BANGOR — The University of Maine System is considering selling its headquarters offices in Bangor. A committee voted Monday to advance the proposal to the full Board of Trustees, which meets later this month. If it’s approved, then system offices would be relocated primarily to campuses in Orono, Bangor and Augusta. Some system employees already […]
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UMaine System chancellor pitches LePage budget to lawmakers
AUGUSTA — The chancellor of the University of Maine System is calling on lawmakers to support increased funding for its schools in Gov. Paul LePage’s budget. Chancellor James Page addressed a joint session of the Legislature on Tuesday. He says that LePage is proposing the biggest new investment that the system has seen in years. […]
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UMS trustees commit to keeping 3 USM campuses
BANGOR — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees said Wednesday that they are committed to keeping all three University of Southern Maine campuses open, the system announced in a news release. As the system weighs how to close USM’s $16 million structural gap for fiscal year 2016, the university launched a “strategic academic […]
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University of Maine at Augusta president leaving
AUGUSTA — The president of the University of Maine at Augusta is leaving to take a job in California, University of Maine System Chancellor James Page said Monday. Allyson Handley is stepping down to become the executive director of the National University’s Sanford Education Center, which will educate nonprofit leaders and teachers. Handley will stay […]
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UMaine System trustees OK $529 million budget, 150 position cuts
BANGOR — The University of Maine System board of trustees passed a $529 million budget on Monday that dips into rainy day funds and eliminates more than 150 positions in an effort to close a $36 million shortfall. The trustees’ financial committee recommended approval of the budget during a meeting earlier this month. The full […]
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UMaine trustees approve budget that delays $13.3 million in cuts
BANGOR — Eight members of the University of Maine System trustees’ financial committee unanimously approved a proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 on Monday, even though the plan falls far short of resolving a $36 million shortfall. The proposal accounts for only $22.7 million of the budget shortfall that the seven campuses have been working […]
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UMS vice chancellor gets $40,000 raise as universities struggle with budgets
BANGOR — While confronting a $36 million budget shortfall, the University of Maine System gave its top financial administrator a $40,000 raise between last fall and this spring, according to reports of employee salaries that the system publishes twice a year. UMS vice chancellor for administration and finance Rebecca Wyke’s salary was listed at $205,000 […]
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UMS trustees want more international students
FARMINGTON (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have adopted a resolution aimed at expanding recruitment of international students at campuses across the state. UMS Chancellor James Page has said increasing the number of international students in the system will improve diversity and create a new source of tuition revenue. On Monday, trustees received a […]
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UMS spent $363k for foreign student report by former campus president
It has been just over a year since former University of Southern Maine President Selma Botman got a new job. Her position as special assistant to the chancellor on global education was created for her two months after she got a vote of no confidence from more than half the USM faculty. Although that didn’t […]