University of Southern Maine

News Releases 2005-2006

September 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006

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

August 2006

• USM Welcomes Students and Faculty for Start of 2006-2007 School Year
• USM Professors Seek Older Students for Dementia Study Individuals 60+ with mild memory loss to learn interventions
• USM Annual Fund Tops $1 Million
• Maine Law Expert On Political Terrorism
• WMPG's Blunt Youth Radio Project at the University of Southern Maine Brings StoryCorps, The National Oral History Project, To Portland
• Portland Parks and Recreation Facilitate USM Student Art Installation
• Can't Jail the Spirit: Art by "Political Prisoner" Tom Manning and Others
  Note: This exhibition has been closed as of Friday, September 8, 2006.
  Please refer to USM President Richard L. Pattenaude's statement on the art exhibit

July 2006

• Annual USM Sampson Center Exhibition Examines Religion’s Impact on African American, LGBT, and Jewish Communities
• WMPG Hosts First Annual Family Festival
• Pusey Named USM Development Officer
• Maine's First Lady Reads "Blueberries for Sal" Students in USM Reading Clinic
• First Lady Karen Baldacci to share her favorite books with USM's summer readers
• Author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall" Speaking in Abromson Center on 7/15
• Baker Newman Noyes Donates $50,000 to USM Campaign

June 2006

• USM Receives Prestigious Kresge Challenge Grant
• “The Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine” in its 10th Year of Publication
• USM Alumni Association Honors Education Commissioner and Business and Community Leaders
• Maine Center for Enterprise Development Moves to USM
• Concert Featuring Music by Liz Cutting Benefits the St. Lawrence and Increases Awareness of Teen Suicide
• USM Writer’s Conference Offers Free Public Readings
• Works on Paper from the Astrachan Collection on Display at USM
• USM Lifeline to Develop Mercy's Employee Wellness Program
• USM Hosts Meetings on University Commons Project
• High School Students with Disabilities Attend USM Computing Institute
• Maine's Family-Owned Businesses of the Year Announced
• "Governance For Families In Business" Conference June 14-17;
  To Feature Tom Chappell of Tom's Of Maine
• USM Research Published in Science; New Growth Hormone Identified

May 2006

• New USM Research Computing Group Successful Nationally and Internationally
• Maine's Family-Owned Businesses of the Year Nominated
• USM to Host iTeam Conference May 25 on Gorham Campus
• USM Dedicates the Gerald E. Talbot Lecture Hall on June 1
• Former Media Executive Named Dean of USM School of Business
• University of Maine School of Law Graduation May 27
• $100,000 Gift Supports Careers that Make a Difference
• "Governance for Families in Business" Conference June 14-17
• Upward Bound at USM student Selected by The Barking Foundation for College Scholarship
• Upward Bound at USM student Selected as a Dell Scholar
• USM to offer new program in Construction Management in Fall 2006
• Victoria Rowell, Actress and Advocate for Foster Children, Addresses Largest USM Commencement
• “The Young and the Restless” Actress Victoria Rowell to Speak at University of Southern Maine (USM) Commencement; Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering to Receive Honorary Doctorate
• USM Commencement News Advisory
• Colgan To Outline Tourism Initiative
• Poets Annie Deppe & Theodore Deppe to Read at Acoustic Coffee
• “Young and the Restless” Actress Victoria Rowell to Speak at USM’s 126th Commencement
• Deep Throat's Lawyer to Speak at USM
• USM Celebrates Its Multicultural Students
• USM and MEMIC Host "Ergo Symposium" Wednesday May 17
• USM Panel Addresses Problems of the Uninsured

April 2006

• Governor Baldacci to Visit USM "Green Team" Classroom on May 10
• USM To Host Panel on Peaks Island Secession
• USM Hosts Southern Maine Robotics Track Meet
• Conference Hosted by Ocean & Coastal Law Journal
• USM Business Professor Contributes to New Business Web Site
• Public Town Hall Meeting on Iraq War to be Held 4/21 at USM
• Senator Mitchell Available for Interviews @ USM
• Maine Poets Laureate to Read in Portland
• Authors of Books Showcasing Baxter State Park Read at USM
• First 2006 Gubernatorial Debate on April 24
• University of Southern Maine to Graduate Largest Class Ever
• Governor to Announce Student Business Plan Competition Results
• Fourth Annual USM Ethics Symposium May 5th Features Former Felon
• Fifth Annual "Thinking Matters At USM April 21
• "Greening The Curriculum" at USM: The new program will also be offered by USM to area high schools
• USM's Abromson Center Awarded Prestigious "LEED GOLD" Certification
• Hero of “Hotel Rwanda” to Speak at USM
• Mitchell to Address Globalism and its Impact on U.S.

