2014-2015 annual report - University of Southern Maine · 2014-2015 Highlights: JO FAIR Community...

2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2014-2015 Highlights 1

Service-Learning 2

Career Services 7

Internships 9

Quotes 14

2014-2015 CECD REPORT

2014-2015 Highlights:

JOB FAIR

Community Engagement and Career Development sponsored a Job Fair on February 12, 2015 at the Sullivan

Recreation & Fitness Complex on the Portland Campus. The Job Fair was an opportunity for students and

employers to meet in an informal setting and discuss employment and career possibilities. Approximately

400+ students from all majors, as well as alumni and the general public attended the fair, where they

interacted with 95 prospective employers.

HUSKY DAY OF SERVICE

70 students, faculty and alumni came together for Husky Day of Service to work with a

variety of 10 community partners, including Animal Refuge League, Preble Street, and STRIVE.

Together, they contributed an incredible 207 hours connecting with community members to

make greater Portland an even greater place to live. Volunteers and host sites alike boasted about

the personal and community impact of this day, how energizing and fun it was to come together,

and their excitement to work together in the future.


AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

In Spring of 2015, USM student Meaghan LaSala received Maine Campus Compact’s Heart and Soul Award

for excellence in service learning and community engagement.

Dr. Elizabeth Turesky received the 2015 Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service Learning Excellence.

METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE

2014 to 2015 was the year of the Metropolitan University Initiative. The steering group collaborated

throughout the year and came to the following recommendation and vision for USM, to be achieved five

years hence: “USM is an integral and indispensable partner to the communities it serves, and takes great

pride in the energetic support of its many, engaged partners. Engaged teaching, learning, scholarship,

creation, and service thrive in a seamless organizational structure, ensuring an integrated and fully aligned

student pathway from recruitment to graduation. We are an accessible and affordable source of

transformative higher education for our students, a birthplace for first and new careers, an incubator for

applied research and economic development, and a training ground for public service. We are Maine’s

Metropolitan University.” This brings attention and development to the community engagement that is

already such a big part of the USM experience and its effects will be far-reaching in the years to come.


Undergraduate Academic Service-Learning

Courses delivered this year incorporating service-learning components are listed on the following page.

These courses range in their depth and breadth of service-learning. Some incorporate one-time projects or

optional service-learning, while others have service-learning as the foundation for the curriculum. Because

hours are a quantifiable part of service, we have captured that data; hours served does not necessarily

correlate with impact. This data is collected by staff, faculty teaching the courses, and self-reported records

from students serving in the community.


2014-2015 SERVICE-LEARNING COURSES

College of Science, Technology & Health

COURSE SEMESTER PROFESSOR STUDENTS HOURS SERVED

CHY 233 Fall Lucille Benedict 24 192

ITT Fall Carl Blue 21 210

NUR 399/341 Fall Clement / Sepples 24 1344

REC 233 Fall David Jones 5 50



ESP 417 Fall Rob Sanford 16 800

NUR 339/341 Fall Susan Sepples 12 784

ASL 201/401 Fall Regan Thibodeau 33 230

ESP 101 Fall Joseph Staples 52 500

PHY 111 Fall Julie Ziffer 45 675

NUR 339/341 Fall Karen Zuckerman 12 650

EGN 304 Spring Ivan Most 44 500

ESP 360 Spring Karen Wilson 31 1023

LIN 185 Spring Dana McDaniel 30 390

BIO 281 Spring Rachel Larsen 79 180

ITT 343 Spring Carl Blue 13 128

NUR 339/341 Spring Susan Sepples 7 400

497 8,816

Represents # of students

involved in service-learning;

