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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Sunday is not a day of rest for Katherine (Katie) Keaton. From 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., the theatre major at the University of Maine rehearses dances for various projects and clubs. “My friends know I’m not free on Sundays,” says the Caribou native who concentrates in scenic design and minors in dance and business […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported accounting students in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine are offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to the public, under the supervision of Martha Broderick, Esq., a lecturer of business and commercial law. Free help sessions will be available by appointment […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,216 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2015 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,665 are from Maine, 468 are from 30 other states and 83 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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Accounting students in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine are offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to the public, under the supervision of Martha Broderick, Esq., a lecturer of business and commercial law. From January through April 15, excluding March 7–21 during Spring Break, free help sessions will be […]
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