university of southern maine

Published
June 23, 2022

L.L. Bean donates $850,000 to USM for campus, scholarships

The money will help pay for a new career center under construction and a scholarship in environmental science.
Published
June 11, 2022

USM conductor hopes Carnegie Hall concert will draw attention to school’s talent

Nicholas Dosman will lead a group of 45 students, along with dozens more from community choruses in Portland and South Berwick, in a performance Saturday at the famed New York City venue.
Published
May 24, 2022

Our View: University system damaged by chancellor’s missteps

Dannel Malloy was supposed to bring political savvy to a key leadership job, but instead he’s made a lot of enemies.
Published
May 23, 2022

Faculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell concerns; some call for system chancellor to resign

UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
Published
May 17, 2022

Incoming USM president shares vision for Lewiston-Auburn Campus

Jacqueline Edmondson visited the Lewiston-Auburn campus Tuesday morning to introduce herself and share brief remarks about her vision for the university's smallest campus.
Published
May 16, 2022

Penn State administrator named next president of USM

Jacqueline Edmonson, current chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will start in her job on July 1.
Published
May 14, 2022

Maine Voices: Secrecy amid storms at UMF, UMA feels all too familiar

As they did at USM in 2014, UMaine System leaders persist in ignoring the vital roles faculty, staff and students play in our state’s public universities.
Published
May 13, 2022

University of Southern Maine faculty senate votes no confidence in chancellor

USM faculty cited the departure of 3 system presidents within the year and a lack of faculty input in important University of Maine System decisions.
Published
April 27, 2022

Maine Voices: How Holocaust survivors first remembered their murdered millions

The effort to establish a new holy day in the Jewish calendar was the result of an extraordinary vision only a year after the concentration camps’ liberation.
Published
April 8, 2022

Search for USM president is down to 4 finalists, but process rankles some

University of Southern Maine faculty and other community members expressed frustration with the search process, saying it has not been as transparent as it should be.