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121-943: The Portland Campus is home to the Edmund Muskie School of Public Service, the Bio Sciences Research Institute, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Osher Map Library, and the USM School of Business. The Gorham campus, much more residential, is home to the School of Education and Human Development and the School of Music. Evolving from Gorham Academy into an institution of higher education, USM originated in 1878 as Gorham Normal School, later called Gorham State Teachers College and then Gorham State College. In 1970 that institution merged with

242-578: A celebration of life of D.L. Geary Brewing Company 's founder David L. Geary took place during happy hour at the bar. Today, the bar has around seventy beer taps. In 2018 it was voted Best Beer Bar in Maine by CraftBeer.com. The food menu has burgers, wings, nachos and a vegetarian section called Carnivores Beware. It participated in Maine Restaurant Week in 2010 and offered a vegetarian meal of spanakopita. A menu from The Great Lost Bear in 1982

363-513: A cleaner environment. Occasional speeches on environmental preservation earned him the nickname "Mr. Clean". He served his entire career in the Senate as a member of the Committee on Public Works , a committee he used to execute the majority of his environmental legislation. He served on the Committee on Banking and Currency from 1959 to 1970; the Committee on Government Operations until 1978. As

484-509: A double major in history and government. Upon his graduation, he was given a partial merit-based scholarship to Cornell Law School . After his second semester there, his scholarship ran out. As he was preparing to drop out, he heard of an "eccentric millionaire" named William Bingham II who had a habit of randomly and sporadically paying the university costs, mortgages, car loans, and other expenses of those who wrote to him. After Muskie wrote to him about his immigrant origins he secured $ 900 from

605-475: A duty than an opportunity because there was no chance of a Democrat winning." A variety of personal reasons motivated his run. Muskie was deeply in debt owing five thousand dollars in hospital bills and maintained a rising mortgage. At the time of his election, the salary for the Governor of Maine was set at ten thousand dollars annually. While he was campaigning he was offered a position involving full partnership at

726-459: A focus in science, marine science, nursing, precision machining and manufacturing, and respiratory therapy. The Maine-Greenland Collaboration is an interdisciplinary research project to investigate the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural challenges facing coastal communities in Maine and Greenland. The collaboration involves researchers and students from the Muskie School of Public Service,

847-491: A hotel in Kennebunk to finance his time at Bates. He would record in his diaries occasional feelings of insecurity among his wealthier Bates peers; Muskie was fearful of being kicked out of the college as a consequence of his socioeconomic status . His situation would gradually improve and he went on to graduate in 1936 as class president and a member of Phi Beta Kappa . Initially intending to major in mathematics he switched to

968-583: A major issue in the campaign. The Great Lost Bear The Great Lost Bear is a bar and restaurant at 540 Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine , United States. Established in 1979 by Dave and Weslie Evans and Chip MacConnell, it is noted for its selection of draft craft beers. Its location was formerly occupied by a rock club named Bottoms Up and, in the rear of the buildings, Nappi's Bakery. The new venture, originally named The Grizzly Bear, opened on June 18, 1979, and it received no customers. In 1981,

1089-475: A master's degree with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis that meets the educational requirements to be eligible for board certification as a behavior analyst (BCBA). The Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing is a graduate program in creative writing which enrolls approximately 100 students in four major genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and popular fiction. The USM School of Business

1210-731: A member of the Public Works Committee, he traveled to the Soviet Union in 1959. He sponsored the Intergovernmental Relations Act , later that year. In 1962, he co-founded the United States Capital Historical Society along with other members of congress. The same year, members of Congress elected him to serve as the first chair of the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution. In 1963, he

1331-589: A more cooperative relationship with him. During Johnson's signing of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act he said: I am pleased that Senator Muskie could be with us this afternoon. I believe that no man has done more to encourage cooperation among the National Government, the States, and the cities." Also in 1966, Muskie was elected assistant Democratic whip and served as the floor manager for

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1452-472: A prestigious Rumford law firm that maintained "clients and income that [Muskie] had not achieved in fourteen years of practice in Waterville." His final choice reflected his 'society over self' mentality and decided to pursue the election. He announced his candidacy for the office on April 8, 1954. Muskie ran on a party platform of environmentalism and public investment. His environmental platform argued for

1573-451: A series of novels about detective Charlie Parker and starting with the 2009 novel titled The Lovers the character Parker takes a job as a bartender at The Great Lost Bear. In May 2023, Mike and Mary "Bird" Dickson, along with Andrew Pillsbury, purchased the business from the Evans family. Each of the trio had worked at the establishment for over thirty years at that point. In September 2023,

1694-523: A small law practice—renamed "Muskie & Glover"—for $ 2,000 in March 1940. He helped write Waterville's first zoning ordinance and was elected secretary of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Jane Frances Gray was born February 12, 1927, in Waterville to Myrtie and Millage Guy Gray. Growing up, she was voted "prettiest in school" in high school and at age 15, started her first job, in a dress shop. At age 18, Gray

1815-448: A surplus, the first time since 2019. The university expected to see a 2% enrollment increase in the fall. Download coordinates as: Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980,

1936-581: A way of expanding his law practice, he formally entered politics. Muskie ran against Republican William A. Jones in an election for the Maine House of Representatives for the 110th District. Muskie secured 2,635 votes and won the election to most people's surprise on September 9, 1946. During this time, the Maine Senate was stacked 30-to-3 and the House was stacked 127-to-24 Republicans against Democrats. Muskie

