{"id":20285,"date":"2021-04-21T14:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?p=20285"},"modified":"2021-04-21T14:57:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:57:46","slug":"jillian-baker-outstanding-mat-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/2021\/04\/21\/jillian-baker-outstanding-mat-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Jillian Baker: Outstanding MAT Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20286\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Jillian Baker Outstanding MAT Student\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-846x564.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student-951x634.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/04\/Jillian-Baker-Outstanding-MAT-Student.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>The Outstanding MAT Student Award is given to a graduating student in the Master of Arts in Teaching program who demonstrates excellence academically and professionally. 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