Calendar of Events

AI Resources for Graduate Students (Virtual Workshop)
2025-10-22 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom meeting
Are you a grad student, ready to dive into artificial intelligence but don’t know where to start? Join the Office of Graduate Studies and Graduate Research Opportunity (GRO) Program on Wednesday, October 22 at 11:00 AM for a virtual workshop where we’ll provide an overview of the key AI resources available to you with your maine.edu account! Attendees will become familiar with essential tools like Notebook LM and Google Gemini, and learn about practical ways to integrate their features into approaching coursework and enhancing academic research capabilities.

While this session will be recorded for enduring access, students are encouraged to join in real-time and ask questions to help boost their understanding of the full benefits available to them with the AI tools at their disposal, using their maine.edu credentials.
Please RSVP for this event by Tuesday, October 21 to receive the Zoom link ahead of the event on October 22.
In the meantime, if you are curious about incorporating AI into your coursework, check out the USM Student Guide to AI and Learning.
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g., sign language interpreters, materials in print format, etc.), please contact the Office of Graduate Studies. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.
We hope to see you there!

University of Southern Maine Men's Soccer vs UMass Boston
2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Soccer vs UMass Boston
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer at UMass Boston
2025-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Boston, MA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer at UMass Boston
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball vs Plymouth State University - Dig Pink Match
2025-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Plymouth State University – Dig Pink Match
L 0-3
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Golf vs Little East Conference Championship - Hosted by Rhode Island College
2025-10-23 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Warwick, RI – Valley Country Club, New London Avenue 251, Warwick, Rhode Island, 02886, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Golf vs Little East Conference Championship – Hosted by Rhode Island College

Employer On-Campus Visits
2025-10-23 11:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Network with local employers without having to leave campus! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on the first floor of the McGoldrick Center on the Portland campus, various employers will be on campus to talk about their work and answer any questions.

Louden Family Lecture Series Event: What Will It Take To Fix Social Media
2025-10-23 12:30 - 13:45 | University Events Room, 7th floor — Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
What Will It Take to Fix Social Media?

Professor Karen Frost-Arnold will present a talk entitled, “What Will it Take to Fix Social Media?” for the third annual Louden Family Lecture Series event. Social media is plagued with problems of disinformation, harassment, censorship, and digital colonialism. Decisions about what kinds of speech are permitted and who can speak online are made with very little input from marginalized people, especially those in the Global South. There is a moral and epistemic imperative for us to collectively imagine alternative futures for our social media communities. This talk investigates the promises and perils of decentralized, non-corporate alternative social media platforms.

Professor Karen Frost-Arnold of Hobart and William Smith Colleges is the author of the forthcoming book, Who Should We Be Online? A Social Epistemology for the Internet, (New York: Oxford University Press). Professor Frost-Arnold’s scholarly interests include Trust, Social epistemology, Philosophy of the Internet, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and Feminist Philosophy. You can read more about Professor Frost-Arnold here

Dinosaurs At Dusk
2025-10-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-24 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Dinosaurs at Dusk
A whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! A larger than life extravaganza rife with roaring monsters from the ancient age: bounding, stomping, flying, hunting, and foraging frenetically above us.

University of Southern Maine Men's Ice Hockey vs University of New England - Exhibition
2025-10-23 19:00 - 22:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey vs University of New England – Exhibition

Student Recital Series: Ocean Robbins
2025-10-23 19:30 - 20:30 | Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The Osher School of Music is pleased to present Ocean Robbins in his senior voice recital. Ocean is the student of Scott Wheatley and Mary Letellier.
Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Reserve Your Parking

Disability Access and Accommodations
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 Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

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University of Southern Maine Women's Ice Hockey vs Suffolk University - Exhibition
2025-10-24 16:00 - 19:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Ice Hockey vs Suffolk University – Exhibition

Ghost Hour
2025-10-24 19:00 - 20:30 | ME
Our reading of the stars determines how we measure and mark the calendar and holiday year. Southworth Planetarium invites you to take our wild Ghost Hour tour through the stories, poems, songs and rites inspired by our sky and the winter advent season of Hallowe’en with full dome planetarium projections. Tickets are by donation. Ghosts enter for free.

