Monday March 17
Student Government Elections- Vote USM! Decide who will represent you on the Student Senate and as Student Body President./ Vote online: www.usm.maine.edu/studentlife/vote08/ All week/ For more information, stop by the Involvement and Activities Center in Woodbury Campus Center.
Free Press Budget Meeting- If you’re interested in writing or doing photos, this is the meeting to come to. Every Monday, section editors assign stories and art for the next two papers, and discuss ideas for stories we should be doing but aren’t!/ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5-6 p.m./ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].
Student Nursing Association of Portland and Lewiston (SNAPL) T-Shirt Sale- SNAPL is selling t-shirts to raise funds for our efforts in the community. Proceeds are also going towards our student leaders attending a National Convention. Order forms available on the SNAPL Bulletin Board (outside the LRC) fill one out today or drop it in the box or contact and officer or selling member today/ Going on all week!/ For more information contact Megan Taylor at [email protected].
Tuesday March 18
Free Press Writing Workshop- Matt Wickenheiser from the Press Herald is coming to the FP to lead a workshop on editing. All are welcome, you don’t have to write for us to attend!/ 212 Abromson, Portland Campus/ 5-6 p.m./ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].
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./ Lewiston-Auburn Campus/ For more information please contact Daniel Philbrick 207-753-6575 or email [email protected].
Safe Zone Project Session- Join us to learn more about the LGBTQ community at USM, gain support for being a safe and supportive ally/ Presidential Dining Room, Brooks Student Center, Gorham/ 10-11:30 a.m./ RSVP required by 3/14 – email [email protected] or call 780-5767 for more information.
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 19
Take 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.
American Sign Language (ASL) Club Meeting- Join us for fun ASL activities and meet other USM students and deaf community members/ Amphitheater, Woodbury Campus Center, Portland campus/ 3-5 p.m./ Contact Esther Lee at [email protected] for more information.
College Democrats- Regular meeting of the USM College Democrats/ 5-6 p.m./ Woodbury Campus Center, Portland/ Please email [email protected] for more information.
Pagan Students Association- Come join or us see what we’re all about./ 7:30-8:30 p.m./ Boiler Room, Woodbury Campus Center/ For more info, email [email protected], or see http://student-groups.usm.maine.edu/pagan.
Thursday March 20
Student Government Elections- Today is your last chance to Vote USM! Decide who will represent you on the Student Senate and as Student Body President./ Vote online: www.usm.maine.edu/studentlife/vote08/ All week/ For more information, stop by the Involvement and Activities Center in Woodbury Campus Center.
American & New England Studies Lecture Series- Blake Harrison from Southern Connecticut State University will speak on “The View from Vermont: Tourism and the Making of an American Rural Landscape. Free and open to the public./ Glickman Library University Events Room/ 7-9 p.m./ For more information please call 780-4920
Entrepreneur Workshop – “10 Branding Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs”- March’s MCED Lunch & Learn Workshop will be with David Vazdauskas of “Victory Branding”. Free and open to the public/ Room 216, Abromson Center, Portland Campus/ 12-2 p.m./ To pre-register, call 228-8524 or email [email protected], http://www.mced.bix.
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].
Maine PIRG Meeting- Weekly meeting/ 8-9 p.m./ Woodbury Campus Center Student Involvement Desk, Portland.
Friday March 21
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.