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9 Apr 2025

PhD Alum Michelle Connors’ Dissertation Research Published in Maine Policy Review

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Michelle Connors, a 2024 graduate of the PhD in Public Policy with a Concentration in Educational Leadership and Executive Director of the Kennebunk Free … Read More

9 Apr 2025

Do You Know the Way to VPSA? Public Policy Alum Shane Long Presents & Publishes Dissertation Research

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Shane Long, a 2024 graduate of the PhD in Public Policy with a Concentration in Educational Leadership and Policy and Assistant Dean of Students … Read More

19 Mar 2025

USM School Psychology alum earns NASP 2025 Outstanding Advocate award

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Mary MacLennen is an alumna of USM’s School Psychology program and has provided practicum and internship supervision to USM School Psychology students. Learn more here. … Read More

Dr. Dana Kerr is the inaugural holder of the MEMIC Endowed Chair in Risk Management and Insurance.

26 Feb 2025

USM announces completion of $3 million campaign to fund MEMIC endowed chair in Risk Management and Insurance

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The University of Southern Maine Foundation (USMF) announced the successful completion of a $3 million campaign to fund the MEMIC John T. Leonard Endowed … Read More

20 Feb 2025

More than 1,200 students earn Fall ’24 Dean’s List honors

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The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate the number of students named to the Fall 2024 Dean’s List. To be placed on … Read More

Built in 1806 as a private secondary school, the Academy Building today houses USM's Department of Art.

2 Jan 2025

Seeds of ‘Sunnybrook Farm’ were planted on Gorham Campus

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The classroom that inspired Kate Douglas Wiggin to write a classic of children’s literature is still in use by USM students in the Art program.

30 Dec 2024

Congratulations to Nadine Bravo, graduate of the TESOL and World Language Masters Programs!

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As an instructor at the Intensive English Institute, Nadine builds a pilot program teaching beginner English classes in the Greater Portland area serving New Mainers. … Read More

Students in Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt's master's level Social Work class explain the research that went into their allegorical map about the complexities of student loan debt.

16 Dec 2024

Social Work students convey complex ideas through mapmaking

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Each of the four maps produced by Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt’s Social Work class used different techniques including collage and allegory to illustrate how student loan debt grew into a national problem.

6 Dec 2024

Faculty Publish New Book

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Dr. Flynn Ross and Dr. Larissa Malone have edited a new book connected with the course EDU 410/510 Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms. Dr. Adam … Read More

14 Aug 2024

More than 1,400 students earn Dean’s List honors

The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate the number of students named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List. To be placed on … Read More