It was a sun-soaked, blue-sky day in late August, and a group of eight University of Maine students paddled on western Maine’s Bryant Pond in green Old Town canoes. They were practicing a classic T-rescue, a maneuver that offers a quick way to get a capsized paddler back into a boat. Working in teams, the […]
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University of Maine alumnus Blaine Moores has donated $2 million to launch a symposium series that will bring nationally prominent figures to campus for presentations and classroom conversations on history and current affairs. Moores, who earned a bachelor’s degree in history from UMaine in 1959 and a master’s degree in education in 1963, has established […]
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CNN interviewed Sarah Howorth, associate professor of special education, about how AI can offer both benefits and drawbacks to learning in the classroom. “AI is a little bit like fire. When cavemen first discovered fire, a lot of people said, ‘Ooh, look what it can do,’” Howorth said. “And other people are like, ‘Ah, it […]
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For much of her life, Dori Leadbetter didn’t think of herself as “college material.” She dropped out of high school, had two kids by age 20 and earned her GED during her second pregnancy. By age 39, as a recent divorcee with three children, Leadbetter discovered the Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC), a federally funded […]
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Maine Public, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) covered the expansion of an informational database on hazing created in collaboration with the University of Maine and Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at UMaine. The database, made available on HazingInfo.org, now extends to all 50 states and can help students and […]
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Hazing data from nearly 1,500 college campuses across the United States is now available at HazingInfo.org. This marks the first time that information about college hazing incidents in all 50 states is available in one place for students, families and others to learn about hazing on their campuses. The announcement also marks a major expansion […]
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Rural teachers in Maine are invited to submit applications for up to $2,500 in funding to help them to access professional development opportunities during the upcoming school year. The “What I Need” (WIN) Funds are being offered through Rural Thrive: The Rural Educator Resilience Project, led by the University of Maine College of Education and […]
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The Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) in central Maine, a local nonprofit, is seeking a doctoral scholar from the University of Maine in the final two years of their program to serve as a nominee for the National PEO Scholar Award. The National PEO Scholar Awards were established in 1991 to provide a substantial one-time, merit-based […]
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Ezekiel Kimball, interim dean for the College of Education and Human Development, spoke with Maine Public about Maine school district funding in the upcoming school year. Kimball, an expert on education policy, said school districts have an obligation to deliver certain programs.
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WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) highlighted a new, online database from the University of Maine Hazing Prevention Research Lab that shares the stories of hundreds of people who died in hazing incidents across the U.S. “The hazing deaths database is invaluable as it illuminates the horrendous consequences of hazing for so many individuals, families and […]
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