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Husson University is a
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in
Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Modern Bangor ...
. It offers
undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-lev ...
and graduate degrees and as of Fall 2020 had a total enrollment of 3,476 students, including 799 graduate students in
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and doctoral programs. Husson University is one of three universities in the Bangor area (the
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and the
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are the others) and the only
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in the region. Husson also offers a number of online programs. The university previously operated satellite campuses around the state. The last of these campuses, at
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, was shuttered in 2021. Students were transitioned to Husson's online programs.


History

Founded in 1898, Husson was originally named Shaw School of Business and was located on the second floor of a building in downtown Bangor. Enrollment was low until after
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, when its reputation grew as a business school. In 1953 the
Maine Legislature The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The Legislature convenes at the State House in Aug ...
authorized the school, now known as Husson College, to grant Bachelor of Science degrees. It became a university in 2008. Today the University has four colleges, and two schools: the College of Business, the College of Health and Education, the College of Science and Humanities, the School of Pharmacy, and the New England School of Communications. The New England School of Communications, known by its abbreviation NESCom, was an independent school acquired by Husson in 1997, and was separately accredited and operated semi-autonomously with control over its own tuition, hiring, admissions, and graduation requirements until 2014. Since 2000, undergraduate enrollment has increased five to ten percent with each incoming class. In response, the University continues to add a significant number of new faculty to its ranks. Today, students graduate having trained both in the specialties of their chosen fields and in how those fields fit into a broader cultural context. Husson ranks 54th on '' U.S. News & World Report''s ranking of top universities in the United States for social mobility.


Accreditation

Husson University is accredited by the
New England Commission of Higher Education The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit membership organization that performs peer evaluation and accreditation of public and private universities and colleges in the United States and other ...
(NECHE). In addition, specific programs have their own professional accreditations or approvals: * International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) for their business programs. *
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is a nursing education accrediting agency in the United States. The CCNE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. CCNE accreditation is a voluntary, self-regulatory process, and the ...
(CCNE) for their bachelor's and master's degree programs in nursing. *
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the national professional association established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners and students and improve the quality of occupational t ...
(ACOTE) for their occupational therapy programs. *
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) is a non-profit accreditation national agency recognized by Council on Higher Education Accreditation and the US Department of Education. It was established in 1932 as the American Council on Pha ...
(ACPE) for their Doctor of Pharmacy program. *
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(CACREP) for their Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling graduate programs. *
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) is the agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for granting accreditation status to entry-level education programs for physical therapists and physical ther ...
(CAPTE) for their School of Physical Therapy. *
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(ABPTRFE). The School of Physical Therapy is a member of this organization. * State of Maine Department of Education has approved the school counseling and teacher education programs in the School of Education. *
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has approved the master's degree programs in clinical mental health and school counseling to provide continuing professional education and development.


Campus

The Husson University Campus in Bangor, includes the Newman Gymnasium, the
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, Robert O'Donnell Commons (the College of Health and Education is located here), Peabody Hall (including the Sawyer Library, the College of Business, and the Ross Furman Student Center), the Dickerman Dining Center (renovated in 2012), the Dyke Center for Family Business, the Wildey Communications Center (named for NESCOM founder George Wildey), and the Beardsley Meeting House (named for former Husson President and current Commissioner of the Department of Conservation William Beardsley) which houses the 500-seat Gracie Theatre, and Living Learning Center which houses upperclassmen in suites and holds offices and classrooms on the ground floor. There are four residence halls: Hart Hall, Bell Hall, Carlisle Hall, and the Living & Learning Center, a LEED Silver targeted student residence and academic building which opened in the fall of 2012. Two walking trails circle the outer perimeter and offer scenic walks through the Maine forest.


Gracie Theatre

The Gracie Theatre, located in the Beardsley Meeting House, is a 500-seat multipurpose venue. Opera singer
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, comedian
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, and the
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have all performed in the Gracie. It also serves as a "learning platform" for the New England School of Communications, which has staged musicals (including ''
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'' and ''
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'') there and operates the theatre during other events.


Student life

There are dozens of student clubs and organizations, mostly professional, such as Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Student Government, The English Society, Accounting Society, Criminal Justice Club, OPTS (Organization of Physical Therapy Students), OOTS (Organization of Occupational Therapy Students), the Organization of Student Nurses, Outdoors Club, Student Newspaper, Husson University Theatre, GAMERS, Q&A, Technology Club, Student Veterans Association, Running Club, Ski & Snowboard Club, Pep Band,
Audio Engineering Society The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is a professional body for engineers, scientists, other individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. The membership largely comprises engineers developing devices or products ...
, Cru, and Husson College Republicans. The University also owns WHSN 89.3 FM, an
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station operated by the New England School of Communications. Husson currently has two active sororities and one fraternity. Delta Sigma Delta and Kappa Delta Phi NAS, chapter Kappa Lambda and Kappa Delta Phi National fraternity, Lambda Chapter. Previously Husson University Greek Life included Mu Sigma Chi, Epsilon Tau Epsilon, and
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. Husson's founder member of Kappa Delta Phi fraternity, Chesley Husson, founded the organization Mu Sigma Chi which then founded Epsilon Tau Epsilon and Delta Sigma Delta. Each active organization provides service to the school, students and campus as well as the greater Bangor Maine area. Husson Greek Life is organized by the Greek Governing Board. Greek life used to have a floor at the dorms assigned to their members, lounges, social events and more but during recent years these have not been allowed anymore. Members meet up on a reserved room for Greek Life or at off campus locations and hold community service and activities both on and off campus.


Athletics

Husson University teams are known as the Eagles. The university is a member of the NCAA Division III and fields twenty one varsity sports teams in the
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(primary),
Commonwealth Coast Football Commonwealth Coast Football (CCC Football) was a single-sport athletic conference that competed in football in the NCAA's Division III. It began play as CCC Football in 2017 after the New England Football Conference (NEFC) was renamed following t ...
(football) and the
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(swimming and diving). Sports offered include men's & women's soccer, men's & women's lacrosse, men's & women's cross country, men's & women's basketball, men's football, women's field hockey, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's golf, women's outdoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, baseball, softball, and women's volleyball. Husson University also has three spirit teams including Cheer Team, Dance Team, and Pep Band.


Residence life

Residents on campus live in one of five living options; Hart Hall, Bell Hall, Carlisle Hall, or the Edward O. and Mary Ellen Darling Living and Learning Center, and Husson Townhouses. Roughly 1,200 students live on campus during the academic year. Until Fall 2012, Husson University sublet apartments off-campus to students, however the construction of the new Darling Learning Center provides enough on-campus housing to end that practice. Freshmen and sophomore students attending full-time must live in a residence hall until they complete 54 credit hours, or meet other requirements in order to move off-campus. Husson is a
wet campus "Dry campus" is the term used for the banning of alcohol at colleges and universities, regardless of the owner's age or intention to consume it elsewhere. The policy has received media attention in the United States, although dry campuses and deb ...
.


Notable alumni

*
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, think tank founder and former Maine state legislator * James R. Flynn, country music songwriter * Phil Harriman, political commentator and former Maine state legislator * George Hasay, former Pennsylvania state legislator *
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, Maine state legislator * Terry Morrison, businessman and former Maine state legislator *
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, 74th Governor of Maine *
Edward Youngblood Edward Youngblood (born August 8, 1939) is an American politician and banker from Maine. Youngblood, a Republican from Brewer, served as State Senator from Maine's 31st District, representing part of Penobscot and Hancock counties, including the ...
, banker and former Maine state legislator


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