35 magnolias.

The 15,000 square feet Roger Clapp Greenhouses are also located on the University of Maine campus. The greenhouses contain over 200 species of tropical and desert plant species from throughout the world.


Academic Programs

College of Business, Public Policy and Health

College of Education and Human Development

College of Engineering

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture

References

  1. ^ The University of Maine - News - June 12, 2008 - Maine Business School Named One of World’s Best
  2. ^ Profile by the University of Maine
  1. Smith, David C. (1979). The First Century. University of Maine at Orono Press. ISBN 0-89101-037-8.
  2. Office of Institutional Studies, Fact Sheet with Official Enrollment
  3. http://bangornews.com/news/t/maineblackbears.aspx?articleid=159527&zoneid=221
  4. http://bangornews.com/news/t/city.aspx?articleid=160623&zoneid=176
  5. http://www.mainecampus.com/news/2007/11/08/MaineSports/Hockey.Player.Charged.With.Assault.Unlawful.Sexual.Touching-3086925.shtml

See also

External links

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