UPDATE From: President Richard L. Pattenaude
Number 6, February 2006
> Gormans Give USM $1 Million for Scholarships
> Addressing On-Campus Housing
> USM Teams with Berry, Dunn
> Thinking Matters Call for Participation
> Women’s History Month
> Science Bowl Returns to USM
> Kudos
Leon and Lisa Gorman of Yarmouth have made a $1 million gift to USM to establish the Gorman Scholars Fund and help Maine citizens earn undergraduate and graduate degrees. Each year, the Fund will provide renewable $5,000 scholarships to seven full-time USM undergraduate students. The Gorman Scholars Fund also will award five renewable $3,000 scholarships to students enrolled in a graduate program, including one to a student enrolled in our Extended Teacher Education Program.
This magnificent gift, given in support of our $25-million capital campaign, strongly supports our goal of ensuring academic success for greater numbers of full-time undergraduate and graduate students. Not only will the Gormans’ generosity help to improve access to high-quality education for all Maine people, it also will help advance economic development in our state.
This is the second major gift from the Gormans, who, along with the generosity of Jim and Maureen Gorman, Tom Gorman and L.L. Bean, were responsible for creating the endowed L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Chair in Accounting in 2001. For more information, visit: http://www.usm.maine.edu/mcr/news/releases_0506/gorman.htm.
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There is no doubt that you have read or heard discussion regarding on-campus housing on the Portland campus and the potential closing of Portland Hall. Transforming USM calls for development of on-campus housing on the Portland campus geared to meet the needs of graduate and older undergraduate students. However, planning for housing in Portland is in the early stages and at least three years out. At this time we do not intend to sell or close Portland Hall until alternate on-campus housing is available.
In Gorham, demand for on-campus housing remains very strong. We are very close to receiving final municipal approval for the new 296-bed residence hall to be located behind Bailey Hall on the Gorham campus.
As many of you know, we need to be especially careful when planning for residence halls because they have to be supported by room fees, not state appropriation and tuition income. We will continue to keep you updated on this progress.
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Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker and the USM School of Business have created the Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker Distinguished Fellow of Accounting and Taxation to develop partnerships that support the educational needs of our students and business professionals. USM Professor of Accounting George R. Violette of Portland has been named the first Distinguished Fellow for his demonstrated record of high-quality teaching, leadership in the field and involvement with practitioners in the discipline. Please join me in congratulating George for earning this prestigious honor.
Berry, Dunn has a lengthy history of working with USM, from providing professional opportunities to many School of Business graduates, to helping establish the USM Corporate Partners program in 1989. This new collaboration will help both organizations better serve the needs of students and accounting professionals in Maine. Read more: http://www.usm.maine.edu/mcr/news/releases_0506/BDMP.htm.
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Thinking Matters, USM’s annual exhibition celebrating students’ research, scholarship and creative achievement, takes place on April 21, 2006. This year the program committee hopes to have record participation from every academic discipline. I encourage all faculty members to work with your students to develop presentations and posters and to participate in this unique event. The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 3. Submission policies and event details are available at http://research.usm.maine.edu/thinkingmatters or by calling x8044.
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To commemorate Women’s History Month, USM is hosting a series of events throughout the month of March. Among these are a performance of the musical melodrama “Dreadful Sorry Guys” on March 1; the “Commemorating Frances Perkins” conference on March 17 and 18; and a juried USM student art exhibit, titled “Pink is the New Black,” on display in the Glickman Family Library from March 3 through March 31. I hope you will take part in a number of these events that not only offer students, faculty and staff opportunities to take a closer look at gender issues, but also issues of sexuality, class and nationality. For more information, call x4289, or visit: http://www.usm.maine.edu/mcr/news/releases_0506/wohist06.htm.
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USM’s Gorham campus again will host the Northern New England High School Science Bowl from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, in Bailey Hall, Gorham. More than 80 students from Maine and New Hampshire are expected to participate in this annual quiz-format event sponsored by USM, National Semiconductor and IDEXX Corporation. The winning team will compete for a national title at the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl in April. For more information on how you can help, contact Rob Sanford at 780-5756, or rsanford@usm.maine.edu. Read more: http://www.usm.maine.edu/mcr/news/releases_0506/sciencebowl06.htm
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Congratulations to USM Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team members for their win last month at the “Duel on the Heights” competition at Boston College. The three-day event centered on a battle of wits in which teams created and presented a financial plan for a family presented in a case study. The USM student team, comprised of Alison Carrier, Lori Royer, Manu Lee and Katsu Goto, placed first in the competition, earning a $2,500 grant and an invitation to compete in the national event at the University of Arizona. I hope you will join me in congratulating these talented students.
Lewiston-Auburn College has been honored with a 2006 Gold Work Healthy Award from Healthy Androscoggin, a community coalition that promotes good health among Androscoggin County residents. The award recognizes businesses and organizations in Androscoggin County that have placed a high priority on promoting good health for their employees in the areas of tobacco, physical activity and nutrition.
USM junior and women’s basketball forward Ashley Marble has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District One first team, as voted upon by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). As a first-team Academic All-District One selection, Ashley is in consideration for ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American honors. This is not the only national attention Ashley has received this year. Last month she was named the Women's DIII News Player of the Month for the month of January.
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