Week of Monday, May 5, 2008
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Photos: "Fun with the French Language" After School Program
May 6, 2008

UMFK students from Professor Katharine Harrington’s Teaching of French course recently completed a month-long French after school program "Fun with the French Language" at Fort Kent Elementary School.

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Week of Monday, May 5, 2008
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UMFK REOPENS FOR CLASSES, FINAL EXAMS AND COMMENCEMENT
May 4, 2008

Classes will resume on Monday, May 5 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent a week after the campus was closed due to the record flooding that impacted the entire St. John Valley. The week will include two days of make-up classes, a three-day truncated schedule of final exams, award ceremonies, and the campus’ 126th commencement.

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UMFK WORKING TO RESTORE NORMAL CAMPUS OPERATIONS
May 1, 2008

Officials at the University of Maine at Fort Kent continue to work toward a weekend restoration of normal campus office and residential life operations following the worst flooding ever seen in the St. John Valley. 

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VIRGINIA S. PINKHAM TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE AT UMFK Rita Cannan to receive the Distinguished Service Award
May 1, 2008

The University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees will confer an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree upon Virginia S. Pinkham at the University of Maine at Fort Kent’s 126th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10, 2008.

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UMFK ACTS TO COUNTER FLOOD THREAT TO CAMPUS
April 30, 2008

The University of Maine at Fort Kent today will evacuate residential halls on campus and has cancelled classes for the remainder of the week, as flood waters on the Fish and St. John rivers threatened the campus, knocked out area roadways, and closed the municipal sewer plant that serves the community and campus.

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UMFK students, faculty and staff to celebrate Earth Day with many events
April 21, 2008

University of Maine at Fort Kent students, faculty and staff have planned a series of events to celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22 and 23 and throughout the whole week.                

To start the celebration, the campus ecology committee and the student senate   sponsored Earth Day documentaries that will be shown from Monday, April 21 to Friday, April 25.

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