New Students Begin Their USM Experience with Service

A dozen new students and USM staff participated together in a service project on Labor Day as part of their orientation to student life at USM.  In collaboration with the Gorham Parks & Recreation Department, the students took up shovels and rakes and edgers and spades, and weeded and cultivated and mulched overgrown flower beds around Robie Gym and Phinney Park in Gorham Village.  Reflection on the experience invited them to consider their new relationship with Gorham and Portland communities, and include regular participation in service as part of their USM experience.