In honor of National 4-H Week, Kristy Ouellette and Mitch Mason, University of Maine Cooperative Extension professors, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how 4-H and other groups help young Mainers find purpose. Ouellette and Mason outlined what Maine needs to do to support the state’s young talent through investment of […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot noted that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center is hosting a public festival and dinner to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Oct. 8 in Lincolnville. Events will be held throughout the day, beginning at 8 a.m. For more details and to […]
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A new partnership between the University of Maine and the Rural Schools Collaborative will seek to strengthen the K–12 education workforce across six New England states and provide other opportunities to raise the profile of rural schools and teachers in the region. The RSC’s New England hub, which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a two-part online training for adults interested in becoming 4-H volunteers from 6–7 p.m. Oct. 19 and Oct. 26. “Start Your 4-H Volunteer Journey” will explore the ways volunteers can become involved with UMaine Extension 4-H, what the 4-H youth development program is about and requirements for becoming […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Livestock Auction at the Cumberland Fair will be held on Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the show arena at the Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road. Baby beef, market lambs and market hogs raised by local 4-H members will be auctioned off. All […]
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The 4-H Livestock Auction at the Cumberland Fair will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the show arena at the Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road. Baby beef, market lambs and market hogs raised by local 4-H members will be auctioned off. All money goes directly to the 4-H student who raised […]
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The Boothbay Register reported that Sarah Risley, a University of Maine graduate student based at the Darling Marine Center, will lead a team of high school students in green crab surveys this fall as part of an ongoing community science research program in the Damariscotta River estuary. The data that students collect will be used […]
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During August, Beth Muncey, professional development coordinator at the University of Maine Research in Stem Education (RiSE) Center, packed 326 bins of supplies for 94 teachers across the state of Maine, who will use them to support learning by 4,646 students in their classes. As part of the Maine STEM Partnership, the RiSE Center provides […]
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The Daily Bulldog, Morning Ag Clips, Bangor Daily News, CentralMaine.com and Piscataquis Observer shared University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s two-part online training for adults interested in becoming 4-H volunteers from 6–7 p.m. Oct. 19 and Oct. 26.The training is free; registration is required by Oct. 12. Register on the event webpage.
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Computers run modern life, and the need for workers who understand how they function is more important now than ever. Penny Rheingans, professor and director of the School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine, has made it her mission to make computer science degrees achievable for students no matter where they […]
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