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Too much cardboard in USM’s waste stream? These students have an award-winning solution.

Four USM students won the 2024 Innovation Challenge and took home $2,000 each in scholarship and awards. Learn more about these incredible student entrepreneurs and their winning pitch!

$25,000 gift from Pierce Atwood is an investment in tomorrow’s leaders

Pierce Atwood LLP became a Founding Sponsor of the McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success with a $25,000 gift to support the Career and Employment Hub on the building's second floor.

 

USM receives $25,000 Gift from Kennebunkport Resort Collection
The USM Foundation has announced Kennebunkport Resort Collection as a new Founding Sponsor of the McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, located on the University’s Portland campus. Their $25,000 gift will sponsor the Parenting Room on the third floor.
USM identifies first artwork acquisition for the new Crewe Center

Out in May Back by October utilizes artistic techniques embodying craft lineages to tie familial history to larger narratives of labor and place. The work is personal and universal, evoking concepts of history, industry, family, and Mi'gmaq culture, rooted in Maine. We can think of no better home for it than at the new Crewe Center for the Arts on our Portland campus. 

University of Southern Maine “Tops Off” the New Crewe Center for the Arts

On March 13, the USM community gathered for a traditional topping off ceremony on the site of the Crewe Center for the Arts, the new performing and visual arts facility being built on the Portland campus. 

Scholarship Honors Two Remarkable USM Graduates
The Christopher ’04 and Lavinia ’04 Gelineau Memorial Scholarship celebrates a legacy of love, service, and generosity.
A $750,000 gift from Town and Country Federal Credit Union will create a new esports arena

Town & Country Federal Credit Union has made a generous $750,000 gift to build a permanent Esports arena on the University of Southern Maine Gorham campus

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Volunteer at USM

Want to get involved with USM students? Looking for a way to make an impact in someone’s life? Volunteers – both alumni and friends – play an important role in helping USM students make connections, choose majors, and get the skills they need to be ready for the workforce.

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Shop Husky!

Did you know USM alumni own and operate businesses throughout Maine and beyond, featuring all kinds of goods and services? Check out these alumni owned businesses and support your fellow Huskies.

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Hey Huskies! Did you know USM alumni own and operate businesses throughout Maine and beyond. They're kind of amazing. Check out these USM alumni owned businesses and support your fellow Huskies.

I am so grateful for my education at USM and for the scholarship support I received along the way. It has given me the unique opportunity to further my skills while making valuable connections in the local community.
- Josie DiPhillipo ’21, piano performance major & scholarship recepient
“I know how many of our students struggle financially and if this can ease that burden a bit, I feel good about it.”
- Dean Emeritus John Bay and Ann Bay ’78, on the The John W. Bay Scholarship
USM is a pipeline for nursing talent at our hospital and it's the quality that is the differentiator. USM nurses are smart, show compassion, and are educated to care for the whole person. We are so fortunate to have such an outstanding nursing program right here in Maine.
- Lois Skillings ‘91G USM Foundation Board Member; President & CEO, Mid Coast-Parkview Health and Mid Coast Hospital
My responsibility to my students is to encourage intellectual independence, to foster flexible and creative thinking, to support their career development and to encourage them to become engaged citizens and lifelong learners.
- Rebecca Nisetich, Director of the USM Honors Program