Political Science

Political Science Students Learn From Student Conference at West Point University of Maine political science students are gaining a new perspective on global issues thanks to an annual conference at the United States Military Academy at West Point. “The conference was the highlight of my time at UMaine,” said junior Kevin Price, selected by the […]

UMaine’s Congressional Internship Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary The University of Maine’s Congressional Internship Program turned 50 last year with a celebration hosted and sponsored by Peter Madigan ’81 at his Washington, D.C., lobbying firm of Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart. Attending the March 2009 reception were nearly 80 guests including current and former UMaine interns […]

Professor Emeritus Ken Palmer Presents Maine Heritage Lecture University of Maine Professor Emeritus Ken Palmer first became interested in politics during the surprise presidential election of 1948. “The polls predicted that Gov. Thomas Dewey of New York would win easily over President Harry Truman,” said the political science professor, then an 11-year-old living in a […]

Political Science Professor Richard Powell Travels to China on Fulbright Fellowship University of Maine political science Professor Richard Powell fulfilled a long-held dream this semester. He has been in China after being awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach American government at Zhejiang University, one of China’s oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education. The […]

UMaine News contains  a May 13, 2011 post noting the superlative job done by POS major Nate Wildes as an intern for Senator Olympia Snowe:   U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe is praising the efforts of UMaine student Nate Wildes, a junior from Cumberland who worked as an intern in her Washington, D.C. office during the […]

Ross Wolland, a double major in Political Science and Philosophy, was nominated independently by both departments for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Outstanding Graduating Senior Award. On April 21, 2011, Ross was formally made the recipient of that award. Congratulations Ross!

On April 21, 2011, 26 students were initiated into the Epsilon Delta chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society.  An initiation ceremony was held at the University Club, Fogler Library Kenneth Hodgkins, Director of the Office of Space and Advanced Technology in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Space, Department of […]