Jason Entsminger has been named assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and assistant Extension professor and small business specialist at the University of Maine, effective September 15. Entsminger comes to UMaine from the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD), hosted at Pennsylvania State University. NERCRD is one of four such centers established by USDA […]
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The Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business welcome Erika Gabrielsen Neumann as Assistant Dean of Business. “We are excited to have Erika join us in Portland as our Assistant Dean,” says Dr. Norm O’Reilly, Dean of the Graduate School of Business. “Erika has spent her career developing a robust network from Maine to […]
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Anna Toman and Zachary Beaton, seniors in the Maine Business School, took their summer internship by storm. The Management and Sales Interns at Sherwin-Williams took home first prize during the company’s summer intern presentation competition. The annual event was held at Patriot Place in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Six groups of summer interns across the Eastern Division […]
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Tholia Hallett has always enjoyed working with numbers. The Accounting and Finance student from Falmouth, Maine, knew she wanted to study business. Her summer internship at Tyler Tech gave her a peek at what her future career could look like. Why did you choose to intern at Tyler Technologies? Tyler Tech is a great company […]
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Tyler Oliver proves that it’s essential for students to check their email. Thanks to the MBS Career Connector e-newsletter, the finance and marketing double major landed a summer internship at MEMIC. The MBS internship coordinator sends this weekly email newsletter highlighting open internship opportunities in Maine and beyond. Why did you choose to intern at […]
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Zachary Beaton is spending his summer learning the ins and outs of management and sales at Sherwin-Williams. The rising senior from Hermon, Maine, is doing much more than selling paint. Through shadowing his managers and sales reps, he’s learning what is needed to operate a business successfully. Why did you choose to intern at Sherwin-Williams? […]
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An internship is a wonderful way for students to explore possible career paths. It’s always exciting when students turn their summer internships into full-time employment. Three students from the class of 2022 did just that! Keep reading to learn more about Allison, Cameron, and Gabby’s internship experience and why they decided to continue to work […]
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Undergraduates in the Undiscovered Maine student research project took up a new task this spring semester—consulting with a Montessori school in Franklin County. This project perfectly demonstrated the mission of Undiscovered Maine, which is to provide valuable educational opportunities for students to learn web and social media strategies as well as organizational, management, and marketing […]
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The Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business welcome two distinguished alums as new members of the MBS Advisory Board: Mike Kuhn and Greg Stremlaw. Mike Kuhn Mike Kuhn graduated from the University of Maine with a BSBA in Management in 2012 and MBA in 2014. “I graduated early as an undergraduate,” Kuhn says. […]
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Why would a 57-year-old who lives in Escondido, California, decide to earn his MBA from the University of Maine? A sense of community, history, and flexibility. Jord Thomas, ‘G22, had hit a wall promotion-wise at his job. He works as a production operations supervisor at a recovery firm serving major banks and vehicle manufacturers. He earned […]
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