Standing in the doorway of her first dorm room with just a gold key in hand, Alana had no idea how many memories were waiting inside. Now a second-year, she’s sharing everything she wishes she’d known about dorm life at USM.
Registration Week for spring semester runs Nov. 2-6, which means it’s time to start building out your schedule. While choosing classes can be tough, I’ve found a handful of classes I’d recommend to anyone, whether you need to check off a requirement or just want to try something new. Here are a few of my favorites.
Between classes, work and everything else that comes with being a student, I realized I was spending more time reading captions than actual books. Keep reading to see what I found when I traded scrolling for exploring the bookstores around USM.
As a USM sophomore with gluten and dairy intolerances, I spent much of my first year figuring out where and what I could eat. Keep reading to see the meals and snacks I rely on across the Gorham and Portland campuses.
It’s been just over a year since the Crewe Center for the Arts opened on USM’s Portland campus. Keep reading to find out what’s happening behind the scenes of each performance, class, and practice session — straight from Director of Operations Sam Kyzivat.
Between classes, department emails, Campus Groups notifications, and the flyer pile-up outside the dining hall, it’s easy to let some of the best events on campus slip by unnoticed. Keep reading for the shortlist: the events that return every year, worth putting on your calendar before they get buried again.
On the first day of the fall semester, we grabbed a microphone and asked USM students the questions that actually matter: hot or iced, dream job in one sentence and the one thing in your bag you couldn’t survive without. Keep reading to get their hot takes.
There’s a whole calendar of free events on this campus, hiding in plain sight. Keep reading to find out how Campus Groups can help you make the most of it.
Move-in day comes and goes in a blur of boxes, but your start at USM is bigger than a single afternoon. Keep reading for the tips that carry you from the drive in to the day USM becomes your place.
Every August, I find myself trying to squeeze every last drop out of summer — but I’ve learned that a little prep goes a long way once the semester rolls around. Keep reading for the things I always do before classes start, whether it’s my first year or my last.