In a story about the retiring superintendent of schools for Auburn, the Lewiston Sun Journal mentioned a partnership between Auburn schools and UMaine to literacy instruction professional development for teachers of students in kindergarten through third grade Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Strong Mind, Strong Body, a wellness and nutrition summer camp planned for July 11-15 at UMaine, is now accepting applications. The camp is specifically targeted at underserved children in Maine. The camp was founded in 2011 by Roosevelt Boone, a former UMaine football player and current graduate student in UMaine’s College of Education and Human […]
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UMaine College of Education and Human Development Associate Dean O.J. Logue has been named Director of Northampton School Programs at the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech.
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UMaine hosted the Maine Learning Technology Initiative Student Conference on Thursday, according to a Bangor Daily News report. The conference drew more than 1,000 middle and high school students, along with teachers and parents, and was held in the Collins Center for the Arts. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine sophomore Hillary Hoyt of Frankfort will represent the Penobscot Valley region of Maine when she competes in the Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant next month, according to the Village Soup website. Hoyt is an elementary education major with a liberal arts concentration and a minor in dance. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Approximately 70 people — including middle school and high school teachers, school administrators, University of Maine faculty members and experts on STEM education, will meet at Point Lookout in Northport Friday May 13 and Saturday May 14.
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The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., has a story about a fraternity that has seeking to rebuild its reputation and ranks on the campus of Washington State University after allegations of hazing four years ago. The story mentioned a 2008 study by UMaine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, who found 55 percent of college students […]
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The Kennebec Journal ran a story Friday about UMaine valedictorian Kristopher Cooper and salutatorian Rachel Ann Ventrella, who are both from the newspaper’s coverage area. Cooper, of Winthrop, is a biology major with a minor in business, while Ventrella, who is from Fayette, will graduate with an elementary education degree with a minor in liberal […]
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The Weekly newspaper had notices from the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor about programs with UMaine connections. The first, a Space Day open house, was held recently and featured students from UMaine’s College of Engineering who demonstrated wireless robotic sensors. The second took note of the “Connecting Climate to Curriculum” program, which involves scientists in […]
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Seacoastonline.com has a feature story about Michelle Comeau of Alfred, a UMaine kinesiology student who was married last weekend before her now-husband, a private in the U.S. Army, leaves for Iraq. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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