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Studying Society, Knowing Ourselves, Maine Perspective
Studying Society, Knowing Ourselves, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A looming recession. Escalating health care costs. Ethical responsibility in local government and journalism. The political and economic realities of the Persian Gulf Crisis. Social services for the homeless, families in crisis, and mentally ill. Such issues confront and challenge us on a daily basis. As members of a modern society, it is crucial that we understand ourselves and others. It is important to study society from the individual level to the level of cultures and populations, looking at the individual in interaction with other people, social systems and networks, all in an attempt to understand and appreciate the world …
Overseas Outlooks: Pluralism, Maine Perspective
Overseas Outlooks: Pluralism, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Pluralism, a concept which is growing in importance at the University, is easily considered in the abstract as a positive but vague goal. The USAID-sponsored CASS (Cooperative Association States for Scholarships) program is playing a significant role in transforming cultural diversity from an abstract ideal to a tangible reality.
Franco-American Center In 18th Year Of Publishing, Maine Perspective
Franco-American Center In 18th Year Of Publishing, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Franco-American Center, in its 18th year of publishing, has recently published its first issue of Le F.A.R.O.G. Forum for 1990-91.
Wynton Marsalis Teaches Master Class, Maine Perspective
Wynton Marsalis Teaches Master Class, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Photograph of master trumpet player, Wynton Marsalis, teaching a Master Class to over 150 UMaine students.
Stratton Upbeat About A Soviety-American Jazz Band, Maine Perspective
Stratton Upbeat About A Soviety-American Jazz Band, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A U.S.-U.S.S.R. student/faculty exchange, the development of a professional teaching relationship, and the creation of the first Soviet-American Jazz Band are all on Don Stratton's agenda as he returns to the Soviet Union this fall.
Center Studies Possible Spirituality Beyond The Senses, Maine Perspective
Center Studies Possible Spirituality Beyond The Senses, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
It's an artist's inspiration and in the feelings one gets looking at a spectacular sunset. It can be found in dreams, premonitions, unexplained conincidences - even near-death experiences.
Overseas Outlooks, Maine Perspective
Overseas Outlooks, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Around the world, from Canada to Australia, from Latin America to the Soviet Union, in Western Europe and Japan, 57 University of Maine undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in Study Abroad programs this fall, and four are involved in student teaching experiences abroad. More students will participate during the spring semester. Wherever they go, these students, like the 50 returned Study Abroad students currently on campus, will bring back to Maine an invaluable international perspective of the U.S.A. and the world.
Maine Perspective: Women's Initiatives, Maine Perspective
Maine Perspective: Women's Initiatives, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Issue of the Maine Perspective campus newsletter reviewing three major women's initiatives at the University of Maine.
Maine Perspective: Campus Participation Sought For New Council On Pluralism, Maine Perspective
Maine Perspective: Campus Participation Sought For New Council On Pluralism, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A Standing Council on Pluralism at the University of Maine has been established to help develop, shape and foster and ideal vision of a campus which includes and celebrates cultural differences. Formation of the Council is one of Lick's responses to the recommendations set forth in the Report of the Commission on Pluralism for the University of Maine System, accepted by the Board of Trustees in January 1990.
Connecting, Maine Perspective
Connecting, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The lecture hall was abuzz as the students filed into Sandy Caron's class. They knew there would be a guest lecturer, but few were prepared for who walked through the door. At first the woman appeared shy and hesitant. Dressed in a long calico gown and bonnett, she told the students she was there to "acquaint" them with the ways of family life as she knew them - back in the 1700s.
Confluence: A Series Celebration Multicultural Expression At The University Of Maine, Maine Perspective
Confluence: A Series Celebration Multicultural Expression At The University Of Maine, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A calendar of public speakers scheduled by the Center for Multicultural Affairs to promote cultural diversity at the University of Maine.
Um's Children's Center Stands Ready To Assist Youngsters Fleeing Persian Gulf Crisis, Maine Perspective
Um's Children's Center Stands Ready To Assist Youngsters Fleeing Persian Gulf Crisis, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The University of Maine's Children's Center has been tapped by the Maine Department of Human Services to coordinate emergency child care services in the event repatriated Americans fleeing Iraq in the midst of the Persian Gulf Crisis land at Bangor International Airport.
Franklin Muzzy: Artisan Entrepreneur In Nineteenth-Century Bangor, Carol Toner
Franklin Muzzy: Artisan Entrepreneur In Nineteenth-Century Bangor, Carol Toner
Maine History
This article provides an overview of the life of an artisan and business man during the 19th century in Maine.
"A Class Of Men”: United States Army Recruits In Maine, 1822-1860, Dale R. Steinhaurer
"A Class Of Men”: United States Army Recruits In Maine, 1822-1860, Dale R. Steinhaurer
Maine History
This article outlines the recruitment, demographic makeup, requirements and conditions for the United States Army in Maine between 1822 and 1860.
