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BIDDEFORD, Maine

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ community open house and public ice skating at the new Harold Alfond Forum Oct. 28th

The ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ celebrates the grand opening of the Harold Alfond Forum, Sunday Oct. 28, 2012 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's Biddeford Campus. 

The celebration, which is free and open to the public, includes refreshments, tours, music and skating on the newest ice rink in southern Maine.

Gather family and friends - and bring your skates - and head to the Harold Alfond Forum at 630 Pool Road, Route 9, in Biddeford.  A limited number of adult skates will be available for rental.

With a lead gift of $7 million announced in 2010, the Harold Alfond Foundation made it possible for the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to build the Harold Alfond Forum with an NHL-sized hockey rink and courts for basketball and volleyball.

In addition, the Harold Alfond Forum has classrooms for Athletic Training and Applied Exercise Science programs, strength and conditioning facilities, a cyber café for dining and student study space, conference rooms and offices for ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's Athletics Programs.

About the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ

The ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.