WATERVILLE, Maine, Jan. 10 -- Colby College issued the following news: Thanks to a generous gift from anonymous donors, 30 Colby students will attend the Tuck Business Bridge Program at the prestigious Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth for a three-week Jan Plan intensive. Designed for sophomore, junior, and senior liberal arts students and recent graduates, the program prepares future leaders to make a difference in the world of business and beyond by providing essential skills that combine more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Wolfmen, witches, vampires and zombies loom in tales told by humans for more than 6,000 years. That history is chronicled in a new book by a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University titled "Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature." "I've always been interested in horror," said Mark Fabrizi, professor of education, who first wrote about horror literature in a paper he presen more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 10 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2024: On Tuesday, Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, introduced a bill to invest in Maine's comprehensive sexual education curriculum. LD 254, "An Act to Update the Sex Education and Consent Curriculum," had a public hearing before the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. "Having worked as a peer sex educator in high school and college, I have been passionate about this subject for a w more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 10 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2024: On Tuesday, the Legislative Council unanimously approved a bill proposed by Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, to provide fiscal relief for businesses impacted by the December storm. "An Act to Provide Relief to Storm-Impacted Retail Businesses," received a vote of 10-0. "My entire district has been ravaged by the devastating December storm," said Sen. Hickman. "I have heard from multiple constituents more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Jan. 10 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news on Jan. 8, 2024: In 1825, the great novelist-to-be Nathaniel Hawthorne sat, along with many fellow Bowdoin students, to have his likeness recorded by a silhouette artist. Or did he? Today the College owns two copies of Hawthorne's image as it was purportedly captured two centuries ago. Director of Special Collections & Archives Kat Stefko recently took on the task of reexamining that Hawthorne image so familiar to Bowdoin  more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, Jan. 10 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: Two University of Maine System schools, the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington, are creating educator apprenticeship opportunities to help recruit, train and retain educators in Maine thanks to grants recently awarded by the Mills Administration. USM received $160,000 to start or expand Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs (RTAP), which allow school syste more PR

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Jan. 10 -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: Through an effort led by the Maine Department of Education, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will be one of five sites in Maine to host a live screening of the documentary film The Right to Read, an award-winning film about a topic that filmmakers describe as the "greatest civil rights issue of our time": literacy. The screening will take place at 6 p.m. on Jan more PR

ORONO, Maine, Jan. 10 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The Harold Alfond Foundation is providing an $80 million supplement in financial support for athletic facility improvements at the University of Maine, which will benefit all 17 varsity programs at Maine's only Division I athletic program. The gift increases the Alfond Foundation's total commitment to UMaine Athletics to $170 million, representing one of the largest single contributions to a Division I athletic more PR