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Sex Matters: In Honor Of "Pride Week" At The University Of Maine, Sandra L. Caron
Sex Matters: In Honor Of "Pride Week" At The University Of Maine, Sandra L. Caron
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
This week our university is celebrating "Pride Week" in an attempt to educate and honor gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered issues. There are a number of programs planned throughout the week. This time provides us with an opportunity for education, as well as reflection and discussion. In his writing, "Homophobia on the College Campus," Brian McNaught (author of "On Being Gay," "Gay Issues in the Workplace," and "Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do?") provides us with a list of questions to prompt such a discussion. A sampling of these questions are listed below. As you read each one, …
Disabled Seek Understanding, Acceptance, Debra Hatch
Disabled Seek Understanding, Acceptance, Debra Hatch
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Rose-Marie has a hard time concentrating on the things she does and is easily distracted by her surroundings. Taking math tests in a room with calculators sounds like a construction site to her, and every pencil scraping paper rings as purely in her ear as if it were right next to it.
Slurs Bring Civil Suit Against Um Student, Kathryn Ritchie, Paul Livingstone
Slurs Bring Civil Suit Against Um Student, Kathryn Ritchie, Paul Livingstone
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Maine Attorney General's Office filed a civil suit yesterday against a University of Maine student who allegedly used the FirstClass [email] computer system to make threatening statements directed at gays, lesbians and bisexuals. The suit claims Casey Belanger, 19, of Orono, violated the Maine Civil Rights Act... "Bias motivated threats of violence have absolutely no place anywhere in society, including our universities and colleges," Attorney General Andrew Ketterer said.
Prominent Gay Rights Activist Reflects On Battles Against Hate, Krista Marrs
Prominent Gay Rights Activist Reflects On Battles Against Hate, Krista Marrs
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
No abstract provided.
Gay, Lesbian, And Bisexual Concerns Committee Meeting Notice, Gay, Lesbian, And Bisexual Concerns Committee, Women's Resource Center
Gay, Lesbian, And Bisexual Concerns Committee Meeting Notice, Gay, Lesbian, And Bisexual Concerns Committee, Women's Resource Center
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Flyer announcing a June 28, 1995 meeting of the UMaine Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns Committee. The flyer includes a list of topics on the agenda for the meeting.
What, Me Worry?, Malcolm Smith
What, Me Worry?, Malcolm Smith
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Everyone knows that Maine is Vacationland and the way life should be (full of lobsters and loons), but we also have plenty of another commodity- hate. If you are not a member of a group traditionally persecuted, then you have nothing to worry about, right? Hate in Maine takes on many faces and is felt by many group and many people. Charlie Howard's name comes to mind. This summer, concerned Maine people gathered to honor his memory and not let his death be in vain. Howard was thrown to his death off a bridge by three teenagers in the city …
Anti-Gay Referendum [Sic] May Affect Maine Students, Malcolm Smith
Anti-Gay Referendum [Sic] May Affect Maine Students, Malcolm Smith
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The rights of students protected under the sexual orientation classification of the school's non-discrimination policy may be threatened if a state-wide organization gets a referendum question on the 1995 ballot.
Study Of Feminist Activism, Maine Perspective
Study Of Feminist Activism, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Rank-and-file feminist activists are more likely than non-activists to be highly educated, to live outside the South and to trust in others, according to a national study comparing feminist activists and non-activists.
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.
Progress Toward Universal Health Care In Maine, Maine Perspective
Progress Toward Universal Health Care In Maine, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Concerns about the crisis in our healthcare system are turning into action. Public support is growing for a universal healthcare plan in Maine. Last December I joined the Consumers for Affordable Health Care. I was surprised and pleased to learn that several organizations to which I already belonged were among the CAHC members.
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.
Powerful Images Expected To Come From This Year's Rape And Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Maine Perspective
Powerful Images Expected To Come From This Year's Rape And Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In years past, University of Maine Rape and Sexual Assault Awareness Week observances have included candlelight vigils, banner contests and marches - visible and often moving sights that heighten awareness, rally support and educate members of the University community.
College Of Applied Sciences And Agriculture Addresses The Need For More Women In Science Careers, Maine Perspective
College Of Applied Sciences And Agriculture Addresses The Need For More Women In Science Careers, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Four years ago, the College of Applied Sciences and Agriculture published a booklet on careers for women in the applied sciences. It came out shortly after the reorganization of the College in recognition of the low number of young women pursuing careers in math and science, and in acknowledgment of a vision for the future - a vision that included more women in the applied sciences.
