Registration is open for an in-person professional development program, Going Green: Sustainability in Business. The 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. on Oct. 21 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. This workshop will help participants understand current business sustainability strategies and […]
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Four University of Maine students recently completed the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) summer internship program. Katie Arsenault, Parker Swanson, Max Moore and George Bradbury worked across the yard in various departments. Arsenault is a senior majoring in management with concentrations in business information systems and international business. She interned with BIW’s Human Resources […]
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Jennifer Dean, a senior at the Maine Business School, is the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship awarded by The Council Foundation after participating in Cross Insurance’s 2022 Emerging Risk Manager’s Training Program this summer. The Council Foundation’s competitive annual scholarship program is offered to college students throughout the country interning with an employer who is […]
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Shafagh Rezaei, a MaineMBA student, participated in a summer internship with Maine Grains, which she received through the Innovate for Maine Fellows Program. Emphasizing innovation and entrepreneurship, the Innovate for Maine Fellows Program prepares students to collaborate with companies on projects that accelerate company growth. Maine Grains was looking for a marketing intern, and Shafagh’s […]
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Tholia Hallett, an accounting and finance student from Falmouth, Maine, has always enjoyed working with numbers and knew she wanted to study business. Hallet’s summer internship at Tyler Technologies, her second one with the company, gave her a peek at what her future career could look like. Read the full story about Hallet’s internship on […]
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Zachary Beaton spent his summer learning the ins and outs of management and sales at Sherwin-Williams. The rising senior from Hermon, Maine, did more than sell paint. Through job shadowing his managers and sales representatives, Beaton learned what is needed to successfully operate a business. Read Beaton’s full story on the Maine Business School website. […]
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The Times Record interviewed Erin Percival Carter, assistant professor of marketing at Maine Business School, about why for-profit companies give away products and services that it could charge for, like L.L. Bean providing free yoga classes. “It’s cultivating goodwill with exactly who they want their target customer to be — outdoorsy people in Maine. Where […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine Graduate School of Business and the College of Engineering have partnered on a new MaineMBA concentration in Engineering Management. The idea for the MaineMBA concentration was sparked by the graduate certificate in engineering management, which includes several MBA courses in the curriculum.
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Henri Akono, associate professor of accounting at Maine Business School, spoke with the Times Record about the shortage of certified public accountants in Maine. Akono said improving job prospects in corporate accounting and other business fields have contributed to the shortage, among other factors. “In prior days, everybody would go into public accounting,” he said. […]
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The University of Maine Graduate School of Business and the College of Engineering have partnered on a new MaineMBA concentration in engineering management. “The University of Maine’s College of Engineering is world-class and is known to be one of the strengths of our great institution,” says Norm O’Reilly, dean of the Graduate School of Business. […]
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