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The University of Maine at Fort Kent will be hosting an online graduation celebration on May 8, 2021 at 10:00am on the UMFK website.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to announce that author Kathryn Olmstead will be the keynote speaker for the 139^th commencement ceremony held online on May 8, 2021. During the ceremony, Ms. Olmstead will be awarded an honorary degree from UMFK. 

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is thrilled to announce that Dr. Nicole Rogers has recently been awarded the Mollie Beattie Young Forester Leadership Award by the New England Society of American Foresters (SAF). The award is presented annually to a member who is under 40 years old at the time of nomination and has shown outstanding leadership in a program or project benefiting the practice of forestry.

The trustees of the Maine Higher Education Assistance Foundation (MeHEAF) are pleased to announce the awarding of a scholarship for $1,000 to Searra Herbert of Caribou, Maine. Searra is third-year business management student at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, where she maintains a high grade-point average.

University of Maine at Fort Kent Professor of Music and Education, Dr. Scott Brickman has had his compositions included in a new CD release by the music label, Phasma.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is proud to announce their Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. This list includes full-time and part-time students.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to welcome Dr. Kaisa Holloway Cripps as an assistant professor of business, who started on January 1, 2021.

September is National Recovery Month and it is important to have open community conversations about addiction and recovery in order to reduce the stigma associated with substance abuse. It is important to recognize that recovery happens and there are resources available to support people on their path to recovery.