Multicultural Resource Fair puts students from around the world on a path to success
Representatives from offices and programs throughout USM gathered in one place to explain how they can help students of immigrant origin.
New column in Amjambo featuring Linguistics Department
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Together with the Amjambo newspaper, the USM Department of Linguistics has launched a new column on language. The purpose of the column is to … Read More
ASL program makes signing popular
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Sadie Fischbeck was in high school when she first considered becoming an American Sign Language interpreter. But she’d need advanced training, a college degree. … Read More
USM linguist co-authors Penobscot children’s book
For more than 100 years, Penobscot parents read their children the tribal community’s most beloved folk tales from old photocopied sheets of paper. The … Read More
Assistant Professor Jeanne Heil interviewed in BDN article about language learning
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Assistant Professor Jeanne Heil interviewed in a recent Bangor Daily News article “You can learn a new language and actually make it stick.”
Annual FLAME Conference
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A crew from the Department of Linguistics had fun at FLAME 2020 the annual conference of the Foreign Language Association of Maine. Claire also … Read More
Congratulations to Erika Chadbourne!
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Erika Chadbourne, a junior linguistics major, recently was awarded the STEM Scholarship. The STEM Scholarship was established in 2014 and provides support for students … Read More
Roxanne Baker interviewed on “The Current” talk show
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Erin Curren, host of talk show “The Current,” interviews Roxanne Baker, part-time faculty member of ASL. View the interview below.
USM alumna awarded Fulbright to deepen understanding of immigrants
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For Karina Escajeda ’98 — who teaches Iraqi and Syrian children in her Maine hometown — earning a trip abroad to better understand her … Read More