M INERVA a publication of THE HONORS COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 2014 GROWING A SIGNATURE PROGRAM From the Dean ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ A happy concordance of the calendar has us celebrating the 80th year of Honors at the University of Maine during its sesquicentennial. In this issue François G. Amar, Dean of MINERVA you will see evidence of the huge MINERVA changes since Honors started as a program in 1935, graduating its first cohort of 4 students in 1937. Editors That number has grown steadily over the years and Jennifer Ferguson Nicholas Moore in 2014, 83 students graduated with Honors. 2015 also marks the 13th year since we transitioned from Contributing Writers François G. Amar a Program to a College and are on track to graduate Jennifer Ferguson about 90 students this year, one of the largest classes Melissa Ladenheim in the history of the College. Nicholas Moore Printing The cover of this issue shows another big change: UMaine Printing Services the expansion of the Honors College into part of Estabrooke Hall. Our ‘Honors campus’ within the campus comprises Colvin Hall Readers should send comments to:
[email protected] and the Thomson Honors Center in the middle of the photo with Balentine and Estabrooke Halls on the left and right, respectively. We moved the administrative MINERVA is produced annually by the staff of the UMaine Honors College, Thomson center of the College into the northwest corner of Estabrooke (nearest to Charlie’s Honors Center, Colvin Hall and Estabrooke Terrace) in August of 2014. The space also houses offices for the Honors faculty Hall, Orono, ME 04469, 207.581.3263.