UMS educators invited to take community-based learning workshop

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

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 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

June 3, 2020 Outreach, Sustainability Solutions and Technologies

An online workshop series for educators, “Service Learning/Community-Based Learning: Making It Work for Your Students, Your Community, Your University,” will be offered in July to University of Maine System faculty members and graduate students.

Linda Silka, Senior Fellow at UMaine’s George Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions; Lois-Ann Kuntz, associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine at Machias; and Edward Laine, adjunct instructor at UMM, will lead the interactive workshops about designing and delivering community-engaged courses in traditional, online and hybrid formats. The series will be divided into three interactive training sessions conducted 9:30–11:30 a.m. July 27, 29 and 31 via Zoom.

Applications are open for educators from UMaine and UMM. Members of other UMS campuses may apply starting June 15. Participants will be invited to a follow-up workshop in October. For more information and to apply, visit machias.edu/cbl-workshop.