Highlights
Listen up: Huskies discuss their careers
Are you wondering what University of Southern Maine (USM) Huskies do with their first-rate education? Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, our Career Hub and WMPG teamed up to launch a new “Hired Huskies” podcast that will provide you with some answers! Through personal interviews, you’ll get a taste of some remarkable careers of our alumni from all walks of life and professional industries. Learn tips and tricks for getting hired and launching your own successful career.
Student creativity on display
While COVID-19 put a halt to many things, creativity is not one of them. Our Art Department is currently holding its second Virtual Open Studios event to showcase student work completed during the fall 2020 semester. The art presented ranges from paintings, photography, and digital media to drawing, ceramics, and 2-D art.
An opera production for the times
How do you perform an opera while adhering to COVID-19 health and safety protocols? With specialty face masks engineered for singing and by learning alternative ways to express emotion. Our School of Music students will take the stage in April 2021 to perform Mozart's 229-year-old fairy tale of light and darkness, The Magic Flute.
Strengthening our ties to the Arctic
We recently joined the Arctic Education Alliance to help build international education programs that support training in sustainable tourism, hospitality, and land and fisheries management in Greenland. Funded by a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of State, the partnership will lead to collaborations — like student exchanges — between the University of Southern Maine (USM) and the University of Greenland.
Featured News & Events
Healthy Huskies
Detailed information regarding the re-opening of our university is available on a dedicated section of our website, Healthy Huskies, that is updated regularly. Find answers to frequently asked questions — from new and returning students to faculty and staff to community members — that cover all facets of our institution.
An engine of academic excellence
The U.S. News & World Report college rankings for 2021 are here! Out of 4,000 colleges and universities in the country — 1,500 in the northeast — the University of Southern Maine (USM) ranked as a top university for social mobility in the northern U.S. The strength of our undergraduate engineering program also earned recognition.
Connect with us: Visits & Online Experiences
While our in-person visits and campus tours are limited, there are still many dynamic opportunities for you to learn about our thriving academic community from home. Attend an informational webinar about our university or a specific academic program, schedule a one-on-one video chat with a current student or an admissions counselor, and more. We’re excited to connect with you!
President Cummings' "Stand Against Racism" statement
As a university, USM stands against racial injustices. We make a collective and individual call for accountability and justice. We bear witness to the precarity of black lives, both at the hands of individuals and at the hands of our systems and policies. We are angry, disgusted, and saddened. We stand in solidarity with everyone calling for an end to this legacy of racial violence. We remember that our ultimate calling is love.
Archiving signs of the times
History professor Libby Bischof is asking for help to crowd-source an online archive of COVID-19-related signage called “Signs of the Times: Documenting COVID-19 Signs in Southern Maine.” She wants to capture the pandemic as it unfolds so the archive can one day serve as a reminder for those who experienced it and as a slice of history for those who come later.
