:University of Maine

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The University of Maine was founded in 1862 as a function of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Established in 1865 as the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the college opened on September 21, 1868, and changed its name to the University of Maine in 1897.{{cite book|title=The First Century: A History of the University of Maine, 1865–1965 |last=Smith |first=David C. |publisher=University of Maine at Orono Press |year=1979}}

By 1871, curricula had been organized in Agriculture, Engineering, and electives. The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station was founded as a division of the university in 1887. Gradually the university developed the Colleges of Life Sciences and Agriculture, later including the School of Forest Resources and the School of Human Development, Engineering and Science, and Arts and Sciences.

Near the end of the 19th century, the university expanded its curriculum to place greater emphasis on liberal arts. As a result of this shift, faculty hired during the early 20th century included Caroline Colvin, chair of the history department and the nation's first woman to head a major university department.{{cite web |url=http://www.honors.umaine.edu/community/the-honors-campus/colvin-hall/caroline-colvin/ |title=The University of Maine – Honors College – Caroline Colvin |publisher=The University of Maine |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801205844/http://www.honors.umaine.edu/community/the-honors-campus/colvin-hall/caroline-colvin/ |archive-date=August 1, 2012}}

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In 1912, the Maine Cooperative Extension, which offers field educational programs for both adults and youths, was initiated. The School of Education was established in 1930 and received college status in 1958. The School of Business Administration was formed in 1958 and was granted college status in 1965. Women have been admitted into all curricula since 1872. The first master's degree was conferred in 1881; the first doctor's degree in 1960. Since 1923 there has been a separate graduate school.{{cite web |url=http://www.cutler.umaine.edu/about/history.htm |title=The University of Maine - UMaine History |access-date=January 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909055056/http://www.cutler.umaine.edu/about/history.htm |archive-date=September 9, 2006}}

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."[http://www.umaine.edu/orientation/traditions.htm#skull] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724020101/http://www.umaine.edu/orientation/traditions.htm#skull|date=July 24, 2008}}

On April 16, 1925, 80 women met in Balentine Hall {{mdash}} faculty, alumnae, and undergraduate representatives {{mdash}} to plan a pledging of members to an inaugural honorary organization. This organization was called "The All Maine Women" because only those women closely connected with the University of Maine were elected as members. On April 22, 1925, the new members were inducted into the honor society.{{cite web |url=http://www.umainealumni.com/feed.php?num=6&feed_id=51&news_id=157 |title=UMaine Alumni Association |publisher=Umainealumni.com |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322024504/http://www.umainealumni.com/feed.php?num=6&feed_id=51&news_id=157 |archive-date=March 22, 2012}}

In 1968, 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, known informally as U.M.O. Its name was restored to the University of Maine in 1986, and the U.M.O. moniker was also abandoned and replaced officially with "UMaine" as the informal title with which to reference the Orono campus.{{cite book|last=State of Maine|title=Maine Legislative Document No. 1027, H.P. 717, 112th Legislature|year=1985}}

{{Further|University of Maine System}}

The University of Maine is the flagship of the University of Maine System.{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/spo/economics/docs/publications/30and1000.pdf |title=How to Build a Knowledge-based Economy in Maine and Raise Incomes to the National Average by 2010 |publisher=Maine State Planning Office |date=November 2001}}{{cite web |url=http://www.maine.edu/pdf/umprescri.pdf |title=Next President}}{{cite web|url=http://catalog.umaine.edu/content.php?catoid=49&navoid=551 |title=President's Message |publisher=Undergraduate Catalog, University of Maine}} The president of the university is Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who was appointed in 2018.{{cite web |url=http://umaine.edu/president/|website=Office of the President — UMaine|title=University of Maine Office of the President|access-date=July 21, 2014}} The senior administration governs cooperatively with the chancellor of the University of Maine system, Dannel Malloy, and the sixteen members of the University of Maine Board of Trustees (of which fifteen are appointed by the governor of Maine and one is the current Maine state commissioner of education). The Board of Trustees has full legal responsibility and authority for the university system. It appoints the chancellor and each university president, approves the establishment and elimination of academic programs, confers tenure on faculty members, and sets tuition rates and operating budgets.{{cite web |url=http://www.maine.edu/board/index.php |title=University of Maine System | Board of Trustees |publisher=Maine.edu |date=May 16, 2012 |access-date=June 10, 2012}}

