‘Teaching is my calling’: Heather Anderson, UMaine alumna and Aroostook County Teacher of the Year
Things have come full circle for Heather Anderson.
WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported on the Education Career Fair, hosted by the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development.
After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is hosting an Education Career Fair to connect preservice teachers with Maine schools and school districts.
Ethan Mathieu of Sanford, Maine and Tiana Bucknor of Milton, Ontario, Canada are the outstanding graduating student and outstanding graduating international student from the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development for the 2021-22 academic year.
Julia Van Steenberghe of Old Town, Maine receives the 2021-2022 Outstanding Student in Human Development award from the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
Mikayla Palmer of Gardiner, Maine is the 2021-2022 outstanding student in elementary education.
Madeline Hanlon (she/her) of North Smithfield, Rhode Island is the outstanding student in child development and family relations, early childhood education concentration for 2021-2022.
Katherine Kohler of Sudbury, Massachusetts is the outstanding student in child development and family relations, individual and family studies concentration for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Lily Canders, a junior from Brewer, Maine, says her goal is to become a kindergarten teacher after she graduates in May 2023.