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2005

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A Policy Discourse Analysis Of U.S. Land-Grant University Diversity Action Plans, Susan Van Deventer Iverson Dec 2005

A Policy Discourse Analysis Of U.S. Land-Grant University Diversity Action Plans, Susan Van Deventer Iverson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Minerva 2005, The Honors College Dec 2005

Minerva 2005, The Honors College

Minerva

This issue of Minerva includes an article on the development of HON 170: Currents & Contexts; a discussion of the Honors College's "Last Lecture Series;" a reflection on the legacy of former Honors Program Director, Robert Thomson; and an article on the visual art found around the Honors College complex.

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A Middle School Standards-Based Science Curriculum Handbook, Eleanor B. Hess Dec 2005

A Middle School Standards-Based Science Curriculum Handbook, Eleanor B. Hess

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As teachers implement the National Science Education Standards (1996) many must change the instructional methods they have used throughout their careers. This handbook will assist teachers to be facilitators in inquiry-based classrooms. The nine units of this handbook have been implemented for three years in an eighth grade classroom and have been used and modified by three different teachers to meet their own needs. The units in this handbook were chosen by MSAD #3, Unity, Maine, to reflect the curriculum requirements of The State of Maine Learning Results (1997). Included in this handbook are physics units covering motion, forces, work, …

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State Funded Research Annual Report Fy05, University Of Maine System Dec 2005

State Funded Research Annual Report Fy05, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System is required to submit in January of each year an annual report on the utilization of state research appropriations for operations and state research capital bonds. The report is to cover the most recently completed fiscal year.

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Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 4, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing Dec 2005

Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 4, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing

General University of Maine Publications

Inside UMaine was the employee newsletter issued starting in 2005. The newsletter was published once each month during the academic year. The intent was to "complement the university's other communication vehicles, including the UMaine Today magazine, UMaine Today Online and various other online Information Services, such as the university's Web-based calendar." The newsletter took over where the Maine Perspective left off to promote professional achievement and stories about campus events and advancements.

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Nancy Burson Lecture, Department Of Art Nov 2005

Nancy Burson Lecture, Department Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Lecture by Nancy Burson , Seeing and Believing More, which addressed the difficulties of perception, its photographic documentation, and corroborating systems of understanding.

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Spring 2006 Women's History Celebration, Women In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program Nov 2005

Spring 2006 Women's History Celebration, Women In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

This year's celebration, "Women's Work, Situated at the Boundaries" will provide an exploration of women's work, broadly defined, in music, art, photographs, and talks. We are particularly interested in exploring and raising questions about the connections between public and private, local and global, and myth and reality.

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Gary Albrecht Lecture, Center For Community Inclusion & Disability Studies Nov 2005

Gary Albrecht Lecture, Center For Community Inclusion & Disability Studies

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Distinguished lecture/seminar series in the interdisciplinary field of disability studies. The purpose of the proposed series is to widely disseminate progressive disability studies and universal access scholarship, and its application to advancing social justice and civil rights for all people including those with disabilities.

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Spring 2006 New Writing Series, English Department Nov 2005

Spring 2006 New Writing Series, English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The primary objectives of the New Writing Series are (i) to make contemporary poetry and fiction a valued part of the cultural life at the University of Maine, (ii) to broaden the University's local, national, and international reputation as a site of vibrant cultural exchange and creativity, and (iii) to cultivate links within the University as well as between the University and area secondary schools that foster imaginative approaches to thinking about contemporary literary practices. Whereas developing an audience for individual events can be difficult, a Series creates an ongoing context for the exploration of contemporary writing and signals a …

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Robert A. Kennedy Speech To Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, Robert A. Kennedy Nov 2005

Robert A. Kennedy Speech To Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, Robert A. Kennedy

General University of Maine Publications

The text of University President Robert A. Kennedy's speech to the Bangor Foreign Policy Forum.

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2005-06 Women's Basketball Media Guide, Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Nov 2005

2005-06 Women's Basketball Media Guide, Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

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Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 3, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing Nov 2005

Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 3, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing

General University of Maine Publications

Inside UMaine was the employee newsletter issued starting in 2005. The newsletter was published once each month during the academic year. The intent was to "complement the university's other communication vehicles, including the UMaine Today magazine, UMaine Today Online and various other online Information Services, such as the university's Web-based calendar." The newsletter took over where the Maine Perspective left off to promote professional achievement and stories about campus events and advancements.

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Summary Of Fall 2005 Enrollments, University Of Maine System Oct 2005

Summary Of Fall 2005 Enrollments, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

This report provided summary information regarding University enrollments.

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2005-2006 Swimming And Diving Media Guide, Umaine Athletic Media Relations Office Oct 2005

2005-2006 Swimming And Diving Media Guide, Umaine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

After finishing the 2004-05 season with a 3-6 record, the women look to improve on that in 2005-06 with an experienced team, as 22 swimmers are juniors and seniors.

