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1 year ago

UMFK faculty will present at UMS’ Rural Issues Symposium

University of Maine at Fort Kent Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Kennedy Rubert-Nason will present at the University of Maine System’s inaugural Rural Issues Symposium on Friday, November 1 at the Wells Conference Center in Orono. Dr. Rubert-Nason will present on how UMFK faculty are collaborating to overcome challenges and create opportunities for people in […]

1 year ago

UMFK Board of Visitors to host Business Breakfast

FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Board of Visitors is encouraging the public to attend a Business Breakfast that will take place on Friday, November 15 at 7:30 a.m. in the Nadeau Hall conference room on the UMFK campus. The topic of discussion for the breakfast will be “Untapped Resource […]

1 year ago

UMFK to host open house November 1

FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its annual fall open house for prospective college-bound students on Friday, November 1 to give everyone a chance to experience campus life. “Choosing where to go to college is a really big decision, but it helps when students have an opportunity to […]

1 year ago

UMFK Blake Library Gallery featuring exhibit ‘A Retrospective’ by Elizabeth Parker

FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Blake Library Galley will host the current art exhibit “A Retrospective” by artist Elizabeth Parker through the month of November.  Parker creates artwork for the enjoyment of seeing what develops after the first mark by brush, pencil, or pen makes its appearance on canvas […]

2 years ago

UMFK English faculty encourage literacy through a series of events

FORT KENT, Maine – In celebration of literacy, the University of Maine at Fort Kent English faculty will once again facilitate a series of events designed to share a love for literature with people of all ages in the local area. The series of events will run October 17-20. The events will launch on Harry […]

2 years ago

UMFK English faculty to lecture, publish and present work in Boston

FORT KENT, Maine – University of Maine at Fort Kent Professor of English and Creative Writing  Geraldine Cannon Becker has been invited to be the lecturer for the official opening of the annual Poetry Downtown Festival on September 27 in Boston. In its fourth year, Poetry Downtown will pay tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by […]

2 years ago

UMFK Gratitude Project

FORT KENT, Maine – Traditions are important to college campuses. They help instill a sense of unity throughout the campus community and across the generations of classes as they pass through the doors. The University of Maine at Fort Kent community hopes to instill a new tradition for the campus through a project that was […]

2 years ago

UMFK Nursing Honor Society inducts new members, recognizes December nurse graduates

FORT KENT, Maine – Eighteen current University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing students were inducted into the UMFK Nursing Honor Society and 11 December 2024 nurse graduates were recognized at a special ceremony held on August 15 in the UMFK Sports Center. Faculty, staff, students, along with family members and friends, gathered to honor […]

2 years ago

Community partners come together to support and celebrate recovery

FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Behavioral Science program and club, Aroostook Mental Health Center, Fish River Rural Health, Life By Design, Aroostook County Action Program and Michael’s Active Recovery have been working together to host its annual Recovery Celebration on September 14 at the Fort Kent Riverside Park Lion’s […]

2 years ago

UMFK Blake Library Gallery to feature artwork by American POP Artist Michael Albert

FORT KENT, Maine — The University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Blake Gallery will feature the American POP Artist Michael Albert through the month of September. Albert has been creating art since his college days at New York University, where he studied business. His art has evolved from doodles with colored pencils, magic markers, pen […]