New weed bill has Portland roots
Posted on March 04, 2013 by Nathan Mooney in News
Maine State Representative Diane Russell has authored a new bill to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana for recreational users 21 and over. Russell, representing Portland’s Munjoy Hill and Old Port neighborhoods, introduced a similar proposal in 2009 but failed to gather enough support to pass the changes to Maine’s existing marijuana policy. Russell [...]
Chancellor and USM president discuss the future of education at philosophy symposium
Posted on March 04, 2013 by Kit Kelchner in News
University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and University of Southern Maine President Theodora Kalikow explored radical new outlooks regarding higher education during the “Future of Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives” philosophy symposium last Tuesday in Portland. The event, five months in the making, offered a unique platform for both leaders to discuss with the public, [...]
Sign up now to participate in this year’s media training exercise!
Posted on February 14, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in News
Register for the event here Don’t panic – this is just an exercise. When you see a crowd of students and police responding to an emergency event on campus on April 12, don’t run off to call for help. This is just The Free Press’s helping the youth of Maine become name-taking, info-grubbing news hounds. [...]
University of Maine schools plug in to Project Login
Posted on February 12, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
Over 100 people were present last Thursday at the official kickoff of Project Login, the product of a year-long partnership between educators and local businesses with the goal of increasing interest and job placement in the fields of computer science and information technology here in Maine. The event, held at the University of Southern Maine’s [...]
Maine campuses go international
Posted on February 12, 2013 by sdritz in News
Starting in the fall of 2013, the public universities in Maine may start seeing an upswing in international students. The schools that will most likely be the most impacted are the University of Southern Maine and The University of Maine Orono, which will both be installing International Student Study Centers as a part of the [...]
USM Battles Nemo
Posted on February 11, 2013 by Nathan Mooney in News
Record snows hit the USM campuses over the weekend as winter storm Nemo dropped over two and a half feet of snow in Portland and Gorham. Chris Legro with the National Weather Service in Gray reported that, although it was not a record snowfall for many areas of Maine, the Portland International Jetport received a [...]
USM couple ties the knot after fourteen years
Posted on February 11, 2013 by Nathan Mooney in News
Ray Dumont and Rodney Mondor were used to playing different people on stage, but last Tuesday, they walked off the stage at the Portland Players Theater in South Portland with new roles in each other’s lives — legally recognized spouses. The two tied the knot under the lights at the theater in front of over [...]
USM mourns the deaths of two professors
Posted on February 04, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
University of Southern Maine community members are mourning the deaths of two professors last week. Thomas Knight, a professor of biological sciences on the Portland campus, and Bernice Conklin-Powers, a professor of social and behavioral sciences at Lewiston Auburn College will be remembered by faculty and students for their passion for teaching and their constant [...]
USM faculty senate endorses union work-to-rule
Posted on February 04, 2013 by Tom Collier in News
At the University of Southern Maine faculty senate meeting last Friday, all members raised their hands in a unanimous decision to endorse a motion to work-to-rule from the full-time union, the Affiliated Faculties of the Universities of Maine. The motion passed directly after a nearly 40 minute executive session that took place behind closed doors, [...]
Faculty discuss how to implement union vote
Posted on January 29, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in News
Faculty and committees at the University of Southern Maine gathered last week to discuss the recent work-to-rule vote of the USM chapter of the Associated Faculties of the University of Maine. The vote passed two weeks ago establishes that full-time USM faculty will only do what is specified within their current contracts. Ninety-three percent of [...]
