Campus book group promises all the fun of reading without the stress of grades or papers
The third meeting of USM Reads focused on Percival Everett’s novel “James,” which recontextualizes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.
Seeds of ‘Sunnybrook Farm’ were planted on Gorham Campus
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.
Social Work students convey complex ideas through mapmaking
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.
Exhibition reveals the office workers who moonlight as artists
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A call for submissions to USM’s first Employee Art Exhibition yielded 40 pieces by 24 artists across 18 departments.
Lights, camera…Glickman!
The Portland Players stoked excitement for its upcoming production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” with a promotional photo shoot at Glickman Library.
2024 USM Summer Book List
Can’t decide on a book to bring to the beach? The faculty and staff at the University of Southern Maine have some ideas for you.
Library project gives immigrants an outlet to share their stories
A shortage of first-person accounts about Maine’s immigrant experience inspired a USM librarian to create a series of workshops to begin filling that gap in the historical record.
Book fair applies ‘banned-aid’ to national censorship scrape
The groups that staffed tables at the Banned Book Fair included Intercultural Student Affairs, USM Libraries, and the Recovery Oriented Campus Center.
Revisiting the History of Little Canadas in the US: Identity and Spatial Organization in the 19th and 20th Centuries
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We are delighted to bring together some of the most inspiring researchers in Franco-American Studies, and we would like to extend an invitation to … Read More
Work out by day then rock out by night with Tina Turner at Hill Gym
Admission to a campus concert by rock and roll legend Tina Turner cost students only $4 in 1974.