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Women & Gender Studies Fall 2019 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2019

Women & Gender Studies Fall 2019 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • WGS Open House
  • Major & Minor Requirements
  • Fulfilling Your Core Courses with WGS
  • New Faculty Spotlight: Heather Shattuck-Heidorn
  • WGS Spring 2020 Courses
  • Study Award Scholarship
  • I Am What I Am pieces from Professor Siegfriedt's Intro to WGS course
  • WGS Alumni Spotlight: Jesse Rae Lucas


College Connections Newsletter, Spring 2019, Cahs Dean's Office Staff Apr 2019

College Connections Newsletter, Spring 2019, Cahs Dean's Office Staff

CAHS College Connections Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Annual Scholarship Celebration
  • Commencement
  • Program Activities
  • Student Activities
  • Alumni Notes


College Connections Newsletter, Fall 2018, Cahs Dean's Office Staff Oct 2018

College Connections Newsletter, Fall 2018, Cahs Dean's Office Staff

CAHS College Connections Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Program Activities
  • New Center for the Arts Project
  • Alumni Notes


Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Fall 2018, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2018

Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Fall 2018, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine

Department of History and Political Science Registration Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Political Science majors Shaman Kirkland and Hamdia Ahmed help organize March for Our Lives
  • New World Languages Options
  • Screening of the film “Of Many: Then and Now” and moderated discussion with Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Imam Khalid Latif
  • (De)Constructing Race, Equality, and Power at SPACE Gallery
  • Registration information
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Fall 2018
  • HTY/POS Internship Fall 2018
  • Ron Schmidt's forthcoming book Reading Politics with Machiavelli


Community Driven Student Leadership: The Doce Approach, Courtney Caouette, Jordan O'Hearn, Stacy Henson-Drake, Michaela Stone, Gabrielle Lodge Apr 2018

Community Driven Student Leadership: The Doce Approach, Courtney Caouette, Jordan O'Hearn, Stacy Henson-Drake, Michaela Stone, Gabrielle Lodge

Thinking Matters Symposium Archive

Universities and the communities in which they reside must maintain an interdependence to thrive. The USM LAC Druker Office of Community Engagement (DOCE) follows a unique model of student-faculty collaborative leadership to model how public universities can partner with their communities. Developing long-lasting community-university relationships holds mutual benefits. DOCE connects students, faculty and staff with over 90 community partners. As a synergetic cooperative team, we believe community engagement is essential in the growth and learning of the whole student, faculty and staff of USM.

Our recent Community-Based Participatory Research (CPBR) works in integrating the classes and curriculum of the Social …


Women & Gender Studies Spring 2018 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2018

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2018 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • Undergraduate Research in WGS
  • WGS in Iceland
  • Fall 2018 Courses
  • Summer 2018 Courses
  • Student Spotlight and Conversations with Alumni


2018 Research & Scholarship Schedule, University Of Southern Maine Mar 2018

2018 Research & Scholarship Schedule, University Of Southern Maine

1st Annual USM Research & Scholarship Symposium

Symposium schedule and workshop descriptions.


Usm Connects Magazine Fall/Winter 2017, Usm Foundation Oct 2017

Usm Connects Magazine Fall/Winter 2017, Usm Foundation

USM Connects Magazine

With this inaugural issue of USM Connects, we highlight the impact that USM students, alumni, faculty and staff are making in our region and beyond. Their energy, vision, creativity and leadership bring extraordinary value to our economy, our communities and our lives. This is what inspires us at the USM Foundation.


Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Fall 2017, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2017

Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Fall 2017, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine

Department of History and Political Science Registration Newsletter

In this issue:

  • New Faculty: Lacey Sparks
  • Exhibition: "Letters Home: Harriet Sweetser and the Gorham Normal School at the Turn-of-the-Century"
  • Student appreciation
  • USM Special Collections
  • Exhibition: "The Forgotten Heroines of the Easter Rising by Irish Sculptor Betty Newman-Maguire"
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Fall 2017
  • HTY/POS Internships Offered Fall 2017
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Summer 2017


Women & Gender Studies Spring 2017 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2017

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2017 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • Q&A with WGS Seniors
  • Fall 2017 Courses
  • Summer 2017 Courses
  • WGS MEIF Grant
  • Student Spotlight: Katie Muriel


Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Spring 2017, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2017

Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Spring 2017, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine

