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Rising Tide Center_Webpages_2015, University Of Maine Rising Tide Center

General University of Maine Publications

Screenshots of the University of Maine's Riding Tide Center webpages.

2015, Umaine News Press Releases, Division Of Marketing And Communications, Margaret Nagle, Beth Staples

General University of Maine Publications

This is a catalog of press releases put out by the University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications between January 2, 2015 and December 31, 2015.

Academic Affairs Annual Report 2015, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine academic affairs annual report.

Art Inside Walking Tour, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

Webpages featuring the locations, names, images, and descriptions of 26 pieces of public art at the University of Maine. A majority of the works included in the walking tour were acquired through Maine's 1979 Percent for Art law. This law requires that one-percent of the construction budget for public buildings receiving state funds be set aside for the purchase and display of original works of art.

Works by the following Maine artists are included in the tour: Deborah de Moulpied, Vincent Hargen, Joseph Haroutunian, Alan Magee, Andreas von Huene, Louise T. Bourne, James Linehan, Elizabeth A. Busch, Joe Kievitt, William …

Anna Julia Cooper: A Quintessential Leader, Janice Y. Ferguson

Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses

This study is a leadership biography which provides, through the lens of Black feminist thought, an alternative view and understanding of the leadership of Black women. Specifically, this analysis highlights ways in which Black women, frequently not identified by the dominant society as leaders, have and can become leaders. Lessons are drawn from the life of Anna Julia Cooper that provides new insights in leadership that heretofore were not evident. Additionally, this research offers provocative recommendations that provide a different perspective of what leadership is among Black women and how that kind of leadership can inform the canon of leadership. …

Financial Analysis Of Unrestricted Annual Operations, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System's financial analysis of unrestricted annual operations.

Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report 2015, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Cooperative forestry research unit annual report

Engaged Black Bear Digital Badge Menu, University Of Maine Division Of Academic Affairs And Provost Office

General University of Maine Publications

The Engaged Black Bear (EBB) is an innovative digital badging initiative, created to aid the University of Maine in meeting its vision to become the "most distinctively student-centered and community engaged of all the American Research Universities." EBB Learning Pathway Digital Badges were created to engage undergraduate students at three levels - taking them from a participant to leader within a chosen area of interest. Pathways include important societal issues such as: Global Perspectives, Service to Community and Environmental Stewardship. Badges are awarded to students who meet the defined criteria and provide evidence of their experiences, extending their learning beyond …

Maine's Climate Future - 2015 Update, University Of Maine Climate Change Institute

General University of Maine Publications

Maine’s Climate Future 2015 builds on the Maine’s Climate Future 2009 report (below); it is not intended as a comprehensive revision of all aspects of the original report. This update focuses on highlights of our understanding in 2015 of past, present, and future trends in key indicators of a changing climate specific to Maine, and recent examples of how Maine people are experiencing these changes. Sometimes the effects are the direct result of shifting temperature or precipitation. Other times, climate-related changes in other parts of the country and world affect Maine, directly or indirectly. Climate change often acts in concert …

Celebrating 150 Years Website, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

Web pages containing materials to mark the University of Maine's Sesquicentennial Celebration.

Pulling The Wool Under Your Eyes: Preserving A Century-Old Wool Lab And Library At The University Of Wyoming, David Kruger

David Delbert Kruger

Sheep and wool have long been integral to the agrarian heritage of Western states, and still play a vital role in the region’s agricultural economy. From 1907-2012, Wyoming’s sole university supported wool research around the world through its Wool Department, complete with its own wool laboratory and library. When the Wool Department was permanently dissolved and its building condemned for demolition in 2012, the University of Wyoming (UW) Libraries partnered with UW Extension and the UW College of Agriculture and Natural Resources to preserve the unusual print and physical artifacts of this unique collection, as well as disseminate the spirit …

History Of The Blues, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This all inclusive History of the Blues introduction begins as early as 1400, when the first global trading routes began. Two early maps are enclosed from this period showing the direction and locations from which people, food and supplies were moved.

This research presentation illustrates African tribes such as the Arada, Dahomey and Fulani who sang music in their daily rituals and ceremonies long before they were moved to other continents. Early developmental music elements are introduced including spirituals, worksongs, Scottish ballads, Methodist and Baptist hymns, call and response, guttural effects, interpolated vocality, falsetto and blue notes. All of these …

Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar

Ilse A Schweitzer VanDonkelaar

Despite the growing evidence of humanity’s impact on the natural world and the urgent need to shape citizens who understand the impact that their choices and actions have on their local and global environments, colleges and universities throughout the United States have been slow to add environmental education as a core component of their undergraduate curricula. Harnessing our shared interest in environment issues and the humanities, we designed and taught an experimental course in environmental literature for the honors program at Western Michigan University that we hope will become a template of what is possible in postsecondary environmental education. Using …