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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 UNE’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 UNE gift, handcrafted by Bilsky, from the wood of a hundred year-old tree from the Biddeford Campus.

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

About the University of New England

The University of New England 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 flexible, accredited online degrees. 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.