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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A building at the University of Maine at Augusta is being renamed in honor of the outgoing president who is taking a job in California.
On Friday, University of Maine Chancellor James Page announced that a building in downtown Augusta will be renamed Handley Hall, in honor of President Allyson Handley.
The Gannett Building on Water Street houses architecture and art programs. The building was given to the university in 2010.
The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1u9ZjBJ ) reports Page said he learned of the effort to rename the building two weeks ago. He says it's incredible the idea was so widespread yet it remained a secret.
School trustees are expected to vote formally on the name change next month.
Handley is taking a job at the National University in San Diego
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