FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will host a presentation by Deborah Schein, Ph.D., early childhood educator, on including art and spiritual development in STEM education. “The Transformation of STEAM to STREAMS” will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, June 23, in the Emery Community Arts Center. The evening presentation is free and […]
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UMF, USM among four Maine colleges sharing $2M from Upward Bound
PORTLAND (AP) — Four Maine colleges and universities will receive more than $2.1 million in federal funding to help disadvantaged students pursue higher education. The money is coming through the U.S. Department of Education’s Upward Bound program. The recipients are the University of Maine System, University of Southern Maine, University of Maine at Farmington and […]
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Tom Reynolds glides into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame
Ski coach Tom Reynolds instructs a group of skiers. When Tom Reynolds is inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame, somebody should also hand him an award for his humility, kindness and devotion to the students and athletes he has taught and coached for several decades. But Reynolds is just fine with being a […]
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UMF graduates are ‘off to change the world’
FARMINGTON — In Lucas Small’s room, a calendar hangs on his wall, sporting the words: “Do it for Nana.” Those words have been his motto during the four years he spent at the University of Maine at Farmington. On Saturday at UMF’s graduation ceremony, all of his and his classmates’ hard work paid off, and […]
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Sixth annual Fiddlehead Festival set for Saturday in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The fiddleheads are up and the Maine Fiddlehead Festival will be held Saturday, rain or shine. The sixth annual festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 6 on the grounds of the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. Organizer Cynthia Stancioff said the center […]
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Women’s lacrosse: UMF tops Maine Maritime in playoff contest
UMF’s Rhi Jackson battles with Maine Maritime’s Tori Cooper (18) for the ball during a North Atlantic Conference quarterfinal lacrosse game in Farmington on Friday. FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s loud-and-clear message came in the deafening roar of a flurry of first-half goals. The Beavers reeled off six unanswered goals in the […]
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UMaine Farmington splits baseball doubleheader with Thomas
Thomas College’s Rett Adams tags out University of Maine at Farmington’s Trevor Hisler during Game 2 of a doubleheader at Hippach Field in Farmington on Thursday. FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington and Thomas College took advantage of timely hitting and solid pitching to turn the tables on each other in a North […]
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UMF professors remember senior during annual symposium
FARMINGTON — The Michael D. Wilson Symposium at the University of Maine at Farmington on Wednesday paid tribute to the memory of a Rumford student who died this year before completing his senior research project. “Tyler Daigle, had he lived, would be presenting the results of his senior history research project today,” Allison Hepler, professor of […]
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Foreign Service officer commencement speaker at UMF
FARMINGTON — A retired Foreign Service officer with many years of experience in the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia will be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2017 at the University of Maine at Farmington. Louis D. Sell will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the graduation ceremony at 10:30 […]
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One Act Play Festival coming to UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will present its annual student-directed and -produced One Act Play Festival, April 21-23. Performances will be held at the UMF Alumni Theater and are open to the public. They are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21 and April 22; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23. […]