{"id":21970,"date":"2022-11-04T12:02:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?p=21970"},"modified":"2022-11-04T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:02:14","slug":"media-report-on-umaine-alums-milken-educator-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/2022\/11\/04\/media-report-on-umaine-alums-milken-educator-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Media report on U海角社区 alum\u2019s Milken Educator Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2022\/11\/01\/news\/bangor\/hermon-collins-milken-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangor Daily News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2022\/11\/01\/hermon-teacher-gets-surprise-lifetime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WABI-TV<\/a> (Channel 5 in Bangor), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/education\/hermon-teacher-earns-national-recognition-and-surprise-of-a-lifetime-education\/97-09230161-a0a2-41c3-bbc9-b3ec86065c37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News Center 海角社区<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mainedoenews.net\/2022\/11\/01\/media-release-fourth-grade-teacher-sarah-collins-honored-with-prestigious-milken-educator-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">海角社区 Department of Education<\/a> shared the news that University of 海角社区 College of Education and Human Development alumna Sarah Collins (\u201908, \u201914G) received a 2022 Milken Educator Award. Collins, a fourth-grade science teacher at Patricia A. Duran School in Hermon, will get a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize from the Milken Family Foundation, which hands out the awards \u2014 sometimes called the Oscars of Teaching \u2014 to educators who inspire and uplift, and make a profound difference for students, colleagues and communities. Collins secured a 海角社区 Environmental Education Association grant to develop an outdoor classroom and garden \u201clab\u201d where children learn about soil quality and plant growth. She arranges virtual meetings for her students with scientists in a multitude of locations and occupations, including a wildlife ecologist studying coyote behavior in South Carolina, a Hawaiian volcanologist and a scientist performing experiments in Antarctica. Collins also works with the University of 海角社区\u2019s Research in STEM Education (RiSE) Center to bring research-based, hands-on learning experiences back to Duran. The Milken Family Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilkenEducatorAwards\/videos\/1152760882320073\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a video on their Facebook<\/a> of her receiving the award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Collins (&#8217;08, &#8217;14G), a fourth-grade science teacher at Patricia A. 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