UMaine doctoral students team up to direct STEM summer camp in Bangor
Barbara Clewley and Martha Gladstone bleed University of Maine blue.
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Jarod Webb: Sophomore education major in student leadership
During his senior year at Penquis Valley High School in Milo, Maine, Jarod Webb was conflicted about what he wanted to study at the University of Maine. Then one of his teachers asked, “What about teaching?”
Read moreTammy Ranger: 2017 Maine Teacher of the Year reflects on earning master’s degree from UMaine
When she was looking for graduate programs in literacy education, Tammy Ranger knew the University of Maine had a reputation for having an outstanding program.
Read moreZikomo Barr: Master’s student focused on leadership, first-generation college experience
Growing up in New York City, Zikomo Barr had no notion that he’d one day end up in Maine, pursuing a degree and career in post-secondary student affairs.
Read moreAlexandra Barzin: Kinesiology grad to teach English in Thailand
After graduating from the University of Maine this summer with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science, Alexandra Barzin is already off to her next adventure.
Read moreAnnabelle Wilson: A runner with her sights set on teaching in Maine
Annabelle Wilson did not take the well-traveled path to the University of Maine. Originally from Geelong in southern Australia, she was recruited to run cross country and track for the Black Bears.
Read moreUMaine research inspires student-staffed writing center at Foxcroft Academy
University of Maine Professor Richard Kent estimates that he’s helped hundreds of high schools establish or maintain student-staffed writing center programs.
Read moreJesse Kaye-Schiess: KPE master’s student works with outdoor program for middle school boys
A chance meeting in the dairy aisle at the grocery store in summer 2013 led Jesse Kaye-Schiess to enroll in the master’s program in kinesiology and physical education at the University of Maine. He had finished his undergraduate degree in KPE at UMaine in 2012 and taught for a year in Lincoln, Maine. But like […]
Read moreJade McGuire: Education major passionate about travel, volunteering
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 […]
Read moreCongratulations, Alicia Valente!
Plymouth State University’s Brendan Curtin and Samantha Noe joined forces with the University of Maine’s Alicia Valente to bring home the trophy to District One in the 7th Annual National Athletic Trainers’ Association Quiz Bowl.
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