The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot republished the University of Maine’s news release about the College of Education and Human Development offering a new Master of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) degree.
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The Bangor Daily News and Phys.org highlighted a study from the University of Maine exploring how the first year of the pandemic affected research activities at the institution.
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The Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot and Zipe Education shared a University of Maine news release on a partnership between the UMaine College of Education and Human Development and Maine Child Development Services (CDS) that allows CDS employees to become certified as teachers of students with disabilities, birth to age 5, in just nine months.
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The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WQCB-FM (Brewer, Maine) were among the media outlets to report that Betsy Webb, Libra Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Maine, died Thanksgiving morning at the age of 61.
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Sarah Collins (’08, ’14G), a fourth-grade science teacher at Patricia A. Duran School in Hermon, will get a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize from the Milken Family Foundation, which hands out the awards — sometimes called the Oscars of Teaching — to educators who inspire and uplift, and make a profound difference for students, colleagues and communities.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Robert Cobb, the dean emeritus of the College of Education and Orono resident, died Sept. 29 at 80 years old after a battle with cancer.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the national nonprofit Rural Schools Collaborative will locate its New England regional hub at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
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University of Maine alumnus Geoffrey Wingard has been named Maine’s 2022 State History Teacher of the Year, the Bangor Daily News reported.
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Penny Bishop, dean of the College of Education and Human Development, spoke to the Portland Press Herald and The Maine Monitor about the scramble to fill teaching positions due to a shortage of teachers in Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine’s TRIO Upward Bound Program, which provides opportunities for students to succeed in precollege performance and to prepare them for higher education pursuits, is collecting items for the Black Bear Exchange at UMaine, the Caring Community Cupboard in Old Town, and the Bangor Humane Society.
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