Mette launches podcast about cases in educational leadership

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.

January 24, 2022 News

Associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette is co-host of a new podcast from the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. “JCEL Jabber” is co-hosted by Mette and JCEL editor Curtis Brewer, an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and highlights important case studies recently published in the journal and how they are applicable to educators in the field. The first episode features a discussion about the case “Challenging Whiteness at Claremont High School” by Terri Nicol Watson, associate professor of educational leadership at City College of New York, and Angel Miles Nash, an assistant professor of leadership development at Chapman University. The authors and scholarly-practitioner Teresa Lance, an assistant superintendent of equity and innovation at a school district in Illinois, join the show to talk about how school leaders must recognize the ways in which whiteness is reinforced by school policies and often enacted by school leaders of all backgrounds. Future episodes of “JCEL Jabber” will appear quarterly, and can be heard on various podcast apps or at the show’s online feed.