A report posted on the Kennebec Journal website about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s upcoming trade mission to China included a comment from Ivan Manev, dean of UMaine’s Maine Business School. Manev said UMaine is looking to establish new partnerships with Chinese institutions and find more exchange and internship opportunities for UMaine students. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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The University of Maine campus was packed Monday, Aug. 27 with thousands of visitors from around the country for the third Summer Tour, a UMaine admissions event that gave prospective students and their guests the opportunity to ask questions about UMaine, tour the campus, get a glimpse of student life and even skate on the […]
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The following information from the Division of Student Affairs relates to parking and traffic on campus leading up to Friday, Aug. 31 and the Maine Hello. As the University of Maine prepares for the arrival of the Class of 2016 on Friday, Aug. 31 it is important to be aware of parking lot closures and […]
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University of Maine marketing professors Harold Daniel and Paul Myer were interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about a new marketing concept at some Irving gas and convenience stores in southern Maine and New Hampshire: TV screens at the pumps. Daniel said the feature provides one more way to make an impression on consumers. […]
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The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]
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In an opinion piece about bridging the gaps in Maine’s economic development that was published in the Bangor Daily News, Charles Hastings, a second-year MBA student at UMaine, noted UMaine’s Knowledge Transfer Alliance (KTA) and the contributions it makes to businesses. KTA, Hastings wrote, has worked to help businesses create business plans, conduct general business […]
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Several news organizations, including the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, continued coverage of the accidental death Saturday of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who fell from a mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The CBS News Travel Section also carried a report. Local news stations Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Jeff Hunt, […]
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Several news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Channel 5 (WABI) (http://www.wabi.tv/news/32134/update-name-of-new-hampshire-hiker-who-fell-off-trail-in-acadia-national-park-released), and Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on the death Saturday of 22-year-old UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who died from injuries suffered in a fall in Acadia National Park earlier in the day. Ladd, a psychology major with a minor in business […]
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University of Maine senior Shirley Ladd from Barnstead, N.H., died July 28 from injuries she sustained earlier that day while hiking in Acadia National Park. She was 22. Ladd was a psychology major with a minor in business administration who worked in the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus, most recently as a student […]
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UMaine alumnus and former football player Brian Gaine has been promoted to assistant general manager of the Miami Dolphins, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Gaine graduated from UMaine in 1995 with a degree in public administration and said he learned a lot at UMaine about how to handle the physical and […]
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