Patrick Womac takes off his shoes and steps onto the huge map of Africa covering half the gym floor at Old Town’s Leonard Middle School. Womac, an assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction at the University of Maine, stands on Libya as he leads a group of seventh graders in discussion. “How many people […]
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University of Maine student Nicole Maines, the subject of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt’s book “Becoming Nicole,” will discuss her experiences as a transgender youth Tuesday, Dec. 1. Maines’ father Wayne also will speak about the family’s journey during the lecture slated for 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. […]
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University of Maine Libra Visiting Professor of Education Christine Sleeter gave a lecture Monday, Nov. 16, on her book “Teaching With Vision.” The book, co-edited by Sleeter and Catherine Cornbleth, features stories by and about inspirational classroom teachers. Sleeter is an internationally recognized expert on multicultural education and diversity. Her work focuses on how teacher education […]
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The University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development and University Bookstore, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Orono-Old Town, launched the annual holiday book drive Nov. 1. New books for young children through teens can be dropped off at the bookstore or 151 Shibles Hall through Dec. 4. The bookstore will match […]
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The University of Maine’s Male Athletes Against Violence (MAAV) program is taking part in the nationwide “Put The Nail In It” campaign to end domestic violence. The student-athletes are painting their left ring fingernail purple to show support for the cause. MAAV founder Sandy Caron, a College of Education and Human Development professor, says they […]
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The 2015 edition of the “Walking Tour About UMaine Women: Past and Present” is now available online and a kickoff tour was held Oct. 19, starting from the steps of Fogler Library and led by Sandy Caron, University of Maine professor of family relations. In 2007, Caron created the first tour with a goal of […]
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This time last year, Jade McGuire was living aboard a cruise ship with 600 other college students from across the country as part of the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program that took her to more than a dozen countries spanning four continents. McGuire, a fourth-year elementary education major and honors student at the University […]
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Sandy Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, is featured in a new video produced by the Colonial Athletic Association that highlights the Male Athletes Against Violence program.
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Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, is featured in the new documentary “We Don’t Haze,” produced by the Clery Center For Security On Campus.
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University of Maine College of Education and Human Development Professor Craig Mason is a co-principal investigator on a research project that will use the popular video game Minecraft to immerse rural Maine students in computer science and math concepts. The three-year, $2 million project is funded by the National Science Foundation.
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