After 36 years, during which she has touched tens of thousands of lives in Maine and beyond through her teaching, research and service, Sandra Caron, professor emerita of family relations and human sexuality, has officially retired.
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Hayley Roy is the 2024 Outstanding Student in Child Development and Family Relations, Early Childhood Education concentration in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
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Michaela (Mickey) Hersey is the 2024 Outstanding Student in Kinesiology and Physical Education, Exercise Science concentration in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
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University of Maine alumna Tanya Baker has been named executive director of the National Writing Project (NWP).
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Ben Campbell is part of the sixth generation University of Maine graduates from his family, whose Black Bear origins can be traced back to the earliest graduating class.
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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 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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The Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) announced that Kate Michaud is the recipient of the 2022 New England Educational Opportunity Association (NEOA) Rising Star Award.
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Lily Canders, a junior from Brewer, Maine, says her goal is to become a kindergarten teacher after she graduates in May 2023.
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More than 4,000 students across Maine are now receiving Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) thanks to intensive professional development provided by University of Maine College of Education and Human Development experts supported by a grant from the Maine Department of Education.
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