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Development And Investigation Of Children's Manuscripts On Sustainable Agriculture And Place Based Interactions With The Land, Isabella Oliveira

Honors College

The goal of this project was to develop an illustrated educational manuscript for children, on the topic of environmentally sustainable practices and developing an interactive relationship with the environment around them. The decision-making of the contents of the manuscript was based in research on environmental pedagogy, the history of land use, place-based identity and environmentalism, and sustainable land practices. All of the illustrations and photography in the manuscript were taken in Maine over my time spent here in college. This manuscript is meant to engage children with the environment around them by introducing them to simplified scientific concepts using references …

News, Events, Announcements & Highlights, March 15-March 22, 2024, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

News, Events, Announcements & Highlights, March 8-March 15, 2024, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

Critical Discourse Analysis: Sexual Violence In Maine Department Of Public Safety (Dps) "Crime In Maine" Reports, Emma V. Grous

Honors College

Sexual violence is incredibly prevalent in the state of Maine. These crimes, which disproportionately affect at-risk communities – women, children, people of color, and impoverished persons – are not accurately represented in legal discourses within Maine. Changes to how victims and survivors of sexual violence are represented and discussed in law enforcement reports and other materials are necessary in order to promote social change and justice for the survivors in our communities.

Critical Discourse Analysis has been used broadly since its conception and has even previously been used in understanding political and social implications of discourse in the United States. …

Otherworldly Ethics: Trouthe And The Fairy Mistress In The Lays Of Lanval, Graelent, Guingamor And Sir Launfal, Abigail Roberts

Honors College

While the nature of fictional fairies in medieval romance has been widely discussed and it has been acknowledged by many scholars that fairies typically offer some critique of the human courts in which they intervene, they have yet to be examined in relation to their ethical impact and conceptions of justice. In order to address this, this thesis performs a close reading of four Breton lays, Lanval, Graelent, Guingamor and Sir Launfal using a framework of medieval folklaw. The four fairies of these lays introduce to their respective poems a unique feminine ethic that critiques the enactment of trouthe practiced …

Best Practices Guide For Building Sustainable, Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between The Lewiston/Auburn Community Market And Local Farmers Within The Greater Lewiston/Auburn Area, Hannah Mathieu

Honors College

Lewiston/Auburn Community Market’s business model is to provide a no-to-low- cost grocery store, shared commercial kitchen space, and rentable cold storage for residents of Lewiston/Auburn. After reviewing their business plan and speaking with a representative, I identified two challenges that the LACM may face—building community infrastructure around their program and effective communication. I chose to focus my research on coordinating local farmers, a key piece of local infrastructure, through my research question—What best practices can be utilized to build sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships between the Lewiston/Auburn Community Market and local farmers within the greater Lewiston/Auburn area? To determine the best …

Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center Newsletter, December 2022, Clement And Linda Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

McGillicuddy Humanities Center monthly newsletter with updates and news for stakeholders, constituents, partners and supporters.

Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center Newsletter, October 2022, Clement And Linda Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

McGillicuddy Humanities Center monthly newsletter with updates and news for stakeholders, constituents, partners and supporters.

Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center Newsletter, September 2022, Clement And Linda Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

McGillicuddy Humanities Center monthly newsletter with updates and news for stakeholders, constituents, partners and supporters.

Clement And Linda Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center 2022 Annual Report, Clement And Linda Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s mission is to demonstrate the immediacy and applicability of humanities studies by advancing teaching, research and public engagement in the humanities in Maine. It supports programs that foster intellectual curiosity, critical reflection and creative innovation.

Central to the Center’s work is the belief that study of the humanities cultivates compassion across differences, develops empathy and, in addition to providing a sound training in critical thinking, develops the emotional and intellectual agility needed to navigate an increasingly interconnected and complex global landscape.

The Center serves as a locus for humanities research, interdisciplinary collaboration and …

University Of Maine System Self Study, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

Upon granting unified accreditation to the University of Maine System in July 2020, the regional accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), asked the University of Maine System prepare a self-study in advance of a Fall 2022 visit by a NECHE-appointed evaluation team.

