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Developing An Lgbtqia2+ Affirming Curriculum And Testing Its Impact On Allyship, Tausif Karim

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Why are some conversations considered more difficult in learning spaces than others? What is the potential for educational interventions strengthen our capacities for such challenging conversations and for allyship? Guided by these broad questions, the present thesis focused on LGBTQIA2+ affirming education and sought to specifically test how an intentionally queer online learning experiences impacted the participants’ self-perceived allyship efficacies.

In my thesis, I draw on literature exploring how the “civility, teacher immediacy, or teacher credibility” (Chen & Lawless, 2018, p. 376) of Western education has prevented instructors from bringing topics related to race, gender, immigration, sexuality, and others in …

Service Learning In Archaeology And Its Impact On Perceptions Of Cultural Heritage And Historic Preservation, Kyle P. Freund, Laura K. Clark, Kevin Gidusko

Journal of Archaeology and Education

This paper focuses on a for-credit cemetery recording class taught at Indian River State College (IRSC) and on the impact of the project on student perceptions of cultural heritage and historic preservation. One of the goals in creating this service learning course was to promote student awareness of the destructive risks that many historic cemeteries face and to impart the importance of stewardship over the archaeological record. To assess the effectiveness of the course in meeting this goal, a series of five interviews with students enrolled in the class were conducted to get participants to discuss their motivations and perceptions …

Looking At Innovation Dialogically: Teaching Communication And (Social) Change In The Innovation Engineering Program At The University Of Maine, Mark J. Congdon Jr.

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Higher education institutions face two concurrent demands: preparing students for the job-market, while also developing informed and engaged citizens (Frey & Palmer, 2014; Gould, 2003). How universities reconcile these demands varies. The Innovation Engineering program (IE) at the University of Maine strives to both, “change the world by enabling innovation” (concern for social issues) and educate entrepreneurs (students) whose innovations reach markets quicker and at a decreased risk (capitalist orientation) (Hall, 2013; Kelly, 2014). The program uses a systems approach to innovation by teaching tools and methods for creating, communicating, and commercializing meaningfully unique ideas. Processes and contexts are important …

Coming Out Of The Sexual Harassment Closet: One Woman's Story Of Politics And Change In Higher Education, Susan K. Gardner

Higher Education Faculty Scholarship

In this essay, a university professor tells the story of her sexual harassment by her graduate school adviser in order to explain the institutional cultures and structures that exist to perpetuate this type of behavior in higher education as well as to communicate the steps she took to create change and accept the events that occurred. Characterizing the documentation as a “coming out process,” she describes the events that occurred from 2002–2006, using a semi-autoethnographical approach augmented with document and literature analyses. The essay goes beyond a mere re-telling of the events to an analysis of the cultural constructs that …

Visiting Libra Professor Lloyd Rogler To Present Week-Long Program On Cultural Diversity, Gladys Ganiel

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Lloyd Rogler, the Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, has a full schedule of activities planned for his week-long visiting Libra Professorship for Diversity at the University of Maine, Nov. 5-9, [2001].

Umaine Colleges Name Outstanding Students Of The Class Of 2000, Joe Carr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Interviews with top students in the Class of 2000.

Three Women To Share Jumaine Salutatorian Honor, Joe Carr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Four University of Maine students will share the honor of being class salutatorian when the Class of2000 graduates of May 20. The following are profiles of each of these outstanding students.

Diversity Education Conference At Umaine April 6-7, Joe Carr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The University of Maine will demonstrate its commitment to bringing about greater racial and ethnic understanding and presence in the state at an April 6-7 conference. The Diversity Education Conference will exanrine the status, issues, opportunities and challenges of transition in a predominately white, traditionally rural state.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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: 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

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

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

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.

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.

Students Address Cultural Diversity, Prejudice, Maine Perspective

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

To learn more about a culture, and one's self, immersion is often essential. And when opportunities for such learning are not immediately accessible, it may require going to the source - or having the source come to you. Addressing issues concerning minorities, cultural diversity and prejudice have been a primary focus of Residential Life in recent years. This fall, when it was time for 50 student resident assists from East Campus to take their annual educational retreat to focus on communication, team-building and other skills necessary for effective residence hall management, the site was not secluded location in Maine but …

Board Of Trustees September 26, 1983, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees Ad Hoc Committee October 22, 1974, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees Ad Hoc Committee September 20, 1974, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees April 23, 1974, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees Public Meeting February 27, 1974, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees June 9, 1969, University Of Maine System

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Board Of Trustees November 20, 1963, University Of Maine System

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