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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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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