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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, 7:21 pm in News
By The Maine Campus

BANGOR — The University of Maine System announced today the members of a search committee tasked with finding the next president of the University of Maine campus.
Eleanor “Ellie” Baker, a member of the University of Maine …


Wednesday, March 17th, 2010, 8:54 am in News
By Mario Moretto

University of Maine President Robert Kennedy announced Wednesday that he will resign June 1, 2011.
Kennedy’s resignation allows him to transition to a position where he will oversee special projects in statewide economic development and educational opportunity, …


Monday, January 18th, 2010, 1:20 pm in News
UMaine president tells state lawmakers that “some academic programs and other services” will “go away”
By Dylan Riley

The University of Maine will need “many years to recover” after three years of cuts to the university work force, according to remarks made by UMaine President Robert Kennedy at his annual legislators’ breakfast on Friday.
Kennedy …


Monday, September 28th, 2009, 3:01 am in News
By Dylan Riley

The University of Maine administration and faculty plan to take campus academics and turn it on its head.
The Academic Program Prioritization Working Group, or APPWG, has been created and charged by UMaine President Robert Kennedy this …


Thursday, September 17th, 2009, 1:58 am in News
By Dylan Riley

University of Maine President Robert Kennedy addressed the faculty Wednesday, Sept. 16, during the annual President’s Breakfast, where he talked about his hopes for the future.
Kennedy announced the recent creation of a university-wide workgroup to look …


Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, 1:45 am in News
By William P. Davis

The chancellor’s plan identifies short- and long-term goals to help avoid an estimated $42.8 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2013.


Monday, September 14th, 2009, 2:02 am in News
By Dylan Riley

Governor John Baldacci praised the work of the University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) — a program he helped create — during the program’s annual meeting Sept. 11.
“GSBS is all that it could …


Monday, September 14th, 2009, 12:59 am in Opinion

Kennedy’s FairPoint connection ‘appaling’
To the editors:
I am appalled by the story in the Sept. 10 edition of The Maine Campus about University of Maine President Robert Kennedy’s position on the board for FairPoint Communications.
The University of Maine …


Thursday, September 10th, 2009, 2:12 am in News
By William P. Davis

UMaine President Robert Kennedy serves on the Board of Directors at FairPoint Communications — a paid position he has held since March 2008.


Friday, May 15th, 2009, 11:55 am in News
140 positions affected; $5.8 million saved
By William P. Davis

The salary and benefits savings associated with eliminating or reducing 140 positions totals $5.8 million, according to a Friday morning press release.