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University of Maine
Oromo, ME 04469-5713
(207) 581-1561; FAX: (207) 581-1213
University of Maine, established in 1865, is a publicly funded, land-grant institution in the University of Maine System. The school offers degree programs in the arts and sciences, business, public policy, health fields, engineering, education, forestry, and agriculture. There are 5 undergraduate schools and 1 graduate school. In addition to regional accreditation, Maine has baccalaureate program accreditation with AACSB, ABET, ADA. AHEA, CAHEA, CSWE, NASAD, NASM, NCATE, NLN, and SAF. The library contains 623,000 volumes, 1.4 million microform items, and 8732 audiovisual forms/CDs, and subscribes to 5400 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog, interlibrary loans, and database searching. Special learning facilities include an art gallery, natural history museum, planetarium, radio station, TV station, concert hall and other music facilities, and 2 theaters. The 3300-acre campus is in a small town 8 miles north of Bangor. Including residence halls, there are 158 buildings.
Student Life: 83% of undergraduates are from Maine. Others are from 44 states, 72 foreign countries, and Canada. 80% are from public schools, 92% are white. The average age of freshmen is 19; all undergraduates, 24. 22% do not continue beyond their first year; 54% remain to graduate.
Housing: 4400 students can be accommodated in college housing, which includes single-sex and coed dormitories, on-campus apartments, off-campus apartments, and married-student housing. In addition, there are honors houses, language houses, special interest houses, and lifestyle and academic housing wings. On-campus housing is guaranteed for the freshman year only and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. 62% of students commute. Alcohol is not permitted. All students may keep cars.
Activities: 8% of men belong to 13 national fraternities; 4% of women belong to 7 national sororities. There are 130 groups on campus, including band, cheerleading, chess, choir, chorale, chorus, computers, dance, drama, drill team, ethnic, film, gay, honors, international, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, musical theater, newspaper, opera, orchestra, pep band, political, professional, radio and TV, religious, social, social service, student government, symphony, and yearbook. Popular campus events include Maine Day and Family and Friends Weekend.
Sports: There are 10 intercollegiate sports for men and 9 for women, and 22 intramural sports for men and 21 for women. Facilities include a sports arena for hockey and basketball, a fitness center, baseball, soccer, field hockey, and football fields, a swimming pool, a weight room, an indoor track, a dance studio, an archery range, and basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, squash, and racquetball courts.
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Augusta, Ml 04430
(207) 621-3447 (800) 696-6000; FAX: (207) 621-3116
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Fort Kent, ME 04743-1292
(207) 854-7800 0) (888) TRY-UWFK; FAX: (207) 854-7556
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Machias, ME 04654
(207)255-1318 (800) (888) CO-TO-UIWM; FAX; (207) 255-1363
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Presque isle, ME 04769
(207) 768-9532; FAX (207) 768-9608
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Casting, ME 04420
(207) 328-2206 (800) 227-8465; FAX: (207) 326-2515
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