not total course enrollment


College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences


HTY 394 Fall Libby Bischoff 29 150

ECO 326 Fall Rachel Bouvier 39 585

ENG 230 Fall Lorrayne Carroll 19 285

CMS 400 Fall Matthew Killmeier 28 260

CMS 450 Spring Dennis Gilbert 34 2500

HTY 360 Spring Libby Bischoff 7 144

POS 380 Spring Van Sickle 29 280

POS 445 Spring Lynn Kuzma 10 160

POS 446 Spring Lynn Kuzma 9 144

204 4,364

College of Management & Human Service


EDU 310 Fall Julie Canniff 22 282.36

SWO 403 Fall Paula Gerstenblatt 37 3500

SWO 201 Fall Paul Johnson 23 184

SWO 365 Fall Hermeet Kohli 25 180

EDU 305 Fall Alec Lapidus 25 300

BUS 450 Fall John Voyer 65 700

BUS 450 Spring John Voyer 79 830

ADS 300/ SED 335 Spring Julie Alexandrin 25 150


TAH/ANT 241 Spring Tracy Michaud-Stutzman 30 1200

SWO 393 Spring Ray Belicose 37 740

BUS 316 Spring Williams & Parker 22 350

EDU 305 Spring Alec Lapidus 27 312

EDU 310 Spring Julie Canniff 29 415

SWO 201 Spring Hermeet Kohli 23 230

SWO 399/599 Spring Paula Gerstenblatt 17 500

490 9,873.36

Honors & Other


HON 310 Fall Nancy Artz 17 68

EDU 613 Fall Sara Needleman 5 36

EDU 545 Fall Flynn Ross 17 170

COR 301 Fall Adam Tuchinsky 32 40

HON 103 Spring Margaret Reimer 10 120

ESP 401 Spring Rob Sanford 3 10

COR 302 Spring Gary Johnson 24 336

COR 301 Spring Tuchinsky, Kuzma 30 600

EYE 110 Spring Lisa Walker 7 75

BUS 210 and EYE

130 Spring Parker / Williams 87 350

232 1,805


Co-Curricular Service-Learning & Community Service

GROUP/EVENT SEMESTER STUDENTS HOURS SERVED

Husky Day of Service Spring 54 207

Other Volunteerism* Fall/Spring 25 1236.50

New Mainers’ Day Spring 37 1300

Enactus** Fall/Spring 138 4,125

Phi Mu Delta Fraternity Fall/Spring 175

Student Nurse Organization Fall/Spring 1 4

Kappa Iota Sorority Fall/Spring 6 50

Alpha Xi Delta Fall/Spring 200

Honors Scholarship Fall/Spring 7 169.75

Alternative Spring Break Fall/Spring 12 6

Biology Club Fall/Spring 6 30

Sigma Nu Fall/Spring 12 45.25

Chemistry Club Fall/Spring 10 52

Kappa Delti Phi Fall/Spring 20

TOTAL 308 7,620.5

*Other Volunteerism refers to students who volunteer through our K-12 college access mentoring and

tutoring partnerships or at other organizations in their communities and reported their hours to us.

**Enactus is an international non-profit organization, with a USM chapter, that works with leaders in

business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities

while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. Enactus teams are active on

more than 1,600 academic institutions in 39 countries.


Career Services

Career Presentation Highlights: During the 2014-2015 year career presentations included

interviewing, social media, networking, applicant tracking systems, cover letter and resume

writing and LinkedIn.

Career Services Highlights: Students and alumni sought out careers services for career

exploration, MBTI interpretation, assistance with cover letter and resume writing, learning

Job Fair 2015

Employer Information:

Number of Employers Registered: 94

Total Number of Employers Attended: 91

Number of Employer Participants: 147

Number of Industries Represented: 11

Participant Information:

Approximate participants: 400+ Types of participants: undergraduates, graduates, alumni and community members. Number of participants surveyed: 120

20 Career Presentations

10 Undergraduate

7 Graduate

3 Professional Staff

Total number of participants: 80

Career Services

149 Individual Appointments


how to network, setting up their LinkedIn account, the job search process, involvement with

Corporate Partners, Eggs & Issues and volunteering at the 2015 Job Fair.

Job Fair Highlights:

Employer Highlights: We doubled the number of employers from last year’s Job fair.

Invitations to employers started in September 2014 and continued up until February 10th,

2015. Outreach was carried out via Community Engagement and Career Development,

University Advancement, Office of the President, Student Success and the School of Business.

A follow-up survey was sent to all the employer participants. Based on the survey results

most employers were Very Satisfied to Satisfied with the Job fair. 75% reported that attending

the USM Job fair was a good use of time. Approximately 80% of the employers are interested

in on-campus recruiting and 69% are interested in developing an internship with the

University.

Participant Highlights: Approximately 61% of participants were looking for full-time

employment. Most were able to connect with 1-10 employers during their time at the job

fair. The majority of participants were Extremely Satisfied or Very Satisfied with their overall

experience at the fair.


Undergraduate Academic Credit-Bearing Internships

Just some examples of the great places USM students did internships this year include:

Total Student Internship

Hours: 178159

Fall '14 Internship

Courses: 42

Students in Internships:

1150

Summer '15 Internship

Courses: 37

Students in Internships:

196

318 Unique

Internship Sites

Spring '15 Internship

Courses: 57

Students in Internships: 741

Portland, Maine

• Maine Health• Portland Schools• Preble Street Resource

Center• Cancer Community

Center• No Umbrella Media• Portland Police

Department• Shipyard Brewing

Company• Portland Sea Dogs

Greater Portland and Maine

• WEX• IDEXX• UNUM• Iberdrola• MacPage• Sappi• Turning Point

...And beyond

• Senator Susan Collins' Office in Washington D.C.