UMaine is also one of a handful of colleges in the United States whose student government, which was established in 1978, is incorporated.[http://www.umaine.edu/handbook/SOrg/student_government.htm]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616155115/http://www.umaine.edu/handbook/SOrg/student_government.htm|date=June 16, 2008}} It was incorporated in 1987 and is classified as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.{{cite web|url= http://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpFilings=19880274ND|title= Corporate Name Search:University of Maine Student Government, Inc.|access-date= May 11, 2009|publisher = Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions}}

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Situated on Marsh Island, between the Penobscot and Stillwater rivers, the University of Maine is the nation's only land grant university (other than the University of Hawaiʻi) on an island.{{cite web |url=http://www.umaine.edu/hr/newemployees/funfacts.htm |title=HR – Fun Facts |publisher=Umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204936/http://www.umaine.edu/hr/newemployees/funfacts.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2012}} The university occupies the small city of Orono, with a population ~9,500,{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Orono-Maine.html |title=Orono, Maine (ME 04469, 04473) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders |publisher=City-data.com |access-date=June 10, 2012}} maintaining a {{convert|660|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} campus. It has an enrollment of 11,989 students, inclusive of both undergraduate and graduate students, as of 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=University of Maine System enrollment increasing, early data show |url=https://www.maine.edu/blog/2024/08/27/university-of-maine-system-enrollment-increasing-early-data-show/#:~:text=While%20official%20numbers%20will%20be,for%20the%20fall%20%E2%80%94%20a%20record. |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=University of Maine System |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Quick facts - The University of Maine - University of Maine |url=https://umaine.edu/about/quick-facts/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=University of Maine |language=en-US}}

The campus has 37 academic buildings, thirty administrative buildings, eighteen residence halls, eighteen specific laboratory facilities, fourteen Greek life houses, ten sports facilities, five museums,[http://www.umaine.edu/umweb/locator/categories.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528210826/http://www.umaine.edu/umweb/locator/categories.htm|date=May 28, 2010}} two dining facilities, two convenience stores, a student union, a cafe, a pub,{{cite web |url=http://www.umaine.edu/dining/map.htm |title=The University of Maine – Black Bear Dining |publisher=Umaine.edu |date=June 19, 2002 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428133842/http://www.umaine.edu/dining/map.htm |archive-date=April 28, 2012}} an {{convert|87,000|sqft|m2|-2|adj=on}} state of the art recreation and fitness center,[http://www.umaine.edu/campusrecreation/facilities/recreationcenter.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001143601/http://www.umaine.edu/campusrecreation/facilities/recreationcenter.html|date=October 1, 2008}} and a 200'x200' air supported athletic/recreational dome.{{cite web |url=http://goblackbears.cstv.com/facilities/maine-mahaney-dome.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303125138/http://goblackbears.cstv.com/facilities/maine-mahaney-dome.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2010 |title=Maine |publisher=Goblackbears.cstv.com |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=June 10, 2012 }}

In 1867, the university rejected a campus plan by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park in New York City and the White House grounds in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |url=https://tclf.org/landscapes/university-maine-orono |title=University of Maine at Orono |publisher=The Cultural Landscape Foundation |access-date=January 24, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.magarchive.umaine.edu/issues/v2i4/lasting.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611004249/http://www.magarchive.umaine.edu/issues/v2i4/lasting.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2010 |title=The University of Maine – UMaine Today – September / October 2002 – Lasting Impression |publisher=Magarchive.umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012}} The plan's broad concepts, including the Front Lawn, were nevertheless adopted during the school's first fifty years, and were oriented toward the Stillwater River. A second master plan was produced in 1932 by Carl Rust Parker of the Olmsted Brothers firm, which reoriented the campus center to the Mall, an open grassy area between the Raymond H. Fogler Library and the Memorial Gym.National Register nomination for University of Maine at Orono Historic District, 2010 increase; available by request from the Maine State Historic Preservation Office The Mall is further bordered by one residence and five academic halls.

