Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan was quoted in a recent story in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the failure of an anti-hazing bill in Virginia prompted by the death of student in a fraternity house.
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Gerald Work, former professor of education and former president of the Associated Faculties of the University of Maine, died on June 4 at the age of 88 at his home in Pennsylvania.
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Associate professor emeritus of education John Maddaus talked to the Portland Press Herald about this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Maine’s ban on public, taxpayer funding for tuition at religious schools.
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Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan talked to News Center Maine for a story about a hazing incident that occurred at a fraternity house at the University of New Hampshire in April.
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Deborah Rooks-Ellis, director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald for an article about the Maine State Music Theatre’s sensory-friendly performance of “The Very Fractured Tale of Robin Hood,” by Randall Frizado.
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The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot republished a University of Maine news release about a pilot study that investigated the use of a social skills curriculum for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) making the transition from high school to college.
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The Dublin Inquirer cited a book by Timothy Reagan, professor of foreign language education at the University of Maine, in a report about South African citizens being refused passage without a visa on the airline Ryanair because they are not able to complete a quiz in Afrikaans.
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Alicia Lacy, assistant professor of athletic training, received the 2022 Mike Linkovich Graduate/Post-Graduate Grant Award at this year’s Northern New England Athletic Trainers Conference in Portland.
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The Katherine Miles Durst Child Development Learning Center at the University of Maine was recently reaccredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality, and Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, were interviewed by the Portland Press Herald for an article about why many teachers in Maine are not incorporating LGBTQ education in the classroom despite Maine policy supporting the curriculum.
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