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Machine Shop Safety Program, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System's Machine Shop Safety Program.

Ideas: Inquiry-Based Dynamic Earth Applications Of Supercomputing, Seeing The Big Picture With Information Technology, Bruce E. Segee, Yifeng Zhu, Peter O. Koons

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

The goals of the project were to increase the level and volume of information technologies in the classroom and to promote inquiry-based learning. The project was tightly integrated with the Maine Learning Technology Initiative that puts a laptop computer into the hands of every 7th and 8th grade student and teacher. It was also tightly integrated with the University of Maine Supercomputer. Through the use of technology, students were able to ask “what if questions and find and visualize the answers to their questions. The focus of the inquiry was dynamic Earth modelling. This included geological evolution of the earth …

Ideas: Inquiry-Based Dynamic Earth Applications Of Supercomputing, Seeing The Big Picture With Information Technology, Bruce E. Segee, Yifeng Zhu, Peter O. Koons

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This project will connect researchers at the University of Maine with students and middle school teachers, both at the University (during a summer workshop) and at participating schools (during the academic year) to utilize computer modeling and visualization of geological processes in the classroom. The proposed project will have 60 participating teachers each with 120 contact hours at the University of Maine, as well as 180 students, each with 20 contact hours at the University of Maine. The focus of this project is to integrate computational modeling with the existing science curriculum at the middle school level. This will be …

Faculty Forum : Signature And Emerging Programs, University Of Maine Office Of Academic Affairs

General University of Maine Publications

On December 3, 2013, University of Maine Provost Jeffrey E. Hecker held the first of three Academic Affairs Faculty Forums. The forums are designed as an opportunity for faculty to discuss and provide input on various Academic Affairs initiatives arising from the Blue Sky Project. The December 3rd forum focused on "Signature and Emerging Programs".

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University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation Bylaws, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation recruits, financially supports and prepares talented engineering students to become the next great leaders in the pulp and paper industry, while also helping to meet the workforce needs of the industry.

The oldest pulp and paper foundation in America and a pioneer of the first program in the country to study pulp and paper engineering, University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation was organized in 1950, and incorporated in 1953, as a non-profit corporation. The Foundation awards more than 100 full or partial tuition scholarships annually and are represented by the most …

University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation Bylaws, The University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine's Pulp and Paper Foundation's bylaws.

Spring 2014 New Writing Series, English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The spring 2014 line-up will feature seven writers-four poets, two fiction writers, and a playwright-in CA/DlS-supported events. As the brief biographies appended to this letter demonstrate, the writers we propose to bring to campus represent a wide range of literary activity and achievement. We are focusing on the art of translation this spring and are proud to include writers in several genres (including our first playwright in some time) who, in addition to doing their own work, have also brought works from German, Italian, Polish, and Spanish to the attention of American readers. A secondary focus of our programming-carried over …

Spring History Symposia, History Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The HistoryDeparhnent Sym.posium oomrnittee has planned an ambitious and exciting prograrn for ow Spring 2014 series and are seeking moneyto assist us in o-ringing four well-known historians to campus to speak on, "Empire, Politics, and Community: Negotiating Paths of Resist¿nce." In this time of political deadlocÇ when so many sriticat issues are at stakg it is important to provide out students and the community at large wíth examples from the past that show how those who have been marginalized have asserted their right to exist with dignit

Annual Spring Dance Concert Spring 2014, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Dance classes are extremely popular with students and enrollments and attendance have gone up, Consequently, there are always waiting lists for students to enroll in classes, particularly beginning classes, as well as lines in the lobby at the performances. This is due to the efforts of our professional faculty and staff who make dance at UM a significant learning experience that rounds out a student's education. Dance classes culminate in actual dance concert performances that feature jazz,ballet, tap, modem, hip hop, and international themes. The dance program has evolved from a works-in-progress presentation in Minsky Recital Hall in the Fall …

In And Out Of Place: Finding Homes In Franco America, Franco American Centre

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

"In and Out of Place: Finding Home in Franco America" is a symposium organized by the Franco American programs and sponsored by the University of Maine Humanities Initiative. This symposium will take place on April 25, 26, and27,2014. This symposium will explore the significance of "place" to Franco American scholarly and creative works. Scholars, artists, and thinkers from around the northeastem United States and Canada will come together in conversation on cultural identity in public and private spaces, to consider how "place" bears on the definitions of our cultural selves and the inquiries that aim to understand them. Participants will …

