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Building A Better Orono Together: Cultivating Organic Community Connection With University And Orono Stakeholders Report Summary, Benjamin Algeo, Shannon Brenner, Alexandria Jesiolowski, Joshua Morse, Victoria Schuyler, Braden Sinclair

General University of Maine Publications

This project was undertaken as a collaboration between students in Professor Robert Glover's 2012-2013 "Engaged Policy Studies" course, Orono Town Planner Evan Richert, and Orono Town Manager Sophie Wilson. The objective was to examine the university and community perceptions of Orono as a "college town" with focus on the Orono downtown area.

Building A Better Orono Together: Cultivating Organic Community Connection With University And Orono Stakeholders Final Report, Benjamin Algeo, Shannon Brenner, Alexandria Jesiolowski, Joshua Morse, Victoria Schuyler, Braden Sinclair

General University of Maine Publications

Final report for POS 364-365 "Practicum in Engaged Policy Studies I and II" with Professor Robert Glover, University of Maine.

Permit Required Confined Space Program, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine (“UMaine”) Permit Required Confined Space Program (“UMaine Confined Space Program”) was designed to protect employees, visitors, researchers, students, and/or contractors from the dangers associated with work in or around confined spaces.

Painful Admission, Deborah D. Rogers, Howard P. Segal

English Faculty Scholarship

All across the U.S., colleges and universities are sending out their letters of acceptance and rejection. There will be tears.

Diversity Education Goals In Higher Education: A Policy Discourse Analysis, Stuart Glen Swain

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many colleges and universities have established student learning outcomes for diversity education as a part of their broad undergraduate education program. These education goals, developed for assessment purposes or other policies, reflect a range of possible diversity and multicultural learning purposes. The emphasis on some purposes, and the language used to articulate those purposes, potentially focuses or constrains practice. Using a policy discourse analysis methodology, I explore the articulated diversity education goals and the discourses and subject positions they advance. In particular, I consider the institution-wide diversity education goals established at 50 public liberal arts colleges and universities across the …

Engineers Without Borders-Usa, University Of Maine Student Chapter Newsletter, Engineers Without Borders

General University of Maine Publications

Engineers Without Borders is a group of students with an interest in improving the quality of life for people in developing countries by working with communities on sustainable engineering projects.

Fy2014 Proposed Operating Budget And Student Charges, University Of Maine System

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine System operating budget and proposed student charges FY2014

Faculty Senate Agenda, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Documents for meetings of the Full Faculty Senate

Development Of The Biology Competencies Assessment Series (Bcas), Michelle K. Smith

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This project is supporting a workshop to convene biology education researchers to plan out the development and validation of a Biology Competencies Assessment Series (BCAS). The BCAS will consist of several multiple-choice and short-answer questions validated by students and designed to evaluate student progress on learning biology concepts and achieving the competencies recommended in "Vision and Change: A Call to Action." In particular, the workshop is bringing together Principal Investigators of both new and established TUES projects related to developing assessment tools to address effectiveness of instruction.

Intellectual merit: The project provides the opportunity for experts in biology educational research …

The Beautiful Project 2013, Student Women's Association

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Promotional flyer for The Beautiful Project hosted by the Student Women's Association, April 23 through April 25, 2013. The flyer includes dates and times of various sponsored activities.

Linkedin Groups And Visualize Me, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss LinkedIn groups and a website called Vizualize.me and the benefits of each.

Facebook : Part 1, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.

Twitter, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves explain what Twitter is and how to use it.

Facebook : Part 3, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.

Linkedin, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves explain what LinkedIn is and why you may want to use it.

Google Apps, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss different Google-based programs.

Personal Branding, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss personal branding and the benefits of personal branding.

Facebook Groups, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook groups.

What Are Hash Tags?, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves explain hash tags and how to use them.

Provost Hunter On Academic Status Of Umaine, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Academic status at the University of Maine prepared at the request of the Faculty Senate for the 4.17.13 members-only discussion with Provost Hunter.

Standing Rules Of The Graduate Student Government, Graduate Student Government

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

Progress On Faculty Senate Blue Sky Proposals, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine's update regarding progress on (Blue Sky) Pathways 1-5

Facebook : Part 2, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves

Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps

Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.

Faculty Senate Agenda, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Documents for meetings of the Full Faculty Senate

Kon Tiki, Hudson Museum

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Kon Tiki, a new Norwegian film, based on the 1947 expedition of Thor Heyerdahl of his sailing across the Pacific Ocean from South America to Polynesia, will be featured at the Collins Center for the Arts on Thursday, October I0,2073 at 7:00 p.m. Heyerdahl's epic 4,300 miles, 1-01-day voyage on a balsa wood raft captured the popular imagination of the period. Heyerdahl's 1948 book on the voyage became a best seller and a documentary film directed by Heyerdahl won an Academy Award in 1951. This new movie, Kon-Tiki (20t2) is a historical dramatization directed by Norwegian Joachim Ronning. It was …

Dear Darwin, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

"Dear Darwin", the opening concert of our 2013-I4 Faculty Chamber Series, will feature soprano Nancy Ellen Ogle and pianist Ginger Yang Hwalek in song settings by Maine composer Scott Brickman of Kathleen Ellis' book of poetry inspired by Charles Darwin. These songs are being recorded this year for a commercial album on the Parma Recording label. Professor Scott Brickman of the UM Fort Kent Music Department, will travel to Orono to meet with music classes and talk about the concert, the collaboration and the music recording industry. He will also narrate the concert, which will feature visual projections of work …

Creativity: Lecture & Workshop, Art Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Stuart Kestenbaum will give a lecture on the evening of March 28th at 7:00pm, presenting his methods and thoughts on the subject of creativity. On Friday March the 29th, Mr. Kestenbaum will hold a workshop, on "Creativity", in room Lord 100 at 10:00 a.m. This is a free campus wide event and all public are welcome.

Guest Artist Bryan Davis With Jazz Ensemble, Music Division

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Bryan Davis is a trumpet player, originally from the UK, now residing in New York City, USA. He received his formal musical training at Leeds College of Music but considers "the road" as his true education. V/ith 20 years of professional experience to his credit, Bryan continues to learn from the thousands of musicians he has performed with around the world. His trumpet teachers include J. Brian Brown, Richard Iles, Dick Hawdon, Brian Lynch and Roger Ingram. In his early career, Bryan Davis had long associations with a number of groups, ranging from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Great …

Bibliopoetics: The Art And Future Of The Book, Umaine Humanities Initiative

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Bibliopoetics: The Art and Future of the Book: April5-6,2013, Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall (with a presymposium event on April5 at the UMaine Museum of Art).

What is the legacy of the book in the digital age? Bibliopoetics, a symposium sponsored by the University of Maine Humanities Initiative and the National Poetry Foundation, will investigate the meaning of the term bibliopoetics as an organizing principle of the author's relationship to books, in addition to the challenges that the digital poses to the existence of the book.

Guest Artist Lydia Forbes With Silver Duo, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Phillip and Noreen Silver will host violinist Lydia Forbes during the fall semester on the Silver Duo Recital in October The trio will be performing Brahms' Op. 8 Piano Trio in B major.

Lydia Forbes is an internationally renowned soloist and chamber music performer. She has concertized throughout Europe with Ensemble L'Archibudelli,Zephyr Kwartet, Het Schoenberg Ensemble, Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Osiris Trio, I Fiamminghi, and Ensemble Explorations. During this time, she recorded with some of the world's most prominent classical labels; Sony Classical, CNM, Harmonia Mundi, and as soloist with the Czech Radio Philharmonic for Vienna Modern Masters. She has also performed …