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Center For Community Inclusion Director Named, Maine Perspective
Center For Community Inclusion Director Named, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A longtime educator and advocate for people with developmental disabilities has been named director of the Center for Community Inclusion at the University of Maine, a statewide center for training, research and technical assistance for the estimated 18,300 Maine people with developmental disabilities.
Ada Self-Evaluations To Pinpoint, Help Prioritize Accessibility Problems, Maine Perspective
Ada Self-Evaluations To Pinpoint, Help Prioritize Accessibility Problems, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The University of Maine is required to make all of its programs accessible, except where doing so would result in either a fundamental alteration of the nature of the program, or undue financial and administrative burdens. Program access requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act do not require the University to make each existing facility immediately accessible. However, if structural changes in existing facilities are necessary in order to make the programs or services accessible, each changes must be made no later than Jan. 26, 1995.
Profile Of Entering Class At Um, Maine Perspective
Profile Of Entering Class At Um, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A bulleted list of demographics reported for the entering class of UMaine students, 1991. Of 1,787 first-year students, only 3% or 56 students were "federally recognized minority students."
Residential Living At Um: Redefining Community In Terms Of Diversity And Interdependence, Maine Perspective
Residential Living At Um: Redefining Community In Terms Of Diversity And Interdependence, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
When students live on campus, they become participants in a residential community. But unlike traditional views of community in which homogeneousness predominates on-campus residents this fall are being asked to incorporate defferences and welcome all students, while maintaining their individuality.
Symposium Highlighted By Five Mainers Who Have Made A Difference In World Peace, Maine Perspective
Symposium Highlighted By Five Mainers Who Have Made A Difference In World Peace, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Eunice Baumann-Nelson, Robert Chandler Jr., Bernard Lown, Samantha Smith, and Doris Twitchell Allen have all lived very different lives. Yet on their journeys through life, they all shared a dream and became leaders in a quest.
While It's No Time To Celebrate, It Is Time To Reflect This Labor Day, Maine Perspective
While It's No Time To Celebrate, It Is Time To Reflect This Labor Day, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
There appears to be little to celebrate this Labor Day. The country remains deep in a recession with New England bearing the brunt. Layoffs, plant closings and budget deficits are affecting blue and white collar workers. Unemployment is at an all-time high.
Labor In The 1990s: Recognizing A Community Of Interests, Maine Perspective
Labor In The 1990s: Recognizing A Community Of Interests, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In the throes of a national recession, budget deficits and layoffs, "working people by the large are very scared," according to a University of Maine Labor Education Specialist. But they are not alone.
Computer Equipment Donation Earmarked For Um Students With Disabilities, Maine Perspective
Computer Equipment Donation Earmarked For Um Students With Disabilities, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A donation of computer equipment to the University of Maine Department of Public Administration will soon allow graduate students with disabilities to contact people and access information on campus from their homes.
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.
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.
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.