On March 29, 45 undergraduate business students, three faculty, two staff and one dean boarded a bus bound for Boston for the first-ever “Bear Treks” Boston trip. “Trips such as Bear Treks provide the students with tangible on-site experience. It is invaluable for their career decision-making process,” says Pank Agrrawal, professor of finance. “Our MBS […]
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This year, the Maine Business School piloted an undergraduate class focused on personal finance. Taught by cooperating faculty member Matt Skaves, the course reached learners ranging from first-year students to seniors. “The idea behind this course was to enhance accessibility for students and focus on key personal finance elements that college students face,” says Jason […]
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The 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting will take place April 13–16 in Chicago. The conference is the world’s largest gathering of education researchers and practitioners, and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies in a variety of areas. As previously announced, University of Maine executive vice president for academic affairs and provost John […]
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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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Twelve students from the University of Maine Animal and Veterinary Sciences Program competed in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge held in Saratoga Springs, New York from March 30–April 1, 2023, with more than 250 students from across the U.S. and Canada. The Dairy Challenge is an industry led program to develop the next generation […]
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The University of Maine’s Delta-Kappa chapter of the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) honor society held its annual spring induction ceremony for 15 students selected based on their high academic standings in electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science. Inductees include John Hodson, Kenzie Young, Connor Noddin, Will Emanuel, Martin Guarnieri, Mary Isabelle Wisell, Allison […]
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The UMaine Intensive English Institute (IEI) hosted a virtual English language program for students from Hirosaki University in Japan from Feb. 26–March 9, 2023. Tokuji Noro, professor in the Department of English, faculty of Education at Hirosaki University, recruited the students and organized the program again this year. During the program this year, students participated […]
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The American Educational Research Association will present its 2023 Outstanding Conference Submission Award for the project, “Interrogating consequential education research: Exploring social networks connecting communities with a university environmental service-learning program.” Team members on the project from the University of Connecticut include John Volin, now University of Maine executive vice president for academic affairs and […]
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University of Maine students, researchers, Marine Extension Team members and alumni were among the more than 2,000 participants in the 48th Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport, March 2–4. The annual three-day event brings together fishermen, gear suppliers, scientists, government officials and others to share information and collaborate on all things fishing: markets, resource status, regulations, […]
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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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