Come learn and grow with us in our professional development programs! It is your time to bloom! Spring is a time of growth and starting anew. We encourage you to come learn and grow with us this spring by signing up for one of our professional development programs. Your future self will thank you! You can […]
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Put yourself first by investing your time and building skills through our professional development programs to help you in the workplace and beyond Have you been curious about taking a professional development program with us before and wondered if it is worth your time and investment? We are here to say that you are always worth the […]
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Ignite your prospects this winter by building skills through our professional development programs. On Cyber Monday (Nov. 28), receive 20% off all our listed professional development programs. Just use code CYBER22 at checkout (make sure to click “apply”). The sale ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Mon., Nov. 28! You can view all our upcoming programs here. […]
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Registration is open for two facilitation trainings through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program. Building Your Virtual Facilitations Skills, an online program, will be held on Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8 and 15 from 1–3 p.m. ET. The cost is $225 per person. Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, an in-person program, will […]
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By Michele Christle (though Michele Christle works for the UMaine Hutchinson Center, these views are her own and not the views of UMaine) My name is Michele Christle. I live in Waldo County, where my two young children attend school. (Okay, I’m also the marketing and communications coordinator here at the UMaine Hutchinson Center.) You […]
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The Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce has access to $60 million in grant funding. With their business partners (including the UMaine Hutchinson Center), they are poised to serve 24,000 Mainers with short-term training by 2025. This includes financial support of up to $1,200 per worker through December 2022. This means that […]
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Dr. Terry Porter has taught in the UMaine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program since 2019. Her current offerings are Engaging Your Critical Thinking Skills and Going Green: Sustainability in Business. Where are you based and what can you see out your window(s) today? I’m at my home in Topsham, Maine. I moved here in […]
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If you haven’t already heard about Rose Barboza and Black Owned Maine it’s your lucky day, and even if you have, you’re still in for a treat. We’re writing about Saco resident Rose Barboza today both because of the inspirational work she’s doing in the realm of racial equity and inclusivity in Maine and beyond […]
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As we seek to expand our professional development programming for 2022 and beyond, we wanted to pause and tell you a few things. Since 2015, we’ve administered more than 80 professional development programs and supported training for more than 2,200 participants from the public and private sectors. Participants in our programs are from all over […]
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The UMaine Hutchinson Center is actively seeking proposals for new professional development programs for 2022 and beyond. We are looking for proposals that meet the needs of Maine’s workforce, as defined by the Governor’s Economic Recovery Committee and the Maine Economic Development Strategy, in addition to the needs shared by our community via our recent […]
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