{"id":839,"date":"2025-08-01T13:33:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/?page_id=839"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:25:00","slug":"paul-kelley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/meet-our-students\/ees-alumni\/paul-kelley\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Kelley"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id839_5b1abd-24{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id839_5b1abd-24 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id839_5b1abd-24 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id839_5b1abd-24 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;text-align:center;font-size:45px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_3fbcb5-a7\">Paul Kelley, b.s. 2013<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_364e65-d9\"]{padding-right:135px;padding-left:135px;margin-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_364e65-d9\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-size:20px;line-height:32px;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_364e65-d9\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_364e65-d9\"]{padding-right:35px;padding-left:35px;text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_364e65-d9\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading839_364e65-d9 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_364e65-d9\" data-aos-duration=\"1200\" data-aos-once=\"true\">We recently connected with Class of 2013 EES alumna Paul Kelley. Here\u2019s what he\u2019s been up to recently!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08{background-color:#e5f0f9;}.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id839_63dc44-08 > 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1rem);}.kadence-column839_9b91b6-94 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column839_9b91b6-94 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column839_9b91b6-94 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column839_9b91b6-94{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column839_9b91b6-94 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column839_9b91b6-94 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column839_9b91b6-94\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_f86ebc-a8\">Paul Kelley graduated from the University of Maine\u2019s EES program in 2013. Since then he has received his \u00a0Master\u2019s degree in Environmental Education at Southern Oregon University and started working for the Massachusetts Audubon as an Education Coordinator at Habitat Sanctuary in Belmont, MA.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column839_021dbb-96{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column839_021dbb-96 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column839_021dbb-96\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image839_faa7eb-59 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image839_faa7eb-59 size-full\"><img alt=\"Photograph of Paul Kelley\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/774\/2025\/07\/Paul-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/774\/2025\/07\/Paul-Pic.jpg 950w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/774\/2025\/07\/Paul-Pic-297x300.jpg 297w, 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environments.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_ea3b73-d6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 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He states that, \u201crunning track helped me develop the drive and confidence to succeed as an urban environmental educator.\u201d His teammates became his best friends and they continue to stay in touch.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_132fb9-76\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_132fb9-76\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_132fb9-76\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_132fb9-76\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_132fb9-76\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading839_132fb9-76 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_132fb9-76\">During his undergraduate summers, Paul worked at the<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/tanglewood\/tanglewood-lincolnville\/\">\u00a04-H Camp &amp; Learning Center at Tanglewood<\/a>, which he discovered through the EES Job Fair at the University of Maine. This particular program provides a nature-based camping program for children of ages of\u00a08-14 year olds, day camps for 4-11 year olds, and leadership programs for teens 14-17 years old.\u00a0Tanglewood was where Paul developed a love of education, and combined with his love for the outdoors, led him to his career in environmental education.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_9f951e-94\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_9f951e-94\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_9f951e-94\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_9f951e-94\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_9f951e-94\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading839_9f951e-94 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_9f951e-94\">Currently, Paul serves as the Outreach Education Coordinator at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/get-outdoors\/wildlife-sanctuaries\/habitat\">Massachusetts Audubon\u2019s Habitat Sanctuary<\/a>\u00a0in Belmont, MA. This entails creating environmental education programs ranging from preschool to assisted living facilities in and around the Belmont, Cambridge and other surrounding cities and towns. He thoroughly enjoys his job, which allows him to take the natural history he learned at the University of Maine and create programs that connect the public to the nature in their own backyard.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_80384d-67\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_80384d-67\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_80384d-67\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_80384d-67\"]{text-align:left!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_80384d-67\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading839_80384d-67 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading839_80384d-67\">Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/alumni-profiles-2\/\">alumni profiles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-839_f77287-62 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-839_f77287-62 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-839_f77287-62 .kt-block-spacer{height:35px!important;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-839_f77287-62\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Kelley, b.s. 2013 We recently connected with Class of 2013 EES alumna Paul Kelley. 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