Department of History and Political Science Registration Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Maine Model United Nations Conference
  • The Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities Program
  • W.E.B. Du Bois: Becoming an American Program
  • Registration information
  • Ron Schmidt's column in Maine Beacon
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Spring 2017
  • HTY/POS Internships Spring 2017
  • Abraham Peck received a DLitt (Doctor of letters) degree from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England
  • USM History on Instagram: @usmhistory
  • HTY spring trip to New York City
  • Libby Bischof's class visit to Abbe Museum
  • "Judeo-Christian and Islamic Values" an opinion article written by Abraham Peck


Women & Gender Studies Fall 2016 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2016

Women & Gender Studies Fall 2016 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • Faculty Spotlight
  • Spring Courses
  • New Major Requirements
  • Thesis and Internship Q&A


Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Fall 2016, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2016

Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Fall 2016, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine

Department of History and Political Science Registration Newsletter

In this issue:

  • New Race and Ethnic Studies Minor
  • Ron Schmidt in the news
  • Robert Klotz and Dmitry Bam lecture
  • Maine Model United Nations Conference
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Fall 2016
  • HTY/POS Internships Offered Fall 2016
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Summer 2016
  • Student appreciation
  • Libby Bischof presenting at the Third Annual Historians forum at the Maine Historical Society
  • Eileen Eagan at the annual national Council on Public History conference in Baltimore, Maryland


Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Spring 2016, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2016

Department Of History And Political Science Registration Newsletter Spring 2016, Department Of History And Political Science, University Of Southern Maine

Department of History and Political Science Registration Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Exhibition co-curated by Libby Bischof, "Picturing Maine
  • History Student Named UNUM Scholar
  • Exhibit: "Visualizing Uncle Tom’s Cabin"
  • Adam Tuchinsky named interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
  • New faculty: Timothy Ruback
  • Maine Model United Nations Conference (MeMUNC)
  • Leroy Rowe class visit to Augusta
  • “Social Media and Revolutions,” talk by Adeline Koh, Director of the Center for Digital Humani-ties at Stockton College
  • HTY/POS Courses Offered Spring 2016
  • HTY/POS Internships Offered Spring 2016


Women & Gender Studies Spring 2016 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2016

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2016 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • Alum Updates
  • New Major Requirements
  • Faculty Spotlight
  • Spring Courses
  • Gender Studies Student Organization (GSSO)
  • Student Spotlight


Women & Gender Studies Fall 2015 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2015

Women & Gender Studies Fall 2015 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • Alum Updates
  • Faculty Spotlight
  • Spring Courses
  • GSSO & Student Spotlight


Women & Gender Studies Spring 2015 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2015

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2015 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • GSSO Update
  • Student Life Update
  • Alum Updates
  • Affiliate Scholars Program
  • Fall 2014 Courses


Women & Gender Studies Fall 2014 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2014

Women & Gender Studies Fall 2014 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • GSSO Update
  • Student Life Update
  • Alum Updates
  • Affiliated Scholars Program
  • Fall 2014 Courses


Women & Gender Studies Spring 2014 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Apr 2014

Women & Gender Studies Spring 2014 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • GSSO Update
  • Student Life Update
  • Alum Updates
  • Affiliated Scholars Program
  • Fall 2014 Courses


Women & Gender Studies Fall 2013 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine Oct 2013

Women & Gender Studies Fall 2013 Newsletter, Women & Gender Studies Program, University Of Southern Maine

WGS Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Director's Welcome
  • Major/Minor & Core
  • GSSO Updates
  • Women in Science
  • Student Life Update
  • Alum Updates
  • Affiliated Scholars Program
  • Fall 2013 Courses


Becoming A 21st Century University: How Usm Can Use Online Education To Meet The Needs Of Its Adult Student Population, Amy Gieseke Oct 2009

Becoming A 21st Century University: How Usm Can Use Online Education To Meet The Needs Of Its Adult Student Population, Amy Gieseke

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

The 21st century has been, and will continue to be, a time of great change within the world of higher education. One key demographic change lies in the growing number of adult students seeking educational opportunities. Higher education institutions, such as the University of Southern Maine, have not historically been structured to serve the needs of this important and growing student population. In the coming years, significant changes in structure and organizational mission will be critical to address the needs of these students and to capitalize on the influx of revenue they could bring to a financially struggling institution. This …