Four Students Join Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center As Undergraduate Fellows For Spring 2022, Clement And Linda Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

In January 2022, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) welcomed four new undergraduate research fellows for the next two semesters: Benjamin Allen, April Messier, Tom Pinette and Sheralynn Robbins. This new cohort will join existing fellows Luke Miller, Sabrina Paetow, Stephanie Tillotson, and Heather Webb, who are finalizing their research in Spring 2022.

Making Foreign Language Education Accessible Through Spanish Animation, Stephanie L. Tillotson

Honors College

The primary goal of this thesis is to design a second language acquisition Spanish YouTube series for young, English-speaking students in grades K-3, as well as to complete the animation of its pilot episode as a prototype. In order to achieve the final creative product, the preparation was threefold: I researched pedagogical strategies pertaining to language acquisition and the target age group, analyzed current early childhood foreign language resources, and demonstrated the importance and need for accessible, foreign language resources for young students through a review of academic studies.

The series is titled ¡Moxie!, which focuses on the daily adventures …

Self-Referent Pronouns, Self-Focus, And Depressive Symptoms In Adolescence, Olivia F. Petersen

Honors College

Youth with elevated depressive symptoms tend to engage in self-focusing behaviors, such as rumination and conversational self-focus. Past adult research also suggests that these self-focusing behaviors relate to depressive symptoms and may further be related to behavioral, implicit self-referent word use. Specifically, adults with higher depressive symptoms typically use more self-referent pronouns (e.g., ‘I,’ ‘me,’ ‘my’). The current adolescent study (N = 186, M = 15.68 years) utilized Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC; Pennebaker et al., 2015) software to test whether depressive symptoms, rumination, and conversational self-focus related to self-referent pronoun use during an observational task. Results indicated that …

Preparing Future Teachers To Meet The Needs Of English Language Learners: A Proposal For Curriculum Reform, Alyson Haley

Honors College

English language learners are an underserved population within the public school system, and there is not enough being done to prepare future teachers to teach these students. The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is one of the leading teacher preparation programs in Maine, but they no longer offer undergraduate courses on how to teach ELL students. The classes offered at the University address ELLs within the special education context and teaching multiculturalism in a mainstream classroom. Teaching ELLs is different than teaching native English-speaking students, therefore the instructional strategies used within a mainstream classroom are not …

Maine Campus December 6 2021, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

English Course Descriptions, Spring 2022, University Of Maine English Department

General University of Maine Publications

English course descriptions for classes offered the spring semester of 2022.

Maine Campus October 4 2021, Maine Campus Staff

Maine Campus Archives

No abstract provided.

Umaine 2021 Virtual Commencement Will Honor Two Years Of Graduates, University Of Maine, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine will honor the achievements of the more than 2,000 UMaine students receiving degrees in 2021 with a virtual 218th Commencement presentation, highlighted by video of students' in-person stage walks. congratulatory remarks by Valedictorian Bailey West and a keynote by Dr. Edison Liu, president and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory. Alumna Melissa Smith, chair and CEO of WEX in Portland, and Wayne Newell of Indian Township, a Passamaquoddy scholar and educator, will be awarded honorary degrees. UMaine has 412 graduate students and 1,639 undergraduates receiving degrees in 2021. Following COVID-19 health and safety guidance, nearly 1,000 members …

Umaine Virtual Commencement Class Of 2021, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine honored the achievements of over 2,000 UMaine students in 2021 with a virtual 218th Commencement presentation, highlighted by video of students’ in-person stage walks, congratulatory remarks by valedictorian Bailey West and a keynote by Dr. Edison Liu, president and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory.

An English language transcript can be accessed by clicking the blue download button.

“But You Have To Have Been There To Know What We Are Talking About”: An Examination Of The Rhetorical Environments Of Cults And Other Extremist Groups And How They Lead To Violence, Katherine Camille

Honors College

Popular culture often cites charismatic leaders as the catalysts for violent acts in cults and other extremist groups. This explanation is insufficient and oversimplified, and this thesis challenges the idea that a single speech or person can move a large group to act violently and without their own best interests in mind. This thesis examines two well- known cults: The Peoples Temple and Heaven’s Gate, to determine what compelled their followers to commit violent acts 3⁄4 particularly mass suicide. I then take this analysis and look at QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory group, whose participation in the January 6th, 2021 …

Commencement 2021 Program, University Of Maine, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

University of Maine Commencement Program for the Class of 2021 graduation. The program includes a full list of degree candidates, guest speakers, and credits for members of the commencement committee.