Bread And Puppet Theatre Presents A Story Of Disorder In "The New World Order", Maine Perspective
Bread And Puppet Theatre Presents A Story Of Disorder In "The New World Order", Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In a two-day performance that mixes parade and pageantry, workshops, and audience-as-performers, the Bread and Puppet Theatre of Glover, Vt. Will give a performance of its newest work: "Columbus: The New World Order, Part I and Part II," Sept. 27 and Sept. 29 at the University of Maine.
Research Methods Class Releases Results Of Survey On The Male Perspective Of Sexual Harassment, Maine Perspective
Research Methods Class Releases Results Of Survey On The Male Perspective Of Sexual Harassment, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Last spring, students in a Child Development and Family Relations Research Methods class conducted a random survey among third- and fourth-year male students at the University of Maine to begin to determine the rate of sexual harassment on campus and the men's perceptions of sexual harassment. The 14-women who designated the survey were well-versed in the liturature concerning sexual harassment. All of them had first-hand knowledge of harassmenet.
Um Observes Rape And Sexual Assault Awareness Week Earlier This Year, Maine Perspective
Um Observes Rape And Sexual Assault Awareness Week Earlier This Year, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The University of Maine's annual Rape and Sexual Assault Awareness Week opens September 16, [1991], almost a month earlier than in past years, in an effort to provide information and education at the crucial time for first-year students.
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.
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.
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.
Recommendations Of The Um Committee On Women's Programs Being Implemented, Maine Perspective
Recommendations Of The Um Committee On Women's Programs Being Implemented, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
University of Maine President Dale Lick has announced the establishment of a Women's Resource Center and a greater overall coordination of women's programming in response to recommendations in a report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Women's Programs.
Um's First Generation Of Women's Studies Students Learn How The Other Half Lives - And A Whole Lot More, Maine Perspective
Um's First Generation Of Women's Studies Students Learn How The Other Half Lives - And A Whole Lot More, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A desire to learn about the other half of human history, a simple curiosity, or a need to fulfill a requirement prompts a wide variety of students to take Women's Studies courses. The effect the courses have had on on UM's first generation of Women's Studies students is rarely foreseen or expected - but keeps them coming back for more.
Thomas Jenkins In Touch With The Human Side Of Higher Education, Maine Perspective
Thomas Jenkins In Touch With The Human Side Of Higher Education, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
When Thomas Jenkins entered higher education almost four decades ago, he expected to be part of a process "that made this a better world."
Tom Chappell To Highlight Career Awareness Week, Maine Perspective
Tom Chappell To Highlight Career Awareness Week, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Social responsibility and ethics in the workplace, careers in social change and service, the benefits of volunteerism, the balancing act between work and family, and relationships between majors and careers will be among the topics explored by the University of Maine Career Center in Career Awareness Week on campus April 1-4.
More Education, Awareness Needed About Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay Concerns, Maine Perspective
More Education, Awareness Needed About Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay Concerns, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Graffiti is scrawled on a sidewalk. A door of a student's dorm room is splattered in red with a defamatory message. Publicity flyers are ripped from walls. There are derogatory jokes and name-calling. Threats and realities of physical violence. Harassment. All are prejudicial actions against a minority of the population. At issue is not race, color, religion, gender, age or nationality. At issue is sexual orientation. And because college campuses are microcosms of society, the actions occur at the University of Maine and at universities throughout the country that, by their very nature, are supposedly bastions of free expression and …
Women's Resource Center Transition Team Presents: A Spring Series Of Programs Honoring Women's Lives, Maine Perspective
Women's Resource Center Transition Team Presents: A Spring Series Of Programs Honoring Women's Lives, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
To continue the momentum and support for the Women's History Month celebration, the Women's Resource Center Transition Team invites the campus community to take part in a spring series of workshops devoted to women's development programs.
Reading Recovery: Early Intervention For At-Risk Youngsters, Maine Perspective
Reading Recovery: Early Intervention For At-Risk Youngsters, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Identifying first graders who are poor readers and teaching them effective reading strategies that allow them to make accelerated progress and never need remedial work is commitment the University of Maine has made a providing the specialized teacher training required to implement a successful Reading Recovery program in Maine schools, according to Robert Cobb, dean of the College of Education.
Display Advertisement For The Book Immigrant Odyssey: A French-Canadian Habitat In New England, Maine Perspective
Display Advertisement For The Book Immigrant Odyssey: A French-Canadian Habitat In New England, Maine Perspective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A rare first-hand account of Franco-American migration to New England, Immigrant Odyssey: A French-Canadian Habitant in New England, has been newly published by the University of Maine Press.
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.