Honors Program

Congratulations to Philosophy major Amanda Lynn Fickett who was accepted to Emerge Maine, the premier political leadership training program for Democratic women in Maine.

Program Components
Participants meet one weekend a month for six months and participate in the following trainings:

• Campaign Strategy
• Fundraising
• Public Speaking
• Field
• Networking
• Labor & Endorsements
• Media Skills & Messaging
• Ethics in Politics

Participants will have the opportunity to meet women who hold elected office in Maine and discuss case studies of political leaders.

Jerry Conway, Professor of Philosophy and Honors will read and discuss two stories he wrote about teaching in the USM Honors Program on Tuesday, Nov. 10th from 9:30-11:30 am in 102 Wishcamper on Bedford Street.  The event is sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s  SAGE lecture series.

“You asked for him, now he’s back! Prof. Conway has been teaching philosophy at USM since the early Paleolithic Age. More recently, he has been writing a collection of stories about teaching. He’ll present two of these stories––one about witnessing the dynamite of philosophy in the lives of students and the other about the question of what makes a good teacher.”