Maine Business School

Spectrum News quotes McCue-Quinn about Maine home prices

Spectrum News spoke to Buffy McCue-Quinn, lecturer at the University of Maine Business School, about the spike in Maine home prices this past spring. “It was crazy. It was an absolute frenzy. There’s no way to get ahead of that inventory curve unless a bunch of people decide to move out of the state of […]

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Adrenalin notes O’Reilly role in Ontario University Athletics economic impact study

Adrenalin reported that Norm O’Reilly, dean of the University of Maine Graduate School of Business, partnered on a study that determined Ontario University Athletics (OUA) has an annual economic impact of $300–$600 million. “Whether attracting students from out of town, bringing people to town as tourists, or building cultures of volunteerism in town, the 20 […]

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Boston Globe names UMaine alumna as Tech Power Player

Melissa Smith, an alumna of the University of Maine who studied business administration, was listed as one of the Boston Globe’s Tech Power Players 50 for 2023. Smith is chair and CEO of WEX, which offers tools that help firms such as Expedia and Mastercard streamline and manage financial operations.

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UMaine Graduate School of Business ranked 26 nationwide by Fortune 

Fortune magazine’s 2023 online MBA rankings place the MaineMBA at 26th nationwide.  The MaineMBA program, offered by the University of Maine’s Graduate School of Business, is the only business school in Maine and one of four in New England to be ranked among the nation’s best by Fortune.  Fortune also ranked the MaineMBA program in […]

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CEO Magazine ranks MaineMBA as a top tier global MBA program 

CEO Magazine has ranked the University of Maine’s online MBA as a Top Tier program for the fifth consecutive year, with the UMaine Graduate School of Business ranking No. 31 globally. “The CEO Magazine ranking shows that the MaineMBA program is among the top online MBA programs in the world,” says Norm O’Reilly, dean of […]

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UMaine 2023 commencement ceremonies are May 5–6

The University of Maine’s 2023 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students will be May 5–6 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena. The Graduate School Commencement begins at 4 p.m. May 5, featuring an address by Suzanne Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools. An estimated 424 graduate students are expected to be on hand […]

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UMaine names 2023 valedictorian, two salutatorians

Mechanical engineering major Lara Chern of Bow, New Hampshire is the 2023 University of Maine valedictorian. UMaine’s two 2023 salutatorians are Mikayla Reynolds of Winslow, Maine, a double major in business management and marketing, and biomedical engineering major Zoe Vittum of Brewer, Maine. The three will graduate May 6 at UMaine’s 221st commencement ceremonies.  “We […]

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