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Online Grandfamilies Certificate Course, University Of Maine Center On Aging

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine Center on Aging is pleased to offer an online certificate program for professionals and volunteers who work with grandfamily caregivers. The online Certificate in Grandfamilies Leadership program provides core education, technical support, and leadership development for professionals delivering grandfamily and kinship programming across the country.

Focus On Real Aging In Maine Photo Contest Winners, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Maine Gerontological Society

General University of Maine Publications

Center on Aging webpage displaying winning photographs in the "FRAME: Focus on Real Aging in Maine contest." Amateur and professional photographers of all ages submitted 82 photos celebrating the lives of older Mainers. The photos far exceeded expectations in their quality and in the depiction of the diversity of older people's lives and contributions to Maine towns, economic vitality, and way of life.

Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity And Inclusion In Older Adult Health Care, University Of Maine Center On Aging

General University of Maine Publications

Save the Date promotional poster issued by the University of Maine Center on Aging for the 16th Annual Clinical Geriatrics Virtual Colloquium entitled: Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Older Adult Health Care. The colloquium was scheduled for October 25, 2021.

Focus On Real Aging In Maine Photo Contest, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Maine Gerontological Society

General University of Maine Publications

A call for submissions to the "FRAME: Focus on Real Aging in Maine" Photo Contest sponsored by the Maine Gerontological Society and the University of Maine Center on Aging, the Maine Community Foundation and the Elder Abuse Institute. The contest seeks to "celebrate and promote positive and realistic images of the diversity of aging experiences in Maine."

Rape Awareness Video, Athletes For Sexual Responsibility

General University of Maine Publications

Sexual assault and the number of athletes involved in group assaults over the last year have raised questions about the exemplary status athletes hold in society. Using athletes as actors, the University of Maine has produced a videotape portraying a series of three brief vignettes.

Sexual assault dramatizations in the video The first vignette, The Date, portrays a male and female whose assumptions and poor communication at the end of the date leads to acquaintance rape.

In the second skit, The Morning After, a male involved in a gang rape at a party the night before is bragging to his …

Smart Sex Posters, Athletes For Sexual Responsibility

General University of Maine Publications

Comparing smart sex to a popular sport will undoubtedly arouse the curiosity of students. Most can’t resist the temptation to step closer and find out how smart sex is like golf, baseball, diving, or another sport.

Printed posters are 11″ x 17″, with twenty posters per set. Sports represented in the series include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, crew, diving, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rugby, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling, and many more.

University Of Maine 2014 Clery Safety And Security Report, University Of Maine Police Department

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The 2014 Clery Safety and Security Report issued by the University of Maine Police Department. Named for Lehigh University first-year student Jeanne Clery who was raped and murdered in her campus dormitory in 1986, the Clery Act requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to disseminate a public annual security report (ASR) to employees and students every October 1st. This ASR must include statistics of campus crime for the preceding 3 calendar years, plus details about efforts taken to improve campus safety. ASRs must also include policy statements regarding crime reporting, campus facility security and access, law enforcement authority, …

Women In Leadership Panel Discussion, Carol Kim, Emily Cain, Elizabeth Sutherland, Meredith Jones, Division Of Marketing And Communications

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A Women in Leadership Week event. Highlights from the discussion based on “Centered Leadership” by Joanna Barsh with panelists Emily Cain, Elizabeth Sutherland and Meredith Jones. The panel was moderated by Carol Kim, UMaine vice president for research and dean of the graduate school.

Click the blue download button for an unedited, machine-generated English language transcript for this recording.

University Of Maine 2013 Clery Safety And Security Report, University Of Maine Police Department

General University of Maine Publications

The 2013 Clery Safety and Security Report issued by the University of Maine Police Department. Named for Lehigh University first-year student Jeanne Clery who was raped and murdered in her campus dormitory in 1986, the Clery Act requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to disseminate a public annual security report (ASR) to employees and students every October 1st. This ASR must include statistics of campus crime for the preceding 3 calendar years, plus details about efforts taken to improve campus safety. ASRs must also include policy statements regarding crime reporting, campus facility security and access, law enforcement authority, …

Forum To Discuss Issues Of Safety In Schools And Society, Kay Hyatt, Robert Cobb

General University of Maine Publications

The Task Force on Safe Schools, a regional collaborative of education and community leaders chaired by Robert Cobb, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, will sponsor a public form on Wednesday, January 13. The purpose of the forum is to hear the concerns and seek the ideas of a broader constituency on addressing issues of incivility and violence in schools and society. The Task Force has spent the past six months examining issues, trends, existing policy and resources, and the barriers schools and communities face in preventing and responding to youth violence.