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Glenn A. Cummings was a Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing the state's 115th district. He served from 2000 to 2008, including one term as the Speaker of the House, and was termed out of office in 2008. In 2000, when he first ran for the District 115 seat, Cummings became the first candidate in Maine history to qualify for public financing under Maine's new "Clean Elections" law. In 2009, Cummings was appointed deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational & Adult Education. Cummings worked for the Goodwill Hinckley School in Fairfield, Maine as president and executive director.

On September 2, 2014, University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page announced Cummings' appointment as interim president of the University of Maine at Augusta, succeeding Allyson Hughes Handley, Ed.D.

On May 21, 2015, Page announced Cummings would become the 13th president of the University of Southern Maine, effective July 1, 2015.

On October 5, 2021, Cummings announced he would be stepping down as president on June 30, 2022. He will remain at the university as faculty.

References

1. "Secretary Duncan Announces Appointment of Glenn Cummings as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational & Adult Education". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
2. "Good Will-Hinckley > About GWH > Senior Administration". Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
3. "University system appoints interim president for UMA". 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
4. "A sudden switch in USM's presidency as Glenn Cummings takes the job". 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
5. "Important USM news from President Cummings". us17.campaign-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05.

External links

• Representative Glenn Cummings Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine official government website
• Maine Speaker of the House Glenn Cummings Archived 2008-04-14 at the Wayback Machine official government website
• Project Vote Smart - Representative Glenn A. Cummings (ME) Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine profile
• Follow the Money – Glenn A. Cummings
  • 2006 2004 2002 2000 campaign contributions
• "Good Will-Hinckley school on cusp of major change". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30.
• "University system appoints interim president for UMA". Archived from the original on 2020-09-30.
• "Glenn Cummings picture". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2012-05-12.

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