What difference has UMaine made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? The University of Maine provides students with opportunities and resources to prepare them for any career and help them realize their potential through rigorous education. The best thing about UMaine is that it provided me with an all-rounded education. I […]
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The research of more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students will be highlighted in a daylong symposium April 27 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The 2016 UMaine Student Research Symposium will be held from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The free public event is sponsored by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate […]
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Connor Smart of Lincoln, Maine has been named the 2016 University of Maine salutatorian and the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Maine Business School. The honors student double majored in accounting and finance, and received academic achievement awards in business and accounting. Smart was the 2012 valedictorian of Mattanawcook Academy. In the spring 2015 semester, Smart […]
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Planning a trip to Norway, Fiji, Australia, Italy or Thailand? Eager to know more about its customs, food, languages and transportation? The Second Annual International Trade Show at the University of Maine is just the ticket to learn about these countries and 30 other global destinations. UMaine students in Clint Relyea’s Introduction to International Business […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on the finalists for the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition. One of the finalists will receive a $5,000 award to help develop their idea into a business, according to the article. The UMaine Business Challenge was founded in 2011 by a group of 2010 UMaine graduates […]
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Nicholas Fried of Millerstown, Pennsylvania, is the 2016 University of Maine valedictorian and Connor Smart of Lincoln, Maine, is the salutatorian. The honors students will receive their degrees at UMaine’s 214th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 14. Fried majored in animal and veterinary sciences, with a minor in chemistry. This fall, he will […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the “Nets fur Pets” basketball tournament held at the University of Maine to benefit the Bangor Humane Society. The MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization, organized the tournament that was held at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Registration was $15 per team of three, and donations […]
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Tenure and/or promotion for 15 University of Maine faculty members has been approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. The faculty were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful work in teaching, research and public service. “The caliber of these faculty members […]
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When Milo native Don Oakes was a boy it was a big deal to travel 40 or so miles to Bangor to buy school clothes and supplies. Oakes, now CEO of Sea Bags, describes his life in the ’70s in the town with 2,500 people and three rivers as similar to his favorite TV show, […]
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The Maine Business School at the University of Maine has earned an accreditation extension by the world’s most prestigious international accrediting institution for business programs, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Only about 5 percent of the world’s more than 15,000 business schools are accredited by AACSB International. The renewed five-year accreditation […]
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