LEWISTON — It didn’t take long for telethon volunteers to sense a theme. New students at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College were concerned about textbooks. Affording them. Borrowing them. Getting them in time for classes that start this week. And it didn’t take long for Dean Joyce Gibson to come up with a […]
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Maine Food Strategy looking to connect state’s producers with consumers
FORT KENT — There is a conversation starting in Maine about how the state can help feed itself and the rest of the world and organizers are inviting everyone to the table. “We are trying to get together different groups and businesses with interests in food systems to start talking,” Tanya Swain, co-director of the […]
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USM president announces she will step down
PORTLAND — The president of the University of Southern Maine will leave her post this month as the school continues to face significant budget challenges, University of Maine System Chancellor James Page said Tuesday. Theo Kalikow, who has served as the interim president since 2012, will leave the office July 18 and become acting vice […]
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USM proposes selling historic Stone House in Freeport
FREEPORT (AP) — University of Southern Maine officials want to sell the John Calvin Stevens-designed Stone House in Freeport in an effort to cut costs at a time the entire state university system is dealing with budget struggles. President Theodora Kalikow said in an email Monday “it no longer makes financial sense” to hold onto […]
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USM president announces another $2.5 million in cuts
PORTLAND — University of Southern Maine President Theodora Kalikow announced Friday the final phase of cuts needed to pass a balanced fiscal year 2015 budget, though more cuts are expected in the coming years. The bulk of the savings — $1.56 million — will come from 16 faculty retirements and one staff layoff. Another $483,000 […]
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NCAA baseball tournament: Huskies dismissed
APPLETON, Wis. — The University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team’s magical run through the elimination bracket came up short Monday afternoon as the Emory University Eagles banged out 16 hits to take a 15-3 victory in Game 12 of the 2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The loss eliminated […]
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NCAA tourney: Verrier, Chadwick lead USM to 11-5 win
APPLETON, Wis. — Seniors Forrest Chadwick and Matt Verrier drove in four runs apiece Sunday as the University of Southern Maine Huskies came from behind to defeat the Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets, 11-5, in an elimination game of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The win moves the Huskies […]
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Maine colleges: Southern Maine Huskies stay alive in D-III World Series
APPLETON, Wis. — Senior Forrest Chadwick went 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBI as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the Salisbury University Sea Gulls, 6-3, Saturday afternoon in an elimination game of the 2014 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The Huskies will play Baldwin […]
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College Baseball: Huskies have quite a catch in Verrier
GORHAM — Andrew Richards wanted to describe how in sync he and his fellow University of Southern Maine pitchers are with senior catcher Matt Verrier when they are looking in for a sign. Verrier was standing within earshot and called out the Huskies’ rubber-armed reliever when he exaggerated his point just a bit. “I haven’t […]
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Search for new USM president launched
BANGOR (AP) — The search for a new president for the University of Southern Maine has been launched. University of Maine System trustees Chairman Samuel Collins and Chancellor James Page announced Sunday that a presidential search committee will be formed this summer. The committee will search for a new president to replace Theo Kalikow. Kalikow, […]