Spring 2014 Visiting Researchers And Artists Series, Department Of New Media And Intermedia Mfa Program

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The New Media Department and Intermedia MFA Program are requesting funds to help support a spring lecture series. The following visiting researchers and artists will share their expertise in the following areas: an evening lecture with a question and answer period to follow, classroom visits, direct one-on-one student meetings and/or critiques and performances or other public presentations. The following artists have been selected because of the quality and engaging nature of their work. The artists' desire to interact with the students in a learning environment and to engender excitement about the arts on campus was another qualiffing factor in their …

Performance, Metamorphoses, By Mary Zimmerman, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Metamarphosis is play by director þlay wright Mary Zimmernan that is based on Ovid's poem Metamorphoses. It describes the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar. "Of the many stories told in Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, only the introductory "Cosmogony" and the tale of Phaeton are from the first half of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The story of Eros and Psyche ls not a part of Ovids Metamorphoses; it is from Lucius Apuleius' novel Metamorphoses - also called The Golden ls.s-and was included in Zimmerman's Metamorphoses because, as Zimmerman said in an interview with Bill Moyers of PBS …

John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar In Ethics 2014, The Honors College

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Honors College seeks partial funding to invite noted author Mary Doria Russell to serve as the John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics and to present a lecture entitled, The Age of Discovery from Spain to Space, on April 16,2014, exact time to be determined. The venue will most likely be Minksy Recital Hall. Russell is the author of several novels including The Sparrow, which was selected as the 2013 Honors College Read. With the visit of Dr. Russell, the College is able combine the traditions of the Rezendes Ethics Lecture and that of inviting the author of the …

Artist Lecture With Colin Blakeley, Department Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Title: Thursday Evening Guest Lecture with Colin Blakely Photographer; Thursday Feb 6th' 6-7:00 Lord 100 And Title: Friday Artist Workshop Series with Colin Blakely : Tips and Techniques in Digital Collage; Friday Feb 7th, l-2:00 Lord rm 311 Both events are free and open to the public. An e-poster will be sent out and flyers will be posted in and around campus. The posters will give the titles, dates, times and locations of each event.

2014 International Dance Festival, International Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The International Dance Festival (IDF) is a popular event that highlights the University of Maine's global diversity, and provides both domestic and international students with an opportunity to teach, learn and share with one another through the art of dance.

IDF began in 2005 as a small group of students wishing to share traditional dances with the campus community. The students performed in Minsky Hall to an audience of 150. Ten years later the IDF is a highly anticipated community event drawing over 1500 audience members to two free shows held at the Collins Center for the Arts. Student participation …

Lecture By Dr. David Pariser, Department Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Dr. David Pariser has agreed to present his current research on children's graphic development, specifically using artifacts and interviews gathered from Jaime Wyeth, with respect to juvenilia from Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Toulouse-Lautrec. Dr. Pariser is one of the few scholars publishing in English on aspects of giftedness in the visual arts and in children's graphic development. (See attached expanded proposal). Dr. Pariser has agreed to spend two days at the University of Maine, deliver a public lecture and be video-taped for use as part of the alumni outreach, donor, and promotional materials. He has also agreed to make …

Minerva 2013, The Honors College

Minerva

This issue of Minerva includes an article on the opening of Charlie's Terrace in honor of former Honors Dean, Charlie Slavin; a discussion on community engagement in the Honors curriculum and community; an article on the student recipients of the Rezendes Travel Scholarship; and several articles catching up with Honors alumni.

Identifying Productive Resources In Secondary School Students' Discourse About Energy, Benedikt Walter Harrer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A growing program of research in science education acknowledges the beginnings of disciplinary reasoning in students’ ideas and seeks to inform instruction that responds productively to these disciplinary progenitors in the moment to foster their development into sophisticated scientific practice. This dissertation examines secondary school students’ ideas about energy for progenitors of disciplinary knowledge and practice. Previously, researchers argued that students’ ideas about energy were constrained by stable and coherent conceptual structures that conflicted with an assumed unified scientific conception and therefore needed to be replaced. These researchers did not attend to the productive elements in students’ ideas about energy. …

Faculty Senate Agenda, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Documents for meetings of the Full Faculty Senate

Collaborative Research: Centers For Ocean Sciences Education Excellence - National Network Partnerships, Annette V. Decharon

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This proposal will be awarded using funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

This award provides funds to support the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Central Coordinating Office (CCO) in a set of projects that will focus on identifying best practices in ocean science education and develop internal and external Network partnerships. Specifically, this award provides funds for the development of an online COSEE Community Center to network teachers, ocean researchers and the public.