2057-677: A widening of governmental responsibilities, limiting the power of Richard Nixon 's " Imperial Presidency " and advancing New Federalism ideals. He served as the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee through the Ninety-third to the Ninety-sixth Congresses from 1973 to 1980. During this time, Congress founded the Congressional Budget Office in order to challenge Nixon's budget request. Prior to 1974, there

2178-507: A year. The newspaper has a circulation of 3,000. It is an entirely student-run and student-funded newspaper not supported by an academic department. The university does not have a journalism program. In fall 2022, a lack of staff led the newspaper to discontinue updates to its websites and social media and focus on print publications. WMPG is a community radio station located on the Portland Campus. A mix of USM students and volunteers from

2299-610: Is a $ 2.5 million simulation laboratory for nursing students located on two floors of the Science Building. The Maine Regulatory Training & Ethics Center is located in the Wishcamper Center and provides training in regulatory compliance, workforce development, and ethical decision-making. It is a partnership between the University of Southern Maine, the University of Maine Law School, businesses, and community partners. In 2023,

2420-745: Is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Continuing education is available through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes . The University of Southern Maine is one of two schools in the state of Maine that offers an ABET accredited Computer Science degree program. Students at the two-year Southern Maine Community College in South Portland can seamlessly transfer their credit hours to continue their degrees in business administration; pre-engineering, fire science, horticulture, liberal studies with

2541-418: Is that Americans, born in this great tradition of humanism , still yield to prejudice and practice discrimination against other Americans. The truth is, having developed patterns and ways of living which reflect these shortcomings and weaknesses, we find it burdensome and difficult to – and all too often unacceptable to – do the uncomfortable things that we all must do to right the wrongs of our society. Before

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2662-590: Is the main library, located on the Portland campus. It includes the Osher Map Library. It houses the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, where the current collections represent the African American, Jewish, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. The library also has rare book collections, including holdings in pre-20th century New England textbooks. Gorham is home to most of

2783-459: Is the research arm of the Muskie School. The Quality Control Collaboratory (QC2) is a partnership with the Maine Brewers' Guild to provide laboratory analysis and testing for the craft beverage industry. It is located on the Portland campus. The lab provides research opportunities for USM undergrad and graduate students. The Boyne Family Advanced Simulation and Interprofessional Education Center

2904-474: Is the second largest passive house building at an American university. In 2023, the university broke ground on the $ 63 million Crewe Center for the Arts with an art gallery, a visual arts teaching space, and a performing arts center able to seat 210 people. It is located between Payson Smith and Luther Bonney. The student-run community radio station WMPG and the student-run newspaper The Free Press are located on

3025-500: The 1972 election , Muskie was viewed as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Despite his strong polling, he continued to engage in tiring day-after-day speeches in various parts of the country. When asked during an August 17, 1969 appearance on Meet the Press whether he would be a candidate in 1972, Muskie said it would depend on his being convinced that he could meet

3146-417: The 1976 presidential election . Edmund Muskie was sworn into office as U.S. Senator from Maine on January 3, 1959. His first couple of months in the Senate earned a reputation for being combative and often sparred with Majority Leader , Lyndon B. Johnson , who subsequently relegated him to outer seats in the Senate. In the next five years, he gained significant power and influence and was considered among

3267-501: The Clean Water Restoration Act . During 1967 the popular sentiment in the U.S. was anti-war , which prompted Muskie to visit Vietnam to inform his political stance in 1968. Prior to his visiting the country, he debated with a congressman on a pro-war platform. After the trip, he became a leading voice for the anti-war movement and entered into the ongoing debate by speaking at the year's Democratic Convention. His speech

3388-529: The Deep South and their 46 votes in the electoral college . Because Agnew seemed a weaker candidate than Muskie, Humphrey remarked that voters' uncertainties about whom to choose between the two major presidential candidates should be resolved by their attitudes toward the vice-presidential candidates. While on the vice-presidential campaign trail in Chattanooga, Tennessee , Muskie was quoted as saying: The truth

3509-495: The Democratic party tomorrow—you cast your vote for trust—not just in leaders or policies—but for trusting your fellow citizens . . . in the ancient traditions of this home for freedom . . . and most of all, for trust in yourself. The Portland Press Herald on November 4, 1970, noted it akin to Franklin D. Roosevelt 's fire-side chats "with video". The speech has been the subject of numerous studies regarding "the dimensions of

3630-628: The ECAC East . Men's intercollegiate athletic teams Women's intercollegiate athletic teams The University of Southern Maine has six club sports teams. They include ice hockey, men's rugby, men's volleyball, women's volleyball, dance team, and esports. The largest club is the USM Esports team, a competitive video gaming team, with 170 participating students during the 2023-2024 academic year. In 2024, Town & Country Federal Credit Union donated $ 750,000 to create The Collab: Esports Arena within

3751-610: The Federal Bureau of investigation . Muskie was upset by its "overzealous surveillance and its director's intemperance". Muskie also sponsored the construction of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park near Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's New Brunswick estate. Due to its international nature, Muskie was asked to chair a joint U.S.-Canada commission to maintain the park. In 1965, he was again sponsored

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3872-635: The Maine State Legislature authorized him to take extraordinary action to control the state's pollution standards. He used this authority to sign the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact on August 31, 1955. This compact required member states to pay for anti-pollution measures collectively. Conservative members of the Chamber of Commerce fought back against Muskie in his attempt to allocate money to

