Campus Events

Monday April 7

Free Press Budget Meeting- Want to write? Want to tell us what we should be writing? All are welcome./ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5pm-6pm/ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].

Mock Interviewing with Employer Representatives- Students will meet with employers individually to practice their interviewing skills. They will receive valuable feedback from local employer representatives. Open to all majors./ School of Business, 113 Luther Bonney Hall, Portland Campus/ 5:30pm-7pm/ Students must RSVP to Melissa Burns at 780-4669 or [email protected].

Book Signing with Author Suzanne Strempek Shea- Winner of the 2000 New England Book Award for Fiction/ USM Portland Bookstore/ 7pm-8:30pm/ For more information please contact Barbara Kelly (207)780-4702, [email protected].

Douglas M. Schair Lecture “Beyond the Clash of Civilizations”- Professor Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, and Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, authority on Islam, will speak about Muslim and Jewish cultural issues. This event is free and open to the public on a first-come first-served basis; seating is limited/ Hannaford Hall-USM’s Abromson Community Center, Portland/ 7pm-9pm/ For more information contact Gillian Britt 207-775-2126.

Tuesday April 8

Club Volleyball Team, Guys and Girls- weekly meetings on Tuesdays and Sundays/ Hill gym-Costello Sports Complex, Gorham Campus/ 7pm-9pm/ For more information Please email Dani Netland at [email protected].

Free Press Writing Workshop- Weekly meeting/92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5pm-6pm/ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].

Model United Nations Organization Weekly Meeting- If you like global affairs and conference planning, please join us/ 217 Abromson Community Education Center, Portland campus/ 5pm-5:30pm/ For more information please email [email protected].

Wednesday April 9

Interfaith Conversations about Real Life Issues: The Environment- USM Associate Chaplains will model respectful dialogue across lines of differing belief systems/ Faculty Dining Room, Brooks Student Center, Gorham/ 4pm-6pm/ For more information please contact Interfaith Chaplain, 228-8093 or [email protected].

Lecture: “Law, Justice and Love in Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice'”- Regina Schwartz from Northwestern University will present this lecture that is sponsored by USM’s English Department. Free and open to the public/ University Events Room, Glickman Family Library, Portland campus/ 4:15pm-6:15pm/ For more information please call 780-4291.

Student Group STAND- Movie Night: “A Devil Came On Horseback” – Genocide in Darfur/ 10 Bailey Hall, Gorham Campus/ 7pm-8pm.

Thursday April 10

USM Job Fair- Sponsored by Career Services and Professional Life Development. Free and open to the public/ Sullivan Gym, Portland campus/ 12pm-4pm/ For more information visit Career Services and Professional Life Development.

Safe Zone Project Orientation Session- Join us to learn more about the LGBTQ community at USM, gain support for being a safe and supportive ally/ 107 Bailey Hall, Gorham/ 1:30pm-3:00pm/ RSVP required by 4/8 – Email [email protected] or call 780-5767 for more information.

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/ 2:30pm-3:30pm/For more information please contact [email protected].

Maine Pirg Meeting- Weekly meeting/ 7pm-8pm/ Woodbury Campus Center Student Involvement Desk, Portland.

Gorham Events Board Meeting- Weekly meeting to plan events for the Gorham campus/ SIAC(Husky Hut)-Gorham/ 7pm-9pm/ For more information please contact [email protected].

Friday April 11

Physics Club- Pizza Party!/ Science Building Rm 250, Portland Campus/ 11:30am-3:30pm.

Student Senate Meeting- Weekly meeting/ Room 403, Luther Bonney Hall, Portland campus/ 2:30pm-4:30pm/ Call 228-8501 for more information.

Seminar Series, Copyright Laws-“Media, Technology and Animation Graphics”- The Center for Law & Innovation and the Maine Center for Creativity are co-hosting a series of seminars focusing on how copyright laws affects various creative works.

Admission: $5 for students/faculty, $10 for the general public, and $20 for attorneys seeking CLE credit/ Moot Courtroom-USM School of Law, Portland/ 3:30pm-5pm/ Please pre-register by contacting the Center for Law and Innovation (207) 874-6521 or email [email protected].