Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed UMaine accounting professor Steve Colburn of the Maine Business School for a feature report on the tax-return assistance program being held on Fridays through April 13 at the Orono Public Library. Colburn oversees UMaine accounting students who help taxpayers file state and federal tax-return forms.
Chris Hastings, a first-year MBA student at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about job opportunities and the business climate in Maine. Hastings wrote when a new business wants to come to the state or a particular municipality, the governing body should consider not who is going to make the most money, but how that business can create jobs for residents and new customers for established businesses in town.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
UMaine business professor Steve Colburn and some of his students were featured in a story on Bangor’s WABI TV station. Colburn’s students are providing free tax assistance at the Orono Public Library this month and next month to those who qualify. Colburn, who is supervising the students, said the program is a way for them to get hands-on experience and solidify what they’ve learned in the classroom.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
With many of the Feb. 5 Superbowl ads already previewed by millions on the Internet and in the news, UMaine marketing professor Paul Myer, a Maine Business School executive in residence with an extensive national and international background in private industry branding and marketing, is available to discuss the marketing strategies, messages and themes of this year’s advertising bonanza. (more…)
The Bangor Daily News noted that University of Maine business school students are once again offering free income tax filing assistance for low- and moderate-income filers. Overseen by accounting professor Steve Colburn, the students meet with members of the public on Fridays, at the Orono Public Library, Feb. 3-April 13.
Contact: Steve Colburn, (207) 581-1982
Robert Strong, a UMaine business professor, was interviewed for a Reuters wire service story in the Chicago Tribune about the sliding value of corporate pensions. Strong said corporations will likely continue to attempt to buy out some employees from benefit plans.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
The Knox County edition of Village Soup newspapers carried an article based on a UMaine news release about a recent survey of Maine farmers’ outlook for the future by the university’s Cooperative Extension. Extension water quality and soil specialist John Jemison and Stephanie Welcomer of the Maine Business School reported that farmers are generally optimistic about their futures, in spite of challenges, and said they would be better off if more consumers buy local produce.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Maine farmers surveyed recently for a University of Maine Cooperative Extension research project expressed optimism about the state’s farming opportunities and suggested business would improve if the “buy local” message reaches more consumers and institutions. (more…)
A recent column in the Bangor Daily News by Ivan Manev, dean of the Maine Business School, discusses the importance of access to sound business and marketing expertise to entrepreneurs trying to move forward with new ideas or inventions. Evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity is critical to the entrepreneurial process, he says.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756A University of Maine professor of accounting advises that taxpayers beginning to think about filing tax returns for 2011 should consider electronic filing. Professor Steven Colburn of the Maine Business School, who oversees the university’s longstanding taxpayer assistance program with student volunteers, is available to discuss tips for filers. (more…)
