Calendar of Events

On-Campus Recruitment: Central Maine Healthcare
2025-02-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Connect with local employers! Various employers will be on campus almost every week to talk about their work and answer any questions. These visits are great opportunities to network and learn about potential career paths.

Health & Wellness Fair 2025
2025-02-04 11:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Health and Wellness Fair
Tuesday, February 4th 2025
11 am – 2 pm
McGoldrick Center, Second Floor

Inclement weather date:
Tuesday, February 25th 2025
11 am – 2 pm

The Health and Wellness Fair is a collaborative event to broaden our employees’ and students’ understanding of best wellness practices. The fair also aims to educate students about the resources and support available to them on campus. Our goal is to assist students with keeping safe, healthy, and well in all dimensions of their wellness.
We invite all faculty, staff, and students – and other campus members – to attend this interactive event and take part in all our creative participants have to offer. WMPG will play music, there will be free food and drinks, a scavenger hunt-style contest (with prizes), and new this year – external resources!
If you have any questions, please contact us by calling 207-780-5411 or emailing usmhealthservices@maine.edu.

We are honored to be a part of your wellness team!
Thank you for supporting this wellness initiative and collaborating with us in a way that is
Student Focused Every Day!

One World, One Sky
2025-02-04 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
From China to America, Sesame Street’s Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, explore the night sky! (27 min.)

Natural Selection
2025-02-05 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Natural Selection celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On the Origin of Species” and the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth.
We will join Darwin on his voyage with the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands where he was inspired to develop his later theory of transmutation by natural selection.
From the comfort of Down House in Kent, Darwin himself will explain the mechanism of natural selection to the audience, and support it by showing many beautiful examples in nature.
The thrill of a scientific discovery, the adventure of science and the beauty of nature are central in this show.

University of Southern Maine Women's Basketball at UMass Boston
2025-02-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Boston, MA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Basketball at UMass Boston
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/umassb/

Tintamarre: Documentary Showing and discussion
2025-02-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Franco-American Collection — LAC, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States
The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine invites you to join us at 51 Westminster St. in Lewiston on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 6:30 pm for a viewing of the documentary Tintamarre: On the Trail of Acadians in North America with discussion to follow. There is no fee for our programs, which are made possible by the Québec Delegation in Boston and by TV5MONDE.
This feature documentary pays homage to the special character of an enduring people: the Acadians. Two hundred years after Expulsion of the Acadians by the British (1755–1764), Acadian culture is still very much alive. But why do Acadians—whose ancestors founded the first colony in North America—have to keep making a racket to tell the world they’re still here?
Unable to join us in-person? Contact Anna at anna.faherty@maine.edu for more information about the streaming link for the film. Want to join the discussion virtually on February 5th? Zoom link coming soon!
For more information or to register for this event, contact the FAC archivist, Anna Faherty at anna.faherty@maine.edu or by phone (207) 753-6545. If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Anna. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

University of Southern Maine Men's Basketball at UMass Boston
2025-02-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Boston, MA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Basketball at UMass Boston
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/umassb/

On-Campus Recruitment: MaineHealth
2025-02-06 10:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

CANCELED - Natural Selection
2025-02-06 13:00 - 14:00 | ME

The History of New France and Franco-American New England: A Community Class with Camden Martin
2025-02-06 17:30 - 18:30 | Franco-American Collection — LAC, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States
The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine is proud to announce a free community class taught by local educator Camden Martin. The class will be offered in-person ONLY at USM Lewiston every Thursday night, 5:30-6:30 pm from January 23-February 27, 2025. The class will discuss the history of New France, Franco-American New England, and Franco-American Lewiston-Auburn. There is no fee for our programs, which are made possible by the Québec Delegation in Boston and by TV5MONDE.
This course will provide a broad overview of European colonization of the Saint Lawrence River valley during the French regime. It will then explore the British conquest of New France to better understand 19th-century French Canadian society. The course will also delve into the economic and social factors behind the mass exodus of French Canadians to New England. Finally, it will examine how French Canadians adapted to life as Franco-Americans while preserving their language, faith, and customs in Lewiston-Auburn and across New England for nearly a century.
Camden Martin was born in Lewiston, grew up in Auburn and attended Edward Little High School until his sophomore year when he left to attend the Lycée Albert Camus in Nîmes, France. After graduating from both Edward Little and Lycée Albert Camus. Martin took a year’s sabbatical during which time he worked in French Language customer service and studied Environmental Protection at the Cégep Saint Félicien in Québec, Canada. Upon returning to Maine, he worked at Museum L-A, now known as Maine MILL, before becoming the French teacher/ Director of Enrollment at Saint Dominic Academy where he continues to spread his love of the French language and culture and to inspire future generations. Martin has been involved in promoting the French language across Maine for numerous years. He is a board member of the Franco-American Collection at USM, the Alliance Française du Maine and the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society.
To register for this class, follow this link: https://forms.gle/xLDb3brLQczZ1AS57
For more information, contact the FAC archivist, Anna Faherty at anna.faherty@maine.edu or by phone (207) 753-6545. If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Anna. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

