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Chasing Freedom: A Novel Excerpt, Dallas Funk Mfa

All Student Scholarship

Chasing Freedom is a young adult novel set in a future Savannah, Georgia where children can be genetically engineered in a rainbow of colors to their parents' specifications and scientific logic informs every aspect of society.

Family Affairs Newsletter 2014-12-15, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Family Affairs Newsletter Business Directory 2014-12-15, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

Family Affairs Newsletter Directory of GLBTQIA Businesses.

Forging A New Identity: Report Of The Metropolitan University Steering Group, Metropolitan University Steering Group

Maine's Metropolitan University

In this report, the MUSG offers recommendations and a timeline for necessary administrative actions to be taken by the USM President, Provost, a new MU senior leadership officer, Deans, and the steering group, itself. Budgetary recommendations address resource needs to achieve Carnegie Classification in 2020, as well as the MU-related needs of the new senior leadership position, students, faculty, staff, and community. These total some $125,000 in one-time expenditures and $925,000 in annual operating costs, the latter possibly to be diminished by reallocation of savings realized through the UMS’ newly-centralized administrative services.

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 11, 12-08-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

Flanagan responds to AAUP--USM offers free HIV screening tests--Committee searches for new president--AAUP member publishes petition to reverse cuts--Flanagan balances budget gap--BoT committee recommends dropping investments in coal

Maine Learning Technology Initiative Program Evaluation Report 2013-14 Professional Development Programs, Caroline A. Pinkham, Bernadette Doykos

Education Technology

The purpose of this report is to explore the expansion of the MLTI program that occurred in the 2013‐2014 academic year. In June 2014, over 400 individuals from Maine public schools were solicited to participate in a survey examining their experiences with MLTI technology in their schools. In 2013‐2014, for the first time since the inception of MLTI in 2002, the program shifted to a multiple‐device solution, which offered schools the opportunity to select from a range of device choices, including a MacBook Air, iPad, or HP Probook. Both the MacBook Air and the HP Probook were traditionally formatted laptops, …

Dance Usm! Program [2014], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2014-2015 Season

Directed by Maria Tzianabos

What Does A Successful, Sustainable Telemedicine Program Look Like? An Inside View Of Six Telemedicine Programs In Maine, Edwina Ducker

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

The purpose of this capstone is to better understand the successes and lessons learned in the development and implementation of successful programs to help guide future decision making when planning a new program. The study relies on semi-structured interviews with Telehealth forum members and staff from a select number of telemedicine programs for its primary data source. Initially, secondary data sources and members from the Maine Telehealth Forum were used to inform the development of the list of programs to be interviewed. The programs interviewed include; a behavioral health, two specialties, a home health, a primary care, and a hospital …

December 2014, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Colby Professor Visits; From the Rabbi; Announcements; President's Message; Book Group; Community notices

Factors Used In Maine Learning Technology Initiative (Mlti) Device Choice, Caroline A. Pinkham

Education Technology

This Brief describes how schools/districts determined their technology device choice. The purpose of the Brief is to gain a better understanding of the decision making processes regarding the technology device(s) that was chosen by districts in the summer of 2013 and how satisfied they were with those devices for the 2013 -2014 school year. Surveys were administered to Superintendents in the Summer of June 2014 regarding this purpose.

Educational Leadership Newsletter December 2014, Educational Leadership Department, University Of Southern Maine

Educational Leadership Newsletters

Inside the issue:

• From the Chair
• Special Education Law for School Leaders: EDU 659
• Thinking About Internship?
• Southern Maine Partnership Update

Self-Regulated Strategy Development (Srsd) For Writing: A Tier 2 Intervention For Fifth Grade, Christina A. Flanders Psyd

All Student Scholarship

The purpose of this study was to examine whether Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) for writing could be used as a Tier 2 intervention to improve the writing of fifth grade students identified as performing below the 50th percentile on AIMSweb curriculum-based measures of correct writing sequences (WE-CBM CWS). Results of RMANOVA indicated that students in the SRSD Group made significant improvements in their WE-CBM mean score compared to the Control Group from pre- to post-test. Additional analyses using a modified WE-CBM that added one minute for students to organize their writing thoughts (EWE-CBM) did not show significant improvements to mean …

Gen Ms 30 Thurston/Corthell Collection Finding Aid, Megan Hendrix

Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Description:

W.J. Corthell was the first principal of the Western State Normal School in Gorham, founded in 1878. The other collector may have been Marjorie Thurston, class of 1907. The Memorabilia consists of artifacts and photographs found in Special Collections.

Date Range:

1870s-1907

Size of Collection:

1 ft.

