Education News: UMaine accounting students offer free help with tax returns; 4-H challenge at UMaine
UMaine accounting students to offer tax filing assistance
ORONO — Accounting students in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine are offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to the public, under the supervision of Steven Colburn, associate professor of accounting.
From Thursday, Jan. 29 through April 10, except for the weeks of March 2 and March 9, free help sessions will be available 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Thursdays, at 312 D.P. Corbett Business Building on campus; and from 10 a.m. to noon Fridays, at the Orono Public Library, 39 Pine St.
Filers are asked to bring all their tax information for 2014 and, if they have it, a copy of their 2013 return. All filers' information will be treated confidentially. Colburn will review all tax returns before they are filed.
To make a required appointment, contact Colburn, 207.581.1982, colburn@maine.edu.
Accept an Engineering Challenge at 4-H Science Saturday
ORONO — Designing a container to assist a University of Maine Climate Change Institute professor with research is the focus of a UMaine 4-H Science Saturday workshop Feb. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Edward T. Bryand Global Sciences Center on campus.
Youth in grades 6-8 will build a canister to keep ice core samples gleaned from the Peruvian Andes frozen and intact for research. Participants also will tour Sawyer Environmental Research Center. And, after lunch, youth will have the option to swim at the pool in the New Balance Student Recreation Center.
The $15 fee includes the science program and lunch; the optional swim is $3. Registration materials are available at umaine.edu/4h/home/science-saturday. Maximum enrollment is 20; Feb. 6 is the deadline to register. For more information, or to request a disability accommodation, contact Jessica Brainerd, 207.581.3877.
