News Releases 2002-2003

September 1, 2002 to August 31, 2003

Below are news releases written and distributed by the Office of Media & Community Relations. For more info, please contact the Office of Media Relations at 780-4200 or e-mail lmooney@usm.maine.edu.

August 2003

• USM Rolls Out New Communications Strategy
• Maine Colleges Receive Federal Grant To Prevent High-Risk Drinking
• USM: 125 Years and Going Strong
• Fast Track Nursing Students Graduate at USM
• USM Students Presented School of Business Scholarships and Awards
• Greater Portland Neighborhoods Coalition Announces Statewide Conference
• Eighteen Students Honored at Pathways to Higher Education Reception

July 2003

• Scientists Search for Invasive Species on Maine Coast
• USM's Annual Fund Exceeds Expectations
• Kennebunk Resident Named Chair of USM Corporate Partners
• Falmouth's Kenneth Nelson Chairs USM Board
• Work Begins on Top Three Floors of USM's Portland Campus Library
• Stonecoast Writers' Conference Offers Free Readings

June 2003

• Raising Aspirations Among Middle Schoolers
• Sports Psychology Institute at USM
• USM Alumni Association Award Recipients Named
• River Research by L-A College Professor and Student
• 300 International Scholars Attend Map Conference
• USM School of Business Professor Named President of CPA Society
• USM Muskie School Appoints Mills, Flanagan to Board of Visitors
• Multi-Media Artwork Debuts at USM on Maine Map Day
• Shipyard Brewing Company Supports International Cartographic Conference
• Law Conference To Help Tech Entrepreneurs Grapple with Software and Data Ownership Issues
• World-Class Map Conference Hosted at USM's Osher Map Library, Portland Organizations Mount Maine Map Day, Map-Related Exhibitions

May 2003

• First Annual Maine Deaf Film and Video Festival
• Ribbon Cutting for New USM Biosciences Research Wing
• USM Students Active in Model UN
• Law School Graduates Receive Awards
• Law School Commencement Wrap-up
• Maine Supreme Court Justice Saufley Addresses Graduates at Law School Commencement
• USM Electrical Engineering Professor Named '03 Recipient of Nelson & Small Prize
• LAC's Roger Philippon Wins USM's Top Professional Award
• USM Arborist Wins Top Employee Award for Gorham Campus Work
• Free National Youth Sports Program for Low Income Children Still Has Openings
• Text of the 2003 Commencement Speech by Tony Shalhoub
• Actor and Alum Tony Shalhoub Addresses USM Commencement
• USM Commencement News Advisory
• USM Wellness Fair for USM Employees
• USM Alumnus, Tony Shalhoub, To Speak at 123rd Commencement
• USM Mourns the Passing of Leon Bien

April 2003

• USM Hosts Amistad Tour Film and Lecture
• Stakeholders Plan the Future of the Presumpscot River
• Innovative Ironing Board Idea Wins USM Business Plan Competition
• UMaine Farmington and University of Southern Maine to Offer Master's-Level Courses in Special Ed. at UMF
• Workplace Wellness Classes Offered through Lifeline
• USM Environmental Science and Policy Program Students Won't Sleep in this Saturday!
• Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom
• Abraham Peck and Alan Bray Receive Jefferson Awards
• USM Student Research on Display
• New Dean Appointed at Lewiston-Auburn College
• USM Hosts Muslim Women's Rights Activists from Egypt
• Law School Dean Wins American Bar Association Award
• "Technology is for Everyone"

March 2003

• Second Annual USM Poster Day
• Early 20th Century Landscape Painting Articulates Vision of National Identity
• CMTC and Lewiston-Auburn College Complete Transfer Agreements
• What Are Our Constitutional Rights During Wartime?
• Author speaks on Overcoming Violence Against Women and Racism
• USM School of Music Adds Master's Program
• Allen Family Honored at USM's Muskie School of Public Service
• Walk the New Loop of the Portland Women's History Trail
• USM Alumnus Among the First Casualties in War Against Iraq
• USM Sponsors "The Traumas of Law Enforcement"
• Native American Issues Day at USM
• Register for Race/Rights/Religion and Serve Aboard the Amistad
• Sixth Annual Gorham Marketplace Takes Place March 15
• Accounting Expert Becomes USM's first L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Chair
• Electa McLain Brown Scholarship Established for USM Business Majors
• USM School of Business "In Partnership?"
• Future of Capitalism??
• Surrenden Street Blocked to Through Traffic
• British Poet and Author to Speak at Women's History Month Dinner
• Bernstein Papers Donated to USM's Maine Judaica Collection

