News Archives - 2004
Date News Release Title Release Number
December 31, 2004 UMFK to be host site for regional "Aroostook Idol" competition 04244
December 31, 2004 State Education Commissioner to speak at UMFK for Fort Kent Chamber Dinner 04243
December 24, 2004 2004 a historic year for UMFK 04242
December 24, 2004 Khoury to join UMFK faculty 04241
December 24, 2004 UMFK professor has his program used in the training of 5 campuses and 25,000 students in El Paso, Texas 04240
December 24, 2004 UMFK professor has second composition released on CD 04239
December 17, 2004 UMFK's new French professor to offer course entitled "La litterature québécoise" 04238
December 17, 2004 UMFK to offer three courses for accounting, office management and real estate brokering 04235
December 16, 2004 UMFK history book "A Century and a Quarter of Progress" great Christmas gift 04237
December 16, 2004 UMFK dining services staff takes on "Operation Merry UMFK Christmas" 04236
December 10, 2004 UMFK Professor's poem to be published in Labours of Love 04234
December 10, 2004 Dubois awarded MeHEAF scholarship 04233
December 10, 2004 UMFK honors seminar to "Peek into Cybernetic Future" 04232
December 3, 2004 UMFK campus/community talent revue this weekend 04231
December 3, 2004 UMFK student artwork exhibition opening on December 8 04230
December 3, 2004 Final fall enrollment figures show UMFK with largest student increase in system 04229
December 3, 2004 John Elliott factors new harmonious equation into life after UMFK 04228
November 26, 2004 Several UMFK soccer players recognized as Sunrise Conference stand-outs 04227
November 26, 2004 University of Maine at Fort Kent offering Osher Scholarships 04226
November 19, 2004 UMFK/Community Chorus to present Annual Winter Concert 04225
November 19, 2004 UMFK Theatre to present Simon Gray's comedy Butley 04224
November 19, 2004 Trustees of Maine Higher Education Association to visit UMFK to award local student scholarship 04223
November 19, 2004 Former UMFK faculty member's study aimed at preventing Gaspé Caribou from going extinct 04222
November 19, 2004 Performers needed for UMFK talent review 04221
November 12, 2004 Great American Smokeout will hold special significance for UMFK wellness coordinator 04220
November 12, 2004 UMFK Bengal Basketball Tourney "Tip-Off" Classic to be held November 12 through the 14 04219
November 12, 2004 UMFK SNO to hold health fair during annual Fort Kent craft fair 04218
November 5, 2004 UMFK to present domestic violence awareness show "That Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" 04217
November 5, 2004 UMFK's Lilia Kakaradova attends and speaks at "Celebration of Women in Computing" conference 04216
November 5, 2004 UMFK students actively involved in restoration of Fort Kent town garage site 04215
November 5, 2004 UMFK professor has compositions performed at concerts 04214
October 29, 2004 UMFK to host "Clean Water, is it in our future?" presentation November 5 04213
October 29, 2004 UMFK working with town of Fort Kent to establish a community emergency response team 04212
October 29, 2004 Recently retired Cape Breton educator begins new career helping future teachers in the Maritimes 04211
October 29, 2004 Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes to launch new "Acadian Culture in Maine" website at November 5 event 04210
October 29, 2004 UMFK Theatre to present Simon Gray's comedy Butley 04202
October 29, 2004 UMFK to offer discovering and interpreting local history course during spring semester 04201
October 22, 2004 UMFK men's soccer program reflects on team's success and upcoming conference play-off game 04209
October 22, 2004 UMFK students to "Rock the Vote" at Election Night rally November 2 04208
October 22, 2004 Changing Forestland Use and Ownership in Maine workshop has space available 04207
October 22, 2004 UMFK partnering with ACAP to offer students hands-on learning experience 04206
October 22, 2004 UMFK's first "World Culture Week" to feature diverse food, music, presentations and fun 04205
October 22, 2004 Valley's View season premiere to focus on upcoming election and flu vaccine Thursday, October 28 04204
October 22, 2004 UMFK education students present annual book fair 04203
October 15, 2004 Second District Congressional Debate held at UMFK to air on numerous cable access stations 04199
October 15, 2004 UMFK "cooks up" unique annual giving campaign that's anything but "half-baked" 04198
October 12, 2004 UMFK English Professor reads to Fort Kent Elementary School Kindergarten Students 04200
