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University receives $25,000 gift from Kennebunkport Resort Collection

The Kennebunkport Resort Collection gift will name the parenting room on the third floor of the McGoldrick Center, a floor dedicated to cultivating student leadership opportunities and connections, with additional spaces set aside for USM’s Diversity Center, student organizations, Promise Scholars, and the Student Government Business Office.

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Community celebrates major construction milestone on the new Crewe Center for the Arts

University leaders, arts faculty and students, and founding donors were joined by Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and other members of the project design/build team to mark a major milestone in the evolution of a building project when the last structural beam is put in place.

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Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute creates first alumni chapter at USM

The Institute was the creation of its namesake, Olympia Snowe. In 1979, when she was only 31 years old, Snowe became the youngest Republican woman ever to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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USM’s Lewiston Campus announces second exhibition at recently reopened Atrium Gallery

Posters from the “Celebrate People’s History” exhibit and event series, as well as a new poster celebrating the Papermaker’s strike that took place in Jay from 1987 to 1988, will be featured in the main Atrium Gallery at 51 Westminster Street from January 11 through February 20.

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USM and UMF receive grants to recruit educators, help alleviate Maine’s teacher shortage

USM received $160,000 to start or expand Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs (RTAP), which allow school system employees to complete their degrees and teacher certification through a combination of on-the-job training and classroom instruction.

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Maine’s public universities will provide free tuition to Lewiston mass shooting victims

As requested by Gov. Mills, the University of Maine System will ensure the cost of college is not a barrier for those directly impacted by the tragedy by providing free tuition and establishing a fund to support other postsecondary educational expenses.

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