Should USM students vote for the “common hour”?
Posted on March 19, 2013 by Jeremy Holden in News
While some students and faculty at USM may be all for the creation of a common hour, others are concerned that it might be more of a hassle than a good thing for university as a whole. The goal of the common hour is to set aside time during the school day when classes would [...]
The University of Maine System will make transferring between Maine universities easier than ever
Posted on March 14, 2013 by jreis in News
The University of Maine board of trustees met in January to discuss, among other things, the implementation of an intra-system credit transfer project that was originally approved at the board’s November meeting last year. According to James Page, University of Maine System chancellor, the project’s goal is to improve the college credit transfer process so [...]
Students engage community on sustainability
Posted on March 13, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in News
The Students for Environmental Awareness and Sustainability are eagerly awaiting the presentation of their long-planned event: CarbonFEST, a day of “edu-tainment” aimed at engaging and informing students, faculty and the community on climate change, divestment and other environmental issues this Wednesday. Starting a dialogue Shaun Carland, junior math and computer science major and president of [...]
“A difficult period ahead”: USM officials expect over $5 million in cuts for 2014
Posted on March 13, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in News
Members of faculty and the administration met on Friday to hear Chief Financial Officer Dick Campbell give his annual financial update. This year he not only reported that USM would face more than $5 million in cuts in fiscal year 2014, but he also showed those gathered a four-year projection of the cuts that he [...]
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Kelsea Dunham, candidate for student body president at the University of Southern Maine
Posted on March 13, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
Kelsea Dunham is former vice president of the Gender Studies Student Organization and also organized the protest against the Genocide Awareness Project’s display. Students may remember GAP for their exhibition of violent images of aborted fetuses on the walking paths between Payson Smith Hall and Luther Bonney Hall last year. Dunham explained that her experience [...]
Isaac Misiuk aims for student body president at University of Southern Maine
Posted on March 13, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
Misiuk is the current president of the USM College Republicans, having revived the formerly defunct group last year to represent the conservative presence on campus during election season. “Hopefully I will be stepping down soon to take up the position of student body president,” he said. He did, however, say that he would like to [...]
So, what is a MOOC, anyway?
Posted on March 13, 2013 by Nathan Mooney in News
“A threat and an opportunity,” USM Professor of Linguistics Wayne Cowart said of MOOCs. Though it sounds a bit like a cuddly science fiction creature, what Cowart was referring to is actually a hot topic in higher education lately –massive, open, online courses or MOOCs. For some, the idea of giving away university-created content in [...]
Chancellor Page addresses the state legislature
Posted on March 13, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
Chancellor James Page addressed the state legislature Thursday with the “State of the University,” reflecting on his first year as system chancellor and giving his thoughts on the present state of higher education in Maine and the future of the University of Maine System. Page, a Maine native, said that he was hired by the [...]
USM site of One Billion Rising rally
Posted on March 06, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in News
This Valentine’s Day the Woodbury Campus Student Center in Portland was packed with poets, writers, musicians, women activists and students as one of the sites for the global One Billion Rising rally that aimed to fight violence against women. One Billion Rising is a worldwide protest to end the staggeringly high rates of violence against [...]
Students attend Washington rally
Posted on March 06, 2013 by Sidney Dritz in News
Glen Brand, director of the Maine branch of the Sierra Club, said the message the nearly 50,000 protestors at 350.org’s Forward On Climate rally in Washington D.C. this Presidents Day were hoping to send to the president “was to let him know we have his back.” The Feb. 17 rally was attended by protesters from [...]
