Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio has a report about David Slagger, a UMaine graduate student who was sworn in Wednesday as the first Maliseet legislator. Slagger said as a new member of the legislature, he will initially be mostly watching, listening and getting to know colleagues. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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An Associated Press story about David Slagger, a UMaine graduate student who will be sworn in Wednesday as Maine’s first Maliseet Indian legislator, was featured in several media outlets, including the Washington Post and Newsday. The Portland Press Herald ran an item in its State House Notebook. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A Bangor Daily News article about an increase in education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) included a note that the Bangor school district, which is seeking to establish a STEM academy, is working with UMaine on several fronts, including the formation of a program that will allow students to enter […]
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Former University of Maine College of Education and Human Development faculty member Sydney Carroll Thomas has died at the age of 57. Thomas, who left UMaine in 2008, was an associate professor of counselor education and also taught in the Honors College. According to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Thomas joined the UMaine […]
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An editorial in The Anniston Star newspaper of Anniston, Ala., noted a 2008 study of hazing by UMaine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The editorial called for stopping the tradition of hazing and cited statistics from the report, which found more than half of U.S. college students involved in clubs, teams or organizations have […]
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Comments from Elizabeth Allan, a UMaine education professor and nationally recognized expert in the issue of hazing, were included in an Inside Higher Ed report online. Allan, who with fellow UMaine faculty member Mary Madden co-authored a landmark 2008 hazing study, was interviewed about recent hazing incidents among marching band members at Florida A&M. Allan […]
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UMaine education Professor Mary Madden was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel for a story about the continued hazing issues at college and university marching bands in Florida. Madden, who co-authored a 2008 national hazing study with fellow UMaine faculty member Elizabeth Allan, told the Sentinel she hoped the fact that some students in Florida were […]
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed UMaine’s Mary Madden, an education professor who in 2008 released with fellow faculty member Elizabeth Allan a national report on hazing, in a story about the hazing of band members at a Florida university. Madden said it takes a lot of courage to come forward to report hazing because of the […]
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The magazine Education Week includes an article co-written by Maja Wilson, a lecturer in UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development. The article focuses on the Common Core, a national K-12 academic standards initiative that has been adopted by Maine and most of the other states in the U.S. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A New York Times op-ed piece about hazing cited a 2008 study done by UMaine education faculty members Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The study found that most college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing, but 95 percent never report it. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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