The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines - 2000s University of Maine Alumni Magazines Fall 2005 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 86, Number 3, Fall 2005 University of Maine Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines_2000s This Book is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines - 2000s by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. UPub 13.1 -4 MAM 2005 -86-3 MAINE Glacier Movement and Climate Change OCT 05 2005 Nontraditional Student Turns Adversity Into Opportunity Energetic New Coaches for Baseball and Softball Teams Movie Producer Lawrence Bender ’79 A Success Story for Rural Maine ENGINEERING HOLLYWOOD HITS Plus CLASS NOTES The Charles F. Allen Society is Changing Students’ Lives THE CHARLES F. 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Postage paid at Burlington, VT 05401. 2 Maine Fall 2005 Volume 86, Number 3 Fall 2005 Alumni Magazine Around the Campus 4 News from the University of Maine. Speed of Glacier Movement Raises Questions and Concerns 8 Climate warming is bringing changes to the Greenland ice sheet. Page 7 10 Turning Adversity into Opportunity A nontraditional student overcomes abuse, poverty, multiple sclerosis, a broken marriage, and the tragic loss of her son. 12 "This is My Dream Job." New Maine baseball coach Steve Trimper brings experience and enthusiasm to the Black Bears. 14 Engineering Hollywood Hits | Lawrence Bender graduated with an engineering degree and then went off to become a professional dancer. Page 8 A Success Story for Rural Maine 18 A look at the amazing growth of JSI Store Fixtures in Milo. Plus Mainely People with: Classnotes, alumni events, weddings, obituaries, and more. Cover Photograph: Producer Lawrence Bender '79 holding the Stanley Kramer Award for Innocent Voices at the annual Producers Guild Awards in California on Page 18 January 22, 2005. Copyright: 2005 Getty Images. Fall 2005 Maine 3 Around The Campus University Helps Katrina Victims UMaine's Entering Class Largest in 15 Years The University of Maine On a beautiful early Septem­ moved quickly in September to ber day, the Class of 2009 was be part of the effort to help the warmly welcomed to campus victims of Hurricane Katrina. by some 200 University of Just days after it became Maine faculty and staff. As clear that New Orleans and part of the Maine Hello pro­ other Gulf Coast areas would gram, the university commu­ be out of commission for some nity greeted new students and time, the University of Maine their parents at the entrances System announced a plan to and even helped them move open its doors to college stu­ into their dormitories. dents from the area. That plan With the largest class of allowed students to enroll as first-year students in 15 years, visiting students. At the end of that meant a lot of UMaine president Robert Kennedy and Bananas help new students unpacking. The Class of 2009 the first week of September, move into Somerset Hall. several dislocated students had numbers 1,823 students, about enrolled at UMaine. three percent more than last year. The increase the academic level of the new students, with The university has also set is attributable to a 20 percent increase in out- the average SAT score at 1,084, or one percent up collection points where em­ of-state students. With the increase, residence higher than the Class of 2008. ployees, students, and visitors halls are at capacity. The overall UMaine student population can make cash contributions to And there was also a very slight increase in remained constant at about 11,400 students. the hurricane relief effort. In addition, UMaine athletes col­ $6.2 Million for lected donations at a UMaine Danny Williams football game and other stu­ Wood Composite is 2005 Hartgen dent groups organized Research fundraising efforts. Award Recipient Danny Williams '91, '94G, a Increased opportunities for Maine businesses, as well as for Maine Campus familiar face on the University of Maine campus and to the UMaine students and faculty, Earns Honors greater Bangor arts commu­ will result from a $6.2 million nity, is the recipient of the 2005 U.S.