This program is part of the Curious Minds lecture series which is a joint partnership between the Auburn Public Library and the Lewiston/Auburn Senior College.

When Presidents Come to Town

Historian Doug Hodgkin will explore the visits of presidents and presidential candidates  to Lewiston and Auburn. Hodgkin will start with Garfield and go right through Trump although the latter was a visit to Lisbon. He will examine how these visits illustrate how changes in campaigning, in technology and in how election laws affect presidential travel and bring presidential hopefuls to appear in relatively small cities.

Where:  Auburn Public Library
Address:  49 Spring Street – Auburn, Maine
Room:  Androscoggin Community Room

Join us for an exciting networking event brought to you by the Office of Graduate Studies, USM’s Career & Employment Hub, and Alumni Engagement. Graduate students will have the opportunity to meet briefly with a cross-disciplinary panel of employers, learn more about their organizations and current job openings.

Employers in attendance will include:

• City of Portland’s Office of Economic Opportunity
• City of Portland’s Department of Parks and Recreation
• Community Health Options
• Creative Work Systems
• MaineHealth Department of Medical Education, Health Career Pipeline
• Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority
• Martin’s Point Health Care
• ReVision Energy
• Sweetser
• University Credit Union
• U.S. Government Diplomat- New England
• and MORE!

Light refreshments will be provided.

The Dempsey Center, in partnership with the
USM School of Nursing, cordially requests the pleasure of your company on
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
From 9 AM – 12 PM

Please join us for the following events:
“YOU are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention”

This presentation will highlight crucial cancer prevention strategies and
inform guests about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
Presented by: Jessica Reed, MSN, GNP-BC
Maine Quality Counts

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Followed by
Survivors Teaching Students®
A moving lecture given by ovarian cancer survivors who travel nationally to
share their knowledge and experience with healthcare students
Presented by:
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance

*****PLEASE RSVP HERE: at http://evite.me/uJJEsPcYHd

Registration is open for #HuskyDOS!

Register here for Portland/Gorham or Lewiston-Auburn Husky Day of Service!

This year we have categorized volunteer sites into the following purpose areas:

Public Health and Housing
Advocacy and Human Rights
Environment
Education and Youth Development
Arts and Culture

For a sneak peek of projects, like us on Facebook and follow our Instagram page!

Here is what to expect on Husky Day of Service, April 12th 2019:

9:00 AM Welcome and Site Selection*
10:00 AM Service Project Begins
2:00 PM Reflection and Lunch
3:00 PM Husky Day of Service 2019 Ends
**Location: Sulivan Gym for Portland/Gorham and Druker Office of Community Engagement for Lewiston-Auburn. Please note that full-day attendance is required in order to participate in any portion of the day. We hope you can join us for this fun and rewarding event!

For USM employees: participation in the Husky Day of Service is approved to fulfill Level 2 requirements of the UMS RiseUp program as a Campus Community Event! You will be responsible for completing the form which allows the Level 2 incentive to reflect in your account.

Questions? Email [email protected].

Jazz Combos Concert

One Longfellow Square, Portland

This show will include performances from both instrumental and vocal jazz combos. The groups will include the Chris Klaxton Combo, the Gary Wittner Combo, the Bronek Suchanek Combo, the Taylor O’Donnell and A Cappella group.

Admission is $5 in advance
On the day of the concert $10 for adults
$7 for seniors, 
$5 for students.

For more information, visit www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Our Initiation Ceremony is a chance to recognize our new members and their achievements in their academic career. Family and friends are welcome to accompany initiates. Each year a keynote speaker is chosen to speak on a topic of their choice as it relates to the mission of Phi Kappa Phi. In the past, speakers have come from the community, internal USM administrators, and Phi Kappa Phi National or Regional representatives.

The ceremony begins with a welcome from our chapter President followed by the Induction of Faculty and Staff members. The Chapter Officers will explain some important aspects and symbols of Phi Kappa Phi. Initiates are then called to the front to accept their certificate and honor cord.

If an initiate is unable to attend the Initiation Ceremony, he or she is still welcome to join Phi Kappa Phi. We do encourage everyone to attend in order to celebrate their accomplishments, but in the event you are unable to, please contact Bonnie Stearns to make arrangements to receive your certificate and other materials.