The COSEE program, now in its seventh year, has a mission to bridge the gap between …

2013-14 Women's Basketball Roster, Maine Athletic Media Relations Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

Multi-Year Financial Analysis Fy2015—Fy2019, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

. This report introduced the planning process and presented financial planning elements and forecasted scenarios. It provided background on financial challenges and context for upcoming decisions. The purpose of this planning process was to consider the underlying financial conditions that face the System and the impact of alternative action steps that may address projected shortfalls in the future. This report offered a transparent assessment of the System’s financial challenges.

Summary Of Fall 2013 Enrollments, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

This report provided summary information regarding University enrollments.

Application For Professional Growth In The Acsum Unit, University Of Maine System Human Resources

General University of Maine Publications

This program is intended to provide the opportunity for career progression within career levels (e.g. Admin Specialist CL1 to CL2) for the same job family and department for which an employee already resides. Please complete this application with your supervisor for the Professional Growth Process outlined in the ACSUM/COLT Collective Bargaining Agreement Article 8C. Specifically, this process to progress through career levels, is only available to employees who have worked here for at least 1 year and have had a satisfactory performance evaluation. Additionally, a supervisor’s approval of this application indicates the ability to fund a potential reclassification based on …

Faculty Senate Agenda, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Documents for meetings of the Full Faculty Senate

Program Elimination Proposal: Master Of Public Administration, Academic Program Prioritization Working Group, Office Of The Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs & Provost

General University of Maine Publications

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program was suspended by the Chancellor of the University of Maine System on March 2, 2011. The suspension was based on a recommendation by the Academic Program Prioritization Working Group (APPWG) and a decision by the President of the University of Maine. The MPA program was housed in the Department of Public Administration. Following the suspension, no new students were admitted into the program. A plan was put in place to teach out required Public Administration classes and allow students who at the time were in the program to finish it, assuming normal progress …

Howard B. Schonberger Peace And Social Justice Memorial Lecture, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Overworked American appeared on the best-seller lists of The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice, and The Boston Globe, as well as the annual best books list for The New York Times, Business Week and other publications. The book is widely credited for influencing the national debate on work and family. Another of her books, The Overspent American, was made into a video of the same name by the Media Education Foundation (September, 2003).

2013 Culturefest, International Student Association

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Culturefest is an annual event hosted by the International Student Association and the Office of International Programs. This day-long celebration of countries and cultures from around the world, is a place for our international students to showcase their cultural traditions. US students from multicultural backgrounds also take part and celebrate their families' heritage. Each country or region will have a table to exhibit their traditional items brought from home. There will be a talent show with music, dances, and other performance art from different cultures and in different languages. We also have a fashion show for students to introduce their …

"Working For Water" Research Colloquium, Communication & Journalism

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Invited Scholar Caroline Gottschalk Druschke will present a research colloquium o'Working for Water: A Place for Rhetoric in Watershed-Based Conservation Practice" on Monday, October 21, 2013 . At this point, the presentation is scheduled for 424 Dunn Hall (we may change to a larger room if necessary.) I attach a copy of her vita. In addition, we are arranging for Professor Druschke to meet with department graduate students and with researchers involved in watershed and sustainability research at the Mitchell Center/Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative.

Ancient Maya Cities In The Eastern Lowlands: The Kingdom On The Edge Of History, Anthropology

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Abstract: Although not as well known as the Maya ruins in the heartland of Guatemala and Mexico, the ancient Maya cities of the eastern lowlands in the modern nation of Belize are part of an important urban tradition that thrived for nearly 1,000 years. Besides the longevity of the Maya urban tradition, ancient Maya cities are remarkable for their diversity in terms of size and layout. In this presentation, Dr. Houk summarizes the results of a multi-year study of Maya cities in Belize, highlighting such topics as the origins of Maya urbanism, the function of Maya cities as an integral …