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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…