English Course Descriptions, Fall 2021, University Of Maine English Department

General University of Maine Publications

English course descriptions for classes offered the fall semester of 2021.

Evaluating Services For New Mainers Community, Hibo Omer

Student and Trainee Scholarship

Mission: Sandcastle Clinical & Education Services: we decided that children with special needs would no longer be separated and that our classrooms would be composed of a mixture of children. Sandcastle’s goal was and still is to this day that children graduating from our program at age five, who had special needs, would transition directly into a regular classroom and not be segregated from their peers. We are proud to have been on the cutting edge of inclusion, and proud to be educating children to be open minded, with open hearts.

Vision: Sandcastle was the first early childhood education program …

Barriers To Accessing Early Intervention And Early Childhood Special Education: Professionals' Perspectives, Tracey Miller

Student and Trainee Scholarship

Supervised by the Maine Department of Education, Child Development Services (CDS) provides Early Intervention (EI) for children from birth through age 2 and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) for children ages 3-5 through a network of regional sites.

Access to EI and ECSE services educates and empowers families to understand and respond to their children’s developmental needs and supports improved cognition, language, communication, social-emotional skills, and school readiness. These early gains can lead to better outcomes later in childhood and into adulthood.

The Black Bear Undergraduate History Journal, University Of Maine History Department, University Of Maine History Graduate Student Association, Ana Stanek, Bram Dennis, Poppy Lambert, Sadie Richardson, William Milne

General University of Maine Publications

Inaugural Black Bear Undergraduate History Journal. This publication is an initiative of UMaine History graduate students, including Dylan O’Hara, PhD student and chief editor, intended to highlight some of the strongest undergraduate essays from the academic year.

Mcgilliculdy Humanities Center Newsletter, February 2021, University Of Maine Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

McGillicuddy Humanities Center monthly newsletter with updates and news for stakeholders, constituents, partners and supporters.

In Conversation With The Ancestors: Indigenizing Archaeological Narratives At Acadia National Park, Maine, Bonnie D. Newsom, Natalie D. Lolar, Isaac St. John

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

In North America, Indigenous pasts are publicly understood through narratives constructed by archaeologists who bring Western ideologies to bear on their inquiries. The resulting Eurocentric presentations of Indigenous pasts shape public perceptions of Indigenous peoples and influence Indigenous perceptions of self and of archaeology. In this paper we confront Eurocentric narratives of Indigenous pasts, specifically Wabanaki pasts, by centering an archaeological story on relationality between contemporary and past Indigenous peoples. We focus on legacy archaeological collections and eroding heritage sites in Acadia National Park, Maine. We present the “Red Paint People” myth as an example of how Indigenous pasts become …

University Of Maine Common Data Set, 2020-2021, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment

General University of Maine Publications

The Commons Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in higher education and publishers to develop a core set of clear, standard data, and definitions regarding student cohorts. The Common Data Set includes information in the following categories:

• General information about the institution
• Data on enrollment, persistence, and graduation categorized by gender, ethnicity, and financial aid status
• Application and selection policy
• Freshmen academic profile
• Transfer student data
• Student life features
• Annual student expenses and financial aid
• Instructional faculty and class sizes
• Disciplinary areas and degrees conferred

OIRA maintains an archive of the Common Data Set for …

Social Media Use And Empathy In Late Adolescents, Rachel Feenstra

Honors College

Social media use has been linked to a wide variety of both positive effects, such as improved ability to share and understand the feelings of others and involvement in philanthropic activities, but it has also been associated with negative effects, including cyberbullying and low self-esteem. Today's adolescents have grown up as digital natives and have deemed social media as an essential way to connect with peers and develop relationships. These relationships can play a critical role in adolescents’ development of important prosocial skills, such as empathy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social media use …