• Disney College in Florida

• YMCA in Honolulu Hawaii

• All Entertainment in Philadelphia

• Togus, Virginia Medical Center


Fall Internship Courses Catalog Listing Department Professor Total Student Hours

ACC 395 Accounting Douglas Chene 280


AED 428 Arts Education Kelly Hrenko 420

ART 400 Art Kim Grant 675

BUS 392 Marketing Jeanne L Munger 280

BUS 395 Business Matthew Dean 140

BUS 397 Sport Management Joanne Williams 280

BUS 397 Sport Management Heidi Parker 280

CMS 430 Communications Russell Kivatisky 2250

CMS 492 Communications Dennis Gilbert 870

EDU 324 Education Kelly Hrenko 2520

EDU 613 Education Sara Needleman 900

ENG 432 English Ann Dean 60

ESP 400 Environmental Science Robert Sanford 1440

HTY 300 History Elizabeth Bischof 80

HUM 447 Arts and Humanities Leigh Mundhenk 375

LAE 452 Natural and Applied Sciences

Paul Caron 224

LIN 395 Linguistics Dana McDaniel 100

LOS 447 Leadership and Organizational Studies

Leigh Mundhenk 150

PSY 410 Psychology Elizabeth Vella 180

REC 495 Recreation and Leisure Studies

Holly Bean 6020

SBS 447 Social and Behavioral Sciences

Leigh Mundhenk 1410

SED 688 Education Patricia Red 2700

SPM 370 Exercise, Health and Sport Sciences

Benjamin Towne 2250


Jeffrey Murphy 1260



Benjamin Towne 3655

SWO 411 Social Work Paul Johnson 5280

TAH 409 Tourism Tracy Michaud-Stutzman 290


THE 492 Theatre Joan Mather 520

Total 35479

Spring Internship Courses Catalog Listing Department Professor

ACC 395 Accounting George Violette 1120

ACC 395 Accounting Barbara Belik 980



ACC 396 Accounting George Violette 420



BUS 392 Business Warren Purdy 420

BUS 392 Business Jeanne L Munger 420

BUS 392 Business Robert Heiser 280

BUS 393 Business Joanne Williams 140

BUS 395 Business Matthew Dean 140

BUS 396 Business Robert Heiser 140

BUS 397 Business Heidi Parker 280



CRM 395 Criminology James Messerschmidt 1200

EDU 324 Education Kelly Hrenko 4500

EGN 394 Engineering Mustafa Guvench 90

ENG 409 English Shelton Waldrep 240

ESP 400 Environmental Science Janet Blum 3920


FIN 395 Finance Peter Nye 420

GYA 350 Geo-Anthropology Nathan Hamilton 120

HTY 300 History Elizabeth Bischof 90


LAC 447 LAC Sharon Timberlake 2120

LAE 411 LAC Paul Caron 270

LAE 490 LAC Paul Caron 2100

LIN 395 Linguistics Dana McDaniel 405

POS 472 Political Science James Messerschmidt 480


RMI 395 Risk Management and Insurance

Dana Kerr 420

SOC 395 Sociology James Messerschmidt 480


Anthony Taiani 2550


Kelleigh O'Neill 2250


Jeffrey Murphy 1125


Brian Toy 3720

STH 440 Science, Technology and Health

John Marshall 720

TAH 409 Tourism Kreg Ettenger 525

THE 492 Theatre Joan Mather 400

WGS 485 Women and Gender Lucinda Cole 120

Total 40025

Summer Internship Courses Catalog Listing Department Professor Total Student Hours




THE 492 Theatre Shannon Zura 520

ENG 409 English Shelton Waldrep 240

LIN 395 Linguistics Judy Shepard-Kegl 40


STH 440 Science, Technology and Health

John Marshall 2400

TAH 409 Tourism Kreg Ettenger 750



LAC 447 LAC Sharon Timberlake 600


David Jones 3920


David Jones 1260



Janet Blum 1480

ACC 395 Accounting John Sanders 280

FIN 395 Finance Joel Gold 280

BUS 397 Sport Management Heidi Parker 420

RMI 395 Risk Management and Insurance

Dana Kerr 560

BUS 392 Marketing Bob Heiser 280

BUS 395 Business Matt Dean 420

BUS 392 Business Jeanne Munger 140

ACC 395 Accounting Doug Chene 400

ACC 396 Accounting Doug Chene 900

BUS 395 Business Warren Purdy 140

BUS 393 Business Jo Williams 140

BUS 397 Sport Management Jo Williams 140

BUS 395 Business James Suleiman 140

ACC 395 Accounting Barbara Belik 200

BUS 396 Business Jeanne Munger 280

Total 19115

Note: Nursing Internships are tracked through the school of Nursing. Thus the separate courses and hours

are not reflected above but they are included in the summary statistics at the top.


WORDS FROM STUDENTS, COMMUNITY, AND FACULTY

“My service learning

experience with Portland

Adult Education brought to

life the scenarios discussed in

my Literacy Studies class!”

“I put the marketing concepts I

learned about in class into action

during my internship with the

Maine Red Claws”

"Career Services helped me

transform my resume from a laundry

list of skills and academics into a rich

description of my talents and

personality. They gave me the

confidence I needed to pursue my

interests and start my career."

"Interning at Logan Place was a very valuable

experience. I gained great insight into how

people deal and cope with the many effects of

homelessness. I also got the opportunity to

witness the powerful hold substance abuse

can have on a life. I recommend interning

here to anyone looking to gain a better

understanding of the chronically homeless." -

Andrew Sutcliffe, Intern at Logan Place in

Portland, ME, Summer 2015

“I have learned a

lot more about my

community and the

cultural diversity

present within my

city than I ever

knew before”

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