The Inauguration of
President Selma Botman

  • Saturday, April 25, 2009

President Selma Botman was installed as USM’s 10th president in a ceremony on Saturday, April 25, 2009. The ceremony began with a faculty processional from the Wishcamper Center to the Abromson Community Education Center. After remarks by Botman's friends and former colleagues, University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude installed Botman. See below for details of this historic moment in the life of USM.


Order of Exercises, including Inaugural Poem by Dr. Annie Finch, the remarks by Dr. Leila Fawaz, Dr. Daphne Layton, and Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis, and President Selma Botman's inaugural speech

Letters of Congratulations from Members of Maine's Congressional Delegation and from Governor John Baldacci

Inauguration Press Coverage

Read President Botman's blog entry in which she reflects upon her inauguration

Photos from Inauguration Day, including portraits of USM President Selma Botman and members of the stage party

Candid Photos from Inauguration Day

Biography of Selma Botman

Historic Moments in the LIfe of USM

 

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