Enrollment in the University of Maine at Augusta’s nursing program has soared. There's also growing need for cybersecurity training. The 20,000-square-foot UMA Capital Center will accommodate expansion in both fields.
The University of New England is on a hot streak with new business school and med school upgrades. Here are some highlights on what is being accomplished at the university.
The Davis Maine Scholarship Program provides funding to first-generation college students from eastern Hancock and Washington counties at the University of New England and two schools in Massachusetts.
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation, based in Rockland, works with 20 partners, from two-year community colleges to private institutions across the state.
A 2001 feature in in Mainebiz touted the benefits of dogs in the workplaces, arguing that they contribute to greater productivity and happier, healthier employees. And that’s to say nothing of the benefits to the dogs.
Any parent with kids at or near college age can’t help but have some anxiety about the high cost of higher education. Yet when we see the kind of investment going into new buildings, campuses and fields of study, parents can’t help but have a twinge of envy, wishing they were going back to school.
