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Launching Into Life After College, Leonard J. Shedletsky, Jeanette Andonian Dr., David Bantz Dr., Dennis Gibson Mfa
Launching Into Life After College, Leonard J. Shedletsky, Jeanette Andonian Dr., David Bantz Dr., Dennis Gibson Mfa
Faculty Scholarship
ABSTRACT This chapter reports on a course that is designed to facilitate the students’ transition out of college and into life after graduation. It describes how the course foregrounds the problems students face, both the technical aspects of the transition and the emotional experience, unthought out ideas about what the students want, their goals, and how they might go about achieving their goals. The authors report on the course culture, assignments, observations from teaching the course, student feedback from focus groups, surveys, behavior, as well as summaries of data on the student’s experience. The need for this course is supported …
Usm: The Next Five Years 2020-2025, University Of Southern Maine
Usm: The Next Five Years 2020-2025, University Of Southern Maine
Strategic Planning
In the next 5 years, the University of Southern Maine (USM) will strengthen our reputation of academic excellence by responding to the needs of a diverse student body, growing faculty in key academic programs, and expanding the number of workforce and community partnerships.
“Our goal is to shape and prepare each student for their future career opportunities. Over the next five years, the University of Southern Maine will keep its promise of responsibility through a focus on our service promise and by staying grounded in academic excellence, equity, and justice.”
— Dr. Glenn Cummings, President (July 2020)
Research Innovation And Institutional Growth: Digital Humanities, Usm, And The University Of Maine System, Janet M. Billson, Katherine Bessey
Research Innovation And Institutional Growth: Digital Humanities, Usm, And The University Of Maine System, Janet M. Billson, Katherine Bessey
Research Innovation and Institutional Growth
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College Participation Rates Of Maine’S Recent High School Graduates: Examining The Claims (Updated Report), David L. Silvernail Phd, James E. Sloan, Amy F. Johnson Phd
College Participation Rates Of Maine’S Recent High School Graduates: Examining The Claims (Updated Report), David L. Silvernail Phd, James E. Sloan, Amy F. Johnson Phd
Higher Education and College Readiness
What follows are the findings from a preliminary analysis of the performance and characteristics of a recent class of Maine high school graduates who have enrolled in college the fall after high school graduation. To examine Claims 1 and 2, we used data provided by the National Student Clearinghouse (NCS) on the cohort of students who graduated high school in Spring 2010 (2010 NCSC). The NCS tracks approximately 90% of high school graduates who enroll in a United States college or university each year. However, the data available from NCS is limited. Thus, to examine Claims 3‐6 we limited our …
Sam Gen Ms 01 Jean Byers Sampson Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton, Susannah Clark
Sam Gen Ms 01 Jean Byers Sampson Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton, Susannah Clark
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Description:
Jean Byers Sampson was a 1944 graduate of Smith College. Early in her post-Smith career, she conducted and wrote the 1947, “A Study of the Negro in Military Service,” which contributed to President Harry Truman’s decision to desegregate the armed forces. Sampson moved to Maine in the early 1950s with her husband, Richard Sampson, a Bates College mathematics professor, and she played a unique and critical role in the state until her death in 1996. Over the course of her life in Maine, she served as the founder of the first chapter of the NAACP in Maine, local and …
Gen Ms 20 Jane And Robert Pickett Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Gen Ms 20 Jane And Robert Pickett Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
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Description:
Robert Stanley Pickett and Jane Niles Pickett attended Gorham State Teacher's College from 1949 to 1953. The Papers contain materials concerning academic, athletic and student social activities at Gorham State Teacher's College in the early 1950s, including a scrapbook and newspaper clippings.
Date Range:
1949-1953
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
Gen Ms 21 Edith Meserve Rice Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Gen Ms 21 Edith Meserve Rice Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
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Description:
Edith Meserve Rice was a student at Gorham Normal School 1942-1946, and was active in the Alumni Association from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Papers include photographs and other material documenting Rice's life as a student at Gorham Normal School in the early 1940s, as well as alumni news, songs of Gorham Normal School and the State of Maine, and information about Gorham State Teachers College and the University of Southern Maine.
