In a Bangor Daily News op-ed piece, University of Maine associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette proposed that the pandemic provides opportunities to rethink expectations and improve education by reducing the inequities that affect learning.
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Lauren Jacobs, University of Maine lecturer of outdoor leadership, was interviewed in a Bangor Daily News story about cold-weather outdoor activities and the benefits of simply being outside and enjoying nature.
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The University of Maine’s Male Athletes Against Violence group released videos of members reading the children’s book “Hands Are Not for Hitting,” and are making them available to local elementary schools.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Lauren Jacobs, University of Maine lecturer in outdoor leadership, and Darren Ranco, associate professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Programs, about efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion in UMaine’s outdoor leadership programs, and about the need to acknowledge Indigenous lands.
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Julie DellaMattera, University of Maine associate professor and director of the School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development, was interviewed by WalletHub for a report about the best states for Thanksgiving celebrations in 2020.
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The University of Maine announces four new Early College pathways aimed at inviting students interested in the fields of education, human development, and health and wellness to get started on a UMaine degree while still in high school.
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Cindy Soule, a 4th grade teacher at Portland’s Gerald E. Talbot Community School, is the 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year. A lifelong Maine resident, Soule has a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work from the University of Maine (‘92) as well as a master’s degree in special education from the University of Southern Maine.
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Emma Richardson, a first-year master’s student in human development from Blue Hill, Maine, was awarded a 2020 University of Maine Student Symposium award for her project, “The Co-Parent Co-op.”
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted research by professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan, assistant professor of higher education Leah Hakkola, doctoral student in higher education David Kerschner that focused on the role of gender and power in high school hazing.
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Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Get Schooled education blog titled, “A generation endured test-centric schooling? Did it help?”
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