Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan was quoted in a recent story in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the failure of an anti-hazing bill in Virginia prompted by the death of student in a fraternity house.
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Gerald Work, former professor of education and former president of the Associated Faculties of the University of Maine, died on June 4 at the age of 88 at his home in Pennsylvania.
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Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan talked to News Center Maine for a story about a hazing incident that occurred at a fraternity house at the University of New Hampshire in April.
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About 125 educators will take part in the first annual University of Maine Educators Institute being held virtually June 22–23.
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The Katherine Miles Durst Child Development Learning Center at the University of Maine was recently reaccredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality, and Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, were interviewed by the Portland Press Herald for an article about why many teachers in Maine are not incorporating LGBTQ education in the classroom despite Maine policy supporting the curriculum.
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Of the 16 Maine County Teachers of the Year for 2022, six have degrees from the University of Maine.
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The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) shared a University of Maine news release about the first annual UMaine Educators Institute, June 22–23.
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WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported on the Education Career Fair, hosted by the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development.
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Isabelle ‘Isa’ Rios Hernández-Colón (She/Her/Ella) is the 2022 recipient of the Social Justice in Higher Education Award from the graduate programs in higher education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
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