WABI Covers Reading Recovery Celebration
WABI (Channel 5) covered the 20th anniversary celebration of the University of Maine’s Reading Recovery program and the continuing support of the Galen Cole Family Foundation.
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Targeted News Service Carries Reading Recovery Report
Targeted News Service picked up a University of Maine report on the Reading Recovery program. Twenty years of Reading Recovery in the state, led by the University of Maine, will be celebrated May 3 at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor.
Read moreRepublican Journal Reports on Scholarship Winner
The Republican Journal of Belfast reported a University of Maine sophomore from Troy was one of two students to win the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship. Lorna Harriman will spend a semester studying in Ireland as part of the student exchange program.
Read moreMadden Cited in Virginian-Pilot Article
The Virginian-Pilot interviewed Mary Madden, an education professor and co-director of the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention at the University of Maine, for an article on a deadly hazing incident at Virginia State University. Madden said groups such as fraternities appear prestigious to many young college students because they seem exclusive and give […]
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Coles Celebrated for Being Driving Force for Reading Recovery
Coles celebrated for being driving force for Reading Recovery.
Read moreTwo UMaine Sophomores Win George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship
Two University of Maine sophomores have been named winners of the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship and will study abroad in Ireland as part of the student exchange program. George J. Mitchell Scholars Gwendolyn Beacham and Lorna Harriman will each spend a semester at the University College Cork in Ireland. The scholarship honors the 1998 […]
Read moreMadden, Hazing Study Cited in Article
The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently published the Chicago Tribune article “Students hazy on the dangers of hazing.” Mary Madden, a University of Maine education professor, and her 2008 study on hazing were cited in the article. Her study found nearly half of high school students have been hazed.
Read moreMarnik Interviewed About Principal Turnover
George Marnik, a University of Maine educational leadership lecturer, was interviewed for the Portland Press Herald article “Principal turnover creates ripple effect for Maine schools.” The article also cited a UMaine study released last fall that found the average Maine principal was responsible for 69 more students, had 53 more staff members and worked 12 […]
Read morePress Herald Publishes Op-Ed by Brinkley, Lukens
The Portland Press Herald published an opinion piece by Tony Brinkley, senior faculty associate at the University of Maine’s Franco-American Centre, and Margaret Lukens, academic director of UMaine’s Innovation Engineering program. The article argues for adding a fifth year after high school.
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