The Maine Edge published a University of Maine release announcing Nory Jones as the 2014 Steve Gould Award recipient. Jones is a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School and is the founder and faculty adviser of the community outreach organization MBS Corps. Jones joined UMaine in 2001 and established MBS Corps […]
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The founder and faculty adviser of the community outreach organization MBS Corps at the University of Maine is this year’s recipient of the Steve Gould Award. Nory Jones is a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School who joined the UMaine community in September 2001. MBS Corps was established in 2005 in […]
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Several Bangor Metro entrepreneurial award recipients are graduates of the University of Maine. Abe and Heather Furth, who graduated in 2004, own Verve, Woodman’s Grill and The Orono Brewing Co. “Brewery tourism is growing, and we hope that our brewery will help bring more people to Orono. We think this will help Orono become the […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, and several business students about a pen pal program that connects the students with a group of active marines. Students in MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization, send letters and care packages to the marines […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a food pantry run by MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization. The honor system food nook goes by the motto, “Take what you need, give what you can,” and is stocked by UMaine students, faculty, staff and public organizations, according to the report.
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has named the 2014–2015 Research Fellows Assistants. The CUGR Research Fellows Program supports faculty efforts toward improving undergraduate research mentoring skills, expanding curricula to include research and scholarship experiences, and developing proposals for further funding specifically involving undergraduate students. Each student selected as a Research Fellow […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the CUGR Fall Creative and Academic Achievement Fellowships for 2014–15. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research, and awarded by the President’s Office. Each fellowship provides a $1,000 award for the student to help […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) sat down with University of Maine alumnus Gerard S. Cassidy, who graduated from UMaine in 1980 with a dual degree in accounting and finance, to talk about his career and giving back to his alma mater. Made possible by Cassidy’s donation, the Maine Business School dedicated the Gerard S. Cassidy ’80 Capital […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a march held at the University of Maine to raise awareness against domestic violence and advocate for change by educating classmates and the community. UMaine President Susan Hunter spoke at the event. She mentioned several statistics, including that almost half the homicides in Maine involve domestic violence, and mentioned […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a University of Maine talk by Steven Kydd, a UMaine alumnus and co-founder of Tastemade, the world’s first global food network built for digital platforms. Kydd, an Orrington native who now lives in California, graduated from UMaine in 1991 with a degree in business administration. “To come back here to […]
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