University of Maine at Farmington-Media Relations

02/26/2020

In response to Maine’s critical workforce need for fully-prepared professionals, the University of Maine at Farmington is proud to announce it has designed a totally online degree completion program to help adult learners attain a Bachelor of Science degree in Rehabilitation Services.

UMF is the only public institution in New England that offers an undergraduate degree program in Rehabilitation Services, an applied human services degree aimed at helping people with disabilities or at-risk conditions live independently.

https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/umf-to-launch-online-degree-in-fast-growing-field-of-rehabilitation-services

02/13/2020

Nine University of Maine at Farmington students, accompanied by two faculty instructors, recently returned from a travel course to Tanzania in East Africa, with a new perspective on making the world a better place.

https://www.umf.maine.edu/2020/02/umf-sustainable-tourism-winter-course-to-tanzania-offers-students-insight-into-new-tourism-industry/

02/12/2020

UMF students Kendra Burgess from Chelsea and Wendy Castonguay from Wayne, are completing a 600-hour internship with Bath Iron Works "Fit for Life" employee health program. Coordinated by Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, the workplace health program provides participants with an annual health screening, a comprehensive set of health promotion strategies and educational programs, and health coach support. “I am thrilled with the opportunity to apply what I have learned at UMF in the real world,” Burgess said. “I can’t think of a better career goal than to help Maine people and their families live healthier lives.”

FARMINGTON - Kendra Burgess, a senior from Chelsea, came to the University of Maine at Farmington as a first-year student undecided on a major, but with a strong desire to be involved in the helping professions. After speaking with her advisor, Cynthia McShane, assistant director of Career Services,...

01/02/2020

Story on UMF student and author Hannah Paige is the Daily Bulldog's Number One Art Story of the Year (by traffic)!

Top art stories (by traffic)
1. UMF student publishes second book - link here
2. The Nutcracker Ballet comes to Farmington - link here
3. Words on Words: Campfires along the Allagash & other Maine Rivers - link here

http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/features/a-year-in-review-2019/

FARMINGTON, ME (October 29, 2019)—Hannah Binder, junior at the University of Maine at Farmington, always felt she was a writer at heart. Now, with her second published work, there isn’t any doubt. Binder, who writes under the name Hannah Paige, … Read More

12/30/2019

Congrats Shana Youngdahl, UMF assistant professor of English, on the success of your premier novel!

Please join us in congratulating UMF Assistant Professor of English Shana Youngdahl, whose debut young adult novel, “As Many Nows As I Can Get,” has been recognized by the New York Public Library as a Best Book of 2019 for Teens.

And ICYMI, Youngdahl recently made a guest appearance on WGME 13's “Good Day Maine.” See the televised interview here: bit.ly/Youngdahl_interview

12/19/2019

A recreational trail system created by a faculty member at the University of Maine at Farmington has been awarded a generous $3,500 grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund. “We’re very grateful to the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund for their support of this local project that offers campus and community members a new opportunity to enjoy the great Maine outdoors,” said James Hoisington, coordinator of UMF Alpine Operations.

FARMINGTON - A recreational trail system created by a faculty member at the University of Maine at Farmington has been awarded a generous $3,500 grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund. Proposed by James Hoisington, coordinator of UMF Alpine Operations, and Gina Oswald, UMF assistant professor of...

12/12/2019

Shana Youngdahl, an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine at Farmington, is racking up recognition for her first young adult novel, “As Many Nows As I Can Get,” published this year by Dial Books.

Shana Youngdahl's novel for young readers ends up on the library's list of best teen books of the year.

12/05/2019

Carole Lee, UMF associate professor of science education and her class, walked over 400 lbs of non perishable food items to the Farmington Community Center this morning in collaboration with the "Helping Hands' food drive by youngsters at the Mallett School.

12/02/2019

We’re thrilled to announce the University of Maine at Farmington is a winner of the 2019 New England Food Vision Prize! Together with our partner the University of Maine at Presque Isle, we’re working to increase the amount of regionally-produced food on our school’s menus and build a healthier, more sustainable food system in our region. Learn more: www.kendall.org/prize.

Eating good from the neighborhood continues to be a guiding principle at UMF, where 25 percent of food prepared and served by dining services provider Sodexo is locally sourced and 100 percent of our white fish is responsibly harvested from the Gulf of Maine. Today, we’re proud to announce that UMF is a partner recipient of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation’s 2019 New England Food Vision Prize, along with the University of Maine at Presque Isle and Sodexo. As part of the New England Food Vision Prize, the UMF-UMPI-Sodexo team will receive $250,000 to support a project that creates a more sustainable food system in our region — and brings more tasty, local food to menus in UMF’s South Dining Hall. Learn more: bit.ly/UMF2019FoodVisionPrize

11/22/2019

UMF elementary education students bring the first annual “Wonders of the Human Body” science fair to third-grade students at Cascade Brook School in Farmington.

University of Maine at Farmington elementary education students in Professor Carole Lee’s Science Education for K-8 Students course received valuable professional experience teaching third-graders at Farmington’s Cascade Brook School about the inner workings of the human body. UMF elementary edu...

11/15/2019

UMF President Serna shares his thoughts on UMF's connection with the community and meeting the needs of Maine.

Edward Serna was appointed the 15th president of the University of Maine at Farmington earlier this year.

10/29/2019

UMF student and author Hannah Paige publishes her second book!

FARMINGTON, ME (October 29, 2019)—Hannah Binder, junior at the University of Maine at Farmington, always felt she was a writer at heart. Now, with her second published work, there isn’t any doubt. Binder, who writes under the name Hannah Paige, … Read More