In this issue: Scholar-athlete wins national championship, new Iceland study abroad program announced, USM continues historic tuition freeze, and more.
 
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  USM students  
Tuition to hold steady for 6th year
 
The University of Southern Maine (USM) will maintain the same tuition for a historic sixth year. The state of Maine's commitment to affordability leads the nation for a second year in a row.
 
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  AACSB Accredited  
Notable accreditation for business school
 
The USM School of Business reaffirms the excellence of the education it provides students by again earning accreditation from the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Fewer than 5% of business schools world-wide have earned this honor.
 
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  Peyton Dostie  
USM athlete wins national championship
 
Congratulations to Peyton Dostie, USM's first female athlete to win an NCAA national championship! Dostie, a William B. Wise Scholar-Athlete, won the pentathlon and also earned All-American honors in the 60-meter hurdles.
 
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  Daniel Sonenberg  
Professor's opera hits national stage
 
USM School of Music professor and resident composer Daniel Sonenberg's opera The Summer King, the story of 1930s baseball legend Josh Gibson, debuts with the Pittsburgh Opera as a main stage offering in the 2016–17 season.
 
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  Ryan Michaud  
USM lab to help brew a better beer
 
The Maine Brewers' Guild is partnering with USM's Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Research Laboratory to help the region's growing craft beer industry deliver a consistent, high-quality (and delicious) product.
 
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  President Glenn Cummings  
$1M in gifts for Iceland study abroad
 
Thanks to an endowed gift from an alumna and a grant from the Maine Economic Improvement Fund, incoming USM Honors students beginning in 2017 can enroll in a four-week course taught partially in Iceland.
 
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