The Bangor Daily News noted that University of Maine business school students are once again offering free income tax filing assistance for low- and moderate-income filers. Overseen by accounting professor Steve Colburn, the students meet with members of the public on Fridays, at the Orono Public Library, Feb. 3-April 13. Contact: Steve Colburn, (207) 581-1982
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Some 85 companies and organizations, and as many as 1,000 college students, are preparing for the annual Career Fair Feb. 1 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center, sponsored by the UMaine Career Center. The annual event connects employers with students, who often land internships or full time jobs as a result of the introductions. […]
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Sandra Butler, a UMaine social work professor, was noted in a Bangor Daily News op-ed about childless adults on MaineCare for her research into the population served by the MaineCare Childless Adults Waiver program. Butler did the research, which included interviewing a small subset of people who receive MaineCare through the program, for a report […]
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An Associated Press story about a report on poverty in Maine, prepared by UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, which will be released Thursday, was noted on the website of Bangor TV station WABI. The report found that the 2010 poverty rate of 12.5 percent was up from 11.4 percent in 2009. Contact: […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that UMaine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron will moderate the first Black Bears Sportsmanship Academy, during which Barron will talk to a group of area youngsters about good sportsmanship and UMaine student-athletes will direct activities that promote good sportsmanship. The event will be held at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in the […]
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Robert Strong, a UMaine business professor, was interviewed for a Reuters wire service story in the Chicago Tribune about the sliding value of corporate pensions. Strong said corporations will likely continue to attempt to buy out some employees from benefit plans. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Knox County edition of Village Soup newspapers carried an article based on a UMaine news release about a recent survey of Maine farmers’ outlook for the future by the university’s Cooperative Extension. Extension water quality and soil specialist John Jemison and Stephanie Welcomer of the Maine Business School reported that farmers are generally optimistic […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) Tuesday covered the funeral service for popular and longtime University of Maine police officer Leroy Patterson, who died last week after battling cancer. A fixture at UMaine for 33 years, Patterson also was a successful Bangor High School all-around athlete who won an athletic scholarship to the University of Cincinnati. His obituary […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) on Tuesday aired a feature report on exhibits at the University of Maine Museum of Art and the renewed gift from Machias Savings Bank to subsidize the museum to offset public admission fees. The museum on Harlow Street in Bangor is free to visit. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News and Lewiston Sun Journal carried a story today about Auburn native and UMaine graduate Pamela White, who has been nominated by President Obama to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Haiti. The career foreign service minister has been serving as the U.S. ambassador to Gambia. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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