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PORTLAND, Maine

Journal Tribune reports on UNE’s partnership with Bangor Savings Bank

UNE’s collaboration with Bangor Savings bank to create a new online professional development program was featured in a Journal Tribune article earlier this month.

The article included a photo from the press conference announcing the partnership, as well as comments from UNE President Danielle Ripich, Ph.D., and Bangor Savings Bank President and CEO Robert Montgomery Rice, taken from the UNE press release.

“Leaders from academia and business must do more to help young professionals develop the competencies they will need to keep up with the demands of this rapidly changing landscape,” Ripich said.

The article also discussed the goal of the program, mentioning how it will benefit the students who participate, Bangor Savings Bank and the state of Maine as a whole.

Read the full article online

 

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.