Portland Campus: We have visitors!

Today our office is hosting Deering High School students from the "Make It Happen" program of Portland Schools' Multilingual and Multicultural Programs, supported by USM student volunteer hosts and guides.  Some are visiting classes at this hour, while others are taking a campus tour.  All will be visiting classes at 10:15, after which they'll have lunch in Woodbury Campus Center and then hear from a panel of USM students who share their experience of immigration to and learning in the U.S.  Finally, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission Rachel Morales will speak with the students about the college application process before they return to Deering High School, better prepared to take their places in the class of 2019... perhaps here at USM!  We hope you will bear with them if they act like, well, high school students, and offer a friendly welcome and answers to any questions they may have.  Kudos to Stacy Normand, our Programs Coordinator, who organized the day, recruited and supported the volunteers, and supports our strong working relationship with "Make It Happen," where numerous USM students are regular Academic Coaches in the Academic Center.

 

With thanks and hopes for the future,

ATM

 

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall

 Director of Community Service Learning

 University Interfaith Chaplain

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403