The campus is essentially divided into three sections: northern, southern, and hilltop.{{cite web|url=http://www.umaine.edu/locator/ |title=The University of Maine – Campus Map |publisher=Umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012}} Each is located near or borders the mall. The northern section includes many of the athletic facilities, including Alfond Arena for basketball and ice hockey, Morse Field at the Alfond Sports Stadium for football, track and field, Larry Mahaney Diamond for baseball, Kessock Field (softball), the Field Hockey Complex for field hockey, and the Mahaney athletic/recreational dome. Other buildings on the northern section include the Cutler Health Center, two administrative halls, three residence halls, and multiple academic halls.

The southern section of campus includes the Memorial Student Union, the Maynard F. Jordan Observatory, Lengyel Gymnasium and Athletic Field, the Buchanan Alumni House, and multiple administrative, residence, and academic halls. Collins Center for the Arts is on the southern part of campus. It provides the Hutchins Concert Hall, a 1,435-seat venue for performing artists from around the world,{{cite web |url=http://www.collinscenterforthearts.com/pdf/TechnicalInformation.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027004432/http://collinscenterforthearts.com/pdf/TechnicalInformation.pdf |archive-date=October 27, 2010}} and the Hudson Museum. The Hilltop section of campus is populated largely with residence halls but also includes the {{convert|7|acre|ha|1|adj=on}} Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamental Gardens,{{cite web |url=http://www.umaine.edu/lhc/ornamental.htm |title=Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamental Gardens .. UMaine Environmental Horticulture Program |publisher=Umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707101730/http://www.umaine.edu/lhc/ornamental.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |url-status=dead}} as well as academic and recreational facilities. The campus is also designated as an arboretum.{{cite web |url=https://umaine.edu/about/quick-facts-2/ |title=Quick facts – the University of Maine |access-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311224242/https://umaine.edu/about/quick-facts-2/ |archive-date=March 11, 2016}}

In 1978, the pre-1915 core of the campus, covering its earliest period of development, was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2010, this was expanded to include the second major phase of development, which was completed through the end of World War II.

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The University of Maine operates the "University Volunteer Ambulance Corps," an ambulance service fully licensed by the State of Maine. The service is operated by students and staff. UVAC's ambulances also provide aid to many surrounding towns and agencies. The service ensures a licensed Emergency Medical Technician is sent on every call. The service has two ambulances equipped to provide Paramedic Level care, and responds to approximately 500 calls per school year.{{cite web

|url= http://umaine.edu/uvac/|access-date= February 1, 2014|title= UVAC|publisher= University of Maine}}

Greek life has existed at the University of Maine since 1874. Approximately 14% of University of Maine undergraduates are members of Greek letter organizations.{{cite web|url=http://www.umaine.edu/greek|title=Fraternity and Sorority affairs|publisher=University of Maine|access-date=November 19, 2015}}

The University of Maine was one of 16 colleges and universities listed in Princeton Review's "Green Honor Roll" of 2011. The guide notes that UMaine has a sustainability coordinator, a sustainability council, and "Eco Reps" in its residence halls.{{cite web |url=http://umaine.edu/news/blog/2011/08/02/princeton-review-fiske-guides-list-umaine-among-nations-best-university-named-to-green-honor-roll/ |title=The University of Maine – UMaine News – Princeton Review, Fiske Guides, Forbes all list UMaine among nation's best; university named to Green Honor Roll |publisher=Umaine.edu |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2012}}

