Portland middle school students protest racial and gender harassment
Students at Lyman Moore and Lincoln middle schools staged demonstrations Friday, and said they believe that adults aren't taking them seriously.
View ArticleUniversity of Southern Maine faculty senate votes no confidence in chancellor
USM faculty cited the departure of 3 system presidents within the year and a lack of faculty input in important University of Maine System decisions.
View ArticleEight years after immigrating, 2 new Mainers fulfill dreams of graduating...
Fabiola Jenson and Fartun Hirsi arrived in Maine from Rwanda and Somalia in 2014, and are now USM nursing school graduates.
View ArticlePenn State administrator named next president of USM
Jacqueline Edmonson, current chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will start in her job on July 1.
View ArticlePortland’s Lincoln Middle School principal requests leave of absence after...
Lincoln Middle School's interim principal, Robyn Bailey, also came under fire last fall for an email she wrote criticizing women of color on the city's charter commission.
View ArticleIncoming USM president shares vision for Lewiston-Auburn Campus
Jacqueline Edmondson visited the Lewiston-Auburn campus Tuesday morning to introduce herself and share brief remarks about her vision for the university's smallest campus.
View ArticleBoard, parents seek answers about how Portland middle school protests went awry
Superintendent Xavier Botana said the district is still processing the protests at Lincoln and Lyman Moore middle schools last week. The school board plans to hold a workshop to discuss the matter at...
View ArticleUMF Faculty Senate issues no-confidence vote in Chancellor Malloy
The vote follows a time of instability at UMF and in the UMaine System.
View ArticleTeacher defends LGBT kindergarten lesson featured in anti-Mills ad
The kindergarten teacher is disappointed that Gov. Mills and the state Department of Education responded to criticism by removing her video lesson from the state's website.
View ArticlePolice continue to investigate alleged threat made by Greely High School student
The school district said Thursday that the student made comments about shooting other students and referenced a gun in a backpack.
View ArticleUMaine System chancellor receives fourth no-confidence vote from faculty
Faculty at the University of Maine at Machias voted unanimously this week to support earlier votes of no confidence at UMA, USM and UMF.
View ArticleThe effects of faculty cuts ripple across UMF campus and into homes
After building roots in Farmington, will the professors eliminated from UMF's humanities and social sciences programs leave the community they have come to love?
View ArticleUMaine System faculty lose faith in chancellor as his contract comes up for...
‘He doesn’t understand or want to understand the issues the faculty are raising,’ said a professor from the Augusta campus, the first school to declare no confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy.
View ArticleFuror followed Malloy from Connecticut to Maine
Malloy was once the least popular governor in the country and some in Connecticut are still upset about his reforms of that state's higher education system.
View ArticleNewly named UMA president agrees to deal to withdraw from position
Michael R. Laliberte, whose hiring was criticized after votes of no confidence at his former university came to light, to be paid salary of $205,000 in what would have been his first year.
View ArticleColby College graduates hailed for resilience, perseverance
College presents diplomas to about 540 new graduates from 36 states and 23 countries.
View ArticleFaculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell...
UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
View ArticleFaculty members question payout to new UMA president who withdrew from job
Michael R. Laliberte's potential $615,000 paycheck over three years is not sitting well with certain faculty members, some of whom were laid off recently for budgetary reasons.
View ArticleDid Harry Styles record part of his latest album in Maine?
Maine-raised songwriter Amy Allen co-wrote one of the tracks on the British popstar's new album, but fans think there's another Maine connection — to a farm in Monmouth.
View ArticleFinal settlement with UMA president who withdrew from job includes $30,000...
The deal between the University of Maine System and Michael Laliberte also ensures he will make a minimum of $235,000 annually for the next two years, with UMaine agreeing to pay the difference if a...
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