Artist really lets her hair down with braided sculpture exhibition
Veronica Perez made sculptures from braided hair that she gathered at campus events over the course of a months-long residency.
USM celebrates 143rd Commencement with alumnus and New York Times writer Neil Genzlinger ’77
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The University of Southern Maine celebrated its 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 6th with nearly 1,000 graduates crossing the Cross Insurance Arena stage.
Dress display shines a red light on safety concerns for Indigenous women and girls
The sight of red dresses hanging from trees on campus serve as a wake-up call about the violence that Indigenous women and girls face at a disproportionately high rate.
Storytelling provides sexual assault survivors a path to healing
posted in: Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing, University news
A play written by the late activist Dianne “dee” Clarke chronicles her personal experience with sex trafficking in order to help other people who lived through the same trauma.
First USM faculty receive training to improve student learning
Two dozen instructors spent a year going through the Effective Teaching Practice Framework course offered by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE).
U.S. Senator Angus King speaks at Timothy B. Hussey Leadership Institute
U.S. Senator Angus King believes that our best leaders strive toward specific goals, resist the urge to dismiss others’ ideas and stick with solutions long enough to see them implemented.
Graduate Spotlight ’23: Sophia Slovenski
A national championship in javelin and a school record in pole vault are among Sophia Slovenski’s many athletic accomplishments as her time at USM comes to a close.
Graduate Spotlight ’23: Bailey Hartill
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A head injury altered her plans after high school, but it didn’t hold her back for long.
USM to celebrate 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 6th
The University of Southern Maine will celebrate its 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 6th with nearly 1,000 graduates scheduled to participate. The event, scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, will feature comments from University President Jacqueline Edmondson, student speaker Nadine Bravo, and featured speaker Neil Genzlinger ‘77, a New York Times journalist and USM alumnus.
Setting boundaries without stoking divisions
Dr. Bill Rankin talks about the role cartography can play in counteracting us vs. them thinking by recasting borders as a middle ground rather than dividing line between cultures.