J. Michael Weber, dean of the Graduate School of Business in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, was featured in the “Ask the Experts” section of the WalletHub study “2019’s Best Airline Credit Cards & Miles Credit Cards.” Weber gave advice on how often someone needs to fly to justify getting an […]
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Maine Impact Week celebrates University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond. The public is invited to attend multiple events highlighting the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s research university the week of April 8–13. The featured event is the […]
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Four Maine entrepreneurs will talk about their businesses and how they achieved success in the first event of the Maine Business School Executive Speaker Series on April 4 at the University of Maine. Noah Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing Co., Kate McAleer of Bixby & Co. craft chocolates, and Jack and Max Barber of Mainely […]
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University of Maine alumna Melissa Smith, president and CEO of WEX, will return to campus April 11 as a Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow. In 1991, Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting at UMaine. At WEX — a provider of payment solutions that serves […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered Pets 4 Vets, a dodgeball tournament on March 31 at the University of Maine to raise money for service dogs for veterans. The event, in its third year, featured nearly 40 teams and was sponsored by Maine Business School Corps, UMaine ROTC and the UMaine Veterans Association, […]
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Thirty-four University of Maine faculty have received tenure and/or promotion. The faculty members were nominated by UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy based on a peer and administrative review of their successful teaching, research and public service, and approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. “We are extremely proud of our world-class faculty who […]
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University of Maine student entrepreneurs working out of and with mentors at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation student incubator have won all three finalist spots in the college competition of “Greenlight Maine,” a business contest television show twice nominated for an Emmy Award. The students will compete live for the grand prize at 4 […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Nory Jones, professor of management information systems with the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, for a report advancing the Pets 4 Vets benefit dodgeball tournament to be held 1–4:30 p.m. March 31 at UMaine’s New Balance Field House. Hosted by MBS Corps, UMaine Army ROTC and the […]
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Mainebiz reported the Bangor-based Scratchpad Accelerator, run by University of Maine Business School associate professor of management Jason Harkins and serial entrepreneur Lisa Liberatore, will receive a $150,000 investment from Bangor Savings Bank over three years. The bank was a founding corporate partner of Scratchpad, a seed-stage accelerator business that helps grow startup companies, when […]
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Pets 4 Vets, a benefit dodgeball tournament and bake sale to raise money for service dogs for veterans, will be held 1:30–4:30 p.m. March 31 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Field House. The dodgeball tournament will feature teams of four; the registration fee is $5 per person or $20 per team, which includes […]
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