Oct 2022
We recently received a $350,000 gift to support 15 to 20 craft beverage businesses in their efforts toward going green. This gift will allow our New England Environmental Finance Center to work with businesses — including breweries, distilleries, wineries or cider makers within our state — to implement crucial sustainable practices and improve processes that impact the environment.
Aug/Sep 2022
L.L.Bean has announced a gift of $850,000 to support a new Career & Student Success Center as well as a scholarship for students pursuing environmental education. The student center and environmentally friendly campus quad are all part of the historic transformation of our Portland campus — the University’s largest construction project ever and our most sustainable.
Jul 2022
At last year’s Tony Awards, Ed Reichert — a lecturer at our Osher School of Music — was surprised and thrilled to hear his own name. Broadway nominee Robyn Hurder credited Reichert’s belief in her as an inspiration to keep pursuing theatre. Key to Reichert’s decades-long involvement in Maine theatre is the kindness and respect he shows students, staff, and colleagues alike.
Jun 2022
Dr. Jacqueline Edmondson will become the 18th President of USM on July 1. Coming to us from Penn State University, Dr. Edmondson is a first-generation college student, faculty member, author, and academic administrator who has a vision for building on our strengths, helping us realize new opportunities, and expanding our impact.
May 2022
Some of our Tourism and Hospitality students recently met with members of the Wabanaki community in Millinocket. They learned about the region’s cultural tourism potential from the people who stewarded the land for the past 10,000 years by participating in a smudge ceremony, snowshoe tour, medicine plant walk, and traditional dinner.
Apr 2022
We are grateful for a $1 million anonymous gift, which ensures that two high-impact scholarship programs for underserved Maine students remain adequately funded. The Access to Education Fund provides scholarships to Maine residents who don’t qualify for state or federal financial aid. The Promise Scholarship Program supports limited-income, first-generation Maine students.
Established: September 2013