WGME (FOX 23 in Portland) interviewed Tammy Mills, senior lecturer of education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, on using AI in the classroom. “This is going to be the way going forward in the world in some way, shape or form,” Mills said. “So, to not allow AI in […]
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Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine, co-authored an opinion piece in The Post and Courier, a Charleston-based newspaper, titled “New data show SC’s hazing problem is broader than you think.”
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WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine, about the Hazing Prevention Research Lab and recent hazing incidents involving high school sports teams in Maine.
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Catherine Biddle, associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with NPR about how school-based mental health services in Maine can benefit students, particularly when their families struggle to access private care. Biddle, who studies rural education, said families in the state frequently encounter long waitlists for private mental health services for […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and WFVX (Channel 7) reported on the 2025 University of Maine commencement ceremonies. The Calais Advertiser and Machias Valley News Observer highlighted the commencement ceremony at UMaine Machias.
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In a story about Mt. Ararat High School’s efforts to combat hazing following incidents involving its boy’s hockey team, the Portland Press Herald interviewed Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine and co-founder of the group StopHazing. The district in which the school resides, School Administrative District (SAD) 75, plans […]
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Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with CNN and Spectrum News 1 in Syracuse, New York, as well as wrote an opinion piece for Syracuse.com about the hazing incident last week at Westhill High School in Syracuse. “Very, very few report it and also very few, only about […]
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WABI (Channel 5) produced a segment on Jules Hathaway of Veazie, Maine, who is 73 years old and on track to graduate this May with a master’s degree in student development in higher education. WHSV in Harrisonburg, Virginia; FOX 8 in New Orleans; and Local 12 in Cincinnati, Ohio, shared the report from Channel 5.
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Editor’s note: This story was updated May 8. The University of Maine’s 2025 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students will be May 10-11 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6 p.m. on May 10, featuring an address by Concordia University President and Vice Chancellor Graham Carr (‘83G). […]
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Ten undergraduates have been named 2025 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Read their short biographies: Siddhartha Bajracharya Maine College of Engineering and ComputingBachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Siddhartha Bajracharya of Kathmandu, Nepal, is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the Maine College of Engineering and Computing. A computer engineering major, Bajracharya […]
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