A 5K race and family fun walk Sunday, May 1 at the University of Maine is one of several fundraising activities two students have planned to raise money for children at a Ugandan orphanage.
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The Digital Directions blog on the Education Week website is running a Bangor Daily News story about iPad use among kindergartners, featuring comments from UMaine researchers Bonnie Blagojevic and Mary Ellin Logue. Blagojevic, a research associate at UMaine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, said the iPad can be a game-changer for education, but […]
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Bonnie Blagojevic, a research associate at the University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, along with Mary Ellin Logue and Gail Garthwait of the UMaine College of Education and Human Development faculty were included in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story about the use of iPads to help teach young children. Auburn […]
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The Bangor Daily News this week reported on a 5K race May 1 organized by UMaine student and former Bangor High School track athlete Dee Wilbur to raise funds for an orphanage in Uganda. The race begins at 2 p.m. at the UMaine Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Wilbur took a year off between high […]
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The University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced winners of this year’s second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase held last week. Nine awards were made after consideration of more than 50 research projects presented as end-of-the year capstone exhibits or displays. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development has named Cathy Pratt, director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at Indiana University’s Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, as the Mark R. Shibles Distinguished Visiting Professor for the spring and fall semesters of […]
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Contact: Nancy Hall, (207) 581-2404 University of Maine undergraduate students will present more than 50 research projects all day on Wednesday, April 13 at the Wells Conference Center for the second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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Contact: George Manlove at 207-581-3756 The Portland Press Herald was among several news organizations to report on the formation of a search committee to find a new women’s basketball coach for the University of Maine. Robert Cobb, the retired dean of the College of Education and Human Development, will lead the seven-member committee.
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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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