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Introducing New Chief Human Resources Officer (Chro), Ums Human Resources Jun 2024

Introducing New Chief Human Resources Officer (Chro), Ums Human Resources

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Ums Insider, June 2024, Ums Human Resources May 2024

Ums Insider, June 2024, Ums Human Resources

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Community Message About The Passing Of C. Thomas Hess, University Of Maine Office Of Human Resources May 2024

Community Message About The Passing Of C. Thomas Hess, University Of Maine Office Of Human Resources

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine community extends its deepest sympathy to the family, colleagues and friends of C. Thomas Hess, professor emeritus of physics, who passed away on May 22, 2024. He was 83.


Strategic Re-Envisioning Update, Joan Ferrini-Mundy May 2024

Strategic Re-Envisioning Update, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Temporary Interruption To Mainecat And Non-Ums Library Requests, Daisy Domínguez Singh, Office Of The Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs & Provost May 2024

Temporary Interruption To Mainecat And Non-Ums Library Requests, Daisy Domínguez Singh, Office Of The Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs & Provost

General University of Maine Publications

The temporary service interruption is due to enhancements being implemented, which will contribute to a more seamless and user-friendly experience, aligning with UMSL's mission to provide exceptional library services. University of Maine System Libraries is committed to a modern, reliable and effective library catalog system for all patrons.


Strategic Re-Envisioning Initiative Update, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, John Volin May 2024

Strategic Re-Envisioning Initiative Update, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, John Volin

General University of Maine Publications

On May 9 and 10, a group of approximately 60 faculty, staff, and administrators came together to provide input concerning the process and expectations for the SRE initiative. The SRE assumes wide involvement in our effort to envision UMaine’s future and find actions and approaches as we develop the fiscal year 2026 budget. This initiative will help determine areas for lasting strategic savings or reliable revenue streams.


New Catalog, Permalinks, And Course Reserves, Daisy Dominguez Singh May 2024

New Catalog, Permalinks, And Course Reserves, Daisy Dominguez Singh

General University of Maine Publications

Memorandum announcing the pending update to the University of Maine System Libraries.


Announcing Approval Of $2.3m Campus Lighting And Electrical Fixtures Upgrade Project, Kelly Sparks May 2024

Announcing Approval Of $2.3m Campus Lighting And Electrical Fixtures Upgrade Project, Kelly Sparks

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved a transformative initiative proposed by our President, Joan Ferrini-Mundy. This project aims at enhancing campus infrastructure while prioritizing environmental sustainability and fiscal responsibility. After careful consideration and planning a $2.3 million loan project to upgrade lighting and electrical fixtures across our campus received the green light. This loan will be paid back over time with annual savings from reduced energy consumption.


Strategic Re-Envisioning Initiative, Joan Ferrini-Mundy May 2024

Strategic Re-Envisioning Initiative, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

General University of Maine Publications

The challenges facing higher education are unprecedented—from demographic shifts and economic pressures to a changing global landscape. Opportunities abound as well, from rapid technological advances to the interconnectedness of society. These challenges and opportunities demand a bold rethinking of our role and structure, which is why we are announcing the launch of a university-wide strategic re-envisioning process to set the course for a dynamic and sustainable future for the University of Maine.


Mbs News, May 3, 2024, Maine Business School May 2024

Mbs News, May 3, 2024, Maine Business School

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Maine Memo — Congratulations, Class Of 2024, Joan Ferrini-Mundy May 2024

Maine Memo — Congratulations, Class Of 2024, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center Newsletter, May 2024, University Of Maine Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center May 2024

Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center Newsletter, May 2024, University Of Maine Mcgillicuddy Humanities Center

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Sandweiss Elected To National Academy Of Sciences, Joan Ferrini-Mundy May 2024

Sandweiss Elected To National Academy Of Sciences, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Prejudice On Women's Wellbeing: A Moderated-Mediation Rejection Identification Model On Feminist Identity, Liana Shaw May 2024

The Impact Of Prejudice On Women's Wellbeing: A Moderated-Mediation Rejection Identification Model On Feminist Identity, Liana Shaw

Honors College

The study’s purpose was to assess sexism’s impact on women’s wellbeing based on the Rejection-Identification Model (Branscombe et al., 1999), in which perceived prejudice increases group identification, which in turn buffers the negative consequences of prejudice on wellbeing. Surveys were administered via Qualtrics. Using PROCESS analyses in SPSS, Study 1 (n = 1,083) investigated whether or not these relationships between prejudice, group identification, and wellbeing were moderated by feminist identity (Model 59; Hayes, 2018). Results showed that while women higher in feminist identity do experience greater depression in response to perceived prejudice, they also have a significantly stronger relationship between …