The campus has two dining halls, Hilltop and York, and the Bear's Den Café & Pub in Memorial Union. Wells Dining Hall closed in fall 2022 due to a decrease in student enrollment.{{Cite web |title=The impact of Wells Dining closing and the university's lack of transparency – The Maine Campus |url=https://mainecampus.com/2022/09/the-impact-of-wells-dining-closing-and-the-universitys-lack-of-transparency/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Loftus |first=Sawyer |date=2022-09-23 |title=UMaine closes dining and residence halls because there aren't enough students |url=https://wgme.com/news/local/umaine-closes-dining-and-residence-halls-because-theres-not-enough-students |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=WGME |language=en}} In fall 2023, the university deployed robots called Kiwibots to deliver food to students across campus.{{Cite web |last=Today |first=UMaine |date=2023-08-23 |title=Meet the Kiwibots, UMaine Dining's new food delivery robots - UMaine News - University of Maine |url=https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2023/08/23/meet-the-kiwibots-umaine-dinings-new-food-delivery-robots/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=UMaine News |language=en-US}} The Black Bear Exchange is the campus food pantry.{{Cite web |title=Black Bear Exchange - Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism - University of Maine |url=https://umaine.edu/volunteer/bbe/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism |language=en-US}} The pantry is supported by the Good Shepherd Food Bank, donations, and food drives.{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2022 |title=UMaine kicks off campus-wide food drive to help feed students |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/community/umaine-kicks-off-campus-wide-food-drive-to-help-feed-students-health-education-community/97-31aebd80-1d5a-436f-bcf2-e43196b1a418 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=newscentermaine.com |language=en-US}}

In 2022, the university signed a contract to outsource campus dining services to Sodexo beginning on July 1, 2023. Sodexo provides food service at Maine's six other public universities. The deal requires Sodexo to pay the university a $3 million signing bonus and invest $7 million in dining hall improvements.{{Cite web |last=Loftus |first=Sawyer |date=2022-11-17 |title=UMaine will outsource campus food services to French company |url=http://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/17/news/bangor/umaine-sodexo-dining-services-joam40zk0w/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Bangor Daily News |language=en-US}} In 2024, the high number of complaints about bad food led the university to form weekly focus groups of students. The dining halls began stocking its fresh fruit bars all day.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=Students at UMaine make overwhelming complaints to school about poor food quality |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/education/university-of-maine-students-complaints-poor-food-quality-orono/97-53e7a0b0-0576-4655-84ce-69c194a443f6 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=newscentermaine.com |language=en-US}}

{{Main|The Maine Campus}}

Founded in 1875, The Maine Campus is a weekly newspaper produced by students. It covers university and Town of Orono events. The Campus is a direct-funded student organization and is not under the purview of student government. Stephen King wrote a weekly column for the Campus in the 1970s and also published short stories such as "Slade" in the newspaper.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-12-09 |title=BDN launches partnership with The Maine Campus newspaper |url=http://www.bangordailynews.com/2011/12/09/news/bangor/bdn-launches-partnership-with-the-maine-campus-newspaper/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Bangor Daily News |language=en-US}}

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The University of Maine offers more than 90 undergraduate major programs organized in five colleges: the College of Education and Human Development; the College of Engineering; the Honors College; the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and the College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences. UMaine also is home to one of the nation's oldest honors programs, now called the Honors College.{{cite web |url=http://honors.umaine.edu/about-the-honors-college/ |title=The University of Maine – Honors College – About the Honors College |publisher=Honors.umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531041306/http://honors.umaine.edu/about-the-honors-college/ |archive-date=May 31, 2012}} The Honors College offers academically qualified students an opportunity for intensive, interdisciplinary study. Students are invited to become part of the Honors College during the admissions review process. UMaine also offers a wide array of graduate programs, including more than seventy master's degree programs and thirty doctorate programs.{{cite web |url=http://www.umaine.edu/about/academic-programs/ |title=The University of Maine – About UMaine – Academic Programs |publisher=Umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520171352/http://umaine.edu/about/academic-programs/ |archive-date=May 20, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.umaine.edu/about/ |title=The University of Maine – About UMaine |publisher=Umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012}}

