A Portland campus becomes an intellectual and cultural hub : Jacqueline Edmondson oversees opening of Crewe Center.

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Jacqueline Edmondson, who became president of the University of Southern Maine in 2022, has been instrumental in shaping the university into an arts hub. Under her leadership, last year USM opened the $63 million Crewe Center for the Arts, on the Portland campus, honoring the brothers Daniel and Bob Crewe, the late songwriter and record producer known for many of the Four Seasons\u27 hits. The center has a performing arts hall and is home to Dr. Alfred and Suzi Osher School of Music. This year, the university unveiled plans for a$15 million fine arts center on the USM Gorham campus