The American Council on Education published a feature story about the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø and the º£½ÇÉçÇø Department of Labor Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s (DVR) Step Up program, a five-week learning experience to help prepare high school students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum successfully transition to college.
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Katherine McCarthy of Greenville, North Carolina is a University of º£½ÇÉçÇø graduate student pursuing her M.Ed in student development in higher education.
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published an announcement about the induction of Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality, into the º£½ÇÉçÇø Women’s Hall of Fame.
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Fourth-grade students at Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono had a special visitor for Valentine’s Day: Ellie, a black Labrador retriever and certified therapy dog.
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Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, º£½ÇÉçÇø. Joan Staffiere was the school’s principal. Low is now a college senior majoring in elementary education at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, where Staffiere — who retired from a distinguished career as a public school teacher and administrator in 2008 — is now an adjunct instructor and student teaching supervisor.
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The University of º£½ÇÉçÇø’s College of Education and Human Development has awarded 300 students Dean’s List honors for the fall 2022 semester. Students from across º£½ÇÉçÇø and 20 other states, as well four countries outside the U.S. are included on the list.
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The Uº£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development has launched a pair of initiatives to help education graduates be better prepared to teach Wabanaki studies when they get jobs in º£½ÇÉçÇø schools.
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The º£½ÇÉçÇø Monitor interviewed Janet Fairman, co-director of the º£½ÇÉçÇø Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) and associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development, about º£½ÇÉçÇø’s teacher shortage.
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The Bangor Daily News noted that the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Career Center and the College of Education and Human Development’s Outdoor Leadership Program will host an Outdoor Recreation and Leadership Job Fair from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Feb. 7 in the North Pod in the Memorial Union.
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Daniel Puhlman, assistant professor of family studies at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development, was a featured expert in WalletHub’s list of 2023’s best places to get married.
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