The Franklin Journal, Daily Bulldog and Bangor Daily News promoted a series of virtual interactive workshops offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Northeast Regional Volunteer Connection to empower volunteers and leaders to create inclusive and supportive environments for youth. Visit the UMaine Extension website for more information.
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The Bangor Daily News shared that University of Maine will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ+ student club, Wilde-Stein, with two events this Friday, Oct. 13 taking place both on campus and online as part of homecoming. An exhibit on the founding of the club called “Those who will know Pride; The Start […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that the Council for Exceptional Children Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CEC DADD) is hosting its summer board meeting at the University of Maine on July 20. The next day, July 21, the division, in collaboration with the UMaine College of Education and Human Development […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine’s Zillman Art Museum will co-host “Words Matter: A Panel on the Importance of LGBTQ+ Inclusive Language” with the Health Equity Alliance and Northern Light Acadia Hospital. The panel will take place from 5:30–7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8 at the museum, which is located at […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) received a $499,970 grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services Office of Aging and Disability Services to conduct a model demonstration project of intensive evidence-based behavioral intervention to help adults with disabilities who are […]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed Leah Hakkola, associate professor of higher education, for an article about states where lawmakers want to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at colleges and universities, and states where legislators want to require it. Hakkola said that in the current polarized political climate in the U.S., legislation that […]
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The American Council on Education featured a story on how the University of Maine partners with the Maine Department of Labor’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) to provide a five-week learning experience called Step Up, to help prepare high school students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum to successfully transition to college.
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Kristen Grant, senior Extension program manager for coastal community resilience, and diversity, equity and inclusion at the Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension at the Wells Reserve, was a VIP caller on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling for the final program in a series about resilience.
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Program has received a national award for its multifaceted effort to recruit and retain more in-state students from diverse backgrounds. The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students named UMaine the 2022 recipient of its Student Diversity Initiative Award, which includes $2,500 […]
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Nicholas Giudice, a professor of spatial computing at the University of Maine, and UMaine Ph.D. candidate Paul Fink wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how disability rights advocates improved voting for all Mainers this election season. “The measures taken to enable accessibility are worth the effort, as they have net effects […]
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