Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and director of the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, was a recent guest on the National Public Radio program “On Point,” which is produced by WBUR in Boston.
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Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, was interviewed by The Sunday Business Post in Ireland for an article about France’s youngest presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, who is married to a woman 25 years his senior.
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Two children’s books are being honored with 2017 Correll Book Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text.
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will honor more than 60 students for academic excellence as well as six faculty and staff members at its annual recognition ceremony on Friday April 28 at Wells Conference Center.
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The Rural School and Community Trust (RSCT) publishes a biennial review, entitled Why Rural Matters. It rates the 50 states on five “gauges” describing characteristics of each state’s rural schools. The most recent report, Why Rural Matters 2013-14, identified Maine as the one state nationwide where addressing the needs of rural schools mattered the most.
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Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, spoke with the Sun Journal for an article about Maine’s No. 2 rating on “Online dating safety,” on a list compiled by home security company SafeWise and HighSpeedInternet.com.
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WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the Literacy Volunteers of Bangor’s Literacy Tea fundraiser that was held at John Bapst Memorial High School.
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Well before he became the longest serving dean of University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, Bob Cobb grew up on a dairy farm in Winthrop, Maine, where his parents instilled in him a desire to do well in school and play sports.
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the Literacy Volunteers of Bangor’s Literacy Tea fundraiser will be held at John Bapst Memorial High School from 3 to 5 p.m. April 2.
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Ken Martin, an assistant professor of literacy education at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the state’s many youth summer camps.
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