October 8, 2004 UMFK forestry students relying on Mother Nature's classroom more than ever 04197
October 8, 2004 UMFK to host "Changing Forestland Use and Ownership in Maine" conference 04196
October 8, 2004 UMFK and Fort Kent BPW to hold State Senate and House debates 04195
October 8, 2004 Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge biologist to speak at the University of Maine at Fort Kent 04194
October 1, 2004 UMFK Bengals bring home the Potato Barrel 04193
October 1, 2004 UMFK to celebrate Latino Heritage month with Salsa Magic 04192
October 1, 2004 Area sophomores to come together at UMFK for Career Conference 2004 04191
October 1, 2004 UMFK to hold second-annual campus-wide open house 04190
October 1, 2004 UMFK to host 2004 presidential debate "debates" on campus 04189
October 1, 2004 UMFK president pledges campus's support to Maine's "Promote the Vote" initiative 04188
October 1, 2004 Draft of UMFK's thorough NEASC self-study ready for campus review 04187
October 1, 2004 UMFK Board of Visitors to meet October 8 04186
October 1, 2004 UMFK to host second district congressional debate as part of a series of American Democracy Project events 04185
September 24, 2004 UMFK honors four alumni and a future outstanding alumni at Come to Campus banquet 04184
September 24, 2004 UMFK first-ever nursing alumni and friends day a success 04183
September 24, 2004 Valley librarians among first to receive new UMFK history book 04182
September 17, 2004 Four faculty; five staff join growing UMFK campus community 04181
September 17, 2004 UMFK is now home to only publicly accessible GPS base station north of Orono 04174
September 17, 2004 Former U-Maine women's basketball stand-out Tracy Guerrette finding success at UMFK 04173
September 10, 2004 Centenarian alumna to be honored at UMFK's annual alumni banquet 04180
September 10, 2004 UMFK to celebrate campus diversity with food at September 17 brunch 04179
September 10, 2004 Area nurses invited to UMFK Alumni and Friends Day 04178
September 10, 2004 Alumni and Friends Banquet planned for September 18 04177
September 10, 2004 UMFK Bengal Athletics to host Alumni weekend events 04176
September 10, 2004 UMFK to host MIT Broadcast entitled "Technology and the Future Warrior: Protecting Soldiers in the 21st Century" 04175
September 3, 2004 "UMFK Cabaret" to be held Saturday, September 18; local talent invited to participate 04172
September 3, 2004 UMFK alumni, students and community members invited to enjoy "Bengal Band on the Quad" 04171
September 3, 2004 UMFK taps two Valley natives for assistant soccer coach positions 04170
September 3, 2004 UMFK Alumni Association to honor Megan Foreman as "Outstanding Future Alumni" 04169
September 3, 2004 UMFK to unveil history book looking back at campus's first 125 years 04167
September 1, 2004 UMFK doors fly open Wednesday for record breaking semester; enrollment up 17% 04168
August 27, 2004 UMFK ready for upcoming nursing alumni and friends day featuring keynote speaker Dr. Betty Neuman 04166
August 27, 2004 UMFK staff member to hold art show during annual "Come to Campus Days" 04164
August 27, 2004 UMFK preparing for grand opening celebration of Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes 04163
August 27, 2004 UMFK soccer teams gear up for another year 04162
August 27, 2004 UMFK "Come to Campus Days" and Fort Kent Scarecrow Festival parade entries sought 04161
August 20, 2004 UMFK's new students will "Voice Your Choice" at orientation 04160
August 20, 2004 UMFK partners with Scarecrow Festival and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail to plan a weekend full of activity September 17-19 04159
August 20, 2004 University of Maine at Fort Kent offering Osher Scholarships 04158
August 20, 2004 UMFK English professors participate in International Conference in California 04157
August 20, 2004 UMFK to honor two alumni at annual banquet September 18 04156
August 13, 2004 UMFK's new residence hall to open Thursday 04155
August 13, 2004 UMFK Elderhosters enjoy culture, forests and sky 04154
August 13, 2004 UMFK offers displaced NorSun employees one three-credit course tuition waiver 04153
August 13, 2004 UMFK to host Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers 04152
August 6, 2004 Michaud and Hamel agree to debate at UMFK 04151
August 6, 2004 UMFK to add new electronic-business concentration 04150
August 6, 2004 UMFK President joins in alumna's 100th birthday party 04149
