Director of the Stonecoast MFA program Annie Finch’s book, “Spells: New and Selected Poems,” was #2 on the April 21 Maine Sunday Times Best-Seller list under hardcover fiction. (No link available.)
Associate Professor of Arts and Humanities Barry Rodrigue was quoted in the April 19 Bangor Daily News saying Americans shouldn’t be quick to generalize a region of Russia based on ties to the Boston Marathon bombers.
In the April 18 Portland Press Herald’s “Off Beat” column, read about WMPG’s annual fashion show, which was the cover story for “Go.”
USM students gathered on each campus to reflect on the Boston Marathon bombings. On April 17, WMTW-TV Channel 6, NECN and Portland Press Herald share students’ thoughts, and Professor of Sociology Luisa Deprez was quoted about lingering anxieties over the incident. The April 25 American Journal (no link available) reported how one student and her class folded paper hearts to send to victims, families, and first responders.
Adjunct English Faculty Will Potter was interviewed in the April 9 Democracy Now and the April 10 Al Jazeera videos about the animal cruelty bills. (Links no longer available.)
Read what Senator Angus King said about diversity to students at Lewiston-Auburn College in the April 2 Sun Journal.
Read Co-Chair and Associate Professor of Counselling and Adult and Higher Education Adele Baruch’s “Off Campus” column, “Collaboration Encourages Focus on Compassion in Action,” in the April 15 Portland Press Herald.
The April 15 Bangor Daily News reports that USM is the Maine location for the Civil War Sesquicentennial Symposium.
David Kuchta, history lecturer at USM, was quoted in an editorial about Margaret Thatcher in the April 15 Bangor Daily News.
Over 100 refugees participated in the annual New Mainers Day in the Sullivan Athletic Complex, co-hosted by USM, as reported by the April 13 Portland Press Herald.
