The Boston Globe published a complete list of New England universities and colleges that were named on the recently released U.S. News & World Report rankings. The University of Maine is again among the best colleges and universities for 2019 in multiple categories. UMaine is listed in the U.S. News best national universities and top […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, about Sen. John McCain’s unexpected visit to the Bangor International Airport in 2010. Jones, who also is a volunteer Troop Greeter for the airport, told WABI about a night in November 2010 when […]
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The University of Maine is one of the more than 300 “best and most interesting” colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, according to the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2019” out this week. The guide’s profile of UMaine notes that undergraduates “help themselves to a range of strong academic programs at a […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,214 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2018 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,634 are from Maine, 533 are from 31 other states and 47 are from 21 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for spring 2018, completing 12 or more credit hours in the semester and […]
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A 14-member search committee has been named to help select the next University of Maine director of athletics, according to Dr. Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student life and dean of students. Dana, who chairs the committee, says the national search will be aided by a search firm and will begin as soon as […]
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The University of Maine’s newest graduates “have a key role to play in restoring the high ideals of civil discourse,” according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the speaker at UMaine’s 216th Commencement ceremonies May 12 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. “Courage, civility, principles and even wit are increasingly rare commodities in our discourse […]
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A six-member team from the Maine Business School earned a performance award — the first for the University of Maine — at the 50th annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in Anaheim, California. In the rigorous, semester-long business simulation, which consisted of a remote phase and a final on-site phase, students ran a virtual company […]
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J. Michael Weber, a senior associate dean and professor of marketing at Mercer University, has been named dean of the new Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, 2018. The Graduate School of Business, part of the Maine Business School, will offer the MBA program in Orono and Portland and online, and will house all […]
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More than 1,650 students, including 34 doctoral degree candidates, are expected to participate in the University of Maine’s 216th Commencement on May 12 in Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. UMaine Commencement will be held in two ceremonies, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Both ceremonies are ticketed events and live streaming will be […]
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University of Maine community members will take part in a day of service on Maine Day, May 2. As part of the annual spring cleanup tradition, UMaine students, faculty and staff will complete volunteer projects aimed at sprucing up campus, enjoy a free barbecue and take part in a meal-packing event. Festivities will begin at […]
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