PORTLAND — U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, will be the speaker for the University of Southern Maine’s 132nd Commencement, the school announced Wednesday.
The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. on May 12 at the Cumberland County Civic Center, according to a press release from the school.
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USM president Selma Botman said the school was “deeply honored” Snowe accepted their invitation.
“Her distinguished record of public service embodies fundamental Maine values that will inspire our graduates and their families: integrity, hard work, and courage in defense of principle,” Botman said in the release.
Snowe, who recently announced she would not seek re-election, is one of only four women ever elected to both houses of Congress.
When first elected to Congress in 1978, at the age of 31, she was also the youngest Republican woman and the first Greek-American ever elected to Congress.
She’s served as one of Maine’s two U.S. senators for 18 years.
In the release, Snowe praised USM as a top-notch educational insitution.
“USM stands as a beacon of learning and opportunity, and has been deservedly recognized for several years and counting, including in 2011, as one of the Best in the Northeast by The Princeton Review,” she said.
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