PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine Foundation has announced a $50,000 gift from Hannaford Supermarkets to support completion of the McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success on USM’s Portland Campus.

The company is among a group of leading employers who are founding sponsors of the new center, which is scheduled to open in September.

Ainsley Wallace, president and CEO of the USM Foundation, said, “Hannaford has been an invaluable partner in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the University of Southern Maine. We are thrilled to count them among the founding sponsors of the McGoldrick Center, which provides access to career opportunities for all USM students, enhances student-employer engagement, and supports a strong and talented future workforce for Maine,” according to a news release from the USM Foundation.

The new McGoldrick Center will serve as the hub of community engagement at the heart of USM’s transformed Portland campus — a space for connections and collaboration between students, faculty, alumni and employers. The center’s second floor will be home to USM’s expanded Career & Employment Hub, where the employer community intersects with students in the academic community. The third floor is dedicated to cultivating student leadership opportunities and connections with spaces set aside for USM’s Student Government Association, Diversity Center, student organizations, and more.

With dining facilities, meeting and conference rooms, student activity rooms, and the expanded Career Hub, the center is among the most environmentally conscious buildings on USM’s Portland campus. The three-story, 42,000 square-foot space is sustainably designed to achieve Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Silver certification. It will overlook the new campus quad, named the “Bean Green,” in recognition of a gift from L.L.Bean, and sits adjacent to Portland Commons, the first residence hall on USM’s Portland campus.