Maine families have a new tool to help them learn more about Autism Spectrum Disorders and how to access educational and social services to support their child. The Maine Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders is available now as a download or in print. The three-volume set is the result of a yearlong collaboration between […]
Read more
The University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development and University Bookstore, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Orono-Old Town, launched the annual holiday book drive Nov. 1. New books for young children through teens can be dropped off at the bookstore or 151 Shibles Hall through Dec. 4. The bookstore will match […]
Read more
The University of Maine’s Male Athletes Against Violence (MAAV) program is taking part in the nationwide “Put The Nail In It” campaign to end domestic violence. The student-athletes are painting their left ring fingernail purple to show support for the cause. MAAV founder Sandy Caron, a College of Education and Human Development professor, says they […]
Read more
The 2015 edition of the “Walking Tour About UMaine Women: Past and Present” is now available online and a kickoff tour was held Oct. 19, starting from the steps of Fogler Library and led by Sandy Caron, University of Maine professor of family relations. In 2007, Caron created the first tour with a goal of […]
Read more
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on a new lab in University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development that enables students to teach in front of a virtual classroom of avatars in preparation of their student teaching in Maine schools. The new lab in Shibles Hall uses the program TeachLivE, a mixed-reality teaching […]
Read more
The Maine Elementary Sciences Partnership (MaineESP) received the 2015 Philip Marcoux Award from the Maine Science Teachers Association (MSTA) at its annual conference in Gardiner on Oct. 9. The award recognizes a science education professional or partnership that makes continuous and enduring contributions to science education; demonstrates capacity for creating and implementing successful science education-related […]
Read more
This time last year, Jade McGuire was living aboard a cruise ship with 600 other college students from across the country as part of a Semester at Sea program that took her to more than a dozen countries spanning four continents. McGuire, a fourth-year University of Maine elementary education major and honors student from Augusta, […]
Read more
Michael Wittmann, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, professor of physics, and cooperating professor of education, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Fellowship in the American Physical Society is limited to no more than one half of 1 percent of the membership and is a recognition by peers of […]
Read more
Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, is featured in the new documentary “We Don’t Haze,” produced by the Clery Center For Security On Campus. The 17-minute video, available at no cost, is a resource for colleges and universities to help prevent hazing among student groups on campus. It features interviews with […]
Read more
The Maine Physical Sciences Partnership (MainePSP) has been awarded a supplement of more than $2 million from the National Science Foundation to continue its work advancing science education in Maine. The award builds on the $12.3 million granted in 2010 to establish an infrastructure to strengthen rural science education across the state. The funds will […]
Read more