Every Sunday,  starting September 15, will be the Writing Group meeting of the Stodder Academic. It will be in room 57 from 3-5pm. It is open to *all UMaine graduate students.* The purpose of the group is to dedicate time every week to work on your various academic writing projects (thesis, dissertation, manuscript, term paper, […]

Monday, October 21st, 12:00-1:00pm Note: Registration for attendance is required. Register for the “Teaching Students How to Learn” CoP/Book Club here!

Large research projects, especially theses and dissertations, involve extensive use of a variety of publications. It’s difficult to locate and organize these materials and their citations, and to represent these references in the required format. Citation managers can be a big help on this side of the research process. This semester, Fogler Library will host […]

The University of Maine Graduate School staff is hosting a special open house for UMM students about pursuing a graduate degree at UMaine. We’ll be on campus beginning at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22  to answer all your questions about the application process and to talk about our 100 distinctive degree programs through which […]

This workshop will provide an introduction to LaTeX typesetting. Participants will learn the basics of formatting a manuscript using LaTeX, including basic layout, tables, mathematical formulas, graphics, tables of contents, references, indices, and bibliographies. Time permitting, we will also go over putting together presentations using LaTeX and/or using multiple fonts and languages. We recommend bringing […]

The University of Maine Graduate School is attending the IMSD's Annual Sciences Graduate School Fair! Come visit us at the fair in the Campus Center Ballroom A to learn more about our 100 distinctive degree programs through which students can earn graduate certificates, and master’s, doctoral, and Professional Science Master’s degrees, as well as Certificates […]

Using Backwards Design (Wiggins and McTighe, 1998) in your course provides a clear roadmap for your students to understand what will be expected of them in the course, how learning will be measured and what opportunities to learn will be provided.  As faculty, it also provides clear organization for your course and ensures that your […]

This group meets monthly to discuss issues around the science of learning and how this affects our roles as instructors. The meeting typically lasts 1hr with the last thirty minutes as optional.   NOTE: This CoP is currently full for Fall, 2019. Click here to visit the Communities of Practice page to check out other […]