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USM grows scholarship program for disadvantaged and first-generation students A Scarborough couple's effort to help a handful of Portland-area students pay for college has grown to an endowed scholarship fund that aims to help 100 Maine students at a time graduate debt-free. Share Elizabeth Muana, originally from South Sudan, came with her mother and two sisters to the U.S. She is a freshman at the University of Southern Maine and a Promise Scholarship recipient. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Elizabeth Muana remembers her reaction last spring when she checked her email and unexpectedly fo...

The USM Promise Scholarship program gives financial, academic and social support to students facing serious financial disadvantages. Author: Beth McEvoy (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:06 PM EST January 22, 2021 Updated: 1:06 PM EST January 22, 2021 PORTLAND, Maine — Anyone who has gone to college or sent a child there knows how incredibly expensive it can be; debt accrued can sometimes take decades to pay off. But for students who can't even get loans, college can be out of reach.  The Promise Scholarship program, started at the University ...

With rumors circulating that Jodie Whittaker may depart the lead role at the end of her third season, it seems right to reflect upon her time in the TARDIS. In particular, one of the most revealing and interesting aspects of that time: the persistent criticism that the show’s recent seasons have been “too woke” or “too politically correct.” It’s interesting to think about what those phrases mean, particularly in the context of the most conservative stretch of Doctor Who in over three decades. The recent seasons of Doctor Who overseen by Chris Chibnall have been criticized in som...

Alone. but he had to put these proposals together in a way that would bring some consensus around them in terms of what could be done. he had to get community of people that's being newly effective on this? >> absolutely, rachel. there are a lot of really good organizations out there that i'm learning from that i'm working with that are smart and effective. there are different roads we can take in this space and i think we've all been instrumental on having these conversations with our elected officials and hopefully guiding them in some of the directions they can take. >> your ability to be s...

Newtown. first graders. and from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. >> president obama in the east room today announcing new executive actions on gun safety and doing so with some uncharacteristic display of presidential emotion. joining us now for the interview is mark barton, who is a member of sandy hook promise who is the father of 7-year-old daniel