March 2006

• “Women Are and War” Panel Discussion Focuses on Iraq Wars
• USM Holds Annual Spring Job Fair
• Pulmonary Rehab Program at USM Celebrates its 25th Year
• Violent Crime In Maine Reaches 10-Year Low, While Drug Arrests Increase 65 Percent
• Osher Map Library Lecture Explains Uses of GIS
• Maine Med Provides Special Delivery of USM's Newest "Baby"
• USM Celebrates First Woman Cabinet Member, New Deal Economics, and Local Activists
• USM Panel Focuses on Poverty's Impact in Maine
• New Study Examines States' Plans For Filling Medicare Part D Gaps

February 2006

• USM Hosts Sixth Annual Northern New England Science Bowl
• USM Hosts 9th Annual Gorham Marketplace
• Women’s History Month at USM
• USM School of Business and Berry, Dunn Create Partnership to Promote Education and Business Opportunities
• Gormans Donate $1 Million for USM Scholarship Fund
• Multicultural Center Open House Slated for February 8
• USM Business Plan Competition Adds University of Maine at Farmington:
  Contest draws 21 teams, four institutions in fifth year
• One-woman Show, “Dreadful Sorry Guys,” Coming to at USM on March 1

January 2006

• WMPG Unveils New Radio Show, "The Local Option"
• University Neighborhood Organization Hosts Traffic Plan Forum: What You Need To Know About The Portland Peninsula Traffic Plan
• USM African American Collection of Maine Exhibit to Open February 1; Reception on February 3
• System Trustees Approve USM Mechanical Engineering Degree
• Free Speech in the University Classroom
• USM Event Celebrates the Lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks
• Sixty USM Resident Hall Assistants/Directors Volunteer in Portland on January 13
• Economic Forecast for Maine, 2006

December 2005

• New Threats Identified in Casco Bay Plan Update
• USM One of Select Group Invited to Participate in The Carnegie Corporation's Teachers for a New Era Learning Network
• USM Hosts FIRST LEGO League Science and Technology Tournament
• USM College of Nursing and Health Professions to host December 2005 Convocation
• University Neighborhood Organization (UNO) - Community Without Borders
• Municipal Officials Complete USM Muskie School/MMA Municipal Leadership Program
• New Book Examines Portland’s History, Culture and People
• USM Developing Nation's Largest Repository of Marine Cell Lines
• Osher Map Library Exhibit Focuses on Portland
• Latino-Hispanic Christmas Celebration at USM
• USM Hosts FIRST LEGO League Science and Technology Tournament

November 2005

• Seminar Looks at Future of Maine’s Forestry Products in the Global Economy
• USM College of Education and Human Development Series on Poverty Continues
• Panel to Discuss Portland's History
• The University Neighborhood Organization presents "A Celebration of Community Spirit"
• USM's Sampson Center for Diversity Scholar to Lecture on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Families in Maine
• Maine Teachers Offered USM Workshop on Teaching Diversity

October 2005

• Portland Public Schools, University of Southern Maine, and University of Maine Receive Federal Grant for Pre-School Literacy Program
• Muskie School Assists States Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
• New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Delivered Maine School of Law Coffin Lecture
• Sampson Center Celebrates Maine’s African American, LGBT, and Jewish Families in First Annual Exhibition
• USM Libra Scholar Hank Campbell to Discuss Sustainable Construction Technologies
• USM Muskie School Announces Interim Dean
• USM's 2005 Combined Charitable Appeal
• Understanding Poverty And Its Impact In Maine: Voices From The Community
• USM Hosts Archaeology Workshops
• African American Poet Cheryl Clarke to Read at USM
• USM School of Business Hosts Executive Forum 2005
• Osher Map Library Exhibit Focuses on Portland
• Poet Carolyn Forché to Appear at USM
• Representative Herb Adams Discusses the History of the Struggle for Equal Rights in Maine
• New York AG Eliot Spitzer To Give Coffin Lecture
• USM Art Students Host Workshop for Young Artists
• Photographs of Labrador, Nunavut, and Greenland by Will Richard on Display USM’s Glickman Library
• Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Vital Investments for Maine's Future, Say Question 6 Proponents
• Congressmen Tom Allen, Elijah Cummings, Governor Baldacci and Tom Andrews Join the NAACP at USM to Celebrate the 1965 Voting Rights Act
• USM Muskie School Announces Interim Dean

September 2005

• Maine's Public Higher Ed Leaders Kick Off Bond Campaign
• Lecture on Genetic Engineering of Plants First in USM Faculty Scholars Forum
• WMPG Record Sale
• EPA's Linda Birnbaum to Speak at USM on Health Effects of Flame Retardants
• USM Honors Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary
• New Deans Named to Head USM Schools and Colleges
• NAACP Portland Branch and USM Stonecoast M.F.A. Program Collaborate on Literary Benefit for Katrina Victims
• USM Hosts Open Houses In School Of Business, School Psychology
• USM To Host Open House For Those Interested In Careers In Education
• USM Muskie School Forum Focuses on Health Care Quality and Performance
• USM Marks Constitution Day
• USM Hosts New England Association of College Admission Officers College Fair
• Come to USM's Homecoming!
• Back to School: It's Never too Late at USM's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
• Understanding Poverty And Its Impact In Maine: Voices From The Community
• Elizabeth Shorr Named President and CEO of USM Foundation
• Hurricane Katrina: USM Community Responds to Offer Aid
• WMPG Mardi Gras in September to Benefit WWOZ Radio in New Orleans
• Economist from US Department of Commerce Joins USM Muskie School
• USM Marks Constitution Day

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