August 6, 2004 UMFK Blake Library to host art, science illustration and illumination exhibit 04148
August 6, 2004 Snow predicted for UMFK's new residence hall opening on August 19? 04147
August 6, 2004 UMFK prepares to welcome largest-ever incoming class 04146
July 30, 2004 UMFK to offer a change for computer applications majors 04145
July 30, 2004 UMFK planning "Come to Campus Days" Festivities 04144
July 23, 2004 UMFK student soldier serving in Iraq's Abu Graib prison shares his experience 04143
July 23, 2004 UMFK Foundation elects new board and honors retirees 04142
July 23, 2004 Three valley residents named to UMFK board of visitors 04141
July 23, 2004 Levesque named head women's soccer coach at UMFK 04140
July 23, 2004 UMFK gearing up for grand openings 04139
July 16, 2004 UMFK faculty to speak about composing town song; Fort Kent youth to perform dance number at premiere 04138
July 16, 2004 UMFK receives a collection of maps dating back to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty 04137
July 9, 2004 UMFK to host first ever nursing alumni & friends day 04136
July 9, 2004 Area youth learn soccer skills at UMFK 04135
July 9, 2004 Official Fort Kent town song to be premiered during annual ployes festival 04134
July 2, 2004 Local youths involved in basketball camp at UMFK 04133
July 2, 2004 UMFK's Naomi Nicolas celebrates 35 years of service to campus this week 04132
July 2, 2004 UMFK receives AED machine through program at NMMC 04131
July 2, 2004 UMFK alumni receives honor for book 04130
June 21, 2004 New sculpture unveiled on UMFK campus 04129
June 20, 2004 UMFK to host satellite broadcast entitled "Getting Media Attention for Prevention Efforts" 04120
June 18, 2004 UMFK Foundation awards Scholarships to UMFK students 04128
June 18, 2004 Local woman makes Dean's List at the University of Maine at Fort Kent 04127
June 18, 2004 Various topics of study offered at UMFK Elderhostel 04126
June 18, 2004 UMFK and Town of Fort Kent to present interactive workshop 04125
June 18, 2004 High school students get involved in a first hand nursing experience 04122
June 11, 2004 UMFK students earning nursing baccalaureate degrees through innovative on-line program 04124
June 11, 2004 "Painting the Maine Landscape" student exhibit featured at UMFK Blake Library 04123
June 11, 2004 St. John Valley schools receive St. Croix trunks thanks to a funding partnership 04121
June 11, 2004 UMFK to unveil twelve-foot granite sculpture 04119
June 4, 2004 UMFK students on active duty in Iraq receive care packages from campus 04118
June 4, 2004 UMFK offers two courses on French language review 04117
June 4, 2004 UMFK student senate and St. John Valley Partnership launch a unique campus community bike program 04116
June 4, 2004 Two UMFK faculty scheduled to participate in information security colloquium 04115
May 28, 2004 UMFK students named to Dean's List 04113
May 21, 2004 UMFK reaches out to high school students with a unique summer course experience 04114
May 21, 2004 UMFK Student Wins Round Trip Ticket 04112
May 21, 2004 UMFK to offer youth basketball & soccer camps 04111
May 21, 2004 Number of confirmed UMFK students for fall semester up 30 percent over last year at this time 04110
May 21, 2004 UMFK alumni association annual meeting will reflect on a positive year of progress and celebration 04109
May 14, 2004 UMFK to host two satellite broadcasts entitled "Club Drugs, Raves and Marijuana" and "Drug Testing in Schools" 04108
May 14, 2004 UMFK to offer a unique music and theater camp for high school students 04107
May 14, 2004 UMFK honored faculty and staff for dedicated years of service 04106
May 14, 2004 UMFK to offer a unique opportunity for high school students to experience a college course this summer 04103
May 14, 2004 2004 UMFK Graduate receives United States Collegiate Award 04102
May 14, 2004 UMFK students inducted into Alpha Chi National Honor Society 04101
May 10, 2004 UMFK 125-year history honored during this weekend's commencement exercises 04105
May 10, 2004 Well-known landscape artist Neil Welliver receives honorary degree at UMFK commencement 04104
May 7, 2004 12 UMFK student nurses honored at pinning ceremony 04100
May 7, 2004 UMFK students honored at academic banquet 04099
May 7, 2004 UMFK French Heritage Council holds spring colloquium 04098
May 7, 2004 Two-hundred fourteen students receive degrees at UMFK's 122nd commencement 04097
May 7, 2004 Terminally-ill Cape Bretoner realizes life-long dream at private graduation ceremony in Sydney, Nova Scotia 04096
