In order to encourage young entrepreneurship on the Hill, Mark Johnson ’96 and Joe Boulous ’68 donated $15,000 toward the College’s first Entrepreneurial Alliance Business Competition, which took place April 9.
The founder of Burt’s Bees cosmetics, Roxanne Quimby, is attempting to donate a national park to the government in Northern Maine. Quimby, a longtime Maine resident of Portland, has purchased more than 120,000 acres of woodlands during her life. She plans to give more than 70,000 of these acres, located next to Baxter State Park, to the federal government, thereby creating a new Maine Woods National Park. If her proposal is successful, the new park will be almost twice the size of Maine’s beloved Acadia National Park.
Landon's major point was that “longer sentences, when carefully crafted and tightly controlled, are essential keys to effective writing,” he said. Then for the remainder of his speech, he urged for the usage of the cumulative sentence as one of the ways to improve one’s writing style.
Professor of English Phyllis Mannocchi shares her experiences with parenting and her battle with cancer, and talks about how her struggles have influenced her passion for teaching.
Tree Spirits, opened by Bruce Olson and Steve Buchsbaum, uses local products in its wine and spirits.
This past Thursday, the Pugh Community Board (PCB), the Student Government Association (SGA) and the African-American Studies Program welcomed Lisa Cortes, a self-proclaimed producer, communicator and marketer.
Although not one male was in the audience, last Thursday’s “Women in the Spotlight Series” focused on four female professors who have received grant funding to pursue individual research projects in recent years.
