News Center notes Maine Teacher of the Year is UMaine student, alumna
News Center Maine noted that Kelsey Stoyanova, who was recently named 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year, is a student and alumna of the University of Maine.
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Rachel Breault and Caitlin Galvin: Higher education grad students spend summer gaining valuable work experience
The student development in higher education master’s program at the University of Maine is designed to prepare professionals for careers in post-secondary student affairs. The required 225-hour internship is a vital component that gives the graduate students hand-on experience.
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Gay Anne McDonald: Special educator makes a difference in the lives of students statewide
If there’s a constant theme from Gay Anne McDonald’s career as an educator, it’s that none of her moves were planned. Instead, each new position came from a desire to meet the needs of students — particularly students with special needs.
Read moreTwo UMaine alums are Maine Teacher of the Year finalists
Penobscot County Teacher of the Year Kelsey Stoyanova and Waldo County Teacher of the Year Hillary Hoyt, both graduates of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, have been named finalists for 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year.
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Carole Goldberg: UMaine grad reflects on long career in education, retail, and sexual harassment and assault response services
Carole Goldberg had a distinguished career at Yale University, where she worked for 25 years. She was founding director of the SHARE (Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education) Center at Yale and served as assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. Before that she traveled the world, first as a teacher and later as a successful retail manager.
Read moreUMaine, UMM alumni, graduate students named County Teachers of the Year
Alumni of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias are among the teachers being honored as 2021 Maine County Teachers of the Year.
Read moreWatch: Nolan Altvater discusses McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellowship research
s a 2020-2021 McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellow, senior secondary education major Nolan Altvater used indigenous research methodologies for his project, “Wabanaki Tools of Diplomacy: Storying Protocols as Political Will,” in which he aimed to center the needs and voices of Wabanaki communities to inform education policy in the State of Maine.
Read moreAdams, Bock among winners of 2021 UMaine Student Symposium awards
Tom Adams, a senior secondary education major, and Camden Bock, a STEM Education Ph.D. student, were among the students recognized for their research presentations at the 2021 UMaine Student Symposium held virtually on April 16.
Read moreGabrielli, Fensie receive Graduate Student Government awards
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development graduate students Danielle Gabrielli and Anne Fensie were recognized at the UMaine Graduate Student Government’s 2021 Appreciation Event.
Read moreJosh Palmeter: Outstanding Student in Exercise Science
Josh Palmeter of Orono, Maine is the outstanding student in kinesiology and physical education, exercise science concentration for 2021.
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