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
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
2021 — The Year in Review, Part I
The Franklin Journal looks back on a busy year full of ups and downs.
Funding for UMF program rejected, congressional delegation aren’t happy
The U.S. Department of Education is defunding UMF’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant that prepares “economically disadvantaged students in Maine” for college.
Maine delegation wants UMF’s college prep program funding restored
For the first time in more than 20 years, the federal government has rejected the University of Maine at Farmington’s request for a grant for its college prep program, GEAR UP Maine.
Emery Community Arts Center hosts exhibit, meetings on mass-incarceration reform and prisoner-advocacy
UMF is hosting a series of Franklin County community action meetings on restorative justice with local law enforcement, organizations, leaders and other state prisoner advocacy and reentry organizations.
UMaine-Farmington students block road to protest town’s fossil-fuel emissions
Four University of Maine at Farmington students blocked off Main Street, one of Farmington’s busier roads and thoroughfares, to protest climate change and the town’s fossil fuel emissions. The sit-in ended when police intervened after 15 minutes. The sit-in raised discussion between participants, bystanders and other local activists about the most impactful ways to protest and instigate change.