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Each year, the Office of the Vice President of Research and the Dean of the Graduate School solicits nominations for outstanding faculty mentors from undergraduate and graduate students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominees and their students are invited to attend the Faculty Mentor Impact Award Luncheon held during Maine Impact Week, where winners are announced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay Bland, an undergraduate student in the School of Nursing was invited during the ceremony to speak about her mentor, Deborah Saber. &#8220;Dr. Saber holds us to high, yet attainable, standards and ensures that the next generation of nurses will be knowledgeable and will excel in our various specialties,&#8221; Bland explains. &#8220;She is genuinely interested in, and invested in the lives of her students. It is clear she loves what she does, and her students love her in return.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 80 faculty were nominated for the Faculty Mentor Impact Awards this year. The 2022 winners are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>College of Education and Human Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Buchanan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>College of Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimberly Huguenard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andre Khalil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean MacRae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>College of Liberal arts and sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne Kelly Knowles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nimesha Ranasinghe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Maginnis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Robinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deborah Saber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay Wason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Faculty Mentor Impact Awards, or to view a list of awardees from previous years, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/impactweek\/\">Maine Impact Week website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:research@maine.edu\">research@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>91¸£Àû aims to recognize exceptional faculty mentors who have an important impact on their students. 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