Maylinda Boynton: UMaine is ‘home’
University of Maine graduate student and alumna Maylinda Boynton of Belfast, Maine learned a lot about performing arts at UMaine.
Read moreStudent & Alumni Profiles
John Cangelosi: Bangor High School science teacher, UMaine grad honored with Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
Bangor High School science teacher and University of Maine alumnus John Cangelosi (’96, ’12G) is one of 107 educators nationwide to receive a 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).
Read moreMedia report alumnae named finalists for Maine Teacher of the Year
The Portland Press Herald, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, the VillageSoup and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel reported on the finalists for 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year, including two University of Maine alumnae.
Read moreTwo UMaine grads finalists for Maine Teacher of the Year
Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at Portland’s Gerald A. Talbot Community School, and Heather Webster, an English teacher at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, are two of the three finalists for 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year.
Read moreEllis among first to earn degree under Maine’s Top Scholars program
Katelyn Ellis of Dixfield, who will graduate this summer with a Bachelor of Arts in kinesiology, is one of the first students to earn their degree from the University of Maine under the Maine’s Top Scholar (MTS) program.
Read more
Adams awarded Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship
The 2020–2021 Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship has been awarded to Tom Adams, a University of Maine secondary education major from Falmouth, Maine.
Read more
Nolan Altvater: Honorable Mention for the Udall Scholarship in Native American policy
Nolan Altvater of Milford, a University of Maine rising senior majoring in secondary education and minoring in English, was selected as one of 55 students nationwide to receive Honorable Mention for the Udall Scholarship in the Native American policy category.
Read more
Secondary education major receives George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship to study in Ireland
Tom Adams, a secondary education major with a concentration in social studies education, has been awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship to study abroad in Ireland during the spring 2021 semester as part of the student exchange program.
Read morePenobscot Bay Pilot reports Belfast educator receives UMaine award
The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported Belfast educator Laura Miller, RSU 71 assistant superintendent and director of curriculum, was named a recipient of the University of Maine’s Outstanding Scholarly-Practitioner in Educational Leadership Ed.D. Student Award.
Read moreUMaine alumni recognized as 2020 Maine County Teachers of the Year
University of Maine alumni were among those honored on Thursday, May 14 as County Teachers of the Year by the Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine. Of the educators recognized, eight have degrees from UMaine.
Read more