The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WQCB-FM (Brewer, Maine) were among the media outlets to report that Betsy Webb, Libra Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Maine, died Thanksgiving morning at the age of 61.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Courtney Angelosante, PBIS initiative coordinator at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, about how to support students in light of school shooting hoaxes.
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In response to a rash of school shooting threats at Maine schools this week, the Maine Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Team led by faculty and staff at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development collected resources for supporting schools during and after a crisis, which were published by the Maine Department of Education.
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In an article about hazing on college campuses, Insider cited a guide to preventing hazing on university campuses published by researchers from the University of Maine and Cornell University.
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Sarah Collins (’08, ’14G), a fourth-grade science teacher at Patricia A. Duran School in Hermon, will get a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize from the Milken Family Foundation, which hands out the awards — sometimes called the Oscars of Teaching — to educators who inspire and uplift, and make a profound difference for students, colleagues and communities.
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In an article about how colleges can better serve students with autism, Higher Ed Dive featured a Q&A with Sarah Howorth, assistant professor of special education and coordinator of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s Graduate Programs in Special Education.
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Members of the University of Maine’s Athletic Training Student Organization (ATSO) are selling raffle tickets throughout the month of November to raise money to help students attend the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association annual convention in Boston in January, as well as future conventions.
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s Outdoor Leadership Program will host an evening discussion with runner and Indigenous activist Jordan Daniel (’11), “Running with Purpose,” on Thursday, Nov. 3, 6:30-8 p.m., in the McIntire Room of the Buchanan Alumni House.
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University of Maine associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle was honored with two awards at last week’s National Forum to Advance Rural Education, hosted by the National Rural Education Association in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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News Center Maine and WABI-TV (channel 5, Bangor) reported on a new interactive math learning lab in Orono’s Webster Park called SunRule, which combines math with art using rays of sunlight to explore multiplication and division.
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