The University of Maine is one of only a handful of institutions to offer a combined developmental/clinical PhD to students accepted into their clinical psychology PhD program,[http://www.umaine.edu/psychology/clinical.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110021242/http://www.umaine.edu/psychology/clinical.html|date=November 10, 2009}} as well as advanced degrees with distinct concentrations in developmental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.[http://www.umaine.edu/psychology/graduate.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528021451/http://www.umaine.edu/psychology/graduate.html|date=May 28, 2010}} The University of Maine has a strong commitment to developing the next generation of neuroscience researchers and educators, thus along with offering a PhD in psychological science with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience, they also offer a neuroscience concentration for PhD students studying biomedical science.{{cite web |url=http://gsbs.umaine.edu/programs/neuroscience/ |title=Neuroscience | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine | GSBS |publisher=Gsbs.umaine.edu |date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602174210/http://gsbs.umaine.edu/programs/neuroscience |archive-date=June 2, 2012}}

It is the only institution in Maine ranked as a national university in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings. U.S. News categorizes UMaine as an institution that offers "a full range of undergraduate majors, master's, and doctoral degrees."{{cite web

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UMaine is one of only four institutions in Maine (along with Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby) accredited to award membership into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.{{cite web|url= http://www.pbk.org/interact/chapterlocator.aspx|access-date= May 11, 2009|title= Chapter Locator: New England District|publisher= Phi Beta Kappa|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090526031452/http://www.pbk.org/interact/chapterlocator.aspx|archive-date= May 26, 2009|url-status= dead}}

The university is also the birthplace of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society, recognizing high academic achievement across all disciplines.[http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/About/About_Phi_Kappa_Phi.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221175647/http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/About/About_Phi_Kappa_Phi.html|date=December 21, 2011}}

The Raymond H. Fogler Library is the largest in Maine[http://hisoftware.com/case/maine.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104000012/http://hisoftware.com/case/maine.htm|date=January 4, 2010}} and serves as one of its intellectual hubs, attracting scholars, professors, and researchers from around the state.{{cite web |url=http://library.umaine.edu/about/mission.htm |title=Fogler Library: Mission |publisher=Library.umaine.edu |date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220124348/http://library.umaine.edu/about/mission.htm |archive-date=February 20, 2012}} A collection of rare and ancient manuscripts, as well as about two million government publications, augment the university's collection.{{cite web |url=http://library.umaine.edu/SpecColl/ |title=Fogler Library: Special Collections |publisher=Library.umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012}} The Special Collections Unit includes the Stephen King (author and UMaine alumnus) papers, which attract researchers from across the globe.

UMaine hosts the Intensive English Institute, an English as a second language program designed to help students develop their English language skills for success in school, business, and social communication.{{cite web|url=http://www.umaine.edu/iei/ |title=The University of Maine – Intensive English Institute |publisher=Umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012}} Due to budget cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the IEI was discontinued as of May 31, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://mainecampus.com/2020/04/umaine-intensive-english-institute-lacks-funding-to-continue-serving-students/|title = UMaine Intensive English Institute lacks funding to continue serving students – the Maine Campus}}

The University of Maine is also home to the Maine Business School, the largest business school in the state. Paris-based international educational consulting organization Eduniversal has included the Maine Business School at the University of Maine among its selection of 1,000 of the world's best business schools, ranking it as an "excellent business school-nationally strong and/or with continental links."[http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/united-states-of-america/223] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227063711/http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/united-states-of-america/223|date=December 27, 2009}} In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Maine Business School among the nation's best business colleges{{cite web |url=http://umaine.edu/business/about-2/ |title=The University of Maine – Maine Business School – About |publisher=Umaine.edu |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629055903/http://umaine.edu/business/about-2/ |archive-date=June 29, 2012}}

The Canadian-American Center, an institution that focuses on Canadian-American studies is based at the University of Maine.{{cite web|url=http://www.umaine.edu/canam/ |title=Canadian-American Center |publisher=Umaine.edu |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=May 18, 2011}}

