WVII interviews Hecker at Workforce Development Summit in Bangor
WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Jeffrey Hecker, the University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, at the Maine Career Connect Workforce Development Summit. “The university, every year, we bring in faculty and professionals from around the world to come work at the university,” said Hecker, who took part in a panel discussion during the event that was held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. More than 100 representatives of Bangor-area businesses, economic development groups, schools, state agencies and politicians attended the event to discuss challenges related to job growth and retention, according to the Bangor Daily News. WABI (Channel 5) and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network also reported on the conference.