A reception was held Tuesday at the University of Maine Farmington for the university community and stakeholders to meet new University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy.
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UMaine System chancellor visits Farmington campus
A reception was held Tuesday for Dannell Malloy to meet staff and stakeholders at UMF.
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University system Chancellor James Page to retire at end of school year
Page, 66, has overseen financial stabilization and a refining of educational goals and priorities in the seven-campus system during his seven years in the job.
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UM System raising tuition, other costs this year
Higher education is going to cost more in Maine next fall. Tuition, fees and room and board costs at the seven campuses of the University of Maine System will increase an average of $466, or 2.9 percent, in the fall, according to budget figures presented Wednesday to the system’s trustees’ finance committee. The state’s community […]
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Cutler: Future UMS business, law center provides “opportunity to become great”
BANGOR — The University of Maine System on Wednesday confirmed that it has hired two-time former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler to lead the merger of graduate business programs at its two largest campuses with the University of Maine School of Law. Multiple independent sources announced the hiring last week. Cutler will guide the creation of […]
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Howard Segal: ‘Get with the system!’ The larger implications of calendar controversies
In recent weeks, the University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees has discussed possible changes to the academic year calendars of the seven campuses. There has long been a desire among most trustees to have the same starting and ending dates for both fall and spring semesters. For some trustees, the principal reason is to […]
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Barry Rodrigue: Course choices narrowing at USM
The closure of educational programs and the laying off of staff and faculty at the University of Southern Maine might be new, but it has been a long time coming. Things could have been done much differently, and still could, but a root problem lies with the political process in the state of Maine. The […]
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University of Maine System will contribute $7 million to USM’s budget, more cuts still needed
PORTLAND — The University of Maine System will likely dip into its rainy day fund to help the University of Southern Maine make up about half of its budget shortfall, system officials confirmed. “The chancellor is prepared to recommend to the Board of Trustees that the system provide maximum, one-time funding of $7 million toward […]