Saving French at USM Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/saving-french-at-usm.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 02:09 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Xiaoying Wang [Signature #1763] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18086728?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:26:06 UTC 18086728 Dr Susan Cohen [Signature #1762] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18085220?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:11:10 UTC 18085220 Ann Sunderland [Signature #1761] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18082163?utm_medium=rss I visited Maine for the first time this past summer, on my way to Quebec. I know that there is a strong French/Quebecois heritage in Maine, and I believe that it should be sustained and honored, not eliminated. Please retain this French program for French heritage learners as well as all others.

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:45:17 UTC 18082163 Herve'-Thomas Campangne [Signature #1760] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18080433?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 04:05:24 UTC 18080433 Dr. Michele Bissiere [Signature #1759] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18079280?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:44:15 UTC 18079280 Mr. Jason Brown [Signature #1758] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18079240?utm_medium=rss Cut a key liberal arts position??? A university simply must have standards. This is decision is clearly based solely on political expediency and shows a lack of commitment for higher education. USM should consider finding another president, one for whom education comes first if Mr. Flanagan can't find it in himself to do the right thing.

]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:28:19 UTC 18079240 Mr Claude Beauclair [Signature #1757] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18079196?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:08:28 UTC 18079196 Marion Geiger [Signature #1756] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18078407?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:25:27 UTC 18078407 Anonymous [Signature #1755] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18076484?utm_medium=rss every time you cut a chance to learn a language you cut the opportunity to see the world as one great world to too many people.

]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 05:27:57 UTC 18076484 dr Nathaniel Wing [Signature #1754] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18076116?utm_medium=rss It would be absurd to abolish a French Studies program in a public institution in Maine where 1/3 of the population is of French origin, French Canadian or Acadian.

]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:19:57 UTC 18076116 Mr Conall Cash [Signature #1753] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18075589?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:48:28 UTC 18075589 Sarah Gelber [Signature #1752] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18075534?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:32:23 UTC 18075534 Yen Vu [Signature #1751] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18075331?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:36:44 UTC 18075331 Cristina Hung [Signature #1750] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18075193?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:00:55 UTC 18075193 Professor Enzo Traverso [Signature #1749] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18074955?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:46:54 UTC 18074955 Evelien Soto [Signature #1748] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18074945?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:45:13 UTC 18074945 Ann Brahms [Signature #1747] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18074636?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:31:06 UTC 18074636 Dr Meriem Belkaid [Signature #1746] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18074341?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:33:09 UTC 18074341 ms Anonymous [Signature #1745] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18073068?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:59:54 UTC 18073068 Les Michaud Mr. Bernard Michaud [Signature #1744] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18072736?utm_medium=rss Why French

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:31:45 UTC 18072736 mrs Connie Gamit [Signature #1743] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18072417?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 04:57:50 UTC 18072417 Catherine Mizell-Nelson [Signature #1742] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18072029?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:17:27 UTC 18072029 Dr Anonymous [Signature #1741] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18071788?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:55:26 UTC 18071788 Ma Susan Tanabe [Signature #1740] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18071641?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:52:41 UTC 18071641 Dr Michèle Laliberté [Signature #1739] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18071625?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:45:30 UTC 18071625 Mr James Myal [Signature #1738] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18071542?utm_medium=rss A commitment to the language, culture and history of Maine's Franco-American population is essential for USM to thrive as a Metropolitan University in the Twenty-First Century.

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:10:52 UTC 18071542 Dr. Susan Dixon [Signature #1737] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18071409?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:25:55 UTC 18071409 Mr. Justin Laurion [Signature #1736] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18071336?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:01:18 UTC 18071336 Eve Hernandez [Signature #1735] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18070905?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:54:01 UTC 18070905 Dr. Kim McCollum-Clark [Signature #1734] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18070893?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:47:15 UTC 18070893 Dr. Lori Bernard [Signature #1733] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18070738?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 06:53:04 UTC 18070738 Donald Ouellette [Signature #1732] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18070729?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Oct 2014 06:47:41 UTC 18070729 Dr. Sarah Nelson [Signature #1731] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18070202?utm_medium=rss By eliminating the French program, USM does a serious disservice to the people of the state of Maine and fails in its duty to them.