3993-446: The Maine State Legislature from 1946 to 1951, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Waterville . Muskie was elected the 64th governor of Maine in 1954 under a reform platform as the first Democratic governor since Louis J. Brann left office in 1937, and only the fifth since 1857. Muskie pressed for economic expansionism and instated environmental provisions. Muskie's actions severed a nearly 100-year Republican stronghold and led to

4114-762: The Maine State Museum was closed and reopened six times before Muskie permanently endowed it in 1958. His governorship exploited multi-factionalism in the Republican Party leading to a vast expansion of the Democratic Party in Maine . From 1954 to 1974, the party doubled in size, while the Republican Party steadily decreased from 262,367 to 227,828 registered members. Numerous state politicians mimicked his political style to push their programs through various local governments and garnered electoral success. His executive appointments of moderate politicians shifted

4235-506: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the " Superfund ". In 1968, Muskie was nominated for vice president on the Democratic ticket with sitting Vice President Hubert Humphrey . Humphrey asked Muskie to be his running mate because Muskie, in addition to being of Polish Catholic heritage, had a more reserved personality that would contrast well with Humphrey's more ebullient style. The Humphrey-Muskie ticket narrowly lost

4356-706: The USS ; YP-422 for a month. In June, he was assigned to the USS  De Grasse  (ID-1217) at Fort Schuyler in New York, where he worked as an indoctrinator . In November 1943, Muskie was promoted to Deck Officer . He trained for two weeks in Miami, Florida at the Submarine Chaser Training Center . After that, Muskie was relocated to Columbus , Ohio to study reconnaissance in February 1944. In March, he

4477-519: The United States Naval Academy . He left his law practice running so "his name would continue to circulate in Waterville" while he was gone. He trained as an apprentice seaman for six weeks before being assigned the rank of midshipman . In January 1943, Muskie attended diesel engineering school for sixteen weeks before being assigned to First Naval District , Boston in May. Muskie worked on

4598-617: The V-12 Navy College Training Program to prepare men under the age of 28 for the eventual outbreak of World War II . Muskie formally registered for the draft in October 1940 and was formally called to deck officer training on March 26, 1942. At 28, he was assigned to work as a diesel engineer in the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School . On September 11, 1942, Muskie was called to Annapolis , Maryland to attend

4719-594: The Water Quality Act (later to be known as the Clean Water Act). He was the floor manager for the discussion and led to its passage in 1965 and its successful amendments in 1970. Alongside President Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs, Muskie drafted the Model Cities Bill which eventually passed both houses of Congress in 1966. Previously, combative with Johnson, Muskie began developing

4840-662: The release of 52 Americans , thus concluding the Iran hostage crisis . He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Carter in 1981 and has been honored with a public holiday in Maine since 1987. Edmund Sixtus Muskie was born on March 28, 1914, in Rumford , Maine. He was born after his parents' first child, Irene (born 1912), and before his brother Eugene (born 1918) and three sisters, Lucy (born 1916), Elizabeth (born 1923), and Frances (born 1921). His father, Stephen Marciszewski,

4961-578: The 1947 election to become Mayor of Waterville, against banker Russel W. Squire. Perhaps due to incumbency advantage , Muskie lost the election with 2,853 votes, 434 votes behind Squire. Some historians believe that his loss had to do with his inability to gain traction with Franco-American voters. Muskie continued his political involvement locally by securing a position on the Waterville Board of Zoning Adjustment in 1948 and stayed in this part-time position until he became governor. He later returned to

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5082-429: The 1968 presidential election, losing the popular vote by 0.7 percentage point—one of the narrowest margins in U.S. history . He would go on to run in the 1972 presidential election , where he secured 1.84 million votes in the primaries , coming in fourth out of 15 contesters. The release of the forged " Canuck letter " derailed his campaign and sullied his public image with Americans of French-Canadian descent . After

5203-475: The 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. He was the Democratic Party 's nominee for vice president in the 1968 presidential election . Born in Rumford , Maine, he worked as a lawyer for two years before serving in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 during World War II . Upon his return, Muskie served in

5324-638: The Brooks Student Center on the Gorham campus. In 2023-2024, USM instituted a new parking policy and hired controversial Colorado-based vendor Parking Revenue Recovery Services to administer it. Students reported that the system was prone to errors, it issued tickets to cars doing drop offs, and the company was difficult to communicate with. Some students had parking ticket bills totaling thousands of dollars. Parking tickets issued for $ 55 for each violation. Both students and community members have complained about

5445-524: The Faculty Senate governance document and the faculty union's Collective Bargaining Agreement. All of the faculty layoffs were immediately challenged through grievances filed by the union against the University of Maine System. Following an investigation, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted in 2015 to censure the university. In 2024, the budget was expected to close with

5566-418: The House to start his second term in 1948 as Minority Leader against heavy Republican opposition. Muskie was appointed the chairman of the platform committee during the 1949 Maine Democratic Convention. During the convention, he brought together a variety of the political elite of Maine—notably Frank M. Coffin and Victor Hunt Harding—to plan a comeback for the party. On February 8, 1951, Muskie resigned from

5687-710: The Lewiston-Auburn campus. USM offers baccalaureate and master's degree programs as well as doctoral programs in Public Policy and School Psychology. Undergraduate study is available in roughly 115 areas, and degrees conferred include the B.S, B.A, B.M., and B.F.A. Graduate study is available at the Masters and Doctoral level through the School of Business, School of Education and Human Development, Muskie School of Public Service, School of Social Work, School of Music, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Nursing, and