As part of Spring Fling Week, USM Student Involvement & Activities is hosting a FREE event for the Premiere of Avengers:Endgame for USM Students.

Reserve Ticket Here

Westbrook Cinamagic
8:00 pm Showing

Due to limited seating, the first 100 people to claim tickets will be offered the chance to see Avengers – Endgame on Opening night. We will keep a wait list continuously going in case students do not claim their tickets. Once you submit this registration form, Student Activities will notify you via email of your placement on the list.

Tickets will be available for pick up on Monday April 22rd and Tuesday, April 23rd in the Student Activities office in Lower Brooks- Gorham Campus between 8:30am-12:00pm

Students on the wait list will be notified on Wednesday April 24th if tickets become available.

Come for the Concert, Stay for the After Party! 

USM’s Spring Fling Concert: Featuring Young M.A., B. Aull, & Mugen Chopped It. 

Followed by the After Party featuring Gold Coast:untill 1am @MugenChoppedIt @Mr_Hollywood212 & @Sheddybaba

Purchase Tickets Here!  (On Sale on Wednesday April 10th at 2pm)

*You will receive a confirmation email after finalizing your purchase.

**An email with your concert ticket will be emailed to you no later than 48 hours prior to the event.

Waiver form can be found here
By purchasing a ticket, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of the USM Release and Assumption of Risk form. 

Join us on:

Friday, April 26th
8:00pm-1:00am
Doors open at 7:00pm

Location:
Costello Sports Complex: Field House
42 Campus Ave
Gorham, Maine, 04038

By purchasing tickets, you agree to the following USM Policies:

USM Students will 
* Provide a Student ID
* Agree to waiver

NON-USM Attendees
* Provide a photo ID with a DOB
* Be at least 18 years old
* Agree to waiver

All Students and Guests
* There will be no reentry into the venue.
* No Bags, Coats or Outside drinks allowed.
* CHEM free event.
* No refunds

Sunday, April 28 at 5 p.m.

University Chorale and Southern Maine Youth Chorale

State Street Church, 159 State Street, Portland

University Chorale, Nicolás Alberto Dosman, conductor

Southern Maine Youth Chorale, Rebecca DeWan, conductor
a member of the USM Youth Ensembles, sponsored by Macy’s

Suggested donation at the door, $8 adults, $5 students, seniors, USM employees and alumni.

Purchase tickets online at www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice, by phone at (207) 780-5555, or at the door.

Those needing special accommodations to participate fully in this program, contact Lori Arsenault, (207) 780-5142, [email protected]. Hearing impaired: call USM’s telex / TDD number (207) 780-5646.

The School of Music presents visiting artists, Transient Canvas, in a master class and evening concert.

Free and open to the public, the master class will feature USM student soloists and ensembles performing for critical review and advice by the guest artists.

Sponsored by the Warren Memorial Foundation Visiting Artist Series

The evening concert will take place on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Corthell Concert Hall on the Gorham Campus. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for seniors, USM employees and alumni, and $5 for students. Purchase tickets online at www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice, by phone at (207) 780-5555, or at the door.

Hailed as “superb” by the Boston Globe, and “disarming” by Cleveland Classical, Transient Canvas is elevating the bass clarinet and marimba by commissioning new repertoire that challenges expectations. As a duo, Amy Advocat and Matt Sharrock have commissioned over 80 pieces by emerging and well-established composers from all over the world, and they continue to tour extensively in the U.S. and abroad. In August 2017, TC released their first album Sift on New Focus Recordings to rave reviews. KLANG New Music called it “one of the more refreshing things I’ve heard in recent years.” Their second album, Wired, releases on New Focus Recordings on November 2, 2018.

