Latest News from the University of Maine at Fort Kent
The Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes of the University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to open their new exhibit, “Evangeline,” with a wine and cheese reception on July 5, 2018, at 4:30 pm.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent honored members of its faculty and staff for their service to the University at a recent ceremony on campus. Special awards were given to employees who have been at UMFK for five, ten, twenty, twenty-five, and thirty-five years of service.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Summer Theatre program, now entering its eleventh season, is pleased to announce open auditions for its Summer 2018 production of, “Mother Courage and Her Children,” by Bertolt Brecht.
On Friday, May 11th ninety-one University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing students graduated from the program, with 32 of them attending the 34th annual UMFK Nurse Pinning Ceremony at the Fox Auditorium on the UMFK campus.
The annual awards and scholarships presented to deserving undergraduate and graduating University of Maine at Fort Kent students this year took place on several occasions: UMFK’s ninth annual Scholars’ Symposium, Senior Sendoff, and Commencement.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent graduating seniors received their degrees at the 136th commencement exercises held at UMFK’s Sports Center on May 12. University President John N. Short presided over the ceremony that conferred 203 baccalaureate degrees and 29 associate degrees.