PORTLAND ( AP) — Sen. Olympia Snowe will deliver what’s currently her last scheduled college commencement as a sitting senator to University of Southern Maine graduates in May.
Snowe, who shook up the political picture with her decision not to seek a fourth term, is the fourth woman to be elected to both houses of Congress and the first woman to serve in both chambers of a state legislature as well as Congress. She has served in Congress for three decades.
The commencement will be held on May 12 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland.
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