USM LA Senior College
university of southern maine
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USM grows scholarship program for disadvantaged and first-generation students
A Scarborough couple’s effort to help a handful of Portland-area students pay for college has grown to an endowed scholarship fund that aims to help 100 Maine students at a time graduate debt-free.
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USM report explores plight of children of people in Maine prisons
The study’s authors hope the findings will result in policy changes to better support families impacted by the criminal justice system.
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Sidney, Fairfield students honored for work on COVID-19 frontlines in food stores
Ana Hewett of Sidney and Haley Hersey of Fairfield received $1,000 scholarships from the University of Southern Maine Office of the President and private donors for their work at Hannaford.
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Portland approves USM’s $100 million plan for dorm, student center
The Planning Board voted unanimously in favor of the project on Tuesday night.
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Presidential debate raises profile of deaf ASL interpreter in Maine
Regan Thibodeau, who is known for her work interpreting COVID-19 updates by the Maine CDC, is featured on social media after the first 2020 presidential debate.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time for renewal of Black-Jewish unity against bigotry
In Maine and across the U.S., both communities need to remember their historic cooperation in demanding that America live up to its promise of equality for all.
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Student at USM tests positive for COVID-19
The out-of-state student who tested positive is living off-campus and is in isolation at home, the university said.
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USM students return to campus, start school year with a test
Students arriving at Maine’s second-largest public university Tuesday faced mandatory coronavirus testing and a 3-day quarantine.
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Maine Voices: Listening to atomic bombing survivors’ stories is more important than ever
On the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, we must understand the effects of nuclear weapons and debate their role in our society.