SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Husson University and Southern Maine Community College have signed an agreement that will make it easier for students to transfer their credits between the schools. The schools recently celebrated the agreement, which they say will facilitate the transfer of credits from some associate degree programs at SMCC into bachelor’s degree programs […]
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USM, Maine Maritime make list of most expensive public colleges
PORTLAND — A U.S. Department of Education report puts the University of Southern Maine and Maine Maritime Academy among the most expensive public colleges for in-state students. USM came in 23rd for four-year colleges with $18,177 a year in net costs, or the amount students paid after grants and scholarships. The report lists Maine Maritime […]
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Bates grad William Worthy, longtime reporter, dies at age 92
BOSTON (AP) — William Worthy, a foreign correspondent who defied travel bans to Cold War adversaries of the United States, has died. He was 92. Worthy died May 4 at a nursing home in Brewster, Massachusetts, according to the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He was a Nieman Foundation fellow from 1956 to […]
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College Roundup: Bates clinches NESCAC baseball playoff bid
WATERVILLE — The Bates College baseball team split a doubleheader with Colby College on Sunday and clinched a New England Small College Athletic Conference East Division playoff spot at Coombs Field. Colby (15-11 overall) stayed alive for a playoff spot after winning 2-1 in the opening game, but Bates (18-12) bounced back for a 6-2 […]
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College Roundup: Colby sweeps Bates in lacrosse
LEWISTON — No. 11 nationally ranked Colby College controlled the game from start to finish, and downed the No. 17 Bates women’s lacrosse team 10-6 in the regular-season finale for both teams Wednesday evening at Garcelon Field. The Mules (8-5, 6-4 NESCAC) finish in a tie for fifth place in the NESCAC with Tufts. The […]
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College Roundup: Bates belts Endicott
LEWISTON — Bates junior Kelsey Freedman broke team records for strikeouts in a game, season and career all in the same game on Monday, as the Bobcats completed their sweep of Maine Maritime Academy in non-conference softball action. Freedman piled up 17 strikeouts in Bates’ 5-0 win in Game 2 of the doubleheader, after the […]
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Northern New England colleges get green ranking for commitment to sustainability on campus
Northern New England has made a strong showing in the Princeton Review’s 2014 guide to “green colleges,” with 18 colleges and universities receiving recognition. Vermont has six colleges that received the green ranking. Two of them, Middlebury College and Green Mountain College, earned the highest possible score. Maine has seven green colleges, including the College […]
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College Roundup: Maine splits with Binghamton
WATERVILLE — For the 11th time in the past 12 years, the Bates College men’s track and field team won the Maine State Outdoor Championship on Saturday at Colby, winning seven events along the way. With points earned for top-six performances in each event, Bates scored 212 points, outscoring runner-up Bowdoin (166), followed by Colby […]
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Maine college grads missing out on overlooked student loan tax credit program
AUGUSTA — It’s been more than five years since Maine created tax credits for college graduates who remain in the state to work, but only a fraction of graduates take advantage of the program because of the state’s failure to effectively market it, lawmakers and advocates say. Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as […]
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College Baseball: Bobcats, Polar Bears split doubleheader in South Portland
With Casco Bay serving as its backdrop, Bates’ bullpen stemmed the scoring tide to give the Bobcats a 13-7 win in the seven-inning opener. Bowdoin’s Jay Loughlin responded by leading a quartet of seniors that quieted Bates’ bats for the nine-inning nightcap, 6-2, at Southern Maine Community College. Bates cleanup hitter Kevin Davis had the […]