Decadent Gothic: The Horrors Of An Urban World, Kyle Willis May 2024

Decadent Gothic: The Horrors Of An Urban World, Kyle Willis

Honors College

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and understand the rapid popularity of horror literature in the 1880s and 1890s through a literary style known as decadent Gothic. To do this, I will analyze two keystone texts of the style: Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. This analysis will be done using a framework of London’s nineteenth-century urbanization to understand the represented fears in both texts. This thesis shows that urbanization created a decentralized environment full of frightening stimuli, and that decadent …


Development And Investigation Of Children's Manuscripts On Sustainable Agriculture And Place Based Interactions With The Land, Isabella Oliveira May 2024

Development And Investigation Of Children's Manuscripts On Sustainable Agriculture And Place Based Interactions With The Land, Isabella Oliveira

Honors College

The goal of this project was to develop an illustrated educational manuscript for children, on the topic of environmentally sustainable practices and developing an interactive relationship with the environment around them. The decision-making of the contents of the manuscript was based in research on environmental pedagogy, the history of land use, place-based identity and environmentalism, and sustainable land practices. All of the illustrations and photography in the manuscript were taken in Maine over my time spent here in college. This manuscript is meant to engage children with the environment around them by introducing them to simplified scientific concepts using references …


A Phenomenological Approach To Classic Maya Kingship, Griffin Dever May 2024

A Phenomenological Approach To Classic Maya Kingship, Griffin Dever

Honors College

The aim of this Honors Thesis project is to describe the experience of the Maya kingship of the Classic period and its role in Maya culture. The thesis takes a phenomenological approach and draws primarily on the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, John Russon, and Walter Benjamin. The archaeological record of the Maya world, especially the city of Palenque, is the primary resource upon which this analysis is based, including monumental art and public architecture, ritual, courtly art and stonework, and stelae. However, some focus is also given to existing background literature to provide the reader with some historical …


Playing History: How Video Games Can Change The Way We Understand The Past, Chapman Hall May 2024

Playing History: How Video Games Can Change The Way We Understand The Past, Chapman Hall

Honors College

Video games are a wildly popular and growing form of art and entertainment. Yet they are often overlooked within academic fields like history. This thesis examines the unique qualities of video games that make them powerful tools to understand history in a different manner. The interpretative frameworks of simulation and agency are central to this analysis, and they are applied to the history-based video game Europa Universalis IV as a case study of how video games facilitate rich and rewarding historical sensibilities that deepen the connection between past and present, a long-standing goal of professional and popular historians. The study …


Sustaining Community And Identity Through Food At The University Of Maine, Elizabeth Dudevoir May 2024

Sustaining Community And Identity Through Food At The University Of Maine, Elizabeth Dudevoir

Honors College

International students often travel thousands of miles to attend the University of Maine. Foodways become a way to sustain one’s communal and self-identity. Food is more than nourishment: certain dishes also tell stories and become building blocks for conversation. Here, I focus on how international students use food as a vehicle to build community and understand the role of food to comfort and engage individuals. I also consider access to culturally significant ingredients, as the greater Orono/Bangor area lacks markets and stores that carry certain products. Through interviews, individuals shared their foodways and experiences as international graduate students at the …


What Is Marxian Communism? Limning The Post-Revolutionary Utopia By Implication, Teodora Blejeru May 2024

What Is Marxian Communism? Limning The Post-Revolutionary Utopia By Implication, Teodora Blejeru

Honors College

This thesis aims to discover the facts of Marxian communism by implication. By analyzing the works of Marx, this project outlines the contradictions within capitalism and explains how these problems will be solved within Marxian communism. This pro- ject explains historical materialism and how it can be used to explain Marxian com- munism as not only the end of history, but as the end of class antagonisms. It also aims to explain why twentieth century communist regimes cannot be considered truthful exam- ples of Marxian communism. After the introductory chapter, the thesis analyzes The Communist Manifesto, The German Ideology, and …


Re: Leapt Into Rain, A Story And Disquisition, Lukas Norment May 2024

Re: Leapt Into Rain, A Story And Disquisition, Lukas Norment

Honors College

Re:Leapt Into Rain is a mystery novella written by a Civil Engineering major detailing a murder that occurs during a writer’s retreat. Alongside the murder, a story about the desire for fame and recognition in a world where the common man is forgotten is told in the mind of a young writer as he investigates the crime. The preceding disquisition goes into the conception of the murder plot, creation of characters, and the process of writing the story. In addition, the author provides a brief overview of the evolution of mystery writing, pays respect to his inspirations, and reflects on …


"What Has The Emperor To Do With The Church?": A History Of Religious Politics In Donatist Africa, John Lander May 2024

"What Has The Emperor To Do With The Church?": A History Of Religious Politics In Donatist Africa, John Lander

Honors College

The Donatist Schism was a split in the Early Christian Church, mostly contained to the North African provinces of the Western Roman Empire. This study looks at the religious politics of the schism, analyzing its relation to the imperial state and how that relation intersected with the theological developments at play. The study primarily examines the period between 300-420 CE, the most productive and active period in the schism’s history. It draws heavily on the work of Catholic writers and histories of the period, such as those of one of the central figures of the schism, St. Augustine of Hippo. …


