University of Maine Events and Hospitality is the winner of Unique Venues’ 2022 Planner’s Choice Award for Expos & Trade Shows. UniqueVenues.com provides listings that include arenas and stadiums, colleges and universities, boutique hotels, museums and art galleries — unique venues for event planners. A listing of all 2022 award winners is online.
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Maine Impact Week, which celebrates the University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond, will be held from April 10–16. Over 20 in person and virtual events will occur throughout the week, all of which highlight the impact of research and creative work […]
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Four Maine Business School students competed in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge state finals in early March. The annual global competition offers students real-world experience as research analysts. For the full story, visit the Maine Business School website.
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At the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, 31 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 21 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on March […]
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Rob Glover, associate professor of political science, and Jordan LaBouff, associate professor of psychology, both at the University of Maine and the Honors College, will present a webinar, “Understanding Poll Workers, the Unsung Heroes of Our American Democracy” on March 31, noon–1 p.m. with Maine Conservation Voters. Glover, LaBouff and Carrie Levan, assistant professor of […]
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Kevin Coughlin, vice president for enrollment management and services at Florida International University with a more than 20-year career in student recruitment and retention, has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Maine, effective June 16. “We look forward to the national leadership and vision Kevin will bring to student recruitment […]
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Diane Dunn, senior advisor for special initiatives in the University of Maine Office of the President, has been named chief of staff to President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, effective March 23, 2023. The UMaine alumna with 33 years of military service has been a senior advisor reporting to the president since January 2022. In her role as […]
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Jason Harkins, a University of Maine associate professor of management, has been named executive dean of the Maine Business School (MBS), effective April 1, 2023. Harkins had been serving as interim MBS executive dean since July, and as associate dean since 2020. “At the conclusion of a national search, we are pleased that Jason will […]
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The annual Penobscot River Educational Partnership (PREP) virtual conference this year is dedicated to the late Betsy Webb, longtime Bangor School Department superintendent and Libra Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. Webb was executive director of PREP from 2020 until she passed away last November. UMaine is a higher […]
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The University of Maine will conduct its annual emergency communications system test at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, complete with the outdoor sirens sounding for several minutes. The sirens are part of UMaine’s multifaceted emergency communications system established in 2007 that allows university safety and communications professionals to use several mechanisms to quickly communicate […]
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