Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about the Pay It Forward Simple Acts of Kindness initiative. Also known as the PIFSAK Challenge, the initiative encourages people to do or say something nice to someone, post about it on social media, and challenge someone […]
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Today at the University of Maine Foundation Annual Luncheon, University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter and University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills announced that UMaine and the Foundation have moved into the final, public phase of the Vision for Tomorrow comprehensive campaign, a $200 million fundraising drive for UMaine. The campaign has […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the fourth annual March Against Domestic Violence held at the University of Maine. The march was sponsored by MBS Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace and other organizations. “It’s a bigger issue than people realize,” Marcus Harding, vice president of MBS Corps, said about domestic […]
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The fourth annual March Against Domestic Violence will take place at noon Tuesday, Oct. 3, on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The march is sponsored by MBS Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace (formerly known as Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance) and other organizations. Following the march, remarks will be […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA 2017–18 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with Sara Morris on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Morris will present “Accounting for Happiness: The Rewards of Unlikely Career Choices, and the Lasting Value of Kindness,” at 3:30 p.m. in Neville Hall, Room 101. The lecture is free and […]
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Stefano Tijerina has been named the first recipient of the Chris Kobrak Fellowship in Canadian Business History. The University of Maine adjunct assistant professor accepted the $10,000 award at the “150 Years of Canadian Business History” conference Sept. 11–12 in Toronto. Tijerina was awarded the fellowship for his in-progress book titled “Navigating Imperial Competition in […]
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Harold Daniel, an associate professor of marketing in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about the importance of good manners. “Manners are very important,” Daniel said. “We have found our students feel a strong need to have those rules taught to them […]
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A number of media outlets, including the Portland Press Herald, covered Jesse Orach and Rob Gomez’s dramatic finish at the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K race Saturday. Orach, who had a stellar academic, track and cross-country career at the University of Maine and was highlighted in the inaugural Black Bear Nation athletics magazine, won […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, WVOM Voice of Maine, Philanthropy News Digest (PND), WCSH (Channel 6 in Portland), WABI (Channel 5) and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) reported the Harold Alfond Foundation is giving a $7.5 million challenge grant to the University of Maine System for its new Portland-based graduate center. […]
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Gloria Vollmers, a professor of accounting at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Maine nonprofit paid disabled workers less than minimum wage, while execs got six figures.” St. Albans-based Skills Inc. is the only employer remaining in Maine that pays some of its workers with disabilities less than […]
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