FARMINGTON — Over 500 freshmen will begin arriving Friday at the University of Maine at Farmington. Classes begin at 8 a.m. Monday. A matriculation ceremony will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday in Dearborn Gymnasium. UMF President Kathryn Foster, Town Manager Richard Davis and other UMF leaders will welcome the new students and […]
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UMF senior interns at Plimoth Plantation
FARMINGTON — Kathleen Joseph’s memories of a school field trip to Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, recall a super boring experience for the then-kindergartner. Besides which, she got gum stuck in her hair while touring the living history center, where the world of the 17th century New England comes to life. Despite those memories, the […]
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UMF to dedicate renovated court to MacPhee
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Athletics will dedicate the recently renovated basketball court in Dearborn Gymnasium to legendary coach Len MacPhee on Sept. 16. The dedication will honor the longtime coach with the naming of Len MacPhee Court on the newly renovated gymnasium floor. The event will coincide with a campaign to […]
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RSU 9 board hires new teachers, welcomes new directors
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board of directors Tuesday evening hired two teachers, thanked two outgoing directors and recognized two new ones. Recent University of Maine at Farmington graduate Sylvia Brooks was hired as a fourth-grade teacher and UMF graduate Cameron McAllister was hired as a third-grade teacher, both for Cascade Brook School. It’s the first teaching job for […]
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UMF protester proud to be called an ‘idiot’ by Gov. Paul LePage
FARMINGTON — Freshman Ally Hammond, an Auburn native, said she was shocked that a sign she held up Tuesday prompted Gov. Paul LePage to storm off a stage at the University of Maine at Farmington, calling her and another student “idiots.” Hammond, 19, a psychology major at UMF, said she doesn’t dislike LePage because he’s […]
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UMF Education Center dedicated to former president
ALSO: Gov. Paul LePage storms out of UMF ceremony in response to student protest | UMF protestor proud to be called an ‘idiot’ by LePage FARMINGTON — The Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington was given a new name Tuesday. It is now the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center, in honor of the former UMF […]
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Gov. Paul LePage storms out of UMF ceremony in response to student protest
FARMINGTON — Gov. Paul R. LePage, reacting to signs held up by students at the University of Maine at Farmington on Tuesday, walked off the outdoor stage mid-speech at the dedication of the new Education Center. “I’m done,” LePage said, after offering a couple of lines from the greetings he intended to offer. LePage […]
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UMF celebrates dedication of Education Center
FARMINGTON — A celebration to dedicate the Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington will bring Gov. Paul LePage, University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page and others to the Farmington campus Tuesday. The center will be named the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center in honor of UMF’s former president. The celebration […]
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner to deliver UMF commencement address
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has announced two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and historian Alan Shaw Taylor will deliver this year’s commencement address. The ceremony takes place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14, behind the Olsen Student Center. Taylor is only the fourth person to twin two Pulitzer Prizes for American history since […]
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College Roundup: UMF baseball completes weekend sweep of Lyndon
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington baseball swept the weekend and season series with Lyndon State on Sunday by winning both games of a doubleheader at Hippach Field. The Beavers shutout the Hornets, 2-0, in the first game and came back to win, 6-2, in the second contest. In the bottom of the second […]