Two children’s books received the 2019 Correll Book Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text at the Correll Early Literacy Conference held at the University of Maine. This year’s winners are “Highest Mountain, Smallest Star” (Penguin Random House) by Kate Baker with illustrations by Page Tsou, and “About Woodpeckers” (Peachtree Publishing Co.) by Cathryn […]
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The County reported five students from the University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts visited Houlton Elementary School to perform a touring show on March 20. The cast performed “Can You Imagine?” an original play with lots of improvisation, at Houlton Elementary and nine other Maine schools during their spring break. The students — Ethan […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot mentioned an outreach effort by University of Maine Cooperative Extension in an article covering a March 20 public forum focused on ways to strengthen Maine prisoners’ re-entry process to work and community after release. As an example of a program facilitating successful re-entry, Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty mentioned […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a workshop on hayfield and pasture health in nine locations beginning 6–9 p.m. March 25 at the UMaine Extension office in Dover-Foxcroft. Workshops will continue to be offered around the state until April 15 at the following locations: 9 a.m.–noon March 27, UMaine Extension, 307 Maine Avenue, Bangor; […]
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The Portland Press Herald cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fact sheet in an article on a proposed gypsy-moth quarantine for the state. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry wants to expand a partial state quarantine established in 2010 to cover the whole state, to make it easier to ship forest products […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will host the eighth annual Correll Early Literacy Conference on March 22 at Wells Conference Center. This year’s theme is “Joyful Literacy! Supporting Children’s Interests to Bring Joy Back to Literacy Learning.” Workshops will focus on ways educators can help young children find their voices. […]
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Talks on adapting to climate change in forests and along coasts, creating a just and sustainable food future, restoring native alewife populations, and financing upgrades to wastewater infrastructure will all be part of the 2019 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference on March 28 at the Augusta Civic Center. The conference includes 14 concurrent sessions, a […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Nory Jones, professor of management information systems with the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, for a report advancing the Pets 4 Vets benefit dodgeball tournament to be held 1–4:30 p.m. March 31 at UMaine’s New Balance Field House. Hosted by MBS Corps, UMaine Army ROTC and the […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Hutchinson Center program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” to be held 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. May 6 and 7 at the center in Belfast. The program will benefit participants from a variety of fields including for-profit and nonprofit sectors, education, health […]
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The Republican Journal advanced a two-day workshop on mindful leadership 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 5 and 26 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Participants will learn practical ways to bring mindfulness to daily work life, including tools and techniques for implementing mindfulness to enhance focus, clarity, relationships and results at work. The […]
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