The expansion at University of Maine Farmington’s Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center aims to provide more child care services and education training in the region.
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Keynote speaker in university’s ‘Persepolis’ programming changed
FARMINGTON — Due to unforeseen circumstances, the keynote speaker previously announced for the upcoming “Persepolis” events has been changed in the New Commons project. Rachel Lindsay, a Vermont-based cartoonist, will be the new keynote presenter, according to a news release from the university. The new keynote and workshop events featuring Lindsay are scheduled for Wednesday, […]
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Farmington university to host walk-in COVID-19 booster clinic
The University of Maine at Farmington plans to host a public walk-in COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 274 Front St., the former Notify MD Center purchased by UMF. The clinic is for individuals 18 and older. Vaccines are provided at no cost. Those attending will be administered […]
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University seeks high school students for Upward Bound
A Zoom meeting for families and students set for Feb. 15.
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University career office to host spring job fairs
The University of Maine at Farmington Office of Career Services plans to host three job fairs during the spring semester. These events, free and open to the public, offer students and other attendees the opportunity to learn new interview skills, discover job search resources, and network with employers, mentors and peers, according to a news […]
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Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Persepolis’ next featured topic of the UMF New Commons project
Poignant story of growing up during the Iranian Revolution
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Farmington university project covers growing up amid Iranian Revolution
“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi is the next planned featured topic in the University of Maine at Farmington’s New Commons project. “Persepolis” is Satrapi’s autobiographical coming-of-age story of growing up in Iran during the tumultuous political climate of the 1970s and ’80s. It follows her life of heartache and survival through pre- and post-revolutionary Iran, according […]
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UMF Arts Center presents exhibit – ‘American Conversations’
“American Conversations: Short Films and Artifacts,” a perceptive new media exhibit by Dawn Nye, UMF associate professor of Art – New Media, launches the spring semester lineup at the UMF Emery Community Arts Center. The exhibit runs from Thursday, Jan. 27, through Wednesday, March 9. An opening reception will take place from 5-7 p.m. on […]
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Farmington university arts center to present new media exhibit
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Emery Community Arts Center is launching its spring semester lineup with “American Conversations: Short Films and Artifacts,” a media exhibit by Dawn Nye, UMF associate professor of Art – New Media, according to a news release from the center. The exhibit is due to run from Thursday, […]
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2021 — The Year in Review, Part I
The Franklin Journal looks back on a busy year full of ups and downs.