FARMINGTON — Freshman Ally Hammond, an Auburn native, said she was shocked that a sign she held up Tuesday prompted Gov. Paul LePage to storm off a stage at the University of Maine at Farmington, calling her and another student “idiots.” Hammond, 19, a psychology major at UMF, said she doesn’t dislike LePage because he’s […]
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UMF Education Center dedicated to former president
ALSO: Gov. Paul LePage storms out of UMF ceremony in response to student protest | UMF protestor proud to be called an ‘idiot’ by LePage FARMINGTON — The Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington was given a new name Tuesday. It is now the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center, in honor of the former UMF […]
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Gov. Paul LePage storms out of UMF ceremony in response to student protest
FARMINGTON — Gov. Paul R. LePage, reacting to signs held up by students at the University of Maine at Farmington on Tuesday, walked off the outdoor stage mid-speech at the dedication of the new Education Center. “I’m done,” LePage said, after offering a couple of lines from the greetings he intended to offer. LePage […]
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UMF celebrates dedication of Education Center
FARMINGTON — A celebration to dedicate the Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington will bring Gov. Paul LePage, University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page and others to the Farmington campus Tuesday. The center will be named the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center in honor of UMF’s former president. The celebration […]
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner to deliver UMF commencement address
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has announced two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and historian Alan Shaw Taylor will deliver this year’s commencement address. The ceremony takes place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14, behind the Olsen Student Center. Taylor is only the fourth person to twin two Pulitzer Prizes for American history since […]
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College Roundup: UMF baseball completes weekend sweep of Lyndon
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington baseball swept the weekend and season series with Lyndon State on Sunday by winning both games of a doubleheader at Hippach Field. The Beavers shutout the Hornets, 2-0, in the first game and came back to win, 6-2, in the second contest. In the bottom of the second […]
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Human library project challenges judgments, stereotypes
FARMINGTON — Everyone has a story to tell. Many of those stories are found in volumes on library shelves but for two days, patrons of Mantor Library at the University of Maine at Farmington could check out a human book and hear the tale directly from the person experiencing it. The human library project was […]
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RSU 9 fourth-graders design cars with guidance of UMF students
FARMINGTON — Fourth-graders in Amy Tracy’s class at Cascade Brook School worked together in groups Tuesday to make cars using four wooden wheels, two straws, an index card and three Popsicle sticks. “We need to make a car that actually moves and stays together in the process,” student Meadow Kerbo said. The exercise was part […]
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UMF students teach chemistry to fifth-graders in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Fifth-grader Zachary Jacobs put one teaspoon of Borax laundry detergent into a mason jar with warm water and stirred it with a spoon. He added three more teaspoons of powder, stirring after each one. He held up the jar Thursday to see if the water had become saturated. A thin layer of white […]
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Human trafficking awareness events planned in Farmington
FARMINGTON — As a teen mother in Maine struggling to survive, Tricia Grant was easily drawn into the world of human sex trafficking. Grant will share her story and her road to survival during two human trafficking awareness events planned for April 6 and 7 in Farmington. The first event takes place from 6:30 to […]