John Bear Mitchell, lecturer of Wabanaki studies and outreach and student development coordinator at the University of Maine Wabanaki Center, was featured on Indian Country Today (ICT) discussing new initiatives aimed at better preparing the state’s K-12 educators to teach Wabanaki studies.
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Dominick Varney, assistant director of undergraduate academic advising and support services for the College of Education and Human Development, is profiled in the winter edition of Maine Alumni Magazine from the University of Maine Alumni Association.
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The American Council on Education published a feature story about the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Labor Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s (DVR) Step Up program, a five-week learning experience to help prepare high school students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum successfully transition to college.
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Fourth-grade students at Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono had a special visitor for Valentine’s Day: Ellie, a black Labrador retriever and certified therapy dog.
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Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, Maine. Joan Staffiere was the school’s principal. Low is now a college senior majoring in elementary education at the University of Maine, where Staffiere — who retired from a distinguished career as a public school teacher and administrator in 2008 — is now an adjunct instructor and student teaching supervisor.
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The University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development has awarded 300 students Dean’s List honors for the fall 2022 semester. Students from across Maine and 20 other states, as well four countries outside the U.S. are included on the list.
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The UMaine College of Education and Human Development has launched a pair of initiatives to help education graduates be better prepared to teach Wabanaki studies when they get jobs in Maine schools.
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Janet Fairman, co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) and associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development, about Maine’s teacher shortage.
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University of Maine College of Education and Human Development alumna and 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year Kelsey Stoyanova will give the keynote talk at the annual UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS), a celebration of student research and creative work, April 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts.
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The Sun Journal shared a UMaine news release about the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development opening a new round of applications for the Susan Hathaway Glines Scholarship for educators who live and work in Oxford County and are interested in pursuing graduate studies.
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