The University of Maine is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education,{{Citation|title=Maine Institutions – NECHE|publisher=New England Commission of Higher Education|url=https://www.neche.org/institutions/me/|access-date=May 26, 2021}} and programmatically accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, American Chemical Society, American Dietetic Association, American Psychological Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, Council for the Advancement of Educator Preparation, Council on Social Work Education, National Association of Schools of Music, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Society of American Foresters, and Society of Wood Science and Technology.{{cite web |url=http://catalog.umaine.edu/content.php?catoid=41&navoid=391 |title=University Overview – The University of Maine – acalog ACMS |publisher=Catalog.umaine.edu |access-date=June 10, 2012}}

The fall 2018 admissions data are as follows:{{cite web|title=UMaine Office of Institutional Research|url=http://umaine.edu/oir/|access-date=December 27, 2018}}

In the fall of 2020, the university's enrollment consisted of:

• 8,870 undergraduate degree-seeking students
• 595 undergraduate non-degree students
• 2,121 graduate degree-seeking students
• 155 graduate non-degree students
• 9,110 full-time students
• 2,631 part-time students

{{Main|UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center}}

The UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, founded in 1996 with support from the National Science Foundation, provides research, education, and economic development encompassing material sciences, manufacturing and engineering of composites and structures. The center's research and development projects have included the VolturnUS 1:8, composite arch bridge system, and the Modular Ballistic Protection System (MBPS).

The center is the leading member of the DeepCwind Consortium, whose mission is to establish the State of Maine as a national leader in deepwater offshore wind technology.{{Cite web|url=http://composites.umaine.edu/our-research/offshore-wind/deepcwind-consortium/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910063923/http://composites.umaine.edu/our-research/offshore-wind/deepcwind-consortium/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2015|title=DeepCwind Consortium {{!}} Advanced Structures & Composites Center {{!}} University of Maine|website=composites.umaine.edu|access-date=August 23, 2016}}

Founded in 2018, the Multisensory Interactive Media Lab (MIM Lab) is moving into an era of 'Internet of Everything,' in which everything and everyone will be digitally embedded and connected. In the MIM Lab of the University of Maine, academic researchers develop novel enabling technologies to explore the immense potential for the communication of our experiences – shifting focus from the current age of information towards a new age of experience. Many of their research works try to answer a fundamental question "How can we move beyond traditional visual- and auditory-based digital interfaces to form immersive sensory rich interactions in the context of real-world, augmented or virtual experiences?".{{Cite web|url=http://www.mimlab.info/|title=MIM Lab {{!}} Multisensory Interactive Media Lab {{!}} University of Maine|website=composites.umaine.edu|access-date=December 22, 2020}}

The University of Maine is responsible for over {{convert|14000|acre|ha}} of land across Maine which is used for research and recreation.{{cite web |title=UMaine's Forest Land Resources - School of Forest Resources - University of Maine |url=https://forest.umaine.edu/forest-land-resources/ |website=School of Forest Resources |access-date=May 20, 2020}} Among the most prominent are: Aroostook Farm, (Presque Isle, Maine); Bear Brook Watershed, (Hancock County, Maine); Dwight B. Demeritt Forest, (Orono, Maine / Old Town, Maine); Fay Hyland Bog, (Orono / Veazie, Maine); and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, (Old Town, Maine).

