At the launch of the third and final year of USM’s Great University Campaign, President Jackie Edmondson announced the naming of the new McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success (The McGoldrick Center), now under construction on the Portland campus. The naming honors Richard (Dick) and Carolyn McGoldrick, two extraordinary USM benefactors who have championed student success at USM through their personal philanthropy, advocacy, and volunteer service.
Dick McGoldrick co-chaired USM’s 2004-08 Transforming USM campaign, which funded the creation of the Abromson and Wishcamper Centers on the Portland campus. In 2017, the McGoldricks launched the USM Promise Scholarship Program and fundraising campaign, which now annually serves 100 first-generation USM students from Maine, who have been recommended by youth-development organizations statewide. Recently, they made a $2 million philanthropic commitment toward student support programs at USM and have leveraged their own giving to help raise nearly $10 million for the Promise Scholarship program.
“No one has done more to support student success at USM than Carolyn and Dick McGoldrick,” said USM Foundation President and CEO Ainsley Wallace. “The new McGoldrick Center will be the beating heart of the Portland campus and we are thrilled that it will bear the name of these two incredibly generous and passionate friends of the University.”