5808-630: The Maine Guarantee Authority which combated economic maturation -related job loss making capital more accessible for business owners. Muskie also sporadically lowered sales tax , increased the minimum wage and furthered labor protections leading to a marked increase in consumer spending . He amended the constitution of Maine in order divert $ 20 million in public funds into private investment. He increased subsidies to expensive institutions such as public primary and secondary schools as well as universities. Although initially founded in 1836,

5929-605: The Maine House of Representatives to become acting director for the Maine Office of Price Stabilization . He moved to Portland soon after and was assigned the inflation-control and price-ceiling divisions. His job required him to move across Maine to spread word about economic incentives which he used to increase his name recognition. He served as the regional director at the Office of Price Stabilization from 1951 to 1952. Upon leaving

6050-613: The Maine House, served as president from 2015 until 2022. Jacqueline Edmondson became the 14th president of the University of Southern Maine in July 2022. The Portland campus is located in the Oakdale neighborhood . The primary academic areas at the Portland campus are business, nursing, history, political science, economics, sociology, biology, physics, chemistry, math, english, psychology, media studies, modern and classical languages and literatures, and American and New England studies. The campus houses

6171-571: The National Science Foundation provided $ 400,000 in funding to the center to develop an ethics training program for scientists working with AI. The Charles Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education is located in Payson Hall and formally opens in Fall 2023. Matthew Emmick is the director. The center educates workers about labor laws and their rights. The University of Southern Maine is

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6292-505: The Office he was asked to join the Democratic National Committee as a member; he served on the committee from 1952 to 1956. In April 1953, while working on renovations for his family home in Waterville, Muskie broke through a balcony railing, falling down two flights of stairs. He landed on his back, knocked unconscious. He was rushed to the hospital, where he remained unconscious for two days. Doctors believed that Muskie

6413-555: The Office of Price Stabilization, he officially launched his bid in the 1954 Maine gubernatorial race as a Democrat. Burton M. Cross , the Republican incumbent governor, was seeking reelection. Had he won, he would have been the fifth consecutive Governor to be reelected. Throughout the election Muskie was viewed as the underdog because of the Republican stronghold in Maine . Muskie acknowledged this himself by saying, "[this is] more as

6534-471: The Portland campus. The campus is adjacent to Noyes Park, a three-quarter acre landscaped park with large shade trees, and near Fesenden Park, Baxter Boulevard park, and Deering Oaks . The USM Portland campus is bordered by I-295 , with on and off-ramps accessing the campus on Forest Avenue, and is across the street from a Hannaford grocery store and near restaurants and bars, which include The Great Lost Bear . The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library

6655-434: The Recreation and Leisure Studies Department, the GeoSciences Department, the Arts and Humanities program at Lewiston-Auburn College, and the graduate program American and New England Studies (the Recreation and Leisure Studies closure was later rescinded). A week later, twelve individual faculty members in various departments were informed that they would be laid off effective May 31. As a result of protests led by USM students,

6776-487: The School of Environmental, Health, and Life Sciences. The Department of Educational and School Psychology offers a master's degree and a doctoral degree in School Psychology. The degrees are accredited by the Maine Department of Education. Graduates of the master's program are eligible for certification as school psychologists. Graduates of the doctoral program are eligible for state licensure as psychologists and certification as school psychologists. The department also offers

6897-456: The School of Social Work and many other programs. USM has a partnership with Reykjavik University allowing for more student and faculty exchanges between USM and Reykjavik University. The partnership was signed in 2017. The University of Southern Maine administers the Maine Teacher Residency Program for the University of Maine System. The program allows teaching students to work in Maine classrooms while completing their degrees and aims to ease

7018-428: The United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and rising unpopularity of incumbent president Richard Nixon . On the night of poll-opening Muskie gave a nationwide, 14 minute speech to addressed American voters following a similar address by Nixon. Dubbed the " election eve speech " it spoke to American exceptionalism and against "torrents of falsehood and insinuation". The speech was considered bipartisan and

7139-1025: The University of Maine at Portland (previously Portland Junior College) and became the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham (UMPG). The name was changed to University of Southern Maine in 1978. The Lewiston-Auburn campus was founded in 1988. William J. MacLeod served as president from 1970 until 1971. Louis J.P. Calisti served as president from 1971 until 1973. Walter P. Fridinger served as president in 1973. N. Edd Miller served as president from 1973 until 1978. Kenneth W. Allen served as president from 1978 until 1979. Robert L. Woodbury served as president from 1979 until 1986. Patricia R. Plante served as president from 1987 to 1991. Richard Pattenaude served as president from 1991 until 2007. Joe Wood served as interim president from 2007 to 2008. Selma Botman served as president from 2008 until 2012. Theodora J. Kalikow served as interim president from 2012 until 2014. Former power company CEO David Flanagan served as interim president from 2014 until 2015. Glenn Cummings , former speaker of

7260-424: The Wishcamper Center, the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, Hannaford Hall, Luther Bonney Hall, Masterton Hall, the Science Building, the Southworth Planetarium, Payson Smith Hall, Abromson Community Education Center, the Alumni House, and the Sullivan Gymnasium complex. Many department offices are located around the perimeter of the campus center in converted multi-story homes as well as in

