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Interview with Michelle Moschkau, MSW Student & Scholarship Recipient

Meet Michelle Moschkau, UMaine Master of Social Work student. Moschkau is also a member of the UMaine Professional Opioid Workforce Response Program (POWR). Receiving an academic scholarship enabled Moschkau to focus on her course work and clinical field placement and increase her awareness around the relationship between substance abuse disorder and trauma, furthering her resolve […]

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Interview with Lorrie Heard, Teaching From the Heart Participant

Second-grade teacher Lorrie Heard recently participated in the UMaine’s Teaching From the Heart: Nonviolent Communication in the Classroom program, with Gina Simm. Learn about Heard’s experience in the program and how what she learned helped to build community in her classroom and empower her students to express their feelings and needs.   Where do you […]

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Interview with Christopher Tremblay, Grant Writing Program Participant

Christopher Tremblay recently participated in a UMaine Hutchinson Center Grant Writing program. This program has helped numerous people write and receive grants for meaningful work in their communities. Learn about Tremblay’s experience in this program and the grant he subsequently received to build a prototype for an underwater acoustic recorder that can be affixed to […]

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Maine builder Jim Bahoosh finds happiness in small houses

Belfast, Maine – “Do small things with great love,” advocated Mother Theresa, and that’s the principle Maine builder Jim Bahoosh exemplifies in every small house he constructs. Bahoosh will give a free public lecture at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center on Friday, Jan. 19, 5:30 p.m. –7 p.m. His presentation will focus on the […]

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