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Russell Scholars work with their faculty mentors, as
well as with a
team of
guest mentors from inside and outside of the University
who provide students with individualized academic and professional
support.
All first-year Russell Scholars live in Woodward Hall, a coeducational
residence hall centrally located on the beautiful Gorham campus.
Russell
Scholars classrooms and faculty offices are located here for the
convenience
of participating students. During the junior year, Russell Scholars
have
an optional out-of-state or out-of-country learning experience at
little
extra cost, for which they receive full credit.
Graduating Russell Scholars will be
proficient in the following skills identified as essential by educators,
professionals, and business leaders: |
Communication Skills |
oral |
written |
presentational |
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Personal Growth |
commitment to life-long learning |
adaptive competence, technological |
literacy, intercultural facility |
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Critical Thinking |
rational problem solving, analysis |
mathematical reasoning, logic |
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Field of Competence |
successful completion of an |
academic major |
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Russell Scholars will be recognized on their transcripts and at
Commencement for their successful completion of an intensive program of
learning that:
(1) required more of them than a conventional program of study, |
(2) gave them more than a conventional program of study, |
(3) enabled them to contribute to the growth of USM, and |
(4) was cooperatively endorsed by the student, faculty, and professional community. |
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