Former Education Commissioner Albanese to Visit UMaine Dec. 6

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

December 1, 2010 News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — Former Maine education commissioner J. Duke Albanese will visit UMaine on Monday Dec. 6, as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Albanese currently serves as senior policy adviser in Maine’s Great Schools Partnership.

Albanese will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. He will also offer a 3 p.m. colloquium, “The Elusive Pursuit of Education Reform: Prospects for Change.” That talk is scheduled for the Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall. UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, its College of Education and Human Development and its Maine Center for Research in STEM Education will co-sponsor the colloquium.

The Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows Program, which began in the spring of 2006, brings Maine elected officials and senior policymakers to UMaine for intensive one-day programs through which they can learn more about UMaine, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, and the work of the university’s faculty members and students. It is also intended to provide opportunities for UMaine students to have access to high-level public officials, through whom they can learn more about government and the development of public policy.

A Rhode Island native, Albanese earned both a master’s degree and a certificate of advanced study from UMaine. He served for several years as superintendent of the Oakland-based Messalonskee School District. He served as Maine’s education commissioner from 1996-2003.

Several news coverage possibilities exist, in addition to the 3 p.m. colloquium. Albanese will learn more about UMaine initiatives related to enhancing the use of laptop computers in Maine schools when he visits with UMaine professors Bruce Segee and Yifeng Zhu between 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. at the Foster Center for Student Innovation. He will also meet with Prof. Susan McKay to discuss the new Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (Maine RISE Center) from 1:30-2:45 p.m. in the Aubert Hall conference room.