Health & Psychology

“[UMF is] a place where students are seen, supported, and challenged to become their best selves.” UMF alumna and recent UMF Outstanding Alumni Award winner Brandi Rideout ’06, Community Health Education, is the Executive Director of Alumni Engagement and Executive Director of the Alumni Association at Metropolitan State…

Kristyn Plamondon will be UMF’s first-ever graduate student speech at this year’s University of Maine at Farmington Commencement exercises on May 9. Plamondon is graduating in the UMF Counseling Psychology with a focus on the Creative Arts master’s program—one of…

University coordinated internships provide real-world learning opportunities FARMINGTON, ME  (April 27, 2026)—University of Maine at Farmington graduating seniors Grace White, from Waldoboro, and Sydney Booth, from Waterbury, Conn., weren’t surprised to see each other at the Farmington Police Station. They both majored in psychology at UMF and…

FARMINGTON, ME  (April 6, 2026)—The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to announce that Dr. Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH, a leader with rural roots and national reach in the world of public health and community well-being, will be the Commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2026. She…

Megan Dionne, a Farmington native, was drawn to the University of Maine at Farmington because she wanted to make a meaningful impact on others’ lives. She was unsure of what she wanted to major in until her first semester class in Child and Adolescent Health with Kate Callahan, UMF…

FARMINGTON, ME  (November 10, 2025)—The University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) announces that Lisa-Ann Henry, LCPC, LADC, ACS, director of UMF’s Master’s in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Creative Arts program, has been honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the Maine Mental Health Counselors Association. MEMHCA advocates for…

FARMINGTON, ME (April 24, 2025)—Nursing students at the University of Maine at Farmington are gaining professional experience and confidence in their clinical skills in the new state-of-the-art UMF Nursing Simulation Laboratory, or sim lab. The UMF / UMA Nursing Program and its newly opened sim lab help prepare nursing…