7381-445: The adjacent Bean Green grassy quad also opened to students in August 2023. The McGoldrick Center includes a dining hall, a career center, and multiple student lounges. Across the street from the dorm is a 500-space parking garage, which is the largest Level Two charging station in Maine with 58 electric vehicle charging stations and storage for more than 250 bicycles. The buildings were built with green building techniques. Portland Commons

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7502-431: The bill and stopped it from becoming law. However, after further campaigning by Muskie, the Senate and House of Representatives passed the bill 247–23 to override Nixon's veto. The bill was historic in that it established the regulation of pollutants in the federal and state waters of the U.S., created extended authority for the Environmental Protection Agency , and created water health standards. Also in 1971, Muskie

7623-415: The bullet holes and attend a funeral of one of the victims. Critics in Maine described his actions as "rash and self serving" but Muskie publicly expressed no regret for his actions. At an event in Los Angeles, he publicly stated his support for several black empowerment movements in California, which garnered the attention of numerous media outlets, and black city councilman Thomas Bradley. In 1970, Muskie

7744-470: The buses have wifi. All USM students and faculty ride the bus for free by showing their campus ID card. The University of Southern Maine teams are the Huskies. The athletic program started in 1922 with men’s and women's basketball. The university sponsors 23 sports at the NCAA Division III level. The majority of sports compete in the Little East Conference ; wrestling competes as an independent Division III team, men's and women's ice hockey compete in

7865-403: The challenges as well as his comfort. On November 8, 1970, Muskie said he would declare himself a candidate only if he became convinced he was best suited to unify the country. An August 1971 opinion poll showed Muskie outperforming Nixon. In late 1971, Muskie gave an anti-war speech in Providence . The nation was at war in Vietnam and President Richard Nixon 's foreign policy promised to be

7986-590: The community, and providing degree programs that are responsive to changing cultural and workplace demands available to a non-traditional and diverse student body. Baccalaureate degree programs available at USM LAC are: Arts and Humanities, Leadership and Organizational Studies, Natural and Applied Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences. Master of Arts in Leadership and Master of Occupational Therapy degrees are offered exclusively at Lewiston-Auburn College. The USM Nursing program (BS & RN to BS) from USM's College of Nursing and Health Professions are also offered at

8107-407: The compact and greatly reduced the amount paid. One of the chief concerns of Muskie during this time was economic development. Maine's population was aging, putting pressure on welfare services . He expanded certain programs and cut down on others in order rebalance state spending. Before leaving office Muskie signed an executive order extending the gubernatorial term to four years. He expanded

8228-449: The country have had their motives questioned and their patriotism doubted. It has been led . . . inspired . . . and guided . . . from the highest offices in the land. ... We cannot make America small. ... Ordinarily that division is not between parties, but between men and ideas. But this year the leaders of the Republican party have intentionally made that line a party line. They have confronted you with exactly that choice. Thus—in voting for

8349-404: The dining halls. In the fall of 2022, Sodexo introduced delivery robots that carry food to students on both the Gorham and the Portland campuses. The robots are called Kiwibots and have special tires to work in the snow. Students must download an app to use the service. The robots can deliver Starbucks lattes and falafel from food trucks parked on campus. The Brooks Dining Hall on the Gorham campus

8470-449: The election campaign which is coming to a close. In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. That is our system. It has worked for almost two hundred years—longer than any other political system in the world. But in these elections of 1970, something has gone wrong. There has been name-calling and deception of almost unprecedented volume. Honorable men have been slandered. Faithful servants of

8591-456: The election, Muskie returned to the Senate, where he gave the 1976 State of the Union Response . Muskie served as first chairman of the new Senate Budget Committee from 1975 to 1980, where he established the United States budget process . Upon his resignation from the Senate, he became the 58th U.S. Secretary of State under President Carter. Muskie's tenure as Secretary of State was one of the shortest in modern history. His department negotiated

8712-486: The end, 36 faculty members retired, but since some of them were not in targeted departments, 25 faculty members were fired. Local business leaders claimed the cuts would impair Maine's economy and many faculty, students, staff, and community members disputed administration claims about financial insolvency. Critics claimed that the layoffs were arbitrary and capricious, an attempt to eliminate outspoken faculty critical of administration policies and actions, and in violation of

8833-509: The entire Republican establishment in the state to the left. This shift garnered comparisons to Hubert Humphrey 's influence in Minnesota and George McGovern 's impact in South Dakota . During his last months as governor he changed his office's term from two years to four years. Shortly before leaving office he moved Maine's general election date from September to November conclusively ending

8954-479: The establishment of the Maine Department of Conservation to "have jurisdiction of forestry, inland fish and game, sea and shore fisheries , mineral, water, and other natural resources " and the creation of anti-pollution legislation. He stressed the need for "a two-party" approach to Maine politics with resonated with both Democratic and Republican voters wishing to see change. Muskie's central campaign slogan

9075-466: The expansion of atomic-powered electrical facilities. On September 10, 1956, Muskie was re-elected Governor of Maine with 180,254 votes (59% of the vote) against Republican Willis A. Trafton . He won 14 of the 16 counties. He began his second term by aggressively enforcing environmental standards. In 1957, he sanctioned a $ 29 million highway bond . This bond funded the largest road construction ever undertaken by Maine. The highway included 91 bridges and

9196-496: The first Democrat to be elected chief executive of Maine since Louis J. Brann in 1934. His election has been viewed as a causal link to the end of Republican political dominance in Maine and the rise of the Democratic Party . After his win, he was asked by other Democrats running in elections outside of Maine to make a series of campaign stops. Muskie was inaugurated as the 64th Governor of Maine on January 6, 1955. He

