Press Releases

Camden National Bank Grants $10,000 to Support the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign at Maine Maritime Academy

Posted on: August 18, 2016

CASTINE, Maine—Camden National Bank will donate a total of $10,000 over the next two years  to Maine Maritime Academy to help maintain, protect, and preserve the historic schooner Bowdoin. The grant will be received by the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign—a fundraising effort to keep the vessel exploring, sailing and training for another 100 years. Read More…

Maine Maritime Academy Trustees Hold Annual Meeting, Elect Officers

Posted on: August 18, 2016

CASTINE, Maine — The Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees held their annual meeting on Friday, August 12, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. on the campus in Castine.Read More…

Alfond Student Center

Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees to Hold Annual Meeting

Posted on: August 2, 2016

CASTINE, Maine—The Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting on Friday, August 12, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. in the Holmes Heritage Room, located at the Harold Alfond Student Center on the campus in Castine.Read More…

Schooner Bowdoin

Schooner Bowdoin Sets Sail for Educational Cruises

Posted on: July 29, 2016

CASTINE, Maine—July 29, 2016—Following a major restoration project and systems upgrades, Maine Maritime Academy’s schooner Bowdoin, a National Historic Landmark and the Official Vessel of the State of Maine, gets back to its mission this weekend as flagship of the MMA sail training program.

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Bangor Savings Bank Foundation

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation Contributes $5,000 Grant to Maine Maritime Academy for Schooner Bowdoin Renovation Project

Posted on: July 8, 2016

CASTINE, Maine—The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has given a grant of $5,000 in funding to Maine Maritime Academy to help maintain, protect, and preserve the historic schooner Bowdoin.Read More…

Schooner Bowdoin Sailing

Maine Maritime Academy Receives $5,000 Grant Towards Renovation of Schooner Bowdoin from Hagerty Education Program at America’s Car Museum

Posted on: June 28, 2016

CASTINE, Maine—The Hagerty Education Program at America’s Car Museum has awarded a second grant of $5,000 in funding to Maine Maritime Academy towards renovation of the historic schooner Bowdoin.

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Maine Maritime Academy Announces Graduates, Dean’s List for Spring, 2016

Posted on: June 13, 2016

CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy awarded diplomas to the Class of 2016 graduates in a ceremony on May 7 and named 318 students to the Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement in the second semester of the 2015-2016 academic year.

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STEM Conference for Girls

Maine Maritime Academy Hosts First Annual STEM Conference for Girls in conjunction with AAUW of Maine State Convention

Posted on: May 24, 2016

CASTINE, Maine – The Maine Maritime Academy waterfront and laboratories were humming with activity on Saturday morning, May 21 as 47 girls from nine area high schools engaged in hands-on engineering and marine science laboratory experiences and then climbed aboard the Susan J. Clark, a navigation training vessel, to tour Castine Harbor.Read More…

Maine Maritime Academy Training Ship to Depart May 9 for Eastern U.S. and European Ports

Posted on: May 3, 2016

CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy students, officers, and crew will depart Castine on Monday, May 9 at approximately 1:30 PM on the Training Ship State of Maine (TSSOM) for the annual training evolution to foreign and domestic ports of call. This year’s itinerary includes stops in Charleston, SC; the Canary Islands; Portsmouth, NH; Cobh, Ireland; Antwerp, Belgium; and Searsport, Maine (schedule and ports are subject to change).Read More…

Maine Maritime Academy Commencement Set for Saturday, May 7, 2016

Posted on: April 26, 2016

CASTINE, Maine—The 2016 Commencement will be held at Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Alexander Field House. General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be the college’s Commencement speaker. General Dunford is the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.

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