Rugby is a fast-growing international sport that has gained popularity in the U.S. in recent years, particularly at the high school and college levels. In the next decade, the U.S. is scheduled to host the 2031 men’s Rugby World Cup and the 2033 women’s Rugby World Cup, bringing the sport further into the mainstream. As […]
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Maine Public and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Janet Fairman, associate professor at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, on Maine’s K-12 student results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card, and her research on the state’s education policy. Fairman said Maine’s localized education […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, which recognizes new teacher candidates. “We talk about teaching as a vocational calling, and so we want to do things to help our students understand that this choice that you make to work with children, […]
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The Daily Camera out of Boulder, Colorado, interviewed Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine, on her expertise on the topic of hazing and a national comprehensive study on hazing that she completed in 2008. Allan said hazing continues to go largely unreported today, which makes it hard to understand […]
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Hashem Abuqawod was born in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and lived there until he was four when his family moved to Kuwait. They came back to the United States when he was 12 and moved around during his teenage years. After graduating from high school, Abuqawod joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and was deployed to […]
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WalletHub featured Daniel Puhlman, assistant professor of family studies at the University of Maine, as an expert on factors that attract families to live in certain states, and how those factors impact the well-being of families and child development. Puhlman said families have many factors to consider when choosing a place to settle, but each […]
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From the military to athletics to campus fraternity and sorority life, students and others endure hazing to satisfy the basic human desire to be part of a group. It operates in the shadows, but when hazing does appear in the headlines, it is often associated with tragic consequences. Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership […]
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Following President Joe Biden’s signing of a new anti-hazing bill, Forbes, The Spokesman-Review and the Seattle Times highlighted efforts from Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine, to educate on campus hazing and advocate for anti-hazing laws. Allan’s research from 2008 found that 55% of college students are involved in organizations […]
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DC Journal published a column co-authored by Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine, titled “A new law can prevent campus hazing.” The piece is written in line with congressional approval of the Stop Campus Hazing Act, on which Allan was a consultant, and urges President Joe Biden to sign […]
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Seattle’s NPR news station KUOW highlighted hazing education and prevention efforts at the University of Maine led by Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership, during an interview with Jolayne Houtz, whose son, Sam Martinez, died of alcohol poisoning due to hazing at a Washington State University fraternity event in 2019. Houtz and her husband […]
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