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The University of Maine at Fort Kent has been named among the top tier of all north region colleges for the tenth consecutive year, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2021 rankings. UMFK first achieved top-tier college status in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 rankings.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is thrilled to announce a new collaboration between UMFK’s Nursing Program, Region Two School of Applied Technology in Houlton, and UMFK’s Rural U Early College and Concurrent Enrollment Program that makes it possible for high school students to graduate with their first year of their Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree complete.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to welcome Michael Curran, Ph.D., as a new assistant professor of business.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is excited to announce that this fall, the Rural U Early College and Concurrent Enrollment Program will start the semester with eleven new Early College Plus classes for high school students. Early College Plus is an enhanced, facilitated early college model that goes above and beyond traditional online early college classes where individual high school students take online college classes.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is excited to announce that starting this fall, students in Maine’s public high schools will have the opportunity to enroll in early college and concurrent enrollment classes free of tuition and fees via the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s Rural U Early College and Concurrent Enrollment Program.

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

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is excited to announce their newest pathway for students to earn their Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician certification (MHRT/C). This certification, now offered online through UMFK, is highly sought after by employers in the mental field throughout Maine.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is excited to announce that faculty members Drs. Kennedy “Ned” Rubert-Nason and Peter Nelson were recently awarded $130,000 from the Maine Economic Improvement Fund Small Campus Initiative (MEIF-SCI) program and $149,617 from the University of Maine System Program Innovation Fund. The awarded funds to go toward the purchase of specialized equipment and paid internship positions for students.