Monday March 10
Free Press Budget Meeting – Weekly meeting to assign stories/ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5-6 p.m./ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].
Safe Zone Project Session- Join us to learn more about the LGBTQ community at USM/ 10-11:30 a.m./ 208 Luther Bonney Hall, Portland Campus/ RSVP required by 3/7 – Email [email protected] or call 780-5767, and vistit susm.maine.edu/glbtqa/safezone.htm for more information.
Reserve Your Seats Now For The Freedom Bus- From USM Portland to Lewiston Auburn campus, join in on the conversation of “Ideologies in the Classroom”/ 4:20-8 p.m./ Portland campus, Woodbury Campus center/ For more information and to reserve your seats please contact [email protected] or call Pat Finn at 780-4284.
Manager of Fair Trade Company comes to speak- Jon Rosenthal, co-founder and former Executive Director of Equal Exchange, a worker-owned fair trade coffee company, will be presenting “Talkin’ about Fair Trade”/ 11:45 a.m. on March 18/ USM,Lewiston-Auburn/ For more information please contact Daniel Philbrick 207-753-6575 or email [email protected].
Tuesday March 11
Free Press Writing Workshop- Weekly meeting, this week media studies professor Matt Killmeier will be teaching a workshop on opinion writing. All are welcome, you do not have to write for the Free Press to attend./92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5-6 p.m./ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].
“Striving for a Healthy L-A Community”- A panel of nutrition and exercise experts entitled “Striving for a Healthy L-A Community” will be discussing how to develop and sustain a healthy lifestyle./ 6 p.m./ Southern Maine’s Lewiston Auburn College, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston, in Room 170.?/ For more information please contact Daniel Philbrick 207-753-6575 or email [email protected].
Model United Nations Organization Weekly Meeting- If you like global affairs and conference planning, please join us!/ 5-5:30 p.m./ 217 Abromson Community Education Center, Portland campus/ For more information please email [email protected].
Wednesday March 12
Leadership Development Board Meeting- This week reflecting on the Change ’08 Summit, beginning to think about the annual Student Involvement Awards, and taking leadership recognition ‘Dog Pound Award’ nominations./ 10:30 a.m./ Student Government Offices, Woodbury Campus Center/ For more info contact board chair Molly Wentworth at [email protected].
College Democrats Meeting- Regular meeting of the USM College Democrats/ 5-6 p.m./ Woodbury Campus Center, Portland/ Please email [email protected] for more information.
Poster Design, “A Visual Representation of You and Your Work”- A scientific poster can be an effective way to present your research, engage the audience and generate interest in your work. Former USM student Blair Currier will be presenting his research on poster design. He will talk about the techniques to successfully present your work. This would be valuable to students who plan to present a poster at “Thinking Matters” this spring!/ 12:15-1:30 p.m./ USM GIS Lab, 302 Bailey Hall/
Contact Michele Tranes at 780-5063 or [email protected] or more info.
Interfaith Conversations about Money- USM Associate Chaplains will model respectful, fruitful dialogue across lines of differing belief systems with a “fish bowl” experience in which others simply listen and observe as they discuss a real life, real world topic-this week, money. After the initial conversation in which only the Associate Chaplains participate, the conversation will be open to full participation by all./ 4-6 p.m./ Faculty dining room, Brooks Student Center/ For more info, contact the Interfaith Chaplain, 228-8093 or [email protected].
Thursday March 13
Meditation Club Meeting- Please come to our weekly open meetings to learn and practice methods for fostering peace in yourself/ 208 Luther Bonney, Portland Campus/ 3:30-4:30 p.m./For more information please contact [email protected]
Health Services Open House- Plant the seeds for good health by growing a relationship with USM’s Health and Counseling services. Come to meet the staff, learn about the services your health fee covers, enjoy refreshments, win great door prizes and tour our facility. Don’t be one of the students who visits us for the first time when they’re ready to graduate and never knew we were here! (rescheduled from 2/13 due to snow cancellation)/ Gorham Health Center, 110 Upton Hall/ 3-4 p.m./ For more information call 780-5411.
Gorham Events Board Meeting- GEB meets weekly to plan events for the Gorham campus/ Husky Hut, Gorham Campus/ 7-9 p.m./ For more information contact [email protected].
Maine PIRG Meeting- Weekly meeting of the Public Interest Research Group/ 8-9 p.m./ Woodbury Campus Center Student Involvement Desk, Portland.
Friday March 14
Student Senate Meeting- Weekly meeting of the USM Student Senate/ Formal Lounge, Upton Hastings Hall, Gorham campus/ 2:30-4:30 p.m./ Call 228-8501 for more information.
Speed Dating/ Alternative Rock Show- Woodbury Campus Center Cafeteria, Portland Campus/ 9 p.m.-2 a.m./ Contact the Portland Events Board at [email protected].
Artist Talk: Gideon Bok- hear this year’s artist in residence speak/ 1-2:30 p.m./ Burnham Lounge, Robie Andrews Hall/ Contact the art department for info 780-5460.
Saturday March 15
USM Theater and Music present City of Angels- Set in the glamorous, seductive Hollywood of the ’40’s, the world of film studios and flimsy negligees, the musical chronicles the misadventures of a young novelist attempting to adapt one of his books for the silver screen. In doing so, we encounter both the real world and the “reel” world, as the writer’s life begins to unravel and his screenplay unfolds on stage.Tickets are $5 for students/ 7-9:30 p.m./ Russell Hall Mainstage/ For information call the box office (207) 780-5151
Sunday March 16
Outing Club Meeting- Weekly meeting of the Southern Maine Outing club. Will discuss upcoming trips, including those for Spring Break/ Brooks Student Center Lounge/ 5 p.m./ For more information contact [email protected].