ORONO – The inauguration ceremony for the Honors College at the University of Maine and the rededication of the Robert B. Thompson Honors Center will be held during Homecoming Weekend at 9:30 a.m. Saturday on the Colvin-Estabrooke lawn at the UMaine campus.

Highlights of the event will include the unveiling of the new Honors College donor wall and tours of Colvin Hall, which is home to the Honors College. UMaine President Peter S. Hoff, UMaine Provost and Executive Vice President Robert Kennedy, Honors alumnus Dr. Clifford Rosen and Honors College director professor Charlie Slavin will speak at the inauguration ceremony.