Feature on Susan Smith, Assistant Director Intermedia Programs

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Susan Smith with recent MFA graduates, Wade Warman, Alicia Champlain, Eleanor Kipping and Kate Dawson.

February 19, 2019 Announcement, Faculty, Featured Post, Intermedia, News

Susan Smith with recent MFA graduates, Wade Warman, Alicia Champlin, Eleanor Kipping and Kate Dawson.

There is a nice interview with Susan Smith, Assistant Director of the Intermedia Programs as part of a University of Maine Research feature. In the interview she reinforces key elements of the MA and MFA Programs:

What do you want people to know about UMaine’s Intermedia programs and the students pursuing their degrees?

1. We are creators and makers.
2. Our society needs to acknowledge the transformative power of art.
3. The resources of the program and the cutting-edge technology of the IMRC (Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center) are available to not only the Intermedia students but the campus and community as a whole, and it is used daily for everything from entrepreneurs to concert bands.
4. The support of the university has allowed us to bring in some really interesting, diverse visiting artists. Also, to offer programs and workshops that are open to the community.

You can read the full piece here.

Close up photo of Susan Smith Prayer beads — Prayer beads for returning to the border. Carrying land from northern border (abandoned farms)south #uprootedcollective #borderproject #thepassage

All this week Susan is down on the Southern Border in Texas doing a series of engaged/activist pieces and she will be posting updates on her work on Facebook so check out her work there.