Maine Business School

BDN promotes women in leadership presentation at innovator’s event

The Bangor Daily News advanced “How Women Rise: Changing the Habits That Can Hold You Back From Reaching Your Full Potential,” an April 12 virtual presentation by Sally Helgesen aimed at women in early career stages. More information about the event, which is hosted by the University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center and the […]

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Expert on Women’s Leadership to Speak at Inspired Innovators Virtual Event

The University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center and the Maine Business School will host a virtual webinar featuring Sally Helgesen from 1–3 p.m. on April 12 for women in the early stages of their career. “How Women Rise: Changing the Habits That Can Hold You Back From Reaching Your Full Potential,” is free; advance […]

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Business students to compete in CFA Challenge regional April 15

The University of Maine team that won the state’s Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge title in February will advance to the national competition April 15 as sub-regional champions competing with Canisius College and the University of Pittsburgh in the Eastern U.S. division.  The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition that offers students […]

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Graduate Business School, Maine Chamber host succession planning webinar

The University of Maine Graduate School of Business and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce will host a free webinar about succession planning from 11 a.m.–noon, April 8.  In Maine, baby boomers own 12,790 businesses that employ 108,000 people and many of these businesses will need to transition to new ownership in the coming years. […]

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Xander Karris

Xander Karris: MaineMBA student’s company captures DPC in 3D

When the Maine Business School needed an in-depth, 3D virtual tour of the D.P. Corbett (DPC) Business Building, Xander Karris answered the call.  The MaineMBA student and his company, Hestia Media LLC, created a first-person tour that brings people inside the complex and gives them a sense of place. He formed an LLC for the […]

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BDN cites Harkins, Gilbert in preview of April 8 webinar

The Bangor Daily News talked with Faye Gilbert, executive dean of the Maine Business School and interim dean of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Maine, and Jason Harkins, associate dean of the Maine Business School, about the webinar, “Succession Planning as an Entrepreneurial Exit.” Gilbert and Harkins will lead the webinar, which […]

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Maine Business School announces 2021 Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees

The Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business have announced that 79 students have been invited to join the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society this year. Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the business honor society for AACSB-accredited schools, the top 5% of business school programs worldwide. The Maine Business School […]

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Twenty-six faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

At the University of Maine, 26 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring.  This annual announcement is an important opportunity to recognize faculty members’ outstanding achievements and contributions in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement, says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “We congratulate them for their leadership, innovation, and focus on putting students […]

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Media report on grants to Graduate & Professional Center

Maine Public, News Center Maine, Centralmaine.com, Mainebiz, the Sun Journal, The Ellsworth American and the Portland Press Herald reported that the University of Maine Graduate & Professional Center received a private donation of $1 million to support interdisciplinary and market-driven graduate and professional education, and has partnered with the University of Maine System in support of a $1 million U.S. Department […]

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