9317-474: The food served by the dining hall, complaining of undercooked meat, overcooked pasta, and a lack of vegetarian options. At the beginning of 2014, administrators at USM announced that the university had found itself in dire financial straits, and would be announcing program closures and faculty layoffs, including long-term just cause faculty and tenured faculty. President Theodora Kalikow and Provost Michael Stevenson announced that four departments would be closed:

9438-482: The greater Portland community produce all the music and local public affairs programs. It began broadcasting in 1973. The Greater Portland METRO bus service runs the Husky Line between the Portland and Gorham campuses. The bus arrives every 30 minutes on weekdays. The public bus line was added in 2018, replacing a previous private bus service. The route is a limited-stop line operated by buses running on natural gas. All

9559-538: The islands for the majority of summer 1944. In January 1945, the ship engaged and eventually sank a Japanese cargo ship headed for Taroa Island . After a few more months of escorting ships to and from the two islands, the ship was decommissioned . He was discharged from the Navy on December 18, 1945. Muskie returned to Maine in January 1946 and began rebuilding his law practice. Convinced by others to run for political office as

9680-580: The layoffs were rescinded by Kalikow. Later that year, Chancellor Page asked Kalikow for her resignation as USM president. This process was restarted in October 2014, when Interim President David T. Flanagan (former CEO of a power company) and Provost Joseph McDonnell announced that the three programs targeted for elimination in March would indeed be eliminated, and two more: French and Applied Medical Sciences. In addition, USM faculty were notified that twenty-five departments would have to shed fifty full-time faculty members, whether through retirement or layoffs. In

9801-622: The major buildings. In 2021, the university removed the Woodbury Campus Center and broke ground on the 210,000 square foot, 580-bed Portland Commons dorm, which opened in August 2023. It has 385 studios, single, double and four-person apartments with views of the city and Casco Bay. The dorm is open to USM upperclassmen, USM graduate students, University of Maine School of Law students and Southern Maine Community College upperclassmen. The McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success and

9922-530: The man allowing him to finance his final years at Cornell. While in law school he was elected to Phi Alpha Delta and went on to graduate cum laude , in 1939. Upon graduating from Cornell, Muskie was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1939. He then worked as a high school substitute teacher while he was studying for the Maine Bar examination; he passed in 1940. Muskie moved to Waterville and purchased

10043-447: The most effective legislators in the Senate. However, increased power and influence prompted supporters in Maine to label him "an honorary Kennedy", alluding to the indifference John F. Kennedy had to Massachusetts when first gaining political traction. Muskie used the influence gain in his first two terms to push a vast expansion of environmentalism in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His specific goals were to curb pollution and provide

10164-508: The name of the business was changed to The Great Lost Bear after a cease-and-desist letter was received from Grizzly Bear Pizza in Oregon . The "Grizzly" sign now hangs in the restaurant's dining room. The Evanses purchased MacConnell's share of the business in 2011, becoming sole owners. The same year, the bar appeared in an episode of Drinking Made Easy . Notable past patrons include Jerry Seinfeld . Mystery novelist John Connolly writes

10285-531: The notion that " as Maine goes, so goes the nation ". This was attempted thirty-six times before Muskie brought about a constitutional amendment that moved the date. Muskie resigned on January 2, 1959, to take his seat in the United States Senate after the 1958 Senate election . He was succeeded by Republican Robert Haskell in an interim capacity until the Governor-elect, Democrat Clinton Clauson ,

10406-474: The performing arts, and was elected student body president in his senior year. He would go on to graduate in 1932 at the top of his class as valedictorian . A 1931 edition of the school's newspaper noted him with the following: "when you see a head and shoulders towering over you in the halls of Stephen's, you should know that your eyes are feasting on the future President of the United States." Influenced by

10527-520: The political excitement of Franklin D. Roosevelt 's election to the White House , he attended Bates College in Lewiston , Maine. While at college, Muskie was a successful member of the debating team, participated in several sports, and was elected to student government . Although he received a small scholarship and New Deal subsidies, he had to work during the summers as a dishwasher and bellhop at

10648-851: The political insurgency of the Maine Democrats. Muskie's legislative work during his career as a senator coincided with an expansion of modern liberalism in the United States . He promoted the 1960s environmental movement which led to the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Clean Water Act of 1972 . Muskie supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day , and opposed Richard Nixon 's " Imperial presidency " by advancing New Federalism . Muskie ran with Vice President Hubert Humphrey against Nixon in

10769-502: The popular vote to Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew . Humphrey and Muskie received 42.7% of the popular vote and carried 13 states and 191 electoral votes ; Nixon and Agnew won 43.4% of the popular vote and carried 32 states and 301 electoral votes, while the third party ticket of George Wallace and Curtis LeMay , running as candidates of the American Independent Party , took 14% of the popular vote and took five states in

10890-550: The same year, he traveled with other Senators to the Republic of South Vietnam to validate their elections. Later, at the 1968 Democratic National Convention , he led the debate for the administration plank on Vietnam, which sparked public outrage. On October 15, 1969, he was welcomed to the green at Yale University to address the issues regarding his vote but chose to decline the offer and speak that night at his alma mater, Bates College , in Lewiston , Maine. His decision to do so

