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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Maryfrances Smith facilitates Jobs for Maine Graduates annual career and college fair

On April 3, 2015, Maryfrances Smith, program manager for the Maine Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Network Program Office in the School for Community and Population Health, was responsible for organizing, recruiting and faciliting a health careers panel at the Jobs for Maine Graduates annual career and college fair, “Live, Learn, and Earn … right here in Maine.”

With student representation from all of UNE’s colleges for the health professions, sophomores from Deering, Casco Bay and Portland High Schools learned about the many different health career options available, and the various pathways the panelists pursued to reach their educational and professional goals.

This is the second year that the Maine AHEC Network Program Office has participated in this event at the University of Southern Maine. From 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 250 high school sophomores attended five lively and informative sessions.

The 19 UNE panelists came from the College of Dental Medicine, the Westbrook College of Health Professions, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Pharmacy and the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. 

About the University of New England

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.