A team of three University of Maine undergraduate business and MBA students took the top prize at the CFA Society Maine 2020 Research Challenge in Portland last week. Nargiz Ali Zada, Samuel Varga, and Nikki Yutuc presented their research and analysis on WEX, Inc. to a panel of judges comprised of CFA Maine members. “The […]
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Students in the University of Maine chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma will join the Founders Week celebration of the international business honor society with an information table in the atrium of D. P. Corbett Business Building on Feb. 19. Throughout its 107-year history, Beta Gamma Sigma has established more than 600 collegiate chapters. These chapters […]
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Orono, Maine — In its 2020 rankings released on Wednesday, U.S. News & World Report ranked the MaineMBA No. 47 in online master of business administration programs. “We are excited that our online MBA has broken into the top 50 best programs, as this is an incredible affirmation of the high-quality MBA that we deliver,” […]
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On January 28, AACSB International voted to extend accreditation for the Maine Business School through the 2023-24 academic year. “It is exciting to see this extension of the gold-standard of business education accreditation,” says Faye Gilbert, dean of the Undergraduate School of Business and interim Provost. AACSB Business Accreditation signals to the world that an […]
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MBS grad converts internship to full-time role with ball club When long-time Boston sports fan Joelle Casey ’19 learned of a career fair at Fenway Park last spring, she knew it was the perfect opportunity. “I knew the internship would allow a lot of doors to open for me within the sports world,” says Casey, […]
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Analytics might be the business world’s newest buzzword, but MBS alum Randy Albert ’10 has been driving innovation in the field for years. Albert is Associate Vice President of Finance and Analytics for Northern Light Health, a role which grew both from his knowledge and expertise and from the system’s increasing demand for data and […]
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In addition to a class of incoming students, there are plenty of other new faces roaming the halls of DP Corbett. Eight new faculty members have joined the MBS team – six based in Orono and two based in Portland. JOHN N. ANGELIS Visiting Assistant Professor of Operations Management Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2009 […]
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Maine Business School professor of management and Nicolas M. Salgo Professor Ivan Manev has stepped down after serving five years as chair of American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) Board of Trustees. “I have been privileged to be a part of this initiative to bring U.S. liberal education to Eastern Europe, and promote the values of […]
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The University of Maine’s MBA Program has been named #28 in CEO Magazine’s 2019 Global MBA rankings. “This global ranking further recognizes our online MBA as being among the best graduate business programs in the world,” says Michael Weber, dean of the UMaine Graduate School of Business. This is the Maine Business School’s first appearance […]
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The unsettling realization that people can exit a bathroom or public restroom with more germs than when they entered was the inspiration for a new product that was recently awarded a grant from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI). Mathew Graham, assistant professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School at the University of […]
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