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:13:41 UTC 18070202 Catherine Johnson [Signature #1730] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18069755?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:23:35 UTC 18069755 Barsha Cooke [Signature #1729] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18069659?utm_medium=rss French opens many doors & these should not be shut! Please acknowledge Francophone heritage in New England & how important it is to connect with Quebec, our Northern neighbor.

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:47:29 UTC 18069659 Dr. Suzanne Toczyski [Signature #1728] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18069277?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:43:39 UTC 18069277 Jeffrey Allen [Signature #1727] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18069256?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:34:55 UTC 18069256 Maury Bruhn [Signature #1726] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18069143?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 04:50:54 UTC 18069143 Dr. Richard Hennessey [Signature #1725] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068998?utm_medium=rss A native and part-time resident of Maine, a French speaker, and a holder of a doctorate from Université Laval in Québec, I would like to remind you who the neighbors are to the north and north-west of Maine and to remind you also of the French heritage of so much of Maine.

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 03:42:06 UTC 18068998 Mrs. Karima Mann [Signature #1724] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068830?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:34:38 UTC 18068830 Ms Kristin Meunier [Signature #1723] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068755?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:03:25 UTC 18068755 Mr Terry Rice [Signature #1722] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068696?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:37:03 UTC 18068696 Ms Paula Johnson-Fox [Signature #1721] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068449?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:38:13 UTC 18068449 Anonymous [Signature #1720] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068423?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:28:15 UTC 18068423 Mr. Thomas Pileggi [Signature #1719] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068419?utm_medium=rss How foolish and shortsighted it is to cut these types of courses and positions based on numbers. The university system across the country is being systematically dismantled in the name of business and the bottom line at the expense of the true meaning of higher education.

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:26:48 UTC 18068419 Ms. Roberta Rayno [Signature #1718] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18068211?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:08:21 UTC 18068211 Mr Rudy Graham [Signature #1717] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067981?utm_medium=rss Wish I had continued with french. Study of lanquages expand and unite us. To major in such study is a major contribution to our common humanity.

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:54:51 UTC 18067981 Eric Duriez [Signature #1716] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067976?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:52:39 UTC 18067976 Ms Kendall Perkins [Signature #1715] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067784?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:49:54 UTC 18067784 Susan Montpas [Signature #1714] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067431?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:08:16 UTC 18067431 Kendall Tarte [Signature #1713] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067412?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:52:15 UTC 18067412 Dr. Adrian Kane [Signature #1712] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067300?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 10:53:19 UTC 18067300 Mrs Jeanne Engelkemeir [Signature #1711] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067241?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 10:14:54 UTC 18067241 Dr. Wendy Chapkis [Signature #1710] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067109?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:32:00 UTC 18067109 Dr Bruce Young [Signature #1709] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067047?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:51:46 UTC 18067047 Genevieve Young [Signature #1708] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18067014?utm_medium=rss As a graduate student in French, and a lifelong speaker of the language, I am concerned that this trend of eliminating language programs (not just French) belies an increasing isolationism and detachment from the world as a global entity. How can any university take itself seriously in the global market if it denies students the tools necessary to compete outside of American borders? I am also concerned that this devalorisation of the humanities and its component parts will lead to the weakening of other programs.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:32:16 UTC 18067014 MaryEllen Weller [Signature #1707] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066733?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:27:38 UTC 18066733 Gwenola Caradec [Signature #1706] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066731?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:25:24 UTC 18066731 Ms Judith Blankenship [Signature #1705] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066729?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:23:40 UTC 18066729 Ms. Virginia Pinard [Signature #1704] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066719?utm_medium=rss In a state so near the heritage and history of its present day citizens, why would a university allow that heritage to be lost? Lessons learned are easily lost; historical errors repeated.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:16:46 UTC 18066719 Dr Frederick Sperounis [Signature #1703] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066695?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:06:59 UTC 18066695 Dr. Paul Peterson [Signature #1702] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066679?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:57:50 UTC 18066679 Kristina Traylor [Signature #1701] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066665?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:45:22 UTC 18066665 Dr. Amanda Sheffer [Signature #1700] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066659?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:43:15 UTC 18066659 Ms Darlene Ronchetti [Signature #1699] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066615?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:24:01 UTC 18066615 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1698] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066593?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:12:41 UTC 18066593 Ms Margaret Moore [Signature #1697] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066590?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:11:54 UTC 18066590 Dr patrick kiley [Signature #1696] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066542?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 02:52:51 UTC 18066542 ms Sophia Vinokur [Signature #1695] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066479?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 02:28:04 UTC 18066479 Jean-François Henley [Signature #1694] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066413?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 02:03:17 UTC 18066413 Adam Godfrey [Signature #1693] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066345?utm_medium=rss Graduated with a French degree and was able to study abroad in France which was one of the greatest learning experiences in my life. French is a beautiful language and still widely practiced worldwide.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:25:42 UTC 18066345 Linda Webb [Signature #1692] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066164?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:49:28 UTC 18066164 Kate Paladin [Signature #1691] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066109?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:08:26 UTC 18066109 Dr. Leigh Whaley [Signature #1690] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066096?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:00:12 UTC 18066096 Anastasia Sirotkin [Signature #1689] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066076?utm_medium=rss As much as I think every subject is important, I think cutting out an opportunity for someone to learn another language as part of their college education is limiting and damaging our children's future success. We, Americans, will only benefit if we learn to understand other cultures and speak other languages.

