UMA offers financial literacy course for high schoolers May 1, 2021 on News
AUGUSTA The University of Maine at Augusta is offering an online financial literacy course for Maine high school students. David Leach, a retired state government financial regulatory employee and a UMA lecturer since 2002, will be the lead instructor.
“This is a 10-week life–changing course, which provides the essential information on must-know financial topics for young adults,” said Leach. “The topics of banking, establishing and maintaining credit, responsible borrowing, personal budgeting, investing and insurance will all be addressed in this online course.”
The weekly three-credit course begins on May 10 and run through July 12. Students will take part in online classes with Leach and a host of other experts in the financial services and regulatory fields. Weekly online quizzes and a final exam will allow students to apply the knowledge they gain in the course t
Lisa M. Barnes
Lisa M. Barnes, 57, of Gardiner Road, Wiscasset died April 23, 2021 at her residence.
She was born in Damariscotta, Maine on Jan. 1, 1964, a daughter of William W. and Gloria J. (Allen) Barnes.
She graduated from Wiscasset High School and entered the U.S. Air Force in 1984. She married John P. Rock in 1985. Lisa obtained her master electrician’s license and went on to operate her own business in South Carolina. In 1993 she moved back to Wiscasset and continued in the trade, most recently with Cianbro Corporation of Pittsfield. Lisa loved to learn, going on to earn her bachelor of science in business administration through the University of Maine at Augusta in 2015.
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Online summer financial literacy course offered to Maine high school students Wed, 04/21/2021 - 12:45pm
The University of Maine at Augusta announces the availability of a completely online financial literacy course for Maine high school students during summer session.
“The creation of Personal Financial Planning (BUA151), as an online course exclusively for Maine’s high school students provides an opportunity for students to develop strong financial underpinnings as they consider their next steps after high school,” said Rachael Magill, director of UMA’s Early College Program, in a news release.
“UMA’s Early College Program has for years provided the opportunity for high school students in Maine to earn college credits, at a reduced tuition rate, before they set foot on a college campus and thereby reducing the overall cost of a college education,” continued Magill. “This new course is an extension of UMA’s efforts to ensure our students are financia
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Evangelos pushes to restore parole to Maine’s justice system
By Douglas Rooks | Apr 20, 2021
Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos
[Editor’s note: this column was originally published in The Maine Monitor.]
If you are sentenced to a long prison term in Maine, your chances of being released early are almost nil.
In 1976, Maine became the first state to abolish parole entirely, also doing away with the Executive Council, which once shared authority for pardons with the governor. Since then, sentence commutations, another form of early release, have been rare, perhaps non-existent.
Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos (I-Friendship), who is sponsoring the first bill in nearly a decade that would restore parole, says the Department of Corrections cannot find any record of an inmate being released before the original sentence date, minus “good time” credits.