Leadership Studies – News

Shouldering heavy loads to ease heavy hearts

Michael Kmack — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:32:17 +0000

Engraved stones representing military members who died while on active duty will be exhibited on campus for two months.

USM Leadership Studies Program and Faculty Earn Accolades

michelle.erhard — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:13:00 +0000

The Association of Leadership Educators (ALE) recently celebrated the outstanding contributions of leadership educators through their 2024 Annual Awards. These esteemed awards recognize excellence … Read More

Portland Ballet finds fresh blood on campus for ‘Dracula’ adaptation

Michael Kmack — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:09:02 +0000

With Portland Ballet’s offices so close to USM’s Portland Campus, students who are dancing in a new adaption of ‘Dracula’ can walk to rehearsals in a matter of minutes.

Leadership PhD graduates complete successful doctoral dissertation defense

erin.bartoletti — Thu, 09 May 2024 19:08:40 +0000

The Leadership Studies Department congratulates the 2024 Leadership PhD graduates on the successful defense of their doctoral dissertations. Wally Fraser, PhD ’24 Dissertation title … Read More

Students, faculty find real-world success in NEOC partnership

lindsay.tice — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:05:00 +0000

Since the �Ӱɴ�ý started partnering with the New England Ocean Cluster in 2015, University students and faculty have helped get startups off the ground, helped create environmentally conscious products, formed international collaborations, and worked on projects that could have local, national, or world-wide significance.

Fulbright Scholar to tackle journalism in Bulgaria

lindsay.tice — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:07:12 +0000

Graham "GG" Griffith, a Leadership Studies grad student and experienced public radio producer, will spend nine months in Eastern Europe working with scholars at The Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia.

U.S. Senator Angus King speaks at Timothy B. Hussey Leadership Institute

daniel.hartill — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:49:51 +0000

U.S. Senator Angus King believes that our best leaders strive toward specific goals, resist the urge to dismiss others’ ideas and stick with solutions long enough to see them implemented.

Graduate Spotlight ’23: Bailey Hartill

lindsay.tice — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:05:02 +0000

A head injury altered her plans after high school, but it didn't hold her back for long.

Ege elected to group aiding student veterans nationwide

daniel.hartill — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:32:57 +0000

Ege was elected to the National Association of Veterans’ Program Administrators, which monitors and provides input to lawmakers and the VA on matters that relate to veterans educational benefits and training in relation to institutes of higher learning..

Maine-Greenland Collaboration joins USM students and faculty with southern Greenland

claire.salcedo — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:37:00 +0000

Faculty from the �Ӱɴ�ý’s Muskie School – Geography-Anthropology program, the School of Social Work and the Department of Art led students … Read More