She was a master teacher for the previous fourteen years in the summer program at the University of Southern Maine for the Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute, training actors and teachers of acting.
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Other participating schools in the program were California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, California State University at Chico, The University of Georgia, University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Rutgers University and the University of Southern Maine.
She also attended the Sorbonne and the University of Southern Maine, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1983 with an A.B. in Communications after an 18-year hiatus from college.
Botman was the President of the University of Southern Maine from July 1, 2008 to July 9, 2012.
On October 17, 2003 University of Southern Maine President Richard Pattenaude and Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) President James Ortiz signed an agreement that guarantees admission at USM to SMCC students with associate’s degrees.