Mike Muir, the new principal at Maranacook Community Middle School, has received the Robert A. Cobb Award for Exceptional Service from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine.
According to the article: “Mike Muir, whose career in education spans four decades and includes helping schools serving rural, disenfranchised and marginalized populations create motivational learning experiences, is the recipient of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s 2026 Robert A. Cobb Award for Extraordinary Service. ”The Robert A. Cobb Award is named for the former dean of the College of Education and Human Development, whose leadership demonstrated daily the belief that the college strengthened Maine’s schools and communities through the teaching, research, partnership, and outreach.
The link to UMaine’s article: https://umaine.edu/news/2026/01/longtime-educator-rural-school-leader-to-receive-robert-a-cobb-award/
Congratulations, Principal Muir!