by William H. Beardsley, Ph.D.
with additions by Carolyn Dorsey-Durepo
Husson is recognized as a premier institution of
higher learning in northern New England. The willingness
to be an active participant in encouraging growth and
development in our region is characteristic of a university.
Husson’s class size and community atmosphere however are
typical of high-quality small colleges. As a university, we will
continue to emphasize these traditional strengths.
The Board of Trustees voted and approved the name
change in recognition, not of what we aspire to be, but what
we’ve already become. In voting to become a university
the Board has focused on the importance of retaining the
enduring values that have been with the institution since its
founding in the 1890’s. Husson’s mission and academic core
have endured with the times yet evolve to serve the everchanging needs of Maine’s economy and professional work
force. Husson