News and Events - Spring 2006 Archive - Broomball
Back for Second Season, UMaine Business Faculty Fit to Face Young Athletes
ORONO - Back for a second season, members of the UMaine Business School faculty returned to the ice at Alfond Arena for the second annual Broomball game to benefit the Eastern Maine Children's Miracle Network.
This year's challenge took place on Feb. 18, before the start of and during the first period breaks of the men's UMaine-Boston College hockey game.
With planning and organizational assistance from all of the business school student organizations in addition to student volunteers from honor societies, fraternities and sororities, they raised roughly $3400 for the children of Eastern Maine.
The game saw another rivalry between the generations, as professors and student athletes struggled to stay on their feet, as well as score points for this second annual fundraising effort.
Student athletes this year came from the UMaine football team, which faced the women faculty members, and the UMaine women's volleyball team, which squared off against male business faculty players.
CMN is a national non-profit organization that helps children suffering from serious injuries and diseases like cancer, heart disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, pediatric AIDS and muscular dystrophy. CMN hospitals in Maine count more than 110,000 patient visits annually. The Children's Miracle Network uses 100 percent of locally raised money to fund local hospital treatment equipment and services.
The annual broomball fundraiser is an excellent project for several reasons, says Nory Jones, assistant professor of management information systems in the business school. It raises money for a worthwhile charity; it allows the business school to partner with area businesses in a common cause; and it helps college students learn that corporate citizenship includes volunteering for community and charitable causes.
Coaching the faculty team this year was UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove. UMaine President Bob Kennedy and his wife Professor Mary Rumpho-Kennedy, were back for a second year to coach the student athletes. Blake James, interim athletic director, was the referee along with Bananas. Honorary coaches included Senator Susan Collins, Representative Mike Michaud. Fletcher Spencer, the 2006 Maine CMN Champion and Katie Leighton, Maine's 2002 CMN Champion.
The business school included Dan Innis, dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Health, associate college Dean Gloria Vollmers and professors Pank Agrrawal, Dave Barrett, Steve Colburn, Wendy Coons, Bret Golann, Omar Khan, Nory Jones, Sheila Pechinski, David Steiger, Natalie Steiger, Robert Strong and Rich Grant, director of graduate programs in the business school.
Student organizations and their representatives helping with the project include UMaine chapter of the American Marketing Association, Institute of Management Accountants, Maine Student Portfolio Investment Fund of the University of Maine Foundation ($PIFFY), Management Information Systems Association, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity and graduate and undergraduate students.
Raffle prizes included a hockey jersey from the UMaine Bookstore signed by the team, hockey stick signed by the team, gift certificate from the Black Bear Inn, $100 from Dick's Sporting Goods, $25 from Sam's Club, gift certificate from the Sea Dog, an iPod Shuffle from the UMaine Computer Connection and more.
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