WABI profiles Master of Science in Teaching graduate
WABI (Channel 5) interviewed University of Maine graduate student Elizabeth “Betsy” Trenckmann about her research and career goals. Trenckmann is about to graduate with a Master of Science in Teaching and has accepted a job at Hermon High School. For her thesis, Trenckmann designed a biology lesson focused on active learning, under the guidance of Michelle Smith, a UMaine associate professor of biological sciences. “I really envy the future students in her class, and I’m super excited that she’s going to stay near the University of Maine and is going to help future students in Maine,” Smith said. “I hope to pass on the knowledge and love of the field of science that I have onto those students,” Trenckmann said. During her graduate school career, Trenckmann has won several awards, including the Presidential Research Impact Award at UMaine’s Student Symposium. Her program also will honor her as its outstanding student at graduation, WABI reported. “It feels really good,” Trenckmann said. “It’s nice to see all the hard work and the stressful nights be rewarded.”