Humans of UMF Facebook Page Relays Stories of Students and Faculty
By Leah Boucher - Staff Reporter Mitchell Walston is the man behind the lens of Humans of UMF, a Facebook page created early this fall that showcases pictures of UMF community members and tells their personal stories. Walston, a senior Secondary Education...
Panel of Teachers Speak at ‘Tales from the Classroom’
By Andrew Devine - Editor-in-Chief The UMF Aspiring Educators of Maine (AEM) hosted a panel of teachers to discuss horror stories, life lessons, and experiences that came from working in the classroom. The panel consisted of teachers of all levels: Dan Ryder and...
Aspiring Educators Presents Crafty Teacher Lady Kelly-Anne Rush
By Gwen Baker - Contributing Writer Over 70 bodies were squeezed into The Landing like moviegoers on opening night as people waited for Kelly-Anne Rush to speak about her experiences as a teacher. Dressed in a black and white striped dress with a cardigan on and an...
UMF Students and Professor Practice Performing Arts and Playwriting
By Emily Mokler - Contributing Writer A dead man rises from the stage and shuffles quietly to the silver curtain behind him as the audience chuckles during a ten-minute play put on by volunteers at the Thread Theater last Wednesday evening. The event is held...
UMF and Community Team up to Promote Child Health
By Samuel Carignan - Contributing Writer In partnership with UMF Health Promotion students, the Franklin County Children’s Task Force held the Make Tracks for Kids event to raise money to end child abuse and neglect. On Saturday, October 14th, community members...
UMF CAs Add a Spooky and Nostalgic Start to Family and Friends Weekend
By Collin Regan - Contributing Writer UMF students and their families packed the Mantor Green on a dark and beautiful fall Friday night on October 13th to watch the Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. UMF Community Assistants Michaela Zelie, Kendra Burgess and Sam...
Eric Mina Hypnotizes UMF Students in Mesmerizing Show
By Elina Shapiro - Contributing Writer Eric Mina, a life coach and certified hypnotherapist from Scranton, PA, hypnotized ten students at UMF during his show on Friday the 13th. At the start of the show, Mina invited anyone in the audience to come on stage to be...
Two Hurricanes Prompt Cancellation of Virgin Islands Travel Course
By Leah Boucher - Staff Reporter Nancy Prentiss, UMF Lecturer in Biology, has announced that the Tropical Island Ecology Course for May of 2018 will no longer take place, due to the devastation from Hurricanes Maria and Irma. Prentiss was in the middle of...
New Commons Project
By Anthony Lewis - Contributing Writer The onset of the fall semester brought the New Commons Project, a public humanities initiative spearheaded by Interim Provost Eric Brown and Associate Professor Kristen Case, and generously funded by the Mellon Foundation. "For...
UMF Students Fight September Heatwave
By Cheyenne Judkins - Contributing Writer The recent unexpected high temperatures affecting Farmington have forced students to find methods to stay cool. Marissa Chamberlain, a junior Elementary Education major, said, “I think it’s crazy how hot it’s been. I don’t...