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Education & Training
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UNE adds online 'boot camps' in growing tech fields
Updated: June 9, 2022The two programs are launching as Maine adds more technology jobs and demand for training increases.
Updated: June 9, 2022
$4M in new state funds will boost efforts to recruit health care professionals
Updated: June 8, 2022For many, the cost of education puts health care professions out of reach. The programs aim to bring more Maine people into the health care industry.
Updated: June 8, 2022
After neighborhood pushback on Roux's B&M site, developer scales back proposal
June 7, 2022A proposal for the Roux Institute's new site at the former B&M baked bean factory has been scaled back in response to concerns about building height and traffic.
June 7, 2022
Mills announces $12M to more than double apprenticeships in Maine
Updated: June 6, 2022The awards aim to create new apprenticeships in more than 50 new occupations, expand in rural areas, recruit more employers and increase equity.
Updated: June 6, 2022
UMaine, lobster industry partner to map fishing and avoid conflict with wind turbines
Updated: June 3, 2022Commercial fishermen are concerned that offshore wind development could result in lost fishing grounds and pose navigation and safety concerns.
Updated: June 3, 2022
Maine Maritime Academy's new training ship bears Castine name, but almost didn't
June 2, 2022The U.S. Maritime Administration had originally planned to designate Maine Maritime Academy's training vessel as hailing from Virginia. With pushback from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the agency has changed course.
June 2, 2022
Thomas College launches partner program with 2 Maine employers
Updated: June 1, 2022The partnership is “synergistic,” says the college. Students from Sappi broaden classroom perspectives and they can apply the course curriculum in their daily jobs.
Updated: June 1, 2022
Amplifying voices: Chamber, businesses, community groups build diversity resources
Updated: May 30, 2022Maine businesses will work with groups in the Black, indigenous, and people-of-color communities to create networking and learning opportunities for current employees and future ones.
Updated: May 30, 2022
Building Business: In Yarmouth, $6M expansion in the works at Travis Roy Ice Arena
Updated: May 30, 2022The 4,000-square-foot project at North Yarmouth Academy will add a fitness and wellness center, training areas and a "hall of fame" exhibit.
Updated: May 30, 2022
Newly named UMA president declines role amid flak over hiring process
May 23, 2022Michael Laliberte, due to start in August as president of the University of Maine at Augusta, has stepped down, but will receive his $205,000 salary for at least a year.
May 23, 2022
To replace Cummings, USM turns to Penn State for next president
May 14, 2022Jacqueline Edmondson comes to USM from Penn State, where she was a tenured full professor in the College of Education and most recently led a regional campus.
May 14, 2022
Eastern Maine Community College president appointed from within
May 13, 2022Liz Russell was selected from a field of more than 45 candidates following a national search. She is currently the college’s vice president of academic affairs.
May 13, 2022
How to develop a skills inventory and talent development plan
Updated: September 26, 2022A former Unum executive and chairman of the Maine International Trade Center writes about why businesses of all types need to take stock of talent and plan accordingly. In cybersecurity and elsewhere, it's important to know what you know.
Updated: September 26, 2022
Bowdoin plans on investing $100M to 'decarbonize' by 2042
May 10, 2022The college’s aging steam-based central heating system is one of the biggest challenges to overcome. Phase I activities will enable a transition to central heating sources in the future.
May 10, 2022University of Maine at Farmington, Colby College hire senior leaders
May 3, 2022The University of Maine at Farmington named Joseph McDonnell as interim president, while Colby College hired Nicole Trufant as its first female chief financial officer.
May 3, 2022
UMaine System to divest its fossil fuel holdings
May 2, 2022The move to divest fossil fuel holdings begins this month, and follows similar actions taken by other universities nationally.
May 2, 2022
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