Coffee and Crosswords
2025-02-07 08:00 - 08:30 | ME
Calling all mini crossword fans! Start your Fridays off right with the New York Times Mini Crossword (and share your time, if you’re the competitive type) in the Virtual VRC. Sudoku fans also welcome, and coffee, while not provided virtually, is highly encouraged.

Moons Worlds of Mystery
2025-02-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-09 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Take a fascinating trip to the little worlds of our solar system! (35 min.)
Take a journey through our solar system and explore the remarkable diversity — and surprising might — of moons! From volcanoes and geysers to ice-covered oceans and methane rain, these natural satellites have some spectacular features, and many even exert a surprising influence on their planetary partners. Learn what these celestial bodies reveal about the history and workings of our solar system.
Narrated by Ed Helms.
Written and produced by the Museum of Science, this Planetarium show was a finalist in Immersive Cinema – Fulldome at the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards in 2014.

Mapping Memory and History: A Dialogue between Billy Gérard Frank's Palimpsest and Indigo: Entanglements
2025-02-07 17:30 - 19:30 | Hannaford Hall — Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Mapping Memory and History: A Dialogue between Billy Gérard Frank’s Palimpsest and Indigo: Entanglements
Please join the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine for our annual DiMatteo Lecture–an evening lecture, film screening, and discussion with acclaimed artist and filmmaker Billy Gérard Frank. Frank will discuss his Indigo: Entanglements series of paintings and screen his 2022 Venice Biennale short film, Palimpsest: Tales Spun from the Sea and Memory (the film’s New England premiere).
RESCHEDULE TO FRIDAY, February 7th, 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Reception: 5:30-6pm
Lecture, Film Screening, and Q and A: 6pm-7:30pm
Hannaford Hall (Abromson Center), University of Southern Maine (Portland)
Support for this event is generously co-sponsored by Indigo Art Alliance and Moss Galleries.
Frank’s Indigo: Entanglements series is a new and ongoing body of works (multimedia painting incorporating silkscreen, vintage African fabric, newsprint, acrylic, etc.) interrogating the unmitigated drama and tragedy of New World Slavery and Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The Osher Map Library has recently acquired Indigo: Entanglements, No. 6, for their permanent collection, a complex multimedia painting that engages with Maine’s role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, via maps, documents, and other archival imagery.
Palimpsest: Tales Spun From Sea And Memories narrates overlaying tales; fragments of a life and man: Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, born in the Gold Coast (Ghana) in the Fante village of Agimaque. Cugoano was one the most radical and central African British opponents to have actively engaged in the ﬁght against slavery in the eighteenth century, England. His book Thoughts and Sentiments On The Evil Of Slavery, published in England after he gained his freedom, is one of the most direct criticisms of slavery by a writer of African descent. You can watch the trailer here.
Billy Gérard Frank, born in Grenada, West Indies, is a multimedia artist and filmmaker. His research-driven practices mine personal issues related to race, exile, memory, global politics, and post-colonial and queer decoloniality. Frank challenges conventional narratives and creates counter-histories through his work, which has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions at institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum (2020) and the Butler Institute of American Art. His art is also part of several private collections and institutions, such as the National Academy Museum of Fine Arts and Design, Farnsworth Art Museum, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, among others. Frank represented Grenada at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia (2022) and was also part of the collective representing the island at the 58th La Biennale di Venezia (2019), and (2024) Smithsonian Design Triennial. He is a 2024 Creative Capital Awardee and has received numerous grants, including the Ford Foundation Grant for his 2022 La Biennale project.
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is delighted to welcome Billy Gérard Frank as our inaugural Peggy L. Osher Visiting Artist Fellow in the spring of 2025.