Dance Usm! Poster [2014], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 2014-2015 Season

Directed by Maria A. Tzianabos

Dimensions: 8" x 13"

Postcard included, dimensions 4" x 6"

Webster's Geometry; Or, The Irreducible Duchess, Benjamin Bertram Phd

Faculty Publications

This study of geometry, gender, and skepticism in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi argues that the play leaves us in a hall of mirrors, a horror show of optical tricks, delusion, narcissism, and perspectivism from which there seems to be no escape, no masterpiece of God’s creation upholding reality beyond sensory images. In the absence of a transcendental referent, the Duchess’ willful and fearful journey «into the wilderness» – the life she leads as a result of her furtive marriage to her steward Antonio – becomes an alternative to both the public sphere mapped by divine patterns of order …

Lg Ms 037 Penny Rich Collection Finding Aid, Katharine Renolds Thomas

Search the Manuscript Collection (Finding Aids)

Description:

Records and artifacts documenting the Maine Lesbian Gay Film Festival and Women's Community Project of Portland

Date Range:

1980s-1990s

Size of Collection:

7 ft.

Adults With Intellectual Disability Or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Executive Summary, Kimberly I. Snow Mhsa, Ba, Stuart Bratesman Mpp, Taryn Bowe, Julie T. Fralich Mba

Disability & Aging

This chartbook describes Maine’s historical trends in meeting the needs of adults with ID/ASD through institutional and community based services in comparison to other states; a detailed analysis of the population’s utilization of different types of services and their costs in SFY 2010; the implementation of the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) as a means of identifying the supports needs of the adults with ID/ASD; and the complement of providers serving this population in Maine.

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 10, 11-24-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

Protesters take over BoT meeting--Admins to ignore AAUP sanction--Admin plan to rebrand USM will cost $900,000--Sexual harrassment training now mandatory--Student senate donates $500 to survivors of Noyes Street fire--Muskie’s plans for reorganization--GEB, PEB merger shot down by senate

Currents (November 24, 2014), Judie Alessi O'Malley

Currents

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 9, 11-17-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

Admins continue to work on teach-out plan--Chronicling USM’s national media attention--USM combines student services for savings--USM Preservation Fund meets $10,000 goal--Student worries about value of her education--Transfer students unaware of budget crisis

Currents (November 17, 2014), Judie Alessi O'Malley

Currents

No abstract provided.

Family Affairs Newsletter 2014-11-15, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Currents (November 10, 2014), Judie Alessi O'Malley

Currents

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 8, 11-10-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

NOYES STREET FIRE: the aftermath--Students petition to save faculty--USM to continue on a track of sustainability--Faculty questions Flanagan’s budget plan--Building where deadly Portland fire took place subject of multiple complaints

Multiple Roles Of Medicaid ...And The Administrative Capacity To Support Them, Eileen Griffin Jd

Disability & Aging

Slides presented at the NAMD 2014 Fall Conference, November 4, 2014

The Free Press Vol 46 Issue 7, 11-03-2014, Sam Hill

Free Press, The

House fire kills five people; critically injures one--Faculty retrenched, some through voicemails--Obama visits Maine to endorse Mike Michaud--GEB discusses possibility of merge with PEB--Non-majors vocalize concerns in budget cuts--Flanagan responds to critics of his plan

Currents (November 03, 2014), Judie Alessi O'Malley

Currents

No abstract provided.

Family Affairs Newsletter 2014-11-01, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Land Conservation In The Lower Presumpscot Watershed: Vision, Values & Priorities, Vanessa Levesque, Matt Craig, Stephen Engle

Publications

This report comes out of a multi-year collaborative effort between participating land trusts, municipalities, and other conservation practioners to develop shared vision, values and priorities for land conservation in the lower Presumpscot River watershed. For more information and to download the report, visit http://www.presumpscotcoalition.org/vvp.html.

Please send an email to CBEP@maine.edu to request a paper copy or a better electronic copy of this report.

Twelve Presumpscot River Watershed maps associated with this report can be found by following the links below:

Presumpscot River Watershed Map: Aquatic Habitat (Map)

Presumpscot River Watershed Map: Combined Values for Conservation (Map)

Presumpscot River Watershed …

Advancing The Transition To A High Performance Rural Health System, Charles Alfero Ma, Andrew F. Coburn Phd, Jennifer P. Lundblad Phd, Mba, A. Clinton Mackinney Md, Ms, Timothy D. Mcbride Phd, Keith J. Mueller Phd

Health System Reform

There are growing concerns about the current and future state of rural health. Despite decades of policy efforts to stabilize rural health systems through a range of policies and loan and grant programs, accelerating rural hospital closures combined with rapid changes in private and public payment strategies have created widespread concern that these solutions are inadequate for addressing current rural health challenges. The rural health system of today is the product of legacy policies and programs that often do not “fit” current local needs. Misaligned incentives undermine high-value and efficient care delivery. While there are limitations related to scalability in …