After earning her bachelor’s degree in 2021, Murray came to the University of Maine to pursue a master’s in student development in higher education. She wanted to explore ways to support diversity and inclusion on college campuses, and UMaine’s program offered a welcoming and supportive atmosphere to do just that.
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Katherine McCarthy of Greenville, North Carolina is a University of Maine graduate student pursuing her M.Ed in student development in higher education.
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Isabelle ‘Isa’ Rios Hernández-Colón (She/Her/Ella) is the 2022 recipient of the Social Justice in Higher Education Award from the graduate programs in higher education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.
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The student development in higher education master’s program at the University of Maine is designed to prepare professionals for careers in post-secondary student affairs. The required 225-hour internship is a vital component that gives the graduate students hand-on experience.
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Miranda Snyder of Brimfield, Massachusetts, a secondary education major with a concentration in English, is the 2021 Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Education and Human Development. The college also honored Blanca Millan-Modia of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, a kinesiology and physical education major with a concentration in exercise science, as this year’s Outstanding Graduating International Student, and Jamie Jones of Bangor, Maine, a child development and family relations major with a concentration in early childhood education, with the Dean’s Award.
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This year’s recipient of the Student Development in Higher Education Excellence Award is Sydni Cosgrove, from Bangor, Maine. Sydni graduated from the University of Maine in 2019 with a B.S. in secondary education, and now from UMaine again with her master’s degree.
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The 2021 recipient of the Social Justice in Higher Education Award, Hilary-Lynn McCabe (she/her) holds a B.A. in communication from Purdue University and an M.A. in applied linguistics from Indiana University.
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Ashley Buttice is the 2020 recipient of the Student Development in Higher Education Excellence Award, presented to a graduating master’s student who has most exemplified combined academic and professional excellence with consistently exceptional classroom performance alongside outstanding service to the higher education graduate program, the university and the field.
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Jane Pappas is the 2020 recipient of the Social Justice in Higher Education Award, presented to a graduating student in the student development in higher education master’s program who has demonstrated deep and consistent commitment to understanding, analyzing, and advancing both theory and practice related to diversity, inclusivity, and social justice in higher education as evidenced by both academic and co-curricular pursuits and accomplishments during their graduate studies.
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Twenty years after earning his master’s degree at the University of Maine, Amir Reza has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Sue Estler Distinguished Higher Education Alumnus Award from the College of Education and Human Development graduate program in higher education.
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