I hope you will reverse your decision.

Sincerely,
Anastasia Sirotkin
Student of French in NYC.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 10:52:55 UTC 18066076 Ms. Barbra Whitten [Signature #1688] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18066044?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 10:38:24 UTC 18066044 Deborah Leonard [Signature #1687] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065929?utm_medium=rss Please take a stand for education.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:42:31 UTC 18065929 Dr. Anne Kerns [Signature #1686] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065857?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 09:14:25 UTC 18065857 Dr. Sarah Peterson [Signature #1685] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065770?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:45:36 UTC 18065770 MaDonna K Gray [Signature #1684] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065765?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:44:08 UTC 18065765 Ms Krista Van Vleet [Signature #1683] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065720?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:31:19 UTC 18065720 Mr Lawrence Philbrick [Signature #1682] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065671?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:06:11 UTC 18065671 Dr. Hasana Sharp [Signature #1681] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065639?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:51:43 UTC 18065639 Roger Doiron [Signature #1680] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065562?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:08:50 UTC 18065562 Michelle Cotnoir [Signature #1679] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065560?utm_medium=rss As a Franco-American and as a French teacher (Vice-President of the American Association of Teachers of French-NH), I am appalled by the University's short-sighted decision to eliminate this program. An article on Forbes Magazine's internet site just this past spring cited the importance of French as a second language in light of the developing nations of Africa whose official language is often French .

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:08:14 UTC 18065560 Dr Ted Stolze [Signature #1678] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065466?utm_medium=rss I would not have been able to specialize in contemporary French philosophy if I had not been able to take French classes in college. Shame on President Flanagan for even considering cutting French at USM.

]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:12:37 UTC 18065466 Bryan Smith [Signature #1677] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065286?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:08:53 UTC 18065286 Ms Françoise Laubepin [Signature #1676] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065249?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 02:19:05 UTC 18065249 Andrew Fitzgibbons [Signature #1675] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065116?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2014 12:10:28 UTC 18065116 Timothy Vetere [Signature #1674] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18065005?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:54:51 UTC 18065005 Kim Grant [Signature #1673] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064989?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:48:32 UTC 18064989 Dr Katherine Kolb [Signature #1672] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064982?utm_medium=rss Foreign languages are more important, not less, as we move farther into the 21st century. French retains the closest kinship to English or all the modern foreign languages and France likewise has the closest historical ties to the U.S. In Maine, the French heritage deserves to be respected and the French language fostered. Reverse this decision!

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:46:41 UTC 18064982 Dr Rachel Wimpee [Signature #1671] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064875?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:52:21 UTC 18064875 Libby Bischof [Signature #1670] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064853?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:34:08 UTC 18064853 Ms Jessica Lockhart [Signature #1669] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064844?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:29:15 UTC 18064844 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #1668] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064786?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:01:19 UTC 18064786 Dr Michael Harrawood [Signature #1667] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064732?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:44:25 UTC 18064732 Mr. Joshua Lemieux [Signature #1666] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064658?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:11:26 UTC 18064658 nathalie wiles [Signature #1665] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064651?utm_medium=rss Student go for what's offer to them and if there is enough student to sustain the program do everything to keep it. Bonne chance.

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:08:51 UTC 18064651 Marie Hartley [Signature #1664] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18064628?utm_medium=rss The French language is a valuable world language. You are doing your students and your state a disservice.

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