A Monster Calls
2025-10-24 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-25 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-10-26 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-10-26 14:52 | Russell Hall, 24 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
October 24-November 2, 2025
Based on the novel by Patrick Ness and inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd
Devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the Company
Directed by Rachel Price Cooper
Connor has been having nightmares. Or rather, THE nightmare. It jolts him awake every night seven minutes after midnight ever since his mother got sick. Tonight, Connor wakes up to a different nightmare. The ancient Yew Tree in his yard has come to life and demands to be heard. This monster informs Connor that he will tell him three stories, one a night, and all true. After that, Connor must tell his. A Monster Calls is a stunning spectacle that reckons with loss, grief, and the stories we tell to make sense of the unimaginable.
Show length: 2h 20m with intermission
Best for grades 5 & up
Content advisory: Contains sensitive themes of terminal illness, the loss of a parent, and bullying

University of Southern Maine Men's Ice Hockey vs Nichols College - Exhibition
2025-10-24 19:00 - 22:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey vs Nichols College – Exhibition
L 3-9

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball vs Western Connecticut State
2025-10-25 12:00 - 14:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Western Connecticut State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs Western Connecticut State - Senior Day
2025-10-25 12:00 - 15:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs Western Connecticut State – Senior Day
W 2-1
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Ice Hockey vs Rivier University - Exhibition
2025-10-25 13:00 - 16:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Ice Hockey vs Rivier University – Exhibition

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer vs Eastern Connecticut State - Senior Day
2025-10-25 15:00 - 17:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer vs Eastern Connecticut State – Senior Day
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Men's Soccer at Eastern Connecticut State - Note time change
2025-10-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Willimantic, CT, Windham, Connecticut, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Soccer at Eastern Connecticut State – Note time change
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball vs Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2025-10-25 16:00 - 18:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

John Cage Sonatas & Interludes
2025-10-25 19:00 - 20:15 | Performance Hall — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Pianist Bridget Convey presents a one-of-a-kind concert experience featuring John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes—a set of short pieces for a specially prepared piano.
To create the unique sounds in this music, everyday objects like screws, rubber, and bolts are placed between the piano strings. The result? A mix of soft, mysterious, and percussive tones that turn the piano into something completely new. Written in the 1940s, this music is calm, curious, and full of surprises.
Interested in a deeper dive into Cage’s music? Join Convey from 4–5 P.M. before the performance for an exclusive, free masterclass.

Tickets available through PortTIX, the official box office for the Osher School of Music.
PHONE 207-842-0800
ONLINE www.porttix.com
IN-PERSON 400 Congress St Suite A, Portland, ME 04101

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Disability Access and Accommodations
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 Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

Subscribe to our patron newsletter to stay up-to-date on all Osher School of Music events.
Join the Osher School of Music as a volunteer usher.

Rusty Rocket's Last Blast!
2025-10-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast
Join Rusty Rocket and his band of rocket rookies as they explore the solar system. Fly across Saturn’s rings, soar along a Martian canyon; delve deep into the solar interior!

Green Zone Training (Virtual)
2025-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom meeting
The Green Zone Military Cultural Awareness Training Program familiarizes staff and faculty with military life and how it can translate to a student’s post-service (or mid-service) education experience. This program was developed by student veterans and M.A.S.H. staff to share information about the unique experiences and challenges of student veterans and service members, as well as the resources available for their support.

The 2-hour session is led by student veterans with support from M.A.S.H. staff. Facilitators present an informational slideshow and lead interactive scenarios and discussion. Upon completing the training, participants can display the Green Zone symbol physically or digitally, identifying them as military-friendly (similar to the LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Project decal).

Employer On-Campus Visits: Renewal by Andersen
2025-10-28 11:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
