The board of directors of SAD 22, which includes Hampden, Newburgh and Winterport, is considering working with UMaine as the towns decide what to do with the building that houses Hampden Academy, according to a Bangor Daily News story. A new school building is now under construction. According to the story, the board of directors […]
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Contact: Ivan Manev, (207) 581-1968 ORONO — The Maine Business School in the University of Maine’s College of Business, Public Policy and Health has earned reaccreditation by one of the world’s most prestigious accrediting bodies, the AACBS International. Fewer than 5 percent of the world’s business schools offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in business […]
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Contact: Steve Colburn, 581-1982; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — University of Maine accounting professor Steve Colburn is available to discuss how some recent tax law changes will affect taxpayers filing 2010 returns. Overall, individuals and business will pay much less in income taxes for 2010 and beyond because of the new tax law changes, […]
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Contact: Sarah Morehead, (207) 951-4551 ORONO — If saving more money in 2011 is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, University of Maine home finance expert Sarah Morehead has advice that might help. It’s all about mindset, says Morehead, a research assistant who oversees the UMaine School of Economics’ Household Financial Education Program and […]
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UMaine College of Business, Public Policy and Health Dean Ivan Manev is featured in a Thursday Bangor Daily News story about UMaine’s business school and its role as an important collaborator in university-based technology commercialization efforts. In the story, Manev also noted the business school’s rise in U.S. News and World Report and other rankings, […]
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Contact: Paul Myer, (207) 581-1992) ORONO — The Maine Business School has announced the team members heading to Montreal, Canada Jan. 3-8 to compete in the annual Molson MBA International Case Competition, an event in which UMaine business students typically perform well. Team members are Nicole Gogan of Orrington, Joseph Kellner from Hampden, Mass. and […]
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An article in the Dec. 8 edition of the Bangor Daily News about Legal Services for the Elderly attorney Julie Millet in Bangor, and the increase in the number of older people needing legal services, cited a recent study by the University of Maine Center on Aging that established a growing need. Legal Services commissioned […]
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The Wicked Local newspapers in Massachusetts report that Jon Sorenson of Boxford, Mass. was one of four people recently honored with a UMaine Stillwater Society Presidential Award. Sorenson, a 1986 UMaine graduate, was recognized along with Prof. Habib Dagher and UMaine alumni benefactors Russell and Barbara Bodwell. The Stillwater Society honors those who have “made […]
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The Bangor Daily News website features a report on a Thursday morning UMaine presentation by Jestina Mukoko, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. That organization works to assess and monitor human rights abuses in that country. She is currently serving as the 2010 Human Rights Fellow at Colby College’s Oak Institute for the […]
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Contact: Amanda Missud, 251-3011; Meghan McCarthy, 841-1596 Members of Habitat UMaine, UMaine’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, are camping out in a homemade shanty in front of Memorial Union today through Friday, Dec. 3, as part of the annual “There’s Snow Place Like Home” fundraiser. Teams of four students will each spend a night braving […]
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