The Bureau of Labor Education at the University of Maine in August 1966 with funds appropriated by the Maine Legislature. Its mission is to ensure that "appropriate and specialized educational programs (be made) available to members of the Maine labor force, both organized and unorganized."{{Cite web |last=Birthisel |first=Sonya |title=Bureau of Labor Education (BLE) at the University of Maine |url=https://extension.umaine.edu/ble/about/#:~:text=The%20Bureau%20of%20Labor%20Education,the%20Maine%20labor%20force,%20both |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Bureau of Labor Education |language=en-US}} Historian Charles Scontras has been affiliated with the BLE since its founding with his first book being published also in 1966.{{cite web |title=About Us - Bureau of Labor Education - University of Maine |url=https://umaine.edu/ble/about/ |website=Bureau of Labor Education}}

{{See also|Climate change in Maine}}

The University of Maine Climate Change Institute dates to 1973 and the founding of the Institute for Quaternary Studies. In 2002, it was renamed. The institute has mapped the difference between climate during the Ice Age and during modern times, connecting acid rain to human causes in the 1980s, and finding that the climate can change abruptly through analysis of ice core samples from Greenland.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title=UMaine Climate Change Institute celebrates 50th anniversary - UMaine News - University of Maine |url=https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/11/21/umaine-climate-change-institute-celebrates-50th-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=UMaine News |language=en-US}} The institute maintains the Climate Reanalyzer, a website that provides data visualization tools based on climate and weather datasets from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other meteorological organizations.{{Cite web |title=Climate Reanalyzer |url=https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=climatereanalyzer.org}}

The university is an active member of the University of the Arctic.{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}} UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}

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The University of Maine participates in the NCAA's Division I level,{{cite web|url= https://www.ncaa.com/schools/380_Maine.html|access-date= May 11, 2009|title= Maine|publisher= National Collegiate Athletic Association|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150711024541/http://www.ncaa.com/schools/380_Maine.html|archive-date= July 11, 2015|url-status= dead}} and is a member of the Coastal Athletic Association for football,{{cite web|url= http://www.caasports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8500&KEY=&SPID=4660&SPSID=48484

|title= Football – News|access-date= May 11, 2009|publisher= Colonial Athletic Association}} Hockey East for ice hockey,{{cite web|url= http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/teams.php|access-date= May 11, 2009|title= Hockey East Teams|publisher= Hockey East|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090422025244/http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/teams.php|archive-date= April 22, 2009}} and the America East Conference for all other sports.{{cite web|url= https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=669432|access-date= May 11, 2009|title= Members|publisher= America East Conference}} 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.{{cite web|url= https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?page=almanacmenshockey|access-date= May 11, 2009|title= Frozen Four History|date= October 26, 2005|publisher= ESPN}}

In 1965, the football team competed in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida against East Carolina. They were beaten in the game 31–0,{{cite web|url=http://www.fcsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=60968&SPID=6637&DB_OEM_ID=11300&ATCLID=619680 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |title=Champs Sports Bowl History |publisher=Florida Citrus Sports}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} but remain the only team from Maine to compete in a bowl contest.

Although the official fight song of UMaine is "For Maine", the school's main spirit song is the better-known "Maine Stein Song". Written by Lincoln Colcord (words) and E. A. Fenstad (music), the tune rose to fame when singer Rudy Vallée arranged the current version. Vallee attended Maine from 1921 to 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.{{cite web|url= http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/1930.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20121231143045/http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/1930.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= December 31, 2012|access-date= April 5, 2009|title= Top 40 Hits of 1930|publisher= LyricsWorld}} According to College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology, by Studwell and Schueneman, the "Stein Song" is one of the very best fight songs of all time.{{cite book|title= College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology|first= William|last= Studwell|author2=Bruce R. Schueneman

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{{Main|List of University of Maine people}}

LawrenceBenderIBAug09.jpg|Lawrence Bender, Eight-time Academy Award-winning film producer

Joseph E. Brennan.jpg|Joseph E. Brennan, 70th Governor of Maine and former congressman

Nick Di Paolo.jpg|Nick Di Paolo, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster

Wallace R. Farrington, G. G. Bain photo portrait.jpg|Wallace Rider Farrington, governor of Hawaii

Stephen King, Comicon.jpg|Stephen King, best-selling novelist

Lown Peace Bridge Dedication 2008 (cropped).jpg|Bernard Lown, Nobel Peace Prize-laureate and inventor of direct current defibrillator

Timothy Simons 2014.jpg|Timothy Simons, actor and comedian

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