The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees announced Thursday University of Maine professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden have been named to the FAMU Anti-Hazing Committee, according to a news release from the Tallahassee school. (more…)
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Madden, Allan Named to Florida A&M Anti-Hazing Committee
Friday, February 10th, 2012Physical Sciences Partnership Featured in TV Reports
Friday, February 10th, 2012The Maine Physical Sciences Partnership, a program that partners UMaine with nearly 50 middle and high schools, was featured in two local TV reports Thursday evening. WABI and WLBZ filmed students and a teacher at the Reeds Brook School in Hampden, where the students were studying force and motion by testing propeller-powered model cars. Both stations interviewed Erika Allison, the UMaine-based project operations director for Maine PSP and the UMaine-based Maine Center for Research in STEM Education.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
National Coverage of Researchers’ Role on Anti-Hazing Committee
Friday, February 10th, 2012Media outlets around the country, including the Kansas City Star, reported that UMaine education professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden have been named Thursday to a newly formed anti-hazing committee at Florida A&M University, which had a hazing incident last fall which led to the death of a student band member. Allan and Madden are nationally recognized hazing researchers who with co-authored a pivotal 2008 report on hazing. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an Associated Press story on the announcement as did the Miami Herald.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
UMaine Partnership Beefs up 9th-Grade Earth Science in Area Schools
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012OLD TOWN – There is Planet Earth, which, for the sake of the discussion taking place in Ed Lindsey’s 9th-grade science class at Old Town High School, is a spherical object made of rock, watery on its surface and wrapped in a layer of air. And there is the mysterious Planet Z, identical to Earth in every way, but without air or water. The two planets revolve around an identical star at the same distance and speed. (more…)
Comments from Hazing Expert in Florida Newspaper
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Comments from Mary Madden, a UMaine education faculty member who is considered a national expert on hazing at the college level, were included in an Orlando Sentinel story about a hazing incident involving Florida A&M University’s marching band. Madden told the newspaper that the school’s decision to suspend its summer band camp and temporarily bar students from joining clubs and organization is a bold move on the school’s part to get a hold of the situation. The Chronicle of Higher Education also posted Madden’s comments on its website.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
TV Report on Benefit Basketball Tournament
Monday, January 30th, 2012Bangor TV station WABI reported on Sunday’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament that was a fundraiser for the Strong Minds, Strong Bodies organization headed by UMaine alumnus and former Black Bear football player Roosevelt Boone. Boone said the free program offers kids the opportunity to participate in physical activity and able to learn during the summer months instead of participating in at risk activities or at risk behaviors. The tournament was held in UMaine’s field house.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Allan Interviewed in Hazing Article
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Comments from UMaine education professor Elizabeth Allan, who co-authored in 2008 with fellow UMaine faculty member Mary Madden a national study on hazing, were included in an Orlando Sentinel story about hazing on college campuses. Allan said campus culture must be examined.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Coverage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Several media outlets covered Monday’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. The Bangor Daily News noted the focus of the event was on education and King’s vision for how American children should learn — regardless of race, social or economic standing. Phyllis Brazee, a UMaine professor emerita of education, was in a photograph that accompanied the story. Bangor television stations WABI and WLBZ also had stories about the breakfast.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Philadelphia’s WHYY Interviews Allan on Hazing
Friday, January 6th, 2012The Philadelphia-based National Public Radio affiliate WHYY interviewed UMaine professor of higher education leadership Elizabeth Allan, one of the nation’s foremost experts on hazing and bullying, Jan. 5 for a live report examining hazing and bullying. As part of the program Radio Times, Allan discussed the findings from research with colleague Mary Madden into the psychology behind hazing.
USA Today Editorial Notes UMaine Hazing Research
Thursday, January 5th, 2012A USA Today editorial about the need for a new approach to dealing with hazing included information from a study by UMaine education
faculty members Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The editorial stated the study found more than half of college students involved in clubs, teams, fraternities or sororities experienced hazing. In a report on hazing in historically black colleges, the website Campus Progress also cited the study, which broke down hazing incidents by race and found that the overwhelming majority of hazing reports—86 percent—were by white students.
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