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Forum To Discuss Issues Of Safety In Schools And Society, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

The Task Force on Safe Schools, a regional collaborative of education and community leaders, will sponsor a public form on Wednesday, January 13. The purpose of the forum is to hear the concerns and seek the ideas of a broader constituency on addressing issues of incivility and violence in schools and society. The forum begins at 7 p.m. at Wellman Commons, Bangor Theological Seminary.

Public Safety Offers Women's Self-Defense Workshop, Peter Cook, Deb Mitchell

General University of Maine Publications

The Public Safety Department at the University of Maine offers a free women's self defense workshop open to all members of the campus community and the general public.

“For most women, fighting back is not an option,” says Deborah Mitchell, crime prevention officer with Public Safety. “What we're trying to do with this class is empower women and give them that option.”

Forum To Discuss Issues Of Safety In Schools And Society, Kay Hyatt, Robert Cobb

General University of Maine Publications

The Task Force on Safe Schools, a regional collaborative of education and community leaders chaired by Robert Cobb, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, will sponsor a public form on Wednesday, January 13. The purpose of the forum is to hear the concerns and seek the ideas of a broader constituency on addressing issues of incivility and violence in schools and society. The Task Force has spent the past six months examining issues, trends, existing policy and resources, and the barriers schools and communities face in preventing and responding to youth violence.

Umaine Professors Study Ice Storm Media Deprivation, Peter Cook

General University of Maine Publications

The ice storms that left much of Maine without power in January 1999 also left people without the mass media that has become so much a part of modern-day life. Two University of Maine professors have studied the impact of this almost total blackout on Maine's population and how the media that remained was used.

Neither Hers Nor Theirs: Dower And Household Relationships Between Widows, Family, And Friends In York County, Maine, Christi A. Mitchell

Maine History

If architecture expressed a sense of boundaries between family and society and even within the family, the law was central in defining and protecting these. In this article, Christi A. Mitchell, a historian of vernacular architecture from Peaks Island and Alna, Maine, explores the changing definitions of domestic space allotted by law to widows. She uses this aspect of dower rights as a window into changing family relations in the early nineteenth century. Dower assignments reflect an attempt to adapt to shifting household dynamics, to declining emphasis on land-based wealth, to a growing desire for privacy, and to the sanctity …

Technology Across The Border, New England And The Southern New Brunswick Cotton Industry, 1880-1884, Judith Rygiel

Maine History

New England textile entrepreneurs, mill architects, and consultants had a direct influence on cotton textile production in southern New Brunswick in the early 1880s. In an advisory capacity, they offered advice on capitalization, equipment, labor models, product, and management strategies, vastly affecting the community landscape in Maritime textile towns. This paper examines the distinct influences of New England's textile entrepreneurs on three southern New Brunswick cotton mills built in the early 1880s. Judith Rygiel is a doctoral student in history at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, near a cotton mill. Her 1998 M.A. …

Suffrage-Related Materials, Stephanie Philbrick

Maine History

No abstract provided.

The Lobbyist No. 27 (Fall 1999), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Now Times (Winter 1999), National Organization For Women - Maine Chapter Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Greysmoke, Diane C. Genthner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This project allowed me to explore two of my greatest areas of interest and creative expression: writing and web design. While a World Wide Web presence is not a necessary for the use of hypertext, I believe that the web will be a major conduit for the written word in the years to come. It’s not my intention or desire to replace print and paper, but rather to explore the new tools and avenues available for the creative writer. In creating this piece, I tried to use the most fundamental tools available. The story itself I had already outlined and …

The Velocipede Craze In Maine, David V. Herlihy

Maine History

In early 1869 when the nation experienced its first bicycle craze, Maine was among the hardest-hit regions. Portland boasted one of the first and largest manufactories, and indoor rinks proliferated statewide in frenzied anticipation of the dawning “era of road travel. ” In this article, the author traces the movement in Maine within an international context and tackles the fundamental riddle: Why was the craze so intense, and yet so brief? He challenges the conventional explanation - that technical inadequacies doomed the machine - and cites economic obstacles: in particular, the unreasonable royalty demands imposed by Maine-born patent-holder Calvin Witty. …

Peace And Reconciliation Studies_Peace Week Poster, University Of Maine Peace And Reconciliation Studies Program

General University of Maine Publications

Photograph of a poster promoting events that were part of the University of Maine's Peace and Reconciliation Studies' (formerly known as Peace Studies) Peace Week.

The Minimum Wage: Issues To Consider, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Bureau of labor education's report on minimum wage, and issues to consider.

The College's New Website, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

The College of Education and Human Development's website sports a new look. Checking the new site you will find: • colors in synch with the recommended University web colors; • a two-frame format with a index in the left frame; • easy navigation buttons on nearly every page; • colorful graphics and photos representing the varied scope of College activities.

Peace And Reconciliation Studies_Spring Luncheon Series Poster, University Of Maine Peace And Reconciliation Studies Program

General University of Maine Publications

Photograph of a poster promoting events that were part of the University of Maine's Peace and Reconciliation Studies' (formerly known as Peace Studies) Spring Luncheon Series.

1999, Umaine News Press Releases, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

This is an incomplete catalog of press releases posted by the University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications online between January to September 1999.

Dr. Beryl Warner Williams Deceased Alum File, University Of Maine Alumni Association

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Scan of the contents of the deceased alumnae file for University of Maine graduate Beryl Elizabeth Warner Williams (Class of 1935).

The Content And Process Of Women’S Decision-Making Viewed Through The Lenses Of Feminine/Feminist Ethics And Roman Catholicism, Nancy Parent Bancroft

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation was to expand the understanding of ethical decision-making by contributing women’s experiences and thoughts to the issue. Fifty women shared a decision that they had made or were in the process of making having to do with their health or reproductive life. The research method of phenomenology was used with the women in the semi-structured interviews in an attempt to capture the meaning that they gave both to what they paid attention to and to the process that they used in arriving at their decisions. After researchers gained as clear a rendering as possible of …