The University of Toronto Press published a Q&A with Norm O’Reilly, dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Maine, about his new book “Business the NHL Way: Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice.” O’Reilly co-wrote the book and the Q&A with Rick Burton, professor of Sport Management at Syracuse University.
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Norm O’Reilly, dean of the University of Maine Graduate School of Business School, co-wrote an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail with Rick Burton, professor of sport management at Syracuse University, about Hockey Canada rebuilding its image after scandal. “As professionals who have spent most of our lives working, analyzing and consulting for sports […]
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Like opening any business, starting a farm can be challenging without any entrepreneurial knowledge or skills. To help to fill a gap between contemporary business education and agriculture among some beginning farmers, University of Maine faculty members Erin Percival Carter and Stephanie Welcomer established the Business, Agriculture, and Rural Development (BARD) technical assistance training program […]
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Susan Myrden, associate professor of marketing at the Maine Business School, has been invited to the Let’s Talk About Service (LTAS) workshop at Hasselt University in Belgium in December. While this won’t be the first time she’s attended LTAS, her participation will include a different role: academic coach. Founded in 2012, LTAS was created for […]
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Registration is open for an in-person professional development program, Going Green: Sustainability in Business. This online workshop, part of the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program, will be held from 8:30 a.m–4:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. This workshop will help participants understand current business sustainability strategies and how […]
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The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps at the University of Maine will host its ninth annual March Against Domestic Violence at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 beginning at Stewart Quad. The march will occur along Long Road and the Mall and conclude at the Memorial Union. Also during the event, names of people killed in […]
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More than 20 representatives from eight accounting firms across the state joined the Maine Business School’s 2022 Accounting Firm Night in September. Seven of those representatives are graduates of the Maine Business School: Spencer Hathaway, ’13; Connor Smart, ’16; and Ian Lichtenberg, ’18 from Baker Newman Noyes; Ryan King, ’14 and Katherine Orne, ’20 from […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the Business, Agriculture, and Rural Development (BARD) technical assistance training program in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine has received a $292,000 award from the Small Business Administration. The BARD program was founded by the Maine Business School’s Stephanie Welcomer, professor of management, and Erin Percival […]
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Editors note: story updated Sept. 22, 2022. The Business, Agriculture, and Rural Development (BARD) technical assistance training program in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine has received a $292,000 award from the Small Business Administration that was requested by Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King through the FY22 Congressionally Directed Spending process, known […]
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Multiple college guides have once again placed the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias, among the best higher education institutions nationwide in their latest editions. The U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Colleges rankings featured UMaine in its list for top National Universities — those producing groundbreaking […]
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