School of Education and Human Development

The University of Southern Maine has just approved a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Proficiency-Based Education 

USM’s Dr. Charles Bernacchio and Tiffany Reagan, a candidate for a masters degree in Counseling, as well as a Veteran, contributed to an article that was published this past Veteran’s Day in the Portland Press Herald.

Capstone students, alumni and faculty gathered for a breakfast to listen to presentations by current participants.

Timothy Doak and Jacqueline Kutvirt were honored in September as the newest alumni to be inducted on to the School of Education and Human Development's Wall of Achievement.

The University of Southern Maine unveiled plans Nov. 1 for the newly formed Maine North Atlantic Institute to forge greater business, educational and social connections between Maine and countries throughout the North Atlantic. The institute will bring together dozens of on-going projects in which USM students and faculty are working with schools such as Reykjavik University in Iceland and the University of Tromso in Norway, and businesses such as Whole Oceans.

Jaqueline Kutvirt, who graduated from the ETEP program in 2018, has been awarded the prestigious Knowles Teaching Fellowship.

Yalda Kaveh, who received her M.S.Ed in 2013 from USM, has been hired as an Assistant Professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers' College!

This season of "The USM Update," we are highlighting the many ways in which the University of Southern Maine is preparing today's students for tomorrow's careers through a number of career development initiatives targeted at filling the skill gaps in Maine's workforce.

With greater understand, fewer people would commit suicide, Associate Professor Charles Bernacchio and two co-authors in a just published column in the Portland Press Herald.

Nearly 1,200 undergraduate students from across the globe have been named to the Spring 2018 semester Dean's List.