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MBA Team Competes in International Case Competition
The team competed in the John Molson MBA International Case Competition in Montreal, the oldest and most prestigious competition of its kind, featuring representation from top business schools around the world. The team scored a win in its first competition. UMaine professors Paul Mayer and Harold Daniel were the team faculty advisor, which was made up of MBA students Kevin Paul, Christine Clark, Cristin O'Brien and Thomas Miller
SPIFFY was selected to present their
portfolio strategy before a national
panel of judges at the RISE
symposium in Ohio. They were only
one of sixteen schools that have been
awarded this honor out of more than
200 colleges and universities from over
50 countries around the globe.
Jamison, Einstein
Win New
Business Plan
Competition
Justin Jamison, superintendent at
UMaine’s Rogers Farm and the
J.F. Witter Teaching and Research
Center, and Brooks Einstein of
Seattle, Wash., both graduate
students in the Maine Business
School, recently shared first place and a $5,000 prize in a Green Products Competition
for their new business proposal, “Local Food Solutions.” The proposal outlines a plan to
set up a micro-processing facility for organic milk to supply the Bangor area.
They were
among four teams to make oral presentations at the dedication ceremony for the Foster
Student Innovation Center. Jamison has
several years’ experience in agricultural management and Einstein has experience in
store leadership with Whole Foods Market, currently the world leading retailer of
organic and local foods. Second place went to MBA student Willis Beazley of Harpswell for his plan to make soaps from glycerin, a by-product of biodiesel.
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