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Road Trip!
To help University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation (UMPPF) students find the right co-op and/or full-time employer that fits their skills and personalities, UMPPF President Carrie Enos and Program Director Jennifer Ireland make it a point to visit and familiarize...
Answers from an Alum: Beth Cormier
An Engineering degree is challenging, but you’re never alone on the journey. Fellow students, alumni and mentors in the field want to help you! Whether they’ve been in the industry for five years or thirty years, they’ve likely been through a lot and can offer advice...
Where Are They Now: Julie Gannon
You don’t have to go it alone. In fact, we would never want you to! We stay connected to our students, faculty, alumni, company members and industry leaders and professionals to create an ever-expanding network bursting with individuals who want to support UMPPF...
Where Are They Now: Dana Cook
Earning an engineering degree is no easy feat. Excelling in your coursework—and consequently landing your first engineering job—takes perseverance, dedication, and a strong support system. That said, wouldn’t it be helpful if you could have an insightful chat with...
UMaine Highlight: School of Engineering Technology
Do you learn better by doing? Are hands-on labs and projects easier (and more fun) for you to understand rather than reading and memorizing theories? Do you like to take things apart to see how they work only to put them back together in a better way? If so, the...
Get A Real Job: Computer Engineering
Do you think in ones and zeros? Have a knack for building computer systems, hardware, and software? If so, you have the makings to be a computer engineer! Computer engineers apply mathematics, computer science, and engineering principles to program, build, and manage...
Get A Real Job: Electrical Engineering
Hearing the buzz around electrical engineering but not sure exactly what they do? You’ve come to the right place! Electrical engineers apply mathematics, physics, and engineering principles to design, develop, test, and manage the manufacture and maintenance of...
Paper Days — Back and Better Than Ever!
We had a fabulous time bringing students, donors, pulp and paper industry leaders, employers and UMaine faculty and Foundation staff together again for this annual event—live and in person this year. The event kicked off April 5 with our Annual Board Meeting and tours...
Get A Real Job Highlight: Reliability Engineers
In our most recent blog in the Get A Real Job series, we discussed how to become a mechanical engineer along with three common career opportunities available after college graduation. And while the opportunities for mechanical engineers in the pulp and paper industry...
Get A Real Job: Mechanical Engineering
Want to go into mechanical engineering but not sure what to do after graduation? First, let’s talk about what mechanical engineers do. Mechanical engineers apply practical applications of engineering principles to research, design, build, and test power-producing and...
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