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	NSF-Funded Project Launched To Attract Maine Students with Disabilities To Technology Careers EAST Alliance2 in Science and Technology The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.1 million to a team based at the University of Southern Maine (USM) to increase the number and diversity of Maine students receiving degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The five-year grant will fund the development of an alliance among USM, two Maine Community Colleges and southern Maine high schools which will provide support and training in STEM activities for educators and students. The alliance, called the EAST Alliance2 in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics for Students with Disabilities, welcomed guests to an inaugural meeting announcing its plans at Portland High School. In addition to USM, EAST members include Portland High School; Deering High School in Portland; the Casco Bay High School for Expeditionary Learning in Portland; Bonny Eagle High School in Buxton; Central Maine Community College; and Kennebec Valley Community College. The $3.1 million grant is an extension of a project first funded in 2003 designed to encourage students with disabilities throughout New England to study a STEM discipline and, ultimately, to pursue a STEM-based career. For more information, contact USM Professor Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh at 780-5362, langley@usm.maine.edu or Lynn Lovewell, director and project manager of EAST at 780-5449, llovewell@usm.maine.edu.
		Lynn Lovewell Director and Project Manager, EAST University of Southern Maine 260 John Mitchell Center 37 College Ave Gorham, ME 04038 Voice: (207) 780-5449 TTY: (207) 780-5646 FAX: (207) 780-5129 email
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	EAST is funded under National Science Foundation Award No. HRD 0833567. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.