The past is prologue to Dr. Libby Bischof’s new role as inaugural University Historian
Bischof began her new duties over the summer after being appointed by President Jacqueline Edmondson.
Bischof began her new duties over the summer after being appointed by President Jacqueline Edmondson.
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.
As research for the book “Female Husbands,” Dr. Jen Manion used newspaper articles and public records to show what life was like for transgender men in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The University of Southern Maine and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are very proud of History alumna, Marnie Darling Voter Childress, … Read More