MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — The Ball State University Board of Trustees has selected Paul Ferguson to become the school’s next president. Ferguson has been the president of the University of Maine since 2011. Before that, he was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and a professor of pharmacology and toxicology […]
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UMaine trustees approve $529M budget for 2014-15
BANGOR — The University of Maine System’s trustees have approved a $529 million budget for the next academic year that freezes tuition but eliminates more than 150 positions system-wide. The budget approved Monday for 2014-15 includes $11.4 million from emergency reserves to help fill a $36 million budget shortfall. Trustee Norman Fournier says the budget […]
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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 to vote on operating budget
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are ready to vote on a proposed operating budget. Trustees will discuss a proposal to freeze in-state tuition for a third consecutive year. If approved Monday, it would be the first time that’s happened since the 1990s. All told, the proposed unified operating budget would total $529 […]
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UMaine hires Walsh as men’s basketball coach
ORONO (AP) — Maine hired a winning basketball coach from a Division III college, hoping he can bring the same success to the Division I Black Bears. Bob Walsh is a winner with a recruiting experience in New England and resume that includes Division I experience, including a stint as assistant coach at Providence College, […]
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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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UMaine System budget proposes 157 job cuts, takes $11.4 M from reserves
BANGOR — The University of Maine System will cut 157 positions across its seven campuses and central office and dip deep into its rainy day fund if a budget plan it released Tuesday is passed by the system’s board of trustees next month. The proposed budget features eight fewer positions lost than what system Chancellor […]
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Democrats running for Congress square off in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Democrats vying to be their party’s candidate in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District discussed a range of issues Thursday during a forum at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. State Sens. Emily Cain, D-Orono, and Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, seemed to agree more than […]
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UMaine fires Woodward as basketball coach
ORONO — There was another departure from the University of Maine men’s basketball program on Monday. This time, on the heels of a dismal 6-23 season and in the wake of three high-profile players requesting a transfer in the last three weeks, it was head coach Ted Woodward. UMaine President Paul Ferguson announced Monday that […]
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UMaine relying more on lower-paid professors as budget shrinks
ORONO — Jason Canniff teaches 4½ college courses at the University of Maine: two freshman composition classes, one upper-level persuasive writing class and two courses in the honors college, one of which he co-teaches. Typically he works 60 hours a week instructing, grading papers and preparing lessons. This week he has set up individual conferences […]