Date Range:
1940s-2002
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2005-2006, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2005-2006, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2004-2005, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2004-2005, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2003-2004, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2003-2004, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2004, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2004, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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Gen Ms 09 Sally G. Vamvakias Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton, Renee Desroberts
Gen Ms 09 Sally G. Vamvakias Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton, Renee Desroberts
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Sally G. Vamvakias served on the University of Maine System Board of Trustees in the 1990s, including a stint as Chair of the Board. The Papers consist of drafts or edited typescripts of speeches, remarks, and legislative testimony Vamvakias gave during her 10-year tenure as a Trustee.
Date Range:
1990s
Size of Collection:
0.25 ft.
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2002-2003, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2002-2003, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2002-2003, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2002-2003, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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Gen Ms 15 Francis L. Bailey Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 15 Francis L. Bailey Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Francis L Bailey was President of Gorham State Teacher's College from 1940 to 1960. The Papers consist of Certificates presented to him: Appointment as Reemployment Committeeman, Cumberland County Local Board No. 4, Maine, 1945 Je 13; Certificate of Appreciation for uncompensated Service in the Selective Service System, undated.
Date Range:
1945 & undated
Size of Collection:
1 ft.
Gen Ms 12 Luther I. Bonney Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 12 Luther I. Bonney Papers Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Luther I. Bonney was born in Turner, Maine in 1884. After graduating from Bates College in 1906, Bonney was involved in education for the rest of his life. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Middlebury College, Vermont from 1907-1927, and Dean of Portland Junior College, one of USM’s progenitor schools, from 1933 until 1958. The Papers consist of histories he wrote, poetry, WWII letters from former students, honorary degrees, and a taped 1974 interview of Bonney.
Date Range:
1933-1974
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
Gen Ms 13 Kenneth T. H. Brooks Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 13 Kenneth T. H. Brooks Finding Aid, John D. Knowlton
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Kenneth T. H. Brooks received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and Masters and Doctoral degrees from Boston University. He served as President of Gorham State Teacher’s College from 1960-68, then continued as President of the University of Maine at Gorham from 1968-1970. He stepped down when Gorham merged with the University of Maine at Portland. He wrote See the Green and White Advancing: A History of Gorham Normal School, Teachers College, and State College 1878-1970, which was published in 1995. Kenneth Brooks died December 4, 1995. This small miscellaneous group of papers focuses on Brooks …
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters, John D. Knowlton
Gen Ms 10 Harriet Sweetser Letters, John D. Knowlton
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Provenance: Donated by Elizabeth Sweetser Baxter in 1999. Ownership & Literary Rights: The Harriet Sweetser Letters are the physical property of the University of Southern Maine Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the creator or his legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Head of Special Collections. Cite as: Harriet Sweetser Letters, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine Libraries. Restrictions on access: This collection is open for research.
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2001-2002, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2001-2002, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2001-2002, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2001-2002, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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Teaching The Ethics Of Biology, David Harris Phd, Carol K. Johansen
Teaching The Ethics Of Biology, David Harris Phd, Carol K. Johansen
Faculty Publications
Discusses the basic principles of ethics and ethical decision making as applied to biology. Ethical issues associated with biology; Theoretical basis of ethical decision-making; Models of ethical decision-making; Social implications of scientific experimentation and discovery.
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2000-2001, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2000-2001, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2000-2001, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 2000-2001, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1999-2000, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1999-2000, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 1999-2000, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 1999-2000, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 1998-1999, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 1998-1999, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1998-1999, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1998-1999, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1997-1998, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 1997-1998, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
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University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 1997-1998, University Of Southern Maine
University Of Southern Maine Graduate Catalog 1997-1998, University Of Southern Maine
Course Catalogs
No abstract provided.