Academics

FARMINGTON, ME (October 15, 2025)—The University of Maine at Farmington presents “Music and Stories,” a piano performance by Steven Pane, pianist and UMF professor of music, highlighting the expressive and narrative power of instrumental music. Performances will take place in Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at…

Brunswick High School’s Sarah Campbell and University of Maine at Farmington 2002 alumna has been selected as Maine’s 2025 History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, as recently reported by The Times Record. Jacquelyn Taylor (left) presents the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s…

FARMINGTON, ME (August 19, 2025)— The University of Maine at Farmington is launching a new online graduate program that will provide working professionals with advanced qualifications to improve their earnings and meet the evolving needs of Maine educators and schools. The new 30-credit Master of Education (M.Ed.) program…

FARMINGTON, ME (May 28, 2025)— The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces that five of the 16 recently named 2025 Maine County Teachers of the Year are Farmington graduates, having received their bachelor’s and/or master’s degree from UMF. This newest cohort of 16 Maine County Teachers of…

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…

According to a recent announcement by the Maine Dept. of Education, Kristen Allen, Mountain Valley High School Health Education Teacher and University of Maine at Farmington alumna, has been selected as the Eastern District Health Teacher of the Year by the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE…

FARMINGTON, ME (January 13, 2025)— The U.S. bioeconomy is predicted to grow at a rapid pace over the next two decades, according to the U.S. Dept. of Energy. To help meet this workforce demand, the University of Maine at Farmington has created an articulation agreement with Montgomery College, Maryland’s…

Eve Fischer, a University of Maine at Farmington student from Portland and a Maine Policy Scholar, presented her research study on the resurgence of the invasive European green crab in the Gulf of Maine to the Maine State Legislature.  In her presentation to the Maine State Legislature Marine…

Fame in Farmington In 1974, former Student Senate Social Chair Tullio Nieman ’76 gave UMF an all-access, backstage-pass account of how the Bad Boys from Boston came to rock UMF — for just $3 a head. For alumni who remember the magic of Winter Carnival at UMF, February…