Budget cuts impede university communication
Posted on April 15, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
While many faculty and USM staff members are still reeling from the recent announcement detailing position and budget cuts, the administration admits to finding it difficult to communicate proactively with them. According to Provost Michael Stevenson, part of the reason that communication has been minimal is because of the short amount of time the administration [...]
Administration gives specifics on budget cuts at USM, details layoffs
Posted on April 15, 2013 by Nathan Mooney in News
In an email sent to USM students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, President Theo Kalikow released details on $5 million in cuts, the majority of which showed faculty and staff reductions, to be made to the USM budget for the 2013-2014 school year. Of the cuts, $3.1 million identified to date will come from from [...]
Speaker sparks controversy at USM
Posted on April 15, 2013 by Sidney Dritz in News
In an interview with The Free Press, Guy Hammond expressed a hope that his event Friday and Sunday, “Caring Beyond the Margins,” would help to provide a bridge between the LGBTQ community and the Christian community, a hope which was borne out, after a fashion, in the diversity of the population which turned out to [...]
USM President Theodora Kalikow outlines position and spending cuts
Posted on April 10, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
USM President Theodora Kalikow released a statement by email, outlining actions that the university administration has already taken to meet the $5 million in budget cuts USM will endure in the next fiscal year. “This is very difficult work, so it is important to remind ourselves that this university is an agent of change for [...]
University of Maine System complaint partly targets USM faculty
Posted on April 08, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
Recently, the University of Maine System administration has filed an official complaint with the Maine Labor Relations Board against Associated Faculty of the University of Maine union members for following what administrators consider to be “prohibited practices,” and at least one of the points of complaint is specific to USM faculty who are currently operating [...]
USM merges facilities staff
Posted on April 08, 2013 by Nathan Mooney in News
The USM Department of Facilities Management is consolidating control of grounds and maintenance staff previously under other departments in a merger aimed at creating greater efficiency in handling facilities related concerns on campus. Currently, the Athletics and Residential Life Departments have their own custodial and grounds staffs to maintain their facilities. Under the merger, which [...]
University of Southern Maine Student Senate supports fossil fuel divestment
Posted on April 01, 2013 by Kit Kelchner in News
At its last meeting, the Student Senate approved a resolution to express the student body’s desire to divest the University of Maine System endowment from any of the top two hundred publicly traded fossil fuel companies. The proposal called for an immediate stoppage to new investments in fossil fuel companies as well as a complete [...]
Provost searches to fill new staff position
Posted on April 01, 2013 by Jeremy Holden in News
USM will be due for a new associate provost position in the coming academic year, although the position isn’t really that “new” at all, considering that it is a consolidation two pre-existing senior administrative seats into one. The incoming administrator will act as dean of the graduate studies program and associate vice president of the [...]
The University of Southern Maine scrambles to make budget cuts
Posted on April 01, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in News
Last month the University of Southern Maine community was surprised when university Chief Financial Officer Dick Campbell announced that USM had to cut over $5 million for the next fiscal year. Now administrators and faculty are scrambling to make the cuts by the April 5 deadline. Administrators and faculty were at work over break, meeting [...]
University of Southern Maine student elections showdown: voter turnout higher than in recent years
Posted on April 01, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
Though turnout for the student elections this year was about four times greater than last year’s, Student Senate Chair Chris Camire believes that it could have been better. Those students who did vote elected a new president and senate and also gave approval for all but one of the referendum questions. Of the 21 senate [...]