11011-413: The second largest university in the University of Maine System. After declining since 2019, enrollment was projected to increase by 2% in the 2024-2025 year. Enrollment for 2023-2024 was 5,407 students. In 2022, 58.8% of undergraduate students were female and 41.2% were male. As of 2021, USM had 5,950 undergraduate students and 1,750 graduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 13:3. Sodexo operates

11132-417: The shortage of teachers. In the 2022–2023 school year, 40 teaching students were enrolled in the program. The program will grow to include 70 more student teachers in the 2023–2024 school year. The Muskie School is located on the Portland campus and includes public health, tourism and hospitality, geography-anthropology, and the graduate school of policy, planning, and management. The Catherine Cutler Institute

11253-427: The state's previous Democratic Senator having been appointed by the legislature. He was one of the 12 Democrats who overtook Republican incumbents and established the party as the party-of-house during the election cycle. The New York Times reported that during this election that the absentee ballots requested for Democrats increased considerable signaling voter-discontent with Republican ideology . This election

11374-439: The system that is difficult to use. In 2019, students complained about the dining services. Sodexo operates University of Southern Maine's dining halls. It was reported that the "students who prefer a plant-based diet were ditching the meal plan, eating elsewhere or foregoing meals." In response, the university renovated the Gorham dining hall. The complaints continued. In the spring of 2022, students reported dissatisfaction with

11495-444: The televised public address as an emerging rhetorical genre of pervasive influence in contemporary affairs". In his fourth and final election , Muskie ran against Republican Robert A. G. Monks in 1976; he won 60% of the vote compared to Monk's 40%. The elections coincided with the election of Jimmy Carter as president leading to a large influx of Democratic support, though Carter lost Maine to incumbent President Gerald Ford in

11616-533: The territory comprising Baxter State Park by 3,569 acres and purchased 40 acres (1.7 million ft ) of Cape Elizabeth from the federal government for $ 28,000. He also created the Department of Development of Commerce and Industry and Maine Industrial Building Authority. In February 1955, he was briefed on atomic energy power by the United States Atomic Energy Commission leading him to limit

11737-414: The town. However, after eighteen months of courting Gray and her family, she agreed to marry him in a private ceremony in 1948. Gray and Muskie had five children: Stephen (born 1949), Ellen (born 1950), Melinda (born 1956), Martha (born 1958, d. 2006), and Edmund Jr. (born 1961). The Muskies lived in a yellow cottage at Kennebunk Beach while they lived in Maine. In June 1940, President Roosevelt created

11858-430: The university's dormitories and competitive athletic facilities. The primary academic areas residing in Gorham are industrial technologies, engineering, art, music, theater, counseling and education, anthropology, geography, environmental sciences, and geosciences. McLellan House , built in 1773, was acquired by Gorham State College in 1966. It was converted into dormitories and later into office space. The Academy Building

11979-462: Was Polish ; he spoke it as his only language until age 4. He began learning English soon after and eventually lost fluency in his mother language. In his youth he was an avid fisherman, hunter, and swimmer. He felt as though his given name was "odd" so he went by Ed throughout his life. Muskie was shy and anxious in his early life but maintained a sizable number of friends. Muskie attended Stephens High School, where he played baseball, participated in

12100-421: Was "Maine Needs A Change" referencing the multi-year Republican stronghold. He criticized the Republican Party for neglecting the environment, failing to restart the economy, underutilizing skilled labor forces, and ignoring public investment. He successively won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, and then the general election by a majority popular vote on September 13, 1954. The upset victory made Muskie

12221-675: Was asked to join the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; he traveled to Europe and the Middle East in this capacity. After concluding his 1968 campaign for the White House he returned to the Senate. While in Chattanooga, the shooting of two black students at Jackson State College in 1970 by the Mississippi State Police, prompted Muskie to hire a jet airliner to take approximately one hundred people to see

12342-568: Was assigned to the committees on federal and military relations during his first year. He advocated for bipartisanship , which won him widespread support across political parties. On October 17, 1946, Muskie's law practice sustained a large fire, costing him an estimated $ 2,300 in damages. However, a yearly stipend of $ 800 and help from other business leaders who were affected by the fire quickly restarted his practice. Muskie's work with city ordinances in Waterville prompted locals to ask him to run in

12463-589: Was born and raised in Jasionówka , Russian Poland and worked as an estate manager for minor Russian nobility . He immigrated to America in 1903 and changed his name to Muskie from "Marciszewski" in 1914. He worked as a master tailor and Muskie's mother, Josephine ( née Czarnecka) worked as a housewife . She was born to a Polish-American family in Buffalo , New York. Muskie's parents married in 1911, and Josephine moved to Rumford soon after. Muskie's first language

12584-406: Was built in 1803 and purchased by the university in 1878. Residence Halls located on the Gorham campus include: The Lewiston-Auburn campus of the University of Southern Maine is the newest of the three campuses. The college on this campus is known as Lewiston-Auburn College (USM LAC). USM LAC is committed to being a national leader in interdisciplinary education, serving as a resource for

12705-508: Was chosen to articulate the Democratic party's message to congressional voters before the midterm elections. His national stature was raised as a major candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. In 1973, he gave the Democratic response to Nixon's State of the Union address . During this time, he was appointed the chair of the intergovernmental relations subcommittee. Considered "a backwater assignment", Muskie used it to advocate for

