Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756. The Bangor Daily News reported on remarks UMaine alumnus and former Maine Education Commissioner Duke Albanese delivered Monday during a visit to campus. Albanese stressed the importance of creativity, diversity and versatility in increasing educational opportunities for Maine youth.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal is reporting that Carol Hathorne, the principal of Hope Elementary School, has been named the Maine 2011 Elementary National Distinguished Principal of the Year. Hathorne received a master’s degree in educational administration from UMaine in 1990, according to the article.
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Contacts: Thomas Ordelt, (207) 581-2328; George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A University of Maine track and field coach has teamed up with exercise science and mechanical engineering researchers to improve the performance of his athletes. A study being conducted on the UMaine campus is employing scientific methods to identify the timing and magnitude of […]
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Professor Robert Lehnhard, an exercise physiologist in the College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed for a Tuesday news broadcast on Channel 7 (WVII) about what could be the first longitudinal study on youth obesity and fitness in schools. Lehnhard and colleagues are collaborating with 20 Maine schools to monitor the relative fitness and […]
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Contact: Victoria Blanchette, 581-2204; Sandy Caron, 207-581-3138 ORONO — Joanne Herman, author of “Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not,” will be available for a book-signing and to meet members of the UMaine community Tuesday, March 29 from 3-4 p.m. at the University Bookstore. Herman, a transgender female since 2002, will read a passage from […]
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Contact: Bob Lehnhard, (207) 581-2480; Steve Butterfield, (207) 581-2469 ORONO — University of Maine youth obesity and fitness research that began several years ago with one Maine public school and a couple of hundred students, has expanded to over 20 schools and now includes more than 3,000 students. While it is almost universally known that […]
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Shannon Folsom, a UMaine sophomore from Saco, was crowned Miss Collegiate America earlier this month at a pageant in Texas. Comments from Folsom, an Honors College student studying kinesiology, are included in a Bangor Daily News feature story published on Monday.
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine graduate student Laura Yoder, who is seeking as part of her thesis research 50 married couples to study the relationship between personality type and marital satisfaction. Click here for more information about the study and eligibility.
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Contact: Theresa McMannus, (207) 581-2441 Susan Gardner, associate professor of higher education in the College of Education and Human Development, has been selected to receive the 2011 Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge award from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), a national Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to supporting efforts by educators and others to maximize college […]
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Contact: Laura Yoder at laura.yoder@umit.maine.edu A UMaine graduate student studying the relationship between personality type and marital satisfaction is looking for 50 married couples to interview this month or early February, as part of her thesis research. Laura Yoder, a candidate for the Master of Science degree in Human Development, wants to survey couples who […]
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