MBS alumnus Dan Bourgeois-Capozzi 鈥14, is putting his management degree to good use as Androscoggin Bank鈥檚 first-ever business marketing specialist. 鈥淢y role is to deepen the bank鈥檚 understanding of small businesses so we may better serve them,鈥 says Bourgeois-Capozzi, who was hired at the Auburn-based bank in May 2017. A New York native who majored […]
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When he鈥檚 not studying for his MBA, Harold 鈥淭rey鈥 Stewart III 鈥18 is helping to run the government. Stewart, who is earning his degree through the Maine Business School鈥檚 online MBA program, is serving his first term in the Maine House of Representatives for District 147, which encompasses most of Presque Isle. A University of […]
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An internationally recognized professor of management and one of the world鈥檚 foremost experts on corporate social responsibility has been named the 2017 Distinguished Maine Professor by the 91爆料 Alumni Association. 91爆料 Professor of Management John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy in the Maine Business […]
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MBS student Jesse MacDonald 鈥18 put his business training to good use last summer during an internship with Mechanics Savings Bank in Auburn. Using what he learned from his management information systems (MIS) classes and his marketing classes, he assisted the bank with a variety of projects. 鈥淭he internship helped me put what I learned […]
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MBS senior Sierra Santomango 鈥17 was able to get a leg up on a prospective career in finance thanks to an investment research internship at Guidance Point Retirement Services in Bangor. During her year-long internship which began in March 2015 when she was a first-year MBS student, Santomango had a number of duties including monitoring […]
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Kristin Orr 鈥11 is using her MBS accounting degree to detect, deter and fight financial crimes as a Corporate Security Investigator at TD Bank in Glastonbury, Conn. 鈥淚 am passionate about helping those who have been victimized and about bringing fraudsters to justice,鈥 says Orr who earned a master鈥檚 degree in forensic accounting after graduating […]
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Ten years after earning a marketing degree from MBS, Jess Foss Elsner 鈥06 is running her own business in Portland, Maine. She is co-owner of Foss Fitness ME where she is fulfilling a long-held dream to make a positive impact on the world by helping people become healthy and fit. 鈥淗ealth and fitness is fundamental […]
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Collaborative CoVort:聽Entrepreneurship professor opens co-working space in Bangor MBS Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Jason Harkins has established Bangor鈥檚 newest co-working space: CoVort. CoVort (covort.org) is an open, 2,000-square-foot office environment at 49 Main Street in Bangor that provides all the amenities of an office to members by the day, week or month. Members can access […]
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As director of marketing and development at the Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, Maine, MBS alumna Kristie Libby is working to help meet the growing challenges in healthcare. 鈥淚n healthcare today, there has been a shift from treating the patient following an illness to preventing the illness altogether,鈥 she says. 鈥淔acilities are seeing fewer patients […]
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MBS alumna Kim Dagher 鈥86 (MBA) realized a long-held dream in May 2011 when she opened Savour Chocolatier. Five years later, Dagher has made a name for herself as the only handcrafted artisan chocolate maker in central Maine. Using the finest quality Belgian chocolate as well as naturally and locally sourced ingredients, she sells her […]
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