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Pollution Prevention Plan, University Of Maine System Dec 2011

Pollution Prevention Plan, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System's Pollution Prevention Plan


Summary Of Fall 2011 Enrollments--Revised, University Of Maine System Dec 2011

Summary Of Fall 2011 Enrollments--Revised, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

This report provided summary information regarding University enrollments.


Financial Aid Annual Report Fy2011, University Of Maine System Dec 2011

Financial Aid Annual Report Fy2011, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System annual financial aid report


Engineers Without Borders-Usa, University Of Maine Student Chapter Newsletter, Engineers Without Borders Dec 2011

Engineers Without Borders-Usa, University Of Maine Student Chapter Newsletter, Engineers Without Borders

General University of Maine Publications

Engineers Without Borders is a group of students with an interest in improving the quality of life for people in developing countries by working with communities on sustainable engineering projects.


2011-12 Women's Basketball Roster, Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Nov 2011

2011-12 Women's Basketball Roster, Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Multi-Year Financial Plan Fy2013—Fy2017, University Of Maine System Nov 2011

Multi-Year Financial Plan Fy2013—Fy2017, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

. This report introduced the planning process and presented financial planning elements and forecasted scenarios. It provided background on financial challenges and context for upcoming decisions. The purpose of this planning process was to consider the underlying financial conditions that face the System and the impact of alternative action steps that may address projected shortfalls in the future. This report offered a transparent assessment of the System’s financial challenges.


Bepress Digital Commons, Outreach Environmental Survey And Repository Population Recommendations For The University Of Maine, Bepress Digital Commons Outreach Oct 2011

Bepress Digital Commons, Outreach Environmental Survey And Repository Population Recommendations For The University Of Maine, Bepress Digital Commons Outreach

General University of Maine Publications

Report for the University of Maine. Included in this report are a set of general recommendations for building repository collections and breakdowns of some available collections in each of ten departments/schools. These breakdowns can be particularly useful to the repository manager or a liaison in identifying available collections prior to contacting or presenting to the department. It is recommended that the liaison or point person for each department receive the general recommendations in this report, as well as the breakdown for his or her specific departments. Further research into the collections is also recommended since many lists of publications and …


Constitution And Bylaws University Of Maine Faculty Senate, University Of Maine Oct 2011

Constitution And Bylaws University Of Maine Faculty Senate, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Constitution and bylaws of the University of Maine Faculty Senate


Maine Peace Action Committee Newsletter, October 2011, Maine Peace Action Committee Oct 2011

Maine Peace Action Committee Newsletter, October 2011, Maine Peace Action Committee

General University of Maine Publications

MPAC compiled a newsletter consisting of essays, articles, short stories, poems, recipes, political cartoons, and artwork.


Dixfield's Henry O. Stanley, A Pioneer Conservation Leader, Nancy Drew Mcreynolds Sep 2011

Dixfield's Henry O. Stanley, A Pioneer Conservation Leader, Nancy Drew Mcreynolds

Maine History Documents

A biographical sketch of Henry O. Stanley published in the Dixfield Historical Society Newsletter, the Dixfield Star.


Dawnbreaker Vol 59 No 1 (Fall 2011), Dawnbreaker Staff Sep 2011

Dawnbreaker Vol 59 No 1 (Fall 2011), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Maine Folklife, Vol. 17, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center Sep 2011

Maine Folklife, Vol. 17, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center

Maine Folklife Center Newsletter

A new collaboration between the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center and the University of Maine will preserve a unique archival collection that documents the history and traditions of Maine, other New England states the Canada's Maritime Provinces. That collection, the entire holdings of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and History, is part of UMaine's Folklife Center.

The library will acquire the entire collection, preserve it at its state-of-the art facilities and serve it online and in person to researchers from around the world. Digital copies will remain accessible at UMaine's Maine Folklife Center.

The folklife center will contract with …


Anthropology Department Annual Newsletter, Department Of Anthropology Jul 2011

Anthropology Department Annual Newsletter, Department Of Anthropology

General University of Maine Publications

Anthropology is the study of humans. Anthropologists study the entire spectrum of human existence from 6.5 million years ago when the first hominid set foot on the African continent, the process of human evolution, domestication of plants and animals, development of civilization, migration to the ends of the earth, and the present day diversity of cultures, religions, economies, and kinship systems seen around the world. Anthropology provides a well-rounded, generalist education that enhances wide career choices and provides students with the ability to critically evaluate theories, options, and actions that affect humankind.


Engineers Without Borders-Usa, University Of Maine Student Chapter Newsletter, Engineers Without Borders Jul 2011

Engineers Without Borders-Usa, University Of Maine Student Chapter Newsletter, Engineers Without Borders

General University of Maine Publications

Engineers Without Borders is a group of students with an interest in improving the quality of life for people in developing countries by working with communities on sustainable engineering projects.


