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Community
Photo Album
Come look at the photos in our album. Each of these pages includes thumbnail graphics -- clicking on any of them will cause the full-size picture to be displayed. Enjoy!
2005 Spring Trip to Washington, D.C.
2004 NCHC Conference in The Big Easy
Our group was the second largest group at the conference, the theme of which was "Bridging Currents and Cultures," and consisted of 24 students, 5 faculty members, and 4 staff members -- we have Bill and Betsy Leitch and their Fund for Student Travel and Research to thank for the tremendous student cohort!
The students had a wonderful time, enjoying both the conference and the Big Easy. They were great: 22 of them were involved in presentations of some kind!
2004 Portland Gathering and Meeting with Architects
On September 30th, Charlie, Barbara, and three students headed down to Portland to meet with Scott Simons Architects at their office. Shortly thereafter, 20 more students and the Associates made their way to meet Charlie et al at Preti Flaherty Law Offices in One City Center. Hosted by Deirdre O' Callaghan, our gathering included many friends and alumni who enjoyed the chance to meet our very thankful students and staff.
2003 Boston Alumni Gathering
Overlooking the bay in downtown Boston, the Skyline Room of the Boston Museum of Science offered graduates, friends, and students of The Honors College a chance to gather last October to celebrate the College’s success and to reconnect with each other. Amy Benoit Frappier '99 spoke on her Ph.D. work in geological sciences as a Graduate Fellow at the University of New Hampshire’s Climate Change Research Center. As a side trip, we took our bus to Providence’s Trinity Repertory Theater to see David Auburn’s Pulitzer and Tony winning play “Proof.” Before the show, we had dinner at “Fire and Ice,” a create-it-yourself stir-fry restaurant that turned out to be a very entertaining spot: a large renovated warehouse filled with good smells, lots of food, and a huge circular grill. Everyone left there with happy stomachs...
2003 NCHC Conference in Chicago
It was off to the windy city for twenty-six UMaine Honors students when the National Collegiate Honors Council held their annual meeting November 5th-13th, 2003. The title and theme for the 2003 conference, “Finding Common Ground,” brought together hundreds of presentations by faculty, students, and administrators involved in Honors education. Twenty-four students from the University of Maine were involved in at least one of the many eclectic presentation at the conference.
2005 Spring Trip to Washington, D.C.
Our trip down to Washington coincided with the onset of the second Gulf War. But we persevered, and the nearly forty students and five staff members had an excellent time. The second day of the war saw the entire group touring the Pentagon! While the event at the Library of Congress with a talk by Charles Stanhope '71, our Honors grad at the Library, was the cornerstone of the trip, the performance by the Capitol Steps and our accommodations at the The Rouge were also highlights.
2002 NCHC Conference in Salt Lake City
Twenty-one students joined Charlie, Barbara, Emily, and Sarah at the national conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council held in Salt Lake City for five days starting just before Halloween. Seventeen of the twenty-one students were involved in at least one presentation, some of them more. Several presented posters on research or Honors topics, four were part of a presentation on the Honors Code, others were involved in individual or group presentations on non-traditional students in Honors, science in Honors, teaching and learning in Honors, the Honors first-year curriculum, and building an Honors thesis archive. The students also enjoyed dinner at the home of one of the students (who happens to come from SLC!), toured the city, and took in the cultural and social sites some 2000 miles from Maine!
2001 NCHC Conference in Chicago
Eighteen students joined the Charlie and Barbara at the national conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council held in Chicago for five days just after Halloween. Each of the eighteen students was involved in at least one presentation, some of them more. Several presented posters on research or Honors topics, six were part of a very well-received panel on the diversity of thesis projects, and a group presented a video that they had produced and acted in which stemmed from an Honors Tutorial. In addition to attending numerous conference sessions, the students also took advantage of the opportunities that Chicago has to offer!
Here are some excellent pictures taken by Bernice Cross and digitized by Alan Stubbs. They very graphically document the end of the original Robert B. Thomson Honors Center on Thursday, 25 May 2000.
1999 NCHC Conference in Orlando
Ten students joined the Charlie and Barbara at the national conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council held in Orlando four five days just before Halloween. Heather Olds, Adrianne Pusateri, and Emily Cain gave a presentation describing the process and their role as students on the Building Committee for the Colvin Hall renovations.
December 1998 Meeting with the Architects
This meeting took place in Colvin Hall following the Honors 101 final. Over pizza and soda a large number of students and faculty discussed the preliminary drawings and made suggestions for improvements.