Olivia Murphy: Outstanding Student in Elementary Education
Olivia Murphy is the outstanding student in elementary education for 2020. Olivia is from Hudson, New Hampshire and minored in interdisciplinary disability studies while at UMaine.
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Student teachers innovate to reach young learners at home
Student teachers in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development are demonstrating resilience and innovation to help youth learn at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreHadley White: Secondary education, French student reinforces career calling through Upward Bound summer job
Hadley White of Goffstown, New Hampshire, spent her summer in Presque Isle working as a resident director and French instructor for Upward Bound, a program that helps first-generation and low-income college-bound high school students succeed in higher education.
Read moreUMaine partners with EDC, Mount Washington Observatory and others on NSF-funded project to promote data science education
The University of Maine is partnering with the Education Development Center (EDC) in Waltham, Massachusetts, Mount Washington Observatory (MWO) in North Conway, New Hampshire, and additional partners to help eighth-grade students in rural Maine and New Hampshire learn scientific data analysis and modeling skills. The new WeatherX project is funded by a three-year, $1.19 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Read moreGrace Pouliot: Honors student in elementary education helps caregivers in Sierra Leone
When she was in high school, Grace Pouliot decided that she wanted to be a University of Maine Black Bear.
Read moreCamden Bock: STEM Education grad student bringing VR to classrooms across Maine
As a research assistant with University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments (IMRE) lab, Camden Bock helps develop virtual reality software for teaching math to kids. As a Ph.D. student in STEM Education, he’s researching how these new tools are used in in PreK-12 schools across Maine.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: Great Schools Need Great Teachers—What Can We Do About Shortages?
Maine’s teacher shortages for the current year, reported by the U.S. Department of Education, include math, science, special education, world languages, English as a Second Language, gifted and talented, industrial arts, and school librarians. How can our schools meet the learning proficiency goals of our children if they cannot recruit fully qualified teachers?
Read moreKPE Alum Angela Hanscom: Summer Camp Founder
TimberNook, a summer camp with a name meant to convey a hidden spot in the woods, was founded by Angela Hanscom, a UMaine College of Education and Human Development alum.
Read moreHolly Stewart is the America East Woman of the Year
University of Maine graduate and former field hockey star Holly Stewart was named the America East Woman of the Year at the annual conference meeting Tuesday, June 2, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
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