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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Ed Bilsky swings for home runs and pledges

From 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 5, there will be more in the air at UNE than just spring: In support of ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Moving Forward capital campaign, Ed Bilsky, Ph.D., vice president for Research and Scholarship, founding director of the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, will be batting for bucks on the Biddeford Campus softball field in the 2015 Home Run Derby Fundraiser.

Bilsky will be taking pledges for any dollar amount per home run that he hits over the fence, and pledgees will also have the opportunity to enter a contest to guess the distance of the longest home run that he hits. The winner will receive a unique ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ gift, handcrafted by Bilsky, from the wood of a hundred year-old tree from the Biddeford Campus.

The entire ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ community is invited to the event, which will feature a cookout as well as participation from ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ athletes, including the women’s softball team and the men and women’s soccer teams.

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.