The Roanoke Star noted that Catharine Biddle, associate professor of educational leadership at the UMaine College of Education and Human Development, presented at the Rural Education Summit held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on Aug. 26, which officially launched the school’s new Center for Rural Education.
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Karen Keim, director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search at the University of Maine, is being awarded the Walter O. Mason Award from the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE).
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The Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) is offering three new online training modules for educators, service providers and others interested in boosting their knowledge and skills for meeting the needs of individuals with autism and other developmental conditions.
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Tammy Mills, assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed by the Times Record about the substitute teacher shortage in Maine.
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A film that began airing on PBS stations this week cites a 2008 University of Maine study on the prevalence of hazing among college students.
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported that the Bangor School Department launched a new partnership with the University of Maine that aims to make Bangor schools more inclusive and welcoming for students and educators from all backgrounds.
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Ian Mette, director of the School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development and an associate professor of educational leadership in the College of Education and Human Development, spoke to the Times Record about the efforts of school superintendents to reach out to the community in creative ways, like Brunswick superintendent Phil Potenziano’s new podcast “Brunswick Buzz.”
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In an article about the impacts of hazing on colleges and universities, Fox News interviewed Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education, about her research on hazing in higher education.
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KING-TV (Seattle), KGW-TV (Portland, Oregon) and KREM-TV (Spokane, Washington) cited research from professor of higher Elizabeth Allan in coverage of a lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools by a former student who says he endured hazing in high school.
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A little over a year ago, University of Maine College of Education and Human Development dean Penny Bishop got an email from Maya Gunawardena, an assistant professor of teacher education at the University of Canberra in Australia.
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