The Maine Business School is pleased to welcome Taylor Ashley as our new Internship Coordinator and Academic Advisor. He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. There he earned his bachelor’s degree in business and his MBA. A Passion for Development Previously, Ashley has worked as the Executive Director for the International Friendship […]
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Name: Tate Porter, Class of 2021 Major: Marketing Internship Placement: Unum Why did you choose to apply for an internship at Unum? I went on the Bear Treks trip in 2019 and heard all about the great opportunities that Unum had to offer. The night I got back from the trip I started the internship […]
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Vartika Srivastava combines her passion for science and experience in business in her role at The Jackson Laboratory. The skills she learned at the Maine Business School perfectly positioned her to work for this global organization. Her advice to MBS students? Participate in an internship! Why did you decide to attend the University of Maine […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research has awarded two MBS students a UMaine Artificial Intelligence Fellowship. Jazlyn Dumas, a marketing major, and Jonathan Libby, a finance major, were awarded $1,200 for their research. Supported by the Office of Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, the Center for Undergraduate Research […]
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For business students, there are few things better than putting your knowledge to the test in a real-world business setting. This spring, 10 seniors and two juniors at the Maine Business School (MBS) participated in the Sustainable Business Practices Fellowship. This program connected them with farmers in the Maine Cheese Guild. Sustainable Business Practices Fellowship […]
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Orono, Maine — The University of Maine will offer its Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Management degree fully online beginning in fall 2020. The Maine Business School and UMaineOnline collaborated to develop this program. It’s the first online undergraduate business degree from Maine’s flagship university. “We are excited to offer our BSBA […]
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MBS student Jesse MacDonald ’18 put his business training to good use last summer during an internship with Mechanics Savings Bank in Auburn. Using what he learned from his management information systems (MIS) classes and his marketing classes, he assisted the bank with a variety of projects. “The internship helped me put what I learned […]
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MBS senior Sierra Santomango ’17 was able to get a leg up on a prospective career in finance thanks to an investment research internship at Guidance Point Retirement Services in Bangor. During her year-long internship which began in March 2015 when she was a first-year MBS student, Santomango had a number of duties including monitoring […]
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Kristin Orr ’11 is using her MBS accounting degree to detect, deter and fight financial crimes as a Corporate Security Investigator at TD Bank in Glastonbury, Conn. “I am passionate about helping those who have been victimized and about bringing fraudsters to justice,” says Orr who earned a master’s degree in forensic accounting after graduating […]
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Ten years after earning a marketing degree from MBS, Jess Foss Elsner ’06 is running her own business in Portland, Maine. She is co-owner of Foss Fitness ME where she is fulfilling a long-held dream to make a positive impact on the world by helping people become healthy and fit. “Health and fitness is fundamental […]
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