{"id":1107,"date":"2013-03-20T19:47:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2013-03-21T12:34:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T12:34:46","slug":"theo-kalikow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/theo-kalikow\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 53: President, University of Southern Maine Theo Kalikow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show:<\/strong> 53
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday, March\u00a016
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Theo Kalikow
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)
\nAssistant Producer:<\/strong>\u00a0 Shannon Maguire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last summer, just one month after stepping down from her role as President at UMaine Farmington, a role she held for nearly 18 years, Theo Kalikow was named the new President of the University of Southern Maine.<\/a> Kalikow replaced Selma Botman, who had led USM for the previous 4 years and narrowly survived a faculty vote of no confidence several months prior.\u00a0 Botman will remain with USM, working to develop a strategic approach to recruit international students.<\/p>\n

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TideSmart Talk with Stevoe host Steve Woods (right) in the TideSmart Talk studio in Falmouth with University of Southern Maine President Theo Kalikow (left).<\/p><\/div>\n

Kalikow said one of her first tasks as President of USM will be to mend the university administration’s relationship with the faculty.<\/p>\n

Under Kalikow\u2019s leadership, UMF has been recognized as “One of America\u2019s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World for 15 consecutive years, and has been named one of 20 model universities committed to maximizing student potential in \u201cStudent Success in College: Creating Conditions that Matter,\u201d published by the American Association for Higher Education.<\/p>\n

Kalikow is dedicated to the sustainable campus movement.\u00a0 While at UMF, she provided the leadership for the construction of two LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified buildings. The first being a 42,000 square foot education center, featuring a geothermal heating and cooling system, the use of recycled construction materials, and an energy-efficient construction, opened in 2007. \u00a0The second is Frances Allen Black Hall, a residence hall noted for its green features, opened in 2006.<\/p>\n

Kalikow is actively engaged with a wide range of organizations, including the Maine Campus Compact Executive Board, the State Sub-Cabinet for Multicultural Affairs, the Maine Economic Growth Council, and the Finance Authority of Maine.<\/p>\n

She loves rowing on Flying Pond in Mount Vernon, gardening, reading and staying in shape for life via sports, yoga and meditation.<\/b><\/p>\n

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TideSmart Talk with Stevoe host Steve Woods was joined in the TideSmart Talk studio by President of the University of Southern Maine Theo Kalikow. One month after stepping down from her role as President at UMaine Farmington, Kalikow was named the new President of the University of Southern Maine. Kalikow describes how her short time in retirement was like landing a plane, as well as the three goals she put in place upon arriving at USM. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}