University of Southern Maine Women's Ice Hockey vs UMass Boston
2025-02-07 18:00 - 21:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Ice Hockey vs UMass Boston
W 2-1 OT
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

Dimensions - Once Upon Our Reality
2025-02-07 19:00 - 20:00 | ME
Artists Rocco Helmchen and Johannes Kraas tackle the big questions in Dimensions — Once Upon Our Reality, a worthy successor to their popular 2013 fulldome show Chaos and Order — A Mathematic Symphony. The result is a fantastic journey through art and science, accessible to fulldome audiences eager to explore the hidden dimensions of our existence.
The great physicist Albert Einstein once wrote, “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” The producers took their cue from this quote to focus on the experience of the unknown and the feeling of the invisible universe that makes up the reality we think we know. Dimensions is an exploration of physics, quantum mechanics, inner and outer space, and the concept of the multiverse through the lens of art and music, deserving of a spot in every dome’s repertory.
The producers’ creativity transports audiences to fascinating worlds, where they find the time and space to think and feel about exciting and thought-provoking questions. The captivating scenes combine science visualizations, artistic interpretation of scientific concepts, and real-time sequences filmed in research laboratories and institutions actually involved in making the groundbreaking observations shaping our concepts of reality.
In each act — from “SpaceTime”, “Quantum”, “InnerSpace OuterSpace”, to “Multiverse” — concentrated introductions and philosophical quotes open doors to understanding, visualizing the specific themes in physics, cosmology and math, and taking on the theoretical underpinnings of our everyday experience.
Dimensions expands the concept of an arts and music show, combining carefully measured narration with the key component of music. Johannes’ original compositions and orchestrations function as a spark for the audience’s emotions, while the sound design enhances and expands Rocco’s visuals. Following the principles of “visual music”, image and sound influence each other, fusing these elements into a dynamic harmonious choreography.
What remains with audiences is a strong feeling there may be unexplored realms and worlds in and around us. These dimensions may influence us more strongly than what we already know and think we understand.
Dimensions — Once Upon Our Reality invites audiences to let go, drift away, think big, have fun, and most of all stay curious. It’s entertainment, built on and inspired by science and discovery.

University of Southern Maine Men's Ice Hockey at Hobart College
2025-02-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Geneva, NY, Geneva, New York, 14456, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey at Hobart College
L 2-6
Streaming Video: https://hwsathletics.com/watch/?Live=1786&type=Live
Streaming Audio: https://whwsblog.wpcomstaging.com/

University of Southern Maine Men's Indoor Track at Maine State Meet
2025-02-08 10:30 - 13:30 | Brunswick, ME, Brunswick, Maine, 04011, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Indoor Track at Maine State Meet
Streaming Video: https://www.nsnsports.net/colleges/bowdoin-college/

University of Southern Maine Women's Indoor Track at Maine State Meet
2025-02-08 10:30 - 13:30 | Brunswick, ME, Brunswick, Maine, 04011, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Indoor Track at Maine State Meet
Streaming Video: https://www.nsnsports.net/colleges/bowdoin-college/

University of Southern Maine Women's Basketball vs Western Connecticut State - Note time change
2025-02-08 11:00 - 13:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Basketball vs Western Connecticut State – Note time change
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

University of Southern Maine Wrestling vs Trinity College (Conn.) - at Western New England University
2025-02-08 12:00 - 15:00 | Springfield, MA, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Wrestling vs Trinity College (Conn.) – at Western New England University
Streaming Video: https://www.cnesportsnet.com/

University of Southern Maine Men's Basketball vs Western Connecticut State - Note time change
2025-02-08 13:00 - 15:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Basketball vs Western Connecticut State – Note time change
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

University of Southern Maine Wrestling vs Plymouth State University - at Western New England University
2025-02-08 13:30 - 16:30 | Springfield, MA, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Wrestling vs Plymouth State University – at Western New England University
W 43-8
Streaming Video: https://www.cnesportsnet.com/

University of Southern Maine Women's Ice Hockey vs UMass Boston
2025-02-08 15:00 - 18:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Ice Hockey vs UMass Boston
L 2-3
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

University of Southern Maine Wrestling at Western New England University - at Western New England University
2025-02-08 15:00 - 18:00 | Springfield, MA, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Wrestling at Western New England University – at Western New England University
Streaming Video: https://www.cnesportsnet.com/

University of Southern Maine Men's Ice Hockey at Hobart College
2025-02-08 19:00 - 22:00 | Geneva, NY, Geneva, New York, 14456, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey at Hobart College
Streaming Video: https://hwsathletics.com/watch/?Live=1786&type=Live
Streaming Audio: https://whwsblog.wpcomstaging.com/

Moles: What is Out There?
2025-02-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-11 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Young children will be introduced to the fascinating world of astronomy in a fun, simple and humorous way, hand in hand with Plato, a young and very cute mole.

On-Campus Recruitment
2025-02-11 10:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
