Graduations will look different for a second year in a row but campuses are finding ways to recognize students through smaller in-person events with COVID precautions.
Rachel Ohm
Staff Writer
Rachel covers state government and politics for the Portland Press Herald. It’s her third beat at the paper after stints covering City Hall and education. Prior to her arrival at the Press Herald in the summer of 2019, Rachel worked at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, covering Franklin and Somerset counties, and the Knoxville News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering higher education. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and when she’s not writing and reporting enjoys running, cooking and traveling to new places.
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UMaine System proposing 2.5% tuition increase for 2021-22
The tuition proposal, approved by the board of trustees’ finance committee Wednesday, will go to the full board May 24.
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Committee recommends moving UMaine law school to temporary location in Old Port
Dean Leigh Saufley says the current law school building is ‘literally falling apart’ and the move is necessary as the university continues planning a new building on the USM campus.
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City Council committee seeks $1.48 million cut in Portland school budget
One member of the finance committee who voted in favor of the reduction apologized for her vote Friday as school board members expressed disappointment with the decision.
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North Yarmouth parent sues SAD 51 seeking access to remote-learning records
Kristi Wright has argued the school district is moving too slowly in response to her request for public records before a June 8 election for school board members.
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Families rally in Scarborough for return to full in-person learning
The Mills administration is continuing its current approach to school reopenings and will re-examine requirements if the U.S. CDC makes further adjustments, a spokeswoman says.
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COVID-19 cases in Maine schools rise to highest levels of the pandemic
School officials say the increase is a reflection of community spread, not transmission in schools, and several are continuing with plans to increase in-person learning.
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Amid pandemic, more Maine universities move away from SAT and ACT
Dropping requirements for standardized tests by college applicants is a growing trend nationally that has been accelerated by the coronavirus.
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In Maine, George Floyd verdict elicits relief, a feeling of justice served
‘We cannot forget that George Floyd’s murder was not an isolated incident,’ says Maine Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross.
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UMaine cleared of threat that canceled weekend baseball games
Police in Manchester, N.H., say they are now conducting a missing person investigation in search of the man named in connection with a threat involving the University of Maine.