May 7, 2004 UMFK to offer "Botanical Illustration" drawing course during the Summer Session 04095
May 7, 2004 UMFK professor has composition premiered at VoxNovus concert in Brooklyn, New York 04094
April 30, 2004 12 UMFK student nurses to be honored at pinning ceremony 04093
April 30, 2004 UMFK to offer Painting the Maine Landscape class during the Summer session 04092
April 30, 2004 UMFK to offer Drawing Course during the Summer Session 04091
April 30, 2004 Seven students inducted in UMFK Nursing Honor Society 04090
April 30, 2004 Two-hundred eleven students to receive degrees at UMFK's 122nd commencement 04088
April 30, 2004 UMFK to honor faculty and staff for dedicated years of service 04087
April 30, 2004 2004 UMFK graduate's ties to campus community go back a century and a quarter 04086
April 23, 2004 UMFK "Buy Local Foods" forum a success 04085
April 23, 2004 UMFK Bengal athletes receive recognition at awards ceremony 04084
April 23, 2004 UMFK to honor 94-year-old alumna at 122nd commencement May 8 04083
April 23, 2004 "Flying Naked" Memoir Writings will be presented at UMFK 04082
April 21, 2004 Past, present and future, "UMFK 125: The Musical" this weekend 04080
April 20, 2004 Four UMFK Forestry students inducted into the North American Forest Technician Honorary 04089
April 16, 2004 "The Valley's View" to discuss out-migration and it's impact on our communities on April 25 04081
April 16, 2004 UMFK professor will have composition premiered at Bridgewater State College Concert Series 04079
April 16, 2004 Well-known Maine landscape artist Neil Welliver to present at UMFK commencement and receive honorary degree 04078
April 16, 2004 Seven students to be inducted in UMFK Nursing Honor Society 04077
April 16, 2004 UMS officials to visit UMFK April 22 to discuss strategic plan that calls for University of Northern 04076
April 16, 2004 UMFK to offer "The Memoir" course 04075
April 9, 2004 Casting a line into "UMFK: 125 - The Musical" 04074
April 9, 2004 UMFK Board of Visitors to discuss UMS as well as UMFK strategic plans at April 16 meeting 04073
April 9, 2004 UMFK forest technology program granted continued recognition by Society of American Foresters 04072
April 9, 2004 UMFK to host dinner theatre on opening night of next week's 125th anniversary musical 04071
April 9, 2004 UMFK to host director of U-Maine's Homeland Security Lab 04069
April 9, 2004 Blake Gallery to feature works of UMFK students in Therese Provenzano's art classes 04068
April 9, 2004 UMFK and NMMC make plans to host summer nursing discovery camp 04066
April 2, 2004 Author of upcoming 125th anniversary musical shares reflections of what inspired him to write 04070
April 2, 2004 UMFK championship women's basketball team thanks business in Sioux City, Iowa for "adopting" them 04067
April 2, 2004 UMFK to hold a "Buy Local Foods" forum 04065
April 2, 2004 UMFK nursing division to host "Spring Into Health" health fair April 20 04064
April 2, 2004 UMFK Blake Gallery to feature "The Clothesline Project" 04063
April 2, 2004 UMFK Bengal athletes to be honored at April 17 banquet 04062
April 2, 2004 UMFK professors Hicks and Squire awarded tenure by U-Maine System Trustees 04058
March 26, 2004 Brickman and 125th anniversary musical band to perform 14 original compositions as part of upcoming production 04061
March 26, 2004 UMFK Acadian Archives, Acadia National Park and Maine Acadian Heritage Council host workshops 04060
March 26, 2004 Six SAD 27 students honored for artwork themed on UMFK 125th Anniversary 04059
March 26, 2004 Maine Rivers executive director to speak at UMFK 04057
March 26, 2004 Libra professor to conduct grant writing workshops on UMFK campus 04056
March 19, 2004 Three UMFK professors create original musical 125 years in the making 04055
March 19, 2004 UMFK professor has biographical articles published 04054
March 19, 2004 UMFK student nurses plan April 13 blood drive 04053
March 19, 2004 UMFK President Cost conducts workshop for college presidents 04052
March 19, 2004 Reception and awards ceremony for SAD 27/UMFK 125th Anniversary art contest is Tuesday, March 23 04051
March 12, 2004 UMFK Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes advisory board impressed with construction of new facility; pleased with work of archives staff 04050
March 12, 2004 UMFK Youth & Drugs satellite broadcast rescheduled 04049
March 12, 2004 Sunrise Conference championship and runner-up soccer teams honored with banners in UMFK 04048