Dedicated to spreading their repertoire, Transient Canvas maintains and active touring schedule. They have been presented by the Alba Music Festival (Alba, Italy), SoundNOW Festival (Atlanta, GA), Music at the Forefront (Bowling Green, OH), Composers, Inc. (San Francisco, CA), Classic City New Music Festival (Athens, GA), Outpost Concert Series (Los Angeles, CA), Moore Hall Recital Series (Pembroke, NC), New Music at the Short North Stage (Columbus, OH), Music on Madison (Evanston, IL), New Music Nights at Spectrum (New York, NY), Clocks in Motion (Madison, WI), the Corwin Chair Concert Series (Santa Barbara, CA), First Fridays (Providence, RI), New Hampshire Music Festival (Plymouth, NH), Re:Sound (Cleveland, OH), the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (New York, NY), and the Guerrilla Composers Guild (San Francisco, CA). They have performed and presented at several professional conferences including PASIC, SEAMUS, SCI Region 1, and two New Music Gatherings. In Boston, they have been featured on the Equilibrium, Original Gravity, Opensound, New Gallery, Lowell Lecture, and Times Two concert series.

Equally dedicated to educating the next generation of performers and composers, Transient Canvas has presented masterclasses and composition workshops at Baldwin Wallace, Cleveland State, Franklin Pierce, Fresno Pacific, James Madison, Kennesaw State, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, Rutgers, and San Jose State Universities, UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, University of Maine, UNC Pembroke, University of the Pacific, UW Green Bay, and UW Madison. They have also held residencies with the composition departments at Harvard, Northeastern, Brandeis, and Tufts Universities, the University of Georgia, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and the Alba Music Festival Composition Program.

Transient Canvas proudly endorses Henri Selmer Paris clarinets and Marimba One marimbas and mallets.

For more information, visit www.transientcanvas.com.

Those needing special accommodations to participate fully in this program, contact Lori Arsenault, (207) 780-5142, [email protected]. Hearing impaired: call USM’s telex / TDD number (207) 780-5646.

Recovery Stories Panel

Thursday April 18th 1:30-3:30 pm

The Cohen Education Center

The Recovery Stories Panel will be a panel of USM community members sharing their experiences with mental health and substance use conditions. The panelists will share their stories and afterwards there will Q&A about their recovery journeys. Join us for refreshments and conversations to break the stigma surrounding mental health and substance use conditions!

*The Cohen Education Center is attached, on the first floor, to the seven-story Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library. The public entrances are all off the arcade that runs across the front of both library buildings.

Join us for a podcast launch and panel discussion about political organizing and creating change.  The panelists include Samaa Abdurraqib (doing organizing work in communities of color), Quinn Gormley (the executive director of Maine Transgender Network), Nickie Sekera (doing community organizing around water justice) and Rachel Talbot Ross (House Rep for district 40 and political organizer in her own right). Discussion and debate moderated by USM student Benn Marine, the author of the podcast. There will also be local organizers from different organizations present in the room and at the end there will be a meet and greet, so participants can connect with organizations doing work around issues they care about. Some of the organizations that will be there include the ACLU of Maine, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Maine Transgender Network, Southern Maine Workers Center, and many more.  To check out the website and hear a teaser of the podcast you can visit oceanoforganizing.com. The podcast will land on the WMPG website as well as being listed on Apple iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and InTune. This event is part of an independent study Benn Marine, a Political Science major, has been working on this semester, with a focus on political organizing and social movements.

For 7 consecutive years, USM has partnered with Northcoast Recycling, the City of Portland, the Portland Seadogs, and Trioano Waste to bring the Greater Portland community an annual free electronic waste recycling day. Don’t miss your chance to receive free tickets to SeaDog games or catch a glimpse of Slugger as you drive by. If you have those old electronics piling up at home, bring them down to the 7th Annual Free Electronic Waste Recycling Day! The best part is, you don’t even have to leave your car, we will unload it for you.

In lieu of donations, we will be accepting cash donations to go towards the USM Student Emergency Fund.

USM has established a program to help students in emergency situations.  

Students may request funds for an emergency situation, or for unanticipated and compelling circumstances that jeopardize their ability to successfully continue in school. Student Emergency Funds will be provided in the form of grants, awards will be determined by committee based on the individual need. Award amounts typically range from $100 to $500. Decisions regarding amount and disbursement of funds are made on a case-by-case basis. Awards are not considered loans and do not require repayment. Some funds may be considered income and are therefore subject to federal taxes.

ACCEPTED:

TV’s

Computer Equipment

Laptops

Cellphone

Cameras

Video Games

Small appliances

NO ACCEPTED:

Large appliances

Humidifiers

Air conditioners

Refrigerators

Batteries

Lightbulbs

Smoke detectors

Thermostats