Domestic Violence Awareness Month is observed each year in the month of October. The University of Maine at Fort Kent is proud to support this awareness month by hosting the Hope and Justice Project’s exhibit in the Blake Library. The exhibit is open during library hours until the end of October.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent Professor of Music and Education, Dr. Scott Brickman, will have another composition of his available on a commercial recording. Scherzo ala Polonaise (2017) for two flutes, which was premiered December 19, 2017 in Athens, Greece, by Iwona Glinka and Renata Guzik, and is scheduled for release on September 21, 2018. The CD, titled Two Minutes, is on the Phasma label (Phasma-Music 004) and is distributed in the European Union by Naxos recordings. Additionally, Ms. Glinka’s recording is available on media outlets such as iTunes and Spotify.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent Board of Visitors is encouraging the public to attend a Business Breakfast featuring University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page who will be discussing the importance of the $49 Million bond for Maine’s public universities on the November ballot. The breakfast will take place on Tuesday, October 16 at 7:30 a.m. in the Nadeau Hall conference room on the UMFK campus.
GoldenOak, an emerging sound in New England folk music, will perform at the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Foundation fall event on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the Fox Auditorium on the UMFK campus.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent has once again been named a “Best Northeastern College” by the prestigious publication, The Princeton Review.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to welcome Kennedy “Ned” Rubert-Nason, Ph.D., as the new assistant professor of chemistry. Dr. Rubert-Nason replaces retiring professor Dr. Rameen Aryana who taught chemistry at UMFK since 1986.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent and the Greater Fort Kent Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for area businesses, organizations, and individuals interested in placing an entry in the homecoming/scarecrow parade that will take place on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 11 a.m.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent invites the business community and service organizations throughout the Valley to participate in a “Community Fair” on Thursday, September 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Campus and community leaders are lauding the Legislature and Governor Paul R. LePage for supporting a $49 million investment in the University of Maine System’s workforce development infrastructure that voters will be asked to approve this fall.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent is excited to announce the arrival of their new athletic director, Garett Sherman. Mr. Sherman comes to UMFK from the University of Maine where he was their assistant women’s basketball coach.