March 12, 2004 UMFK "Sucrerie" is this Thursday 04047
March 5, 2004 UMFK Professor Scott Brickman has compositions played in Mississippi, Ohio and again at Lafayette College in Louisiana 04046
March 5, 2004 UMFK Acadian Archives Director writes grant for Ballad Singing Apprenticeship Project 04045
March 5, 2004 St. Croix 1604: Out of the Box and Into the Classroom 04044
March 5, 2004 UMFK to host Youth & Drugs Satellite Broadcast 04043
March 1, 2004 UMFK Lady Bengals take home Sunrise title 04042
February 27, 2004 UMFK 125th Anniversary is topic of SAD 27 art contest 04041
February 27, 2004 UMFK professor has his composition performed at University of Southern Mississippi and Denison University 04040
February 27, 2004 Valley's View to feature "Town Hall,"meeting with Senator Susan Collins on Sunday, March 7 04039
February 27, 2004 UMFK to host annual Sucrerie on March 18 as part of UMFK's ongoing 125th anniversary celebration 04038
February 27, 2004 UMFK Wilderness First Aid course filling up 04037
February 27, 2004 UMFK offers training sessions on water and wastewater security 04036
February 27, 2004 UMFK education students may very well be next Dr. Seuss 04035
February 27, 2004 UMFK ready to welcome the world 04034
February 27, 2004 UMFK Student Wins Round Trip Ticket 04033
February 13, 2004 Valley's View to preview World Cup February 22 04032
February 13, 2004 UMFK to mark anniversary of legislation that established the school in 1878 at open house 04031
February 13, 2004 UMFK to host annual Fiddler's Jamboree Sunday, February 22 04030
February 6, 2004 UMFK to introduce new campus project with well-known former state senator 04029
February 6, 2004 UMFK hosts humorous game show "The Weakest Link" to mark 125th anniversary 04028
February 6, 2004 Senator Susan Collins to speak at UMFK Breakfast February 20 04027
February 6, 2004 UMFK breaks spring enrollments records; applications for fall semester up 36.5 percent 04026
February 6, 2004 UMFK e-commerce student and web designer create attractive new website for World Cup 04025
February 6, 2004 Thirty-one UMFK students selected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 04024
February 6, 2004 Endangered species biologist to speak at UMFK 04023
January 30, 2004 Rehearsals begin for "UMFK: 125 - The Musical" 04022
January 30, 2004 UMFK Blake Library to host a traveling exhibition of book artist Rebecca Goodale 04021
January 30, 2004 Pen pals from opposite sides of Canada have emotional, tear-filled meeting in University of Maine at Fort Kent classroom 04020
January 30, 2004 UMFK Professor and Acadian history expert gains personal vindication with original copy of Acadian apology proclamation signed by Canada's Governor General 04019
January 23, 2004 UMFK nursing division hosts communication skills and conflict workshops for faculty and students 04018
January 23, 2004 UMFK Blake Library holding an opening for "Drawings of Acadian Culture-The Artists' Eye" Exhibit 04017
January 23, 2004 Super Bowl Sunday to be followed a week later by College Goal Sunday at UMFK 04016
January 23, 2004 UMFK exploring new concentration in winter sports management 04015
January 16, 2004 UMFK Community Chorus to resume rehearsals 04014
January 16, 2004 Call out for musicians, entertainers as UMFK Fiddler's Jamboree draws near 04013
January 16, 2004 UMFK Board of Visitors to discuss future plans for campus community 04012
January 16, 2004 UMFK plans trivia game show to mark 125th anniversary 04011
January 16, 2004 UMFK students named to Dean's List 04010
January 9, 2004 UMFK Blake Library to feature "Drawings of Acadian Culture-The Artists' Eye" Exhibit 04009
January 9, 2004 Wilderness First Aid offered at UMFK 04008
January 9, 2004 UMFK preparing to be "eye in the storm" of upcoming Biathlon World Cup 04007
January 9, 2004 Returning UMFK students and library patrons to be welcomed by new entrance thanks to Stephen and Tabitha King 04006
January 2, 2004 UMFK French program student from California looks back fondly on her study in France and on campus 04005
January 2, 2004 UMFK invites public to join campus for free community ski night at Lonesome Pines January 12 04004
January 2, 2004 Two experts in planning and assessment to visit UMFK January 9 to assist in preparations for institutional self-study 04003
January 2, 2004 UMFK to offer satellite broadcast from National Terrorism Preparedness Institute 04002
January 2, 2004 UMFK residence hall construction on schedule, wing of dorm to be complete for World Cup 04001