Posts Tagged ‘Richard L. Pattenaude’
Pattenaude Emphasizes Higher Ed as Key in Maine
by Shoshana Akins
March 31, 2011
Pattenaude presenting at NEBHE's 2011 Excellence Awards
University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude emphasized the confluence of economic development and higher education in a joint session of the Maine state Senate and House of Representatives in his "State of the University" biennial address on March 30.
“Historically, higher education has meant ...
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Among Comings & Goings: Another NE Land Grant Taps a Scientist as Prez
by John O. Harney
March 15, 2011
University of Maine System trustees approved Chancellor Richard Pattenaude’s recommendation of Paul Ferguson as the next president of UMaine, the state’s flagship and land-grant university in Orono.
Currently provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Ferguson will succeed Robert Kennedy at Orono on July 1.
UMaine noted ...
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Four Finalists Named to Lead UMaine Flagship in Orono
by John O. Harney
January 18, 2011
University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude announced that a search committee has identified four finalists to become president of Maine’s flagship public university in Orono after current President Robert Kennedy steps down in June 2011.
The finalists are: · Donald J. Farish, president of Rowan University in New Jersey; · Paul W. Ferguson, provost ...
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Maine Works on its System
by David Mabe
November 18, 2010
Trustees of the University of Maine System got an update this week regarding the financial and programmatic health of the state’s seven university campuses and its online and distance-learning initiative called University College.
Last year, projected budget shortfalls to the tune of $42.8 million prompted administrators to reevaluate the management and academic structures of the Maine ...
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Lessons from Restructuring the University of Maine System
by Richard L. Pattenaude
June 4, 2010
When faced with a challenge, the people of Maine tend to be very pragmatic and straightforward. Those cultural values helped guide our approach to dealing with a rapidly growing structural gap in the finances of the University of Maine System.
Even before the international financial crisis, we were looking at a $42.8 ...
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Among Comings & Goings: Bates Taps Harvard Exec for Prez
by John O. Harney
December 8, 2011
Bates College trustees elected A. Clayton Spencer to be the eighth president in the school's 156-year history. Currently vice president for policy at Harvard, Spencer assumes the Bates post on July 1, 2012. She succeeds Nancy Cable, who has been interim president since July 1, 2011, when Elaine Hansen stepped down after nine years to ...
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