Forgotten Connections: Maine's Role In The Navajo Textile Trade, 1880-1930, Maine Perspective
Forgotten Connections: Maine's Role In The Navajo Textile Trade, 1880-1930, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
From 1880-1930, rugs, blankets, saddle blankets, throw pillows, and wall hangings made their way to Maine as souvenirs of vacations and honeymoons to the Southwest [United States]. Others were brought back by railroad employees or purchases through catalogs sent to the Northeast by reservation traders.
Decade Of Research Reveals Profile Of Um Students, Maine Perspective
Decade Of Research Reveals Profile Of Um Students, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In coming weeks, thousands of first-year students will enter institutions of higher learning across the country and face new challenges. But more and more colleges and universities like the University of Maine are determined to minimize a traditional trauma some on-campus students encounter - roommate incompatibility.
The French At Pentagoet, 1635-1674: An Archaeological Portrait Of The Acadian Frontier, James Leamon
The French At Pentagoet, 1635-1674: An Archaeological Portrait Of The Acadian Frontier, James Leamon
Maine History
Review of The French at Pentagoet, 1635-1674: An Archaeological Portrait of the Acadian Frontier by Alaric Faulkner and Gretchen Fearon Faulkner
New Men, New Issues: The Formation Of The Republican Party In Maine, Edward Schriver
New Men, New Issues: The Formation Of The Republican Party In Maine, Edward Schriver
Maine History
Review of the book: New Men, New Issues: The Formation of the Republican Party in Maine by Richard R. Wescott
Liberty Men And Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement On The Maine Frontier, 1760-1820, James S. Leamon
Liberty Men And Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement On The Maine Frontier, 1760-1820, James S. Leamon
Maine History
Review of Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 by Alan Taylor
The Embattled Northeast: The Elusive Ideal Of Alliance In Abenaki-Euramerican Relations, Harald E.L. Prins
The Embattled Northeast: The Elusive Ideal Of Alliance In Abenaki-Euramerican Relations, Harald E.L. Prins
Maine History
Review of The Embattled Northeast: The Elusive Ideal of Alliance in Abenaki-Euramerican Relations by Kenneth M. Morrison
Agreeable Situations: Society, Commerce And Art In Southern Maine, 1790-1830, William David Barry
Agreeable Situations: Society, Commerce And Art In Southern Maine, 1790-1830, William David Barry
Maine History
Review of Agreeable Situations: Society, Commerce and Art in Southern Maine, 1790-1830 edited by Laura Fecych Sprague
The Wood & Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide To Its History, Construction, Restoration, And Maintenance, Edward Zip Kellogg
The Wood & Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide To Its History, Construction, Restoration, And Maintenance, Edward Zip Kellogg
Maine History
Review of The Wood & Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide to Its History, Construction, Restoration, and Maintenance by Jerry Stelmok and Rollin Thurlow
A Tempestuous Voyage, Gregory Kendall-Curtis
A Tempestuous Voyage, Gregory Kendall-Curtis
Maine History
Review of A Tempestuous Voyage: The Diary of Annah Maud Gould's Trip Aboard the Ship Berlin edited by Laura Penny
The Wabanakis/Abanakis, Alvin Hablen Morrison
The Wabanakis/Abanakis, Alvin Hablen Morrison
Maine History
Review of The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes by Maine Indian Program and The Abenaki by Colin G. Calloway
Kenneth Roberts: The Man And His Works, William Peirce Randel
Kenneth Roberts: The Man And His Works, William Peirce Randel
Maine History
Review of Kenneth Roberts: The Man and His Works by Jack Bales
The Brief Career Of Eliza Poe, James B. Vickery
The Brief Career Of Eliza Poe, James B. Vickery
Maine History
Review of The Brief Career of Eliza Poe by Geddith Smith
New England Soul, R.C. Richardson
New England Soul, R.C. Richardson
Maine History
Review of The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England by Harry S. Stout
The History Of Sweetser-Children’S Home, John M. Romanyshyn
The History Of Sweetser-Children’S Home, John M. Romanyshyn
Maine History
Review of The History of Sweetser-Children’s Home: A Century and a Half of Service to Maine Children By William David Barry
Cities On The Saco, Joel E. Eastman
Cities On The Saco, Joel E. Eastman
Maine History
Review of: Cities on the Saco: A Pictorial History. By Jacques M. Downs. Photo reproductions by Taylor H. Conrad.
Tides Of Change, Marilyn Zoidis
Tides Of Change, Marilyn Zoidis
Maine History
Review of Tides of Change: A Guide to the Harraseeket District of Freeport, Maine by Bruce Jacobson, Joel W. Eastman, Anne Bridges