USM, partners kick off community reading project
The NEA Big Read: Portland, ME will focus on “Infinite Country” by Patricia Engel.
Reading workshop is a real page-turner for elementary to grad students
President Jacqueline Edmondson tours the classrooms where graduate students are helping elementary and middle school age children improve their literacy skills.
Research Release: Effectiveness and Harms of Contraceptive Care
Assistant Professor Kate Ahrens from the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, and Research Associate Amanda Burgess collaborated with researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University to examine evidence on the effectiveness and harms of contraceptive counseling interventions.
Graduate Spotlight ’22: Samantha Donley
Social Work classes were a full-body workout for Samantha Donley as she typed notes with her hands while rocking her infant son to sleep with her foot.
The ‘hole’ truth about Sport Management’s Donut Dash
The Donut Dash reached new heights for the Sport Management program by combining a runner’s high with a sugar high.
Healing the world for half a century at the School of Social Work
Bonded by the same desire to help their communities, generations of students came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Social Work and chart a path for its next 50 years.
When she had nowhere else to teach, Llewena Baker Hill taught by example
The legacy that Llewena Baker Hill left behind as a teacher far exceeds her short time in a classroom.
USM Lessons Helped Alumni Reach Top of U.S. Military
Vice Admiral Michael Dumont and Rear Admiral Margaret Deluca Klein are two examples of the many USM graduates who went on to successful careers in military leadership.
A trailblazer, Shaelan Donovan ’18 navigates her own path
On a hot and humid day in early August, at the International Marine Terminal (IMT) on Commercial Street in Portland, wearing a hard hat … Read More