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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.
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: 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.
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.