February 2003

• New Members Appointed to USM Alumni Board
• The Indian Doctor Meets the Yankee Physician
• Student Teams Compete for $10,000 Prize
• Leading Eudcation Activist Gives Talk, Workshop at USM
• Students, Planners, Sociologists See New Patterns with GIS Technology
• WMPG Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Special, March 4, 2003"
• Blunt Youth Radio Presents "Youth Voices Live on Stage"
• Harvard Club & USM Business School Sponsor Lecture on Future of Capitalism
• Search On for Student Commencement Speaker
• L-A College to Host Colloquium
• Professor Raimon Examines First Novel by an African-American
• Who Pays and Who Cares for Our Elders?
• Students, Planners, Sociologists See New Patterns with GIS Technology
• Firsthand Update on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

January 2003

• USM Engineering Student Compares Notes with National Laboratory
• USM and University of Maine Work Together to Increase Engineering Students
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day in Maine
• WMPG Radio to Air 6th Annual Homelessness Marathon
• USM Student Business Plan Competition Starts Second Year
• Horn Worm Research Keeps Student in Maine
• Susie Bock Appointed Director of USM's Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine
• USM Alum Wins Golden Globe Award
• USM Sponsors "Teach In For Peace"
• 108th Congress Lacks Military Veterans
• ACCESS Earth Reunion
• Biotechnology Patent Attorney Joins Maine Patent Program Staff
• Applications Open For USM's New Master's Program in Biology
• Economic Forecast for Maine, 2003
• Muskie School Receives $1.6M for Marine Census

December 2002

• USM School of Music Receives Grant for Piano
• USM Alum's Photos Featured on Travel Channel
• USM: More Convenient Than Ever
• USM's Middle East Experts Available for Comment
• USM's College of Education and Human Development Again Receives NCATE Accreditation
• MCLU Honor Muslim Men at December 5 Celebration of Multiculturalism
• USM Closes Fund-Raising Campaign, Exceeds $21 Million Goal

November 2002

• "Imagining New England" Wins Annual Book Award
• Community Education Center Approved by Portland Planning Board
• Governor-elect Baldacci to Congratulate Veterans for Completing FastTracTM for Veterans Training Program at USM
• Students with CLASS
• Celebrate Global GIS Day in USM's Geographic Information System Lab
• University of Maine System Chancellor Westphal to Speak at Lewiston-Auburn College Breakfast
• Russian Legal Educators Visit Class for Maine Seniors
• USM College of Education and Human Development Alumni Honored in Maine
• Video/Audio/Photo Opportunities With Clay at USM This Week

October 2002

• Verizon Foundation Supports USM Information Literacy Center
• Athletes Scare Up Fun for Children
• From Wagner to Hitler
• Charlie King and Karen Brandow Perform at USM
• Institute for Civic Leadership Honors USM for Addressing Urgent Community Needs
• Lecture Examines Gay Immigrants at Ellis Island
• Graduate and Professional School Information Day
• Medical Marijuana Activist to Speak at USM Conference
• USM '02 Enrolls More Full-Time Students, Largest Total Enrollment in State
• Eyes on the ICC: What Americans Want to Know About the New International Criminal Court
• Group Stresses Role of Higher Education in the Immigrant Experience
• Poet Li-Young Lee Visits USM
• USM Announces Environmental Literacy Awards for Faculty and Students
• Cullen Ryan Leads USM's Center for Workplace Learning
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Vice-Chair Justice Cruz Reynoso to Speak in Portland
• David H. Hackworth to Speak at USM
• USM Annual Fall Open House
• USM College of Education and Human Development Open House
• Noted Educator Parker Palmer to Speak at USM
• Conquest of Indian Natives, As Told by the Conquered

September 2002

• Maine Senate District 27 Candidates Set To Debate
• USM Wins National Award for Maine Labor Force Profile Project
• Godfrey Visiting Professor Discusses Enron Collapse
• The State of Hate in Maine
• Peoples Donates $250,000 To USM, New Center Named for Abromsons
• American-Jewish Memory and the Coming of the Holocaust
• Gubernatorial Candidates Discuss the Future of Maine's Forests at USM
• Faculty Seminar on Gender, Race, and Pedagogy
• Lecture Series Begins with Examination of a NYC Slave Conspiracy
• USM Senior Adult Growth Exchange Program
• Conference Examines African Women in Maine
• 9/11's Impact on Maine Muslims
• Making America
• USM's Fall Athletic Season
• Muskie School Assists Maine Legislature with Landmark Youth Project
• Law Professor Speaks about Ethics and Law Firms
• USM Hosts 2002 NEACAC Annual Fall College Fair
• Professor Lupica Named First Glassman Scholar
• USM/Technology Education Career Center of Maine Join To Deliver Tech Training
• USM Community Forum Addresses Dating Violence
• Report on Apple Growing Shows Industry at Risk
• USM Reflects on 9/11
• Law, Labor, and Gender Conference

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