Roughly 500 people attended a day-long convocation at the Sullivan Fitness Complex on the Portland campus last Friday to discuss USM's strengths and assets as administrators and faculty begin drafting a restructuring plan to guide the university toward fiscal sustainability.
A survey this week will give students a chance weigh in on the future of USM's coffee offerings, as dining services seeks to switch to a local supplier in a push for a 'greener' bean.
President Selma Botman last Wednesday invited three faculty senators to serve on the restructuring committee, reversing her previous avowal that no faculty would be involved in drafting the plan to reorganize the university.
Someone once convinced Ben Skillings to improve his life and enroll at USM. He now repays the favor to anyone who approaches him, looking for help moving their life forward. Skillings, 28, is a communications major and the President of the Phoenix Network at USM, an organization consisting of a network of mentors and advocates who support those currently or formerly in foster care and anyone homeless, incarcerated, or recently resettled.
While underage drinking has been a perennial problem on campus, USM Police recently increased their efforts to curb drinking with liquor patrols and undercover details on the Gorham campus. "We have been actively involved in extra details on liquor enforcement," said Lieutenant Ronald Saindon.
Last Wednesday in San Francisco, Steve Jobs got onto a stage and revealed the iPad, Apple's new tablet PC. With its 9-inch multi-touch screen, the iPad may just be a larger version of the iPhone-in fact, it's running the iPhone operating system (OS) with access to all of the iPhone apps.
The Muskie dean steps down, Hughes named as director of development of USM, business school reaccreditted, Gubernatorial hopeful to speak at USM, and WMPG holding Fat Tuesday Celebration.
