Orlina Boteva: Outstanding Graduate Student in Higher Education
Orlina Boteva of Shumen, Bulgaria and Orono, Maine is the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student in Higher Education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
Orlina Boteva of Shumen, Bulgaria and Orono, Maine is the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student in Higher Education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.

Faculty, staff and students from the University of Maine are showcasing their work at the 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Denver this week.
Julie Eubanks of Brewer, Maine is the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student in the Student Development in Higher Education program in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
The University of Maine System held its inaugural Rural Issues Symposium at Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus on Friday, Nov. 1.
Attendees of this week’s Hazing Prevention Consortium (HPC) Summit at the University of Maine learned about tools and strategies for ending hazing on college campuses, and creating more inclusive, welcoming communities.

College campuses across the country are working to put an end to hazing, a form of interpersonal and community violence that is often normalized and minimized through tradition. At the same time, post-secondary institutions are grappling with legacies of racism and white supremacy rooted in similar norms and practices.
Emmanuel Osam Duodu of Cape Coast, Ghana is the 2024 recipient of the Student Development in Higher Education Excellence Award from the graduate programs in higher education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. Read a Q&A with Duodu below.

The 2023 University of Maine Student Symposium (UMSS23) is Friday, April 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
University of Maine associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle was honored with two awards at last week’s National Forum to Advance Rural Education, hosted by the National Rural Education Association in Green Bay, Wisconsin.