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Flanagan leads Council for Learning Disabilities international conference

University of Maine assistant professor of special education Sara Flanagan led the Council for Learning Disabilities’ (CLD) 45th international conference in Denver, October 12-13. Flanagan, who is president-elect of the council’s executive committee, also presented at the conference as part of a panel on writing characteristics in upper elementary and middle school students with high […]

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Capital News Service interviews Allan about Hazing Prevention Consortium

Capital News Service, based at Virginia Commonwealth University, spoke to University of Maine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan about the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a program she started through the organization StopHazing.org that works with universities across the country to create specialized plans to address hazing on their campuses. “We provide what’s called technical assistance, […]

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Bishop talks about educator accelerator program with WFVX

Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed by WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) about the educator accelerator program in RSU 34 (Old Town, Alton, Bradley) that pays preservice teachers to work in classrooms as paraprofessionals and substitutes.

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UMaine alumna among Maine Teacher of the Year finalists

Edith Berger, the 2023 Lincoln County Teacher of the Year and a two-time University of Maine alumna, and Colleen Maker,  2023 Washington County Teacher of the Year and University of Maine at Machias alumna, have been named finalists for 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year.

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AP article about college football camps cites UMaine-led hazing study

In an article about how fewer college football programs are leaving campus for training camps, the Associated Press spoke to University of Maine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan about a study she conducted with colleague Mary Madden, which found that 57.1% of students reported hazing was most likely to happen off campus.

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