University of New England

Come to the Senior Class Family Reception
The Senior Class Family Reception will take place on Friday, May 12 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the Upper Dining Room. The Senior Class has designed this night to provide their families with the opportunity to meet with the UNE faculty and staff that have contributed to their student's success. Over 180 students and families will be at the reception, but we need more faculty and staff to attend. Seniors should be passing out invitations but in case you have not yet received one - please consider yourself invited. We hope that you will be able to attend. Dress is casual. Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be provided.  Please RSVP to Peg Donovan at pdonovan@une.edu or at extension 2346.

Faculty/Staff Farewell Receptions
Please join us in saying "farewell" to two staff members.

Richard Eakin
Tuesday, May 16th
3:00 - 5:00 p.m., The Hang (UC Campus Center)
 
After 30 long years of service at UNE, Professor Richard Eakin is calling it quits. Please join the Biology department in saying "farewell" to our friend and colleague in a fun, informal gathering. We'll provide some food and the bar will be open to purchase wine and beer. Come join us and see Rich off to a new chapter in his life--Post UNE!

Colleen Rost-Banik
Tuesday, May 23rd
2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Sutton Lounge (UC)

Colleen, the Multicultural Affairs Advisor in Student Support Services, has been with UNE for 3 years and has taken Multicultural and GLBTQ Services from concept to the valued reality of what the office is today. Her positive and creative energy has been the catalyst in providing excellent Multicultural programming and events which have benefitted students, faculty and staff at UNE. She will be sorely missed!

Faculty/Staff Reception
for President Featherman
The faculty and staff reception to honor President Sandra Featherman's eleven years of leadership and service to the University of New England will be held Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m., Upper Dining Room, Decary Hall. Hor D'oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

Center for Arts and Social Transformation to sponsor two shows in May
The Thin Line, a 30-minute one-woman show, will be performed at on May 18, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in Ludcke Auditorium, WCC. Cathy Plourde, a Maine Playwright and the executive director of Add Verb Productions will perform the play.

The Thin Line weaves together the voices of four characters—a girl who is struggling, her internal negative voice, her mother, and a friend—showing how the disease affects not only the individual struggling, but also how it impacts his or her surrounding family and circle of friends.   Following the performance, the audience has a chance to interact with area resources and local counselors and medical experts.

Love Letters, an one-act play by A. R. Gurney and performed by Michael Rafkin and Kate O’Neill, will be presented on Friday, May 19th at 8:00 p.m., also in Ludcke. Tickets cost $20.  Love Letters is comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa Gardner as they go their separate ways, but continue to share confidences and a unique bond born out of childhood friendship. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny, but always telling, pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down.

For more information, contact Clay Graybeal at cgraybeal@une.edu or x.4509.  

History Department Candidate Presentation
The Department of History would like to invite you to attend a presentation by Thomas Pearcy, Ph.D., candidate for the position of assistant professor in Latin American History. His presentation on Teaching will take place Wednesday, May 17th from 11:00 a.m. to noon in Marcil 303, UC.

History Department and the McArthur Library Present Taxing Maine
UNE’s Department of History, in collaboration with McArthur Library, will present Taxing Maine, a short theatrical piece commissioned by the Maine Humanities Council. The performance, free to the public, is on May 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room in McArthur Library.

Using different historical characters, humor, little known facts, thought-provoking stories and current material gathered f5rom the general public, this play will explore what taxes mean for Maine communities, the state government, the Maine landscape and Mainers’ wallets. The performance, featuring David Greenham and fellow Theater at Monmouth actor Dennis A. Price, will encourage the audience to consider how history and a range of opinions and beliefs about taxes have influenced our current taxation system.

Following each performance, the actors, in character, will engage the audience in a discussion of the ideas raised in the play. For more information on the program, or to see a list of other participating venues, visit www.mainehumanities.org.

UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection hosts creative writing workshop series
UNE's Maine Women Writers Collection will host "A Gathering of Writers" -  a five-week series of creative writing workshops held at the MWWC in the Abplanalp Library on the Westbrook College Campus, Tuesdays from 6:00-9:00 p.m., July 18 - August 15, 2006.

Each writing workshop will be inspired by the heritage of Maine women writers such as May Sarton, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Sarah Orne Jewett. But the true focus of the workshops will be on creating a supportive community of writers and using a variety of prompts to foster the development of a writer's own individual voice. More Information 

10th Annual UNE Golf Classic
The 10th Annual University of New England Golf Classic will be held on Friday, May 19th at 8:00 a.m. at Nonesuch River Golf Course in Scarborough, Maine. The format is a four-person scramble and the cost is $120 per person. Please come support UNE's Athletic Department by taking part in this year's fundraising Classic.

New to the tournament this year will be a chance to win great hole-in-one prizes from a new car to a choice of airline tickets or a 7-day cruise. All you have to do is knock it in the hole!  To enter a foursome in the Classic, please contact Kasey Keenan at ext. 2555 ASAP.

6th Annual Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days
Welcome to the 6th Annual Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days 2006! The Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition is happy to sponsor for the sixth year a wellness program aimed at promoting physical, emotional and mental health through walking.

This year we would like to challenge you again to grab a friend or colleague and go for a walk. All you need to do is keep track of how far you walk every time you walk. Your goal is to have all of your walks during the 100-day period add up to at least 100 miles. During the program, you will keep track of your own progress and report back at the end of the 100 days.

Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days is an event that is done on your own. You simply submit a registration form and we send all the materials to you. Weekly motivational tips will be sent as well as prizes for program completers.
 
WHEN:June 1, 2006 through September 8, 2006
WHERE: Wherever you like to walk
TIME: Whenever is best for you
WHO: EVERYBODY