12826-485: Was co-written by the committee's staff director Leon Billings and minority staff director Tom Jorling. As part of the act, he told the automobile industry it would need to reduce its tailpipe air pollution emissions by 90% by 1977. He also co-wrote amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Act, more commonly known as the Clean Water Act , and urged his fellow Congress members to adopt it, saying "The country

12947-403: Was considered the largest single-party gain in the Senate's history. He ran for a second term in 1964 , running against Republican Clifford McIntire . Muskie won with 67% of the vote. His third campaign and election to the Senate occurred in 1970. During the 1970 elections , Muskie secured 62% of the vote against Republican Neil S. Bishop 's 38%. The elections were seen as tumultuous due to

13068-415: Was extended in 1960 and 1967 by Interstate 95 . During his tenure as Governor he retained a reputation for increased spending in public education, subsidized hospitals, modernized state facilities, and cumulatively raised state sale taxes by 1%. He added $ 4 million to infrastructure development focusing on roads and river maintenance. Muskie pushed aggressive economic expansionism . In 1957, he founded

13189-454: Was followed by "tens of thousands of protestors surrounded the convention and violent clashes with police carried on for five days." He wrote to Johnson personally asserting his position on the Vietnam War . He made the case that the U.S. ought to withdraw from Vietnam as quickly as possible. Months later, he wrote to the president again urging him to end the bombing of North Vietnam . During

13310-442: Was hired to be a bookkeeper and saleswoman in an exclusive haute couture boutique in Waterville. While there, a mutual friend tried to introduce her to Muskie while he was working in the city as a lawyer. She had Gray model the dresses in the shop window while he was walking to work. Muskie came into the shop one day and invited her to a gala event. At the time, she was 19 and he was 32; their difference in age stirred controversy in

13431-479: Was in a coma, so they gave him comatose-specific medication which caused him to regain consciousness but start to hallucinate . Muskie tried to jump out of the hospital window, but was restrained by staff members. After a couple of months, through physical rehabilitation and corrective braces, he was able to walk once more. After establishing a prominent presence in the Maine State Legislature and with

13552-467: Was inaugurated. Muskie was officially succeeded by Clauson on January 6, 1959. Muskie's first contestation for the Senate of the United States was in 1958 . He announced his intent to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Frederick G. Payne on March 20, 1958. Muskie won the election with 61% of the vote against Payne's 39%. Muskie's victory made him the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Maine, with

13673-667: Was no formal process for establishing a federal budget so Congress founded the office under the auspices of the Senate Budget Committee. As chairman, Muskie presided over, formulated, and approved of the creation of the United States budget process . In 1977, he amended Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 along with others, to pass the Clean Water Act of 1977 . These new additions incorporated "non-degradation" or "clean growth" policies intended to limit negative externalities . In 1978, he made minor adjustments to

13794-470: Was once famous for its rivers ... But today, the rivers of this country serve as little more than sewers to the seas. ... The danger to health, the environmental damage, the economic loss can be anywhere." The bill enjoyed bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress and was passed by the House on November 29, 1971, and the Senate on March 29, 1972. While congressional support was enough to enact it into law President Richard Nixon exercised his executive veto on

13915-543: Was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) . Muskie was stationed at California's Mare Island in April temporarily before formally engaging in active duty warfare. Muskie began his active duty tour aboard the destroyer escort USS  Brackett  (DE-41) . His vessel was in charge of protecting U.S. convoys traveling from the Marshal and Gilbert Islands from Japanese submarines . The Brackett escorted ships to and from

14036-540: Was renovated in 2019 at a cost of $ 2.5 million allowing it to expand the vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free food. In 2023, the McGoldrick Center opened on the Portland campus. It houses a 300-seat dining hall and the Husky Cafe & Brew Pub. The Free Press is a student-run and funded campus newspaper that was founded in 1972. It publishes a print edition weekly during the academic year, equaling roughly 22 editions

14157-422: Was seeking appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Muskie voted against him and Carswell failed the confirmation process. Muskie also proposed a six-month ban on domestic and Soviet Union development of nuclear technologies to taper the nuclear arms race . As chair of the congressional environmental committee, he and fellow committee members including Howard Baker introduced the Clean Air Act of 1970 , which

14278-403: Was the first to sponsor a new Act to regulate air pollution. The Clean Air Act of 1963 was written and developed by Muskie and his aide Leon Billings. His first major accomplishment was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . He assembled more than one hundred votes for the proposed legislation eventually passing it. Also during 1964, he was critical of J. Edgar Hoover 's management of

14399-421: Was the state's first Roman Catholic governor. Shortly after his assumption of the office, the next election cycle stacked the legislature with a 4-to-1 Republican-Democrat ratio against Muskie. Through bipartisanship and his aggressive personality he managed to pass the majority of his party platform. Constituents pressured him to more aggressively pursue water control and anti-pollution legislation. In August,

14520-510: Was well received by both parties. Political analysts believed that the speech influenced voting patterns during the election as there were thirty million listeners. Commentators received the speech as "essentially evangelical" and indicative of "a volcanic private temper but a soothing public manner". The most famous passage from the speech was widely commented on by the public for its biting nature and critique of " politics of fear ": I am speaking from Cape Elizabeth , Maine to discuss with you

14641-537: Was widely criticized by the Democratic party and Yale University officials. From 1967 to 1969, he served as the chair of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee . He voted against the appointment of Clement Haynsworth to the U.S. Supreme Court . His third term began in 1970 by co-sponsoring the McGovern-Hatfield resolution to limit military intervention in the Vietnam War. During this time Harold Carswell

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