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UMaine System: Boost in out-of-state enrollment is good news for employers
November 7, 2016University of Maine System officials say that the 1.6% increase in enrollment over last fall's semester is a clear sign that its efforts to attract out-of-state students and its early college program for students at UMaine Fort Kent are paying off.
November 7, 2016
Portland lease agreement will add student housing at USM
November 3, 2016A “critically important step to meeting student needs” has been taken at the University of Southern Maine, after a UMaine System Board of Trustees' committee approved a proposal to bring student housing to Portland beginning next fall.
November 3, 2016Yarmouth school district weighs outsourcing custodians, bus drivers
November 2, 2016Yarmouth School Department officials say that they've been considering outsourcing the district's bus drivers and custodians as part of a larger strategic plan to curb costs.
November 2, 2016Alfond Foundation makes $1.5M ‘game-changer’ gift to UMaine Athletics
November 1, 2016A $1.5 million, three-year grant awarded to the University of Maine's athletic program by the Harold Alfond Foundation is being called a “game-changer” by UMaine President Susan Hunter.
November 1, 2016
Workforce development key part of USM's proposed infrastructure program
October 31, 2016The Critical Infrastructure Institute, as the entity would be known, is being created to face the state's need for new and updated bridges, roads and water systems. USM hopes to act as a think tank, making recommendations, while training students to
October 31, 2016UNE expands North Atlantic, Arctic reach with Icelandic partnership
October 26, 2016The University of New England is partnering with the University of Akureyri and Holar University College in Iceland to expand its education, research and economic development reach in the North Atlantic and Arctic regions.
October 26, 2016
UMaine trustees launch initiative to create $150M graduate center
October 24, 2016The University of Maine System's trustees in a special meeting on Sunday unanimously approved the first phase of a $15 million fund-raising effort for an ambitious $150 million plan to create a new graduate center for business, law and public policy
October 24, 2016
Jackson Lab expanding into China with university collaboration
October 12, 2016A goal several years in the making is finally being realized for the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, as the biomedical lab announced that it will be expanding into China through a partnership with Wenzhou Medical University in Wenzhou, China, on
October 12, 2016
UMaine Business Challenge lands $30K sponsorship
October 6, 2016The University of Maine's Business Challenge has netted a three-year, $10,000 annual sponsorship from the Hampden-based Business Lending Solutions.
October 6, 2016USM president wants major changes at Portland campus
October 5, 2016New dorms, a performing arts center and reconfiguring a major connector road that cuts through the campus were just some of the items on USM President Glenn Cummings' wish list.
October 5, 2016
#MBNext16: Melik Peter Khoury is an agent of change at 'America's Environmental College'
October 3, 2016Melik Peter Khoury, president of Unity College, is an academic with an unorthodox academic background. He's a self-described agent of change in a world of higher education that's not always eager to move forward.
October 3, 2016Maine DOL program for disabled students gets $9M from feds
September 30, 2016The Maine Department of Labor will get $9 million to develop a program to link Maine high school graduates with disabilities with employers and vocational training programs.
September 30, 2016UMaine Augusta drone course takes flight
September 29, 2016When Augusta locals look to the sky at the end of October they might just find themselves sitting in on Maine's first university-level unmanned aerial vehicle course, as the University of Maine at Augusta announced on Tuesday that it will begin
September 29, 2016Maine Coast Waldorf School launches $6.1M expansion campaign
September 28, 2016The Freeport-based Maine Coast Waldorf School has launched the largest capital campaign in its 32-year history to fund three major projects on its campus.
September 28, 2016
Report: Immigrants key to addressing Maine's workforce woes
September 23, 2016A new report from the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the Maine Development Foundation says that attracting immigrants to the state is necessary to deal with Maine's workforce, which is projected to decline as employees retire, with too few
September 23, 2016Unity College: High demand leads to ‘instant admissions day’
September 16, 2016Unity College officials say that a multi-year increase in demand has led the Waldo County private college to offer an “Instant Admissions Day” on Saturday, its third in three years.
September 16, 2016
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