University Of Maine System Defined Benefit Pension Fund Annual Report, University Of Maine System Jun 2011

University Of Maine System Defined Benefit Pension Fund Annual Report, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System (UMS) Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Pension Plan) is a closed plan, maintained for eligible employees who chose not to join the Defined Contribution Plan established for hourly employees on July 1, 1998. This plan covers a shrinking group of active employees, vested terminated employees, and pensioners.


Managed Investment Pool (Including Endowments) Year Ended June 30, 2011, University Of Maine System Jun 2011

Managed Investment Pool (Including Endowments) Year Ended June 30, 2011, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

University of Maine System managed investment pool (including endowments) annual report


Equal Pay Day 2011 - 4 Recommendations For Action (Coalition For Maine Women), Coalition For Maine Women Staff Jun 2011

Equal Pay Day 2011 - 4 Recommendations For Action (Coalition For Maine Women), Coalition For Maine Women Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Maine Centers For Women, Work And Community Annual Report (2011), Centers For Women, Work And Community Staff Jun 2011

Maine Centers For Women, Work And Community Annual Report (2011), Centers For Women, Work And Community Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Maine Folklife, Vol. 16, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center Jun 2011

Maine Folklife, Vol. 16, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center

Maine Folklife Center Newsletter

British Ballads from Maine, edited by Phillips Barry, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smyth was published by Yale University Press in 1929. It is an academic collection of Child ballads that the authors collected from singers in Maine. Each ballad is listed with Child numbers with variants used to illustrate the sources and dates of the collection. The authors hoped to demonstrate the richness of New England as a ballad area, to prove that many American ballad texts are old compared with those printed in the Child collection, and to provide a handbook for fieldworkers who might wish to …


Fy2012 Operating Budget And Student Charges, University Of Maine System May 2011

Fy2012 Operating Budget And Student Charges, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System operating budget and proposed student charges FY2012


The Grand Derangement In The Context Of The Eighteenth - Century British Empire, Derek A. Jones May 2011

The Grand Derangement In The Context Of The Eighteenth - Century British Empire, Derek A. Jones

Honors College

Since the 1960's there has been a fierce debate on the criminality of the deportation of the Acadian people from the Maritimes. Since then, many historians have compared the deportation of the Acadians, also known as the Grand Dérangement, to modern acts of 'ethnic cleansing'. However, these comparisons take the Grand Dérangement out of context. This thesis compares the Grand Dérangement to the transportation of Scottish and Irish rebels after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and United Irish Rebellion of 1798 in an effort to establish that the Grand Dérangement was extraordinary in the context of the 18th-century British …


Student Charges Annual Report Fy2012, University Of Maine System May 2011

Student Charges Annual Report Fy2012, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The report presented a summary of the total charges to be incurred by students for the academic year. It included tables of tuition rates, room & board, fees, total charges for the current year and for the previous four years.


Student Charges Annual Report Fy2011, University Of Maine System May 2011

Student Charges Annual Report Fy2011, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The report presented a summary of the total charges to be incurred by students for the academic year. It included tables of tuition rates, room & board, fees, total charges for the current year and for the previous four years.


Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 3 (Spring2011), Dawnbreaker Staff Apr 2011

Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 3 (Spring2011), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Maine Peace Action Committee Newsletter, April 2011, Maine Peace Action Committee Apr 2011

Maine Peace Action Committee Newsletter, April 2011, Maine Peace Action Committee

General University of Maine Publications

MPAC compiled a newsletter consisting of essays, articles, short stories, poems, recipes, political cartoons, and artwork.


The Dandy Scroll, Spring 2011, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation Apr 2011

The Dandy Scroll, Spring 2011, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

General University of Maine Publications

The Spring 2011 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.


Social Facts Newsletter, University Of Maine Department Of Sociology Apr 2011

Social Facts Newsletter, University Of Maine Department Of Sociology

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine's Department of Sociology social facts newsletter.


The Truth About "Right To Work" Laws, University Of Maine Apr 2011

The Truth About "Right To Work" Laws, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

This paper explored the following issues: a) what is meant by “right to work;” b) the legal issues involved in union membership and right-to-work; c) impacts of right-to-work laws, including comparisons of right-to-work vs. “free-bargaining” states, and d) the history of earlier right-to-work attempts in Maine.


Summary Of Spring 2011 Enrollments, University Of Maine System Feb 2011

Summary Of Spring 2011 Enrollments, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

This report provided summary information regarding University enrollments


University Of Maine Softball Media Guide, 2011, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Feb 2011

University Of Maine Softball Media Guide, 2011, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.