Relations Of Emotional Functioning And Hormonal Contraceptive Use In Umaine Female Students, Shannen Fitzjurls May 2024

Relations Of Emotional Functioning And Hormonal Contraceptive Use In Umaine Female Students, Shannen Fitzjurls

Honors College

The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of hormonal contraceptive use to emotional functioning in biological women. Hormonal contraceptives contain one of two hormones, progestin and estrogen, which are key regulatory hormones in women. Estrogen and progestin help to regulate brain networks and processes related to changes in stress response, cognition, and emotion regulation. Participants included 86 female college students, ages 18-25, who responded to measures that assessed hormonal contraceptive use, depressive symptoms, relationship quality, and mood. Results revealed no significant differences in depressive symptoms or mood states between women using hormonal contraceptives (51% of the sample) …


Teaching Gender: Analyzing And Transforming The Limitations Of The Gender Binary In Pre-Medical Education, Elliott Hooper May 2024

Teaching Gender: Analyzing And Transforming The Limitations Of The Gender Binary In Pre-Medical Education, Elliott Hooper

Honors College

Pre-medical education’s traditional orientation of teaching gender as a binary results in future medical providers who are not prepared to adequately care for trans* and gender-nonconforming patients (Snelgrove et al., 2012). To address this issue, I conducted an autoethnographic study of my educational experiences in the pre-medical program here at the University of Maine. I also investigated current pedagogical approaches in the field of pre-med and medical education, as well as scientific and social understandings of sex and gender, to create a tool to reflect on the gender inclusivity of course curricula and classroom environments. The tool draws on and …


Shostakovich, Soviet Cultural Policies, And The Fifth And Thirteenth Symphonies: A Contextual Evaluation, Nathanael Batson May 2024

Shostakovich, Soviet Cultural Policies, And The Fifth And Thirteenth Symphonies: A Contextual Evaluation, Nathanael Batson

Honors College

Dmitri Shostakovich is often regarded as one of the greatest symphonists of the mid-20th century, and with good reason. His music not only illustrates exceptional orchestration techniques and sounds but also contains some of the most emotionally powerful pieces of music in the concert repertoire. As a victim of Soviet persecution, both socially and musically, Shostakovich often spoke through his music. But there lies much debate over the validity of Shostakovich’s position in the Soviet Union, for according to some scholars, ‘there were no dissidents in Stalin’s Russia.’ This thesis does not serve to take a stance on the composer’s …


College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Newsletter, Spring 2024, Emily A. Haddad Apr 2024

College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Newsletter, Spring 2024, Emily A. Haddad

General University of Maine Publications

Only a few weeks ago, CLAS was well-represented in the path of totality of April’s solar eclipse. Versant Power Astronomy Center director Shawn Laatsch and his team were in the middle of it all, with months of outreach and research culminating in an amazing day of important experimentation and natural wonder that so many will never forget.


Information Security Update : Watch Out For Tutoring Scams, Ums Information Technology Services Apr 2024

Information Security Update : Watch Out For Tutoring Scams, Ums Information Technology Services

General University of Maine Publications

As part of our ongoing commitment to safeguarding our shared digital environment, the Information Security Office is providing you with this monthly security update. This communication highlights the frequently reported: Tutoring Scams.


News Flush, May 2024, Center For Student Involvement Apr 2024

News Flush, May 2024, Center For Student Involvement

General University of Maine Publications

The May 2024 "News Flush" poster produced by the Center for Student Involvement. The poster is printed and hung inside plexiglass holders inside bathroom stalls of the Memorial Union and on the website of the Center for Student Involvement. The events poster features a wall calendar-theme that lists dates and times for various campus activities, holidays, and meetings of Student Government.


Sites Of Incarceration And Forced Labour Under The Nazi Regime And Its Allies, 1933-1945, Maja Kruse, Anne Kelly Knowles Apr 2024

Sites Of Incarceration And Forced Labour Under The Nazi Regime And Its Allies, 1933-1945, Maja Kruse, Anne Kelly Knowles

History Faculty Scholarship

This map was commissioned by the United Nations Education Outreach Section to be part of a refreshed permanent Holocaust exhibition at UN headquarters in New York City. The contents of the map draw on years of research by Anne Kelly Knowles, Maja Kruse, and other members of the Holocaust Project research team at the University of Maine, Duke University, Washington University at St. Louis, and Middlebury College. This research was supported chiefly by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from team members' institutions. No territorial boundaries are shown because they changed many times from 1938 …


News, Events, Announcements & Highlights, April 26-May 3, 2024, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Apr 2024

News, Events, Announcements & Highlights, April 26-May 3, 2024, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.