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Island fellow uses trails, other projects to promote “positive change”
It’s no surprise that David Steckler, the Island Institute’s Fellow on North Haven, finds himself drawn to place-based education as a powerful teaching tool. “Growing up, I was always attracted to being outdoors — and my learning style has always been to learn by doing,” he says. As the Place-Based Education Fellow at the North
Fellow finds “culture of high achievement” on Long Island
When Alden Robinson, the Island Fellow on Long Island in Casco Bay, first heard about the Fellows program in 2005, he was about to begin his senior year at Williams College in Massachusetts. While enjoying lunch with his father at one of his favorite Maine eateries, Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro, “I picked up a copy
Islanders rally against school consolidation; Coalition proposes alternatives
When Maine Gov. John Baldacci proposed reducing the number of school districts in Maine from 290 to 26, his proposal was greeted with a firestorm of protest from parents, teachers, superintendents and concerned citizens across the state. Nowhere was that opposition more vocal than in Maine’s year-round island communities, which support 14 multi-grade schools whose
Anthropology studies paved the way for Fellow’s assignment
Island Fellow Carly Knight is fascinated by the relationships of community, language and culture, and even as a college student, she had an affinity for islands. So it comes as no surprise that, as a senior working toward a degree in anthropology at Bowdoin College, she undertook a year-long independent study project, titled “The Wind
Peaks Fellow brings a passion for communities to her job
Sarah Curran, the Island Fellow on Peaks Island, has studied in India, lived on the island of Maui, and spent time during many summers as a teenager working on the Cheyenne River Reservation in Bridger, South Dakota. Curran received her undergraduate degree in anthropology from Skidmore College, and last year earned a Master’s degree in
New Island Fellows Slated for Four Island Towns
Four new Island Institute Fellows have accepted assignments at the request of island communities from Casco Bay to the Mount Desert region, bringing to eight the number of fellows who will live and work in these communities during the 2006-07 year. Annie Tselikis (Stonington), David Steckler (North Haven), Alden Robinson (Long Island) and Scott Sell
Endowments fund Fellowships
The Island Institute has successfully completed four fellowship endowments of $750,000 each to permanently fund four Island Fellows. The William Bingham Fellow for Rural Education – funded by the William Bingham Trust. William Bingham lived in Bethel, Maine for many years where his charitable interests included educating young people. Bingham left a considerable part of
Island Fellows complete assignments amid high praise
On Aug. 15, citizens from the length of Maine’s coast gathered at a dinner in Belfast to thank the young people who have lived and worked as Island Institute Fellows in their communities over the past one to two years. From Great Cranberry Island to Peaks Island, community members rose to pay tribute to the
Dine Early and Often
As part of a new “Giving Back to the Community” program to raise visibility and funds and build membership for Midcoast Maine nonprofit organizations, McMahon’s Rockport Grille in Rockport will donate a portion of its gross receipts for the month of September to the Island Institute. The restaurant is located one mile south of the
Job as Fun For Siobhan Ryan, its all about engaging with the community
“How exactly does someone with degrees from two big-city universities and experience studying abroad end up wanting to live and work on a small island in Maine?”, I ask Island Fellow Siobhan Ryan as we begin to talk about her Island Fellowship on Swan’s Island and Frenchboro. I’ve just reviewed her résumé on the Island