Nick Sinacola, a baseball pitcher from North Attleboro, Massachusetts, found at home at the University of Maine and the Maine Business School. The 2021 America East Pitcher of the Year had a banner season as a junior. In July 2021, Sinacola made history when the San Francisco Giants signed him in the 7th round pick […]
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Norm O’Reilly, dean of the University of Maine Business School, spoke to the Globe and Mail about the company Tim Hortons taking a step back into hockey-related marketing after the Hockey Canada scandal. “If it’s not perceived to be authentic, consumers are smart, and skeptical … and it can backfire,” he said. “ … Is […]
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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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