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July 2021
UMaine Girls’ Basketball Day Camp 2
Description: Day Camp is for girls entering grades 3–8, ages 8–14 years old. It is an opportunity for girls to learn the game of basketball and have fun improving their fundamentals and skills. Games will be played as well. Camp will be held Monday–Thursday from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Bring lunch each day. Each Camper will receive a t-shirt. (T-shirt size needed.) All of UMaine camps and clinics shall be open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, grade,…
Find out more »Art Exhibit: Shards, Tangles and Splices
The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine presents a solo exhibition of the work of artist and Bowdoin College faculty member, Frank Mauceri, titled Shards, Tangles and Splices. The exhibition, which opens July 16 and runs through Aug. 27, includes digital generative works, video, and music composition filling the two galleries. Mauceri’s work is inspired by musical processes, with visual structures informed by his work as a composer. Lord Hall Gallery is open from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday through Friday and is…
Find out more »UMaine Summer Women’s Ice Hockey Clinic
1 hour of ice hockey instruction twice a week for the months of July and August.
Find out more »4-H Aquaponics Project (online)
The 4-H At-Home Aquaponics Project is an experiential learning program where youth will design, construct and maintain their own at-home aquaponics system. Prior experience with aquaponics is not required to participate, and start-up funding will be provided for all project participants thanks to the generosity of the Maine 4-H Foundation. The program leaders will mentor youth through the stages of designing and building an aquaponics system through maintenance and harvest. Youth complete their project independently at home (with adult supervision),…
Find out more »Mandalas with Nature (online)
Do you see art and patterns in the outdoors? Ever wondered how things in nature come in all shapes and sizes? Discover how you can become a scientist AND an artist with pieces of nature. We will create our mandalas during this session. Participants will be provided with most of the materials via mail, as well as a related book with pictures to spark our creativity. Some gathering of items from outdoors will be required to participate. This session is…
Find out more »Virtual Touch Tank (online)
Melissa from the UMaine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) will introduce participants to some of Maine’s common sea creatures! Youth will visually explore and learn about some of Maine’s sea creatures. Registration closes one day before each session. For more information and to register, visit the website.
Find out more »Virtual Touch Tank (online)
Melissa from the UMaine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) will introduce participants to some of Maine’s common sea creatures! Youth will visually explore and learn about some of Maine’s sea creatures. Registration closes one day before each session. For more information and to register, visit the website.
Find out more »Disease Detectives: the Search for ZOOnotic Origins (online)
Diseases that are spread between animals and humans are known as zoonoses, which result in the collaboration of veterinarians, scientists and doctors. In this workshop, you will learn how scientists, doctors and veterinarians diagnose, study, and find the source of diseases in animals and humans. Youth will use this knowledge to become detectives for zoonotic diseases in the final meeting by investigating an outbreak of a mysterious disease. Registration Deadline: July 16. Youth ages 9 and up.
Find out more »Mandalas with Nature (online)
Do you see art and patterns in the outdoors? Ever wondered how things in nature come in all shapes and sizes? Discover how you can become a scientist AND an artist with pieces of nature. We will create our mandalas during this session. Participants will be provided with most of the materials via mail, as well as a related book with pictures to spark our creativity. Some gathering of items from outdoors will be required to participate. This session is…
Find out more »Leadership Series (online)
1: The characters in The Wizard of Oz learned to be their authentic selves through their journey and we learned "who" the Wizard really was when the curtain was pulled back. Let's pull back our own curtains and shine a light on our authentic selves and how we are all wise and powerful wizards! Registration deadline: July 12. 2: Winged minions following you and your friends around? Taunting you at every turn? Totally relatable. Sometimes those 'flying monkeys' are just…
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