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Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 2, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing Oct 2005

Inside Umaine, Vol. 2, No. 2, Department Of Public Affairs And Marketing

General University of Maine Publications

Inside UMaine was the employee newsletter issued starting in 2005. The newsletter was published once each month during the academic year. The intent was to "complement the university's other communication vehicles, including the UMaine Today magazine, UMaine Today Online and various other online Information Services, such as the university's Web-based calendar." The newsletter took over where the Maine Perspective left off to promote professional achievement and stories about campus events and advancements.

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The Dandy Scroll, Fall 2005, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation Oct 2005

The Dandy Scroll, Fall 2005, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

General University of Maine Publications

The Fall 2005 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

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Judith Sloan Lecture/Performance, Women In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program Sep 2005

Judith Sloan Lecture/Performance, Women In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Lecture/performance events with Judith Sloan to accompany the Hudson' Museum's exhibit of Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new america, a multi-media exhibit created by Sloan with Walter Lehrer. Four events will be held November 6-8, both in Bangor and on campus.

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Dj Spooky, Honors College Sep 2005

Dj Spooky, Honors College

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Paul Miller a/k/a DJ Spooky is one of the best known DJ/turntable artists in the world. He has presented his innovative music and image shows at many premiere museums and performance spaces.

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Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts Sep 2005

Dance Concert, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Dance program to expose a large number of UMaine students to talented visiting guest artists, faculty and peers.

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Letter From The President, Robert A. Kennedy Sep 2005

Letter From The President, Robert A. Kennedy

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Letter to the Editor of The Maine Campus from University of Maine President Robert Kennedy congratulating university students for supporting LD 1196, An Act to Extend Civil Rights Protections to All People Regardless of Sexual Orientation.

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Meeting Discusses Issues Surrounding Red Cross Affiliation, Melanie Morin Sep 2005

Meeting Discusses Issues Surrounding Red Cross Affiliation, Melanie Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A General Student Senate resolution passed last April that encourages student organizations not to associate with the American Red Cross because of accusations of gay discrimination which have caused concern over campus blood drives. The controversy stems from a Food and Drug Administration policy originating in 1983. The policy prohibits all men who have ever had sex with any other man since 1977 from donating blood. Since this time, ·technology has reduced the risk of contracting HIV through blood donations to about one unit per two million donations, according to the Red Cross Web site.

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Russia And The World In The 21st Century, Department Of Political Science, International Affairs Program Sep 2005

Russia And The World In The 21st Century, Department Of Political Science, International Affairs Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Program entitled "Russia and the World in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change" by Dr. Thomas Remington, who is one of the very foremost scholars of Russian affairs in the western world.

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Dennis Patterson Visit, Department Of Philosophy Sep 2005

Dennis Patterson Visit, Department Of Philosophy

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The speaker will be Dennis M. Patterson form Rutgers School of Law. His topic will be "Wittgenstein and Contemporary Legal Philosophy."

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Winona Laduke Lecture, Schonberger Peace & Social Justice Memorial Lecture Committee Sep 2005

Winona Laduke Lecture, Schonberger Peace & Social Justice Memorial Lecture Committee

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Lecture by Winona LaDuke on "Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming."

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University Of Maine, Creating The Future: Installation Address, Robert A. Kennedy, University Of Maine Sep 2005

University Of Maine, Creating The Future: Installation Address, Robert A. Kennedy, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

A published version of the speech delivered by University of Maine President Robert A. Kennedy at the time of his installation on September 23, 2005.

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Brida, New Media Program Sep 2005

Brida, New Media Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

BridA is a group of four Slovenian artists who formed a working collaborative while working on their respective graduate degrees. Their work spans between the technological and traditional as well as the scientific and artistic. Through their work they explore the possibilities of the information of science as expressible visual content in the art. Their methods cross continually from the digital to the analog. As a collective they work not only as artists but entrepreneurs within the context of the newly forming creative economy of Slovenia.

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William Klemperer Visit, Phi Beta Kappa Sep 2005

William Klemperer Visit, Phi Beta Kappa

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

A Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar will give a public talk of general interest on the occasion of the Phi Beta Kappa annual initiation ceremony. The speaker, Professor William Klemerer of Harvard University will also interact with students and faculty during his visit.

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2005-06 The University Of Maine Men's Basketball Media Guide, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Sep 2005

2005-06 The University Of Maine Men's Basketball Media Guide, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

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University Of Maine Volleyball Media Guide, 2005, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Sep 2005

University Of Maine Volleyball Media Guide, 2005, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

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University Of Maine Women's Ice Hockey Media Guide, 2005-2006, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Sep 2005

University Of Maine Women's Ice Hockey Media Guide, 2005-2006, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

Guy Perron begins his second season as the head women's ice hockey coach at Maine. In his first season he led the Black Bears to a 14-15-3 record. Perron, a 1990 graduate of the University of Maine, served as a volunteer assistant with the Black Bear men's program and was instrumental in leading Maine to a berth in the national championship game. He also served as interim coach of the women's program the prior to his appointment. Perron returned to Maine in 2003 after serving as captain of the Black Bears in 1988-89 and 1989-90. He was also an assistant …

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