Campus Events

This talk explores the life of Anne Gass’s great-grandmother, Florence Brooks Whitehouse and her leadership in moving suffrage forward in Maine, joining forces with national leader Alice Paul in a last-ditch effort to ensure that the Maine legislature ratified the 19th Amendment that would give women voting rights.Location: Room 101, Roberts Learning Center Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: Isabel Greenwood Brigade and Women's and Gender Studies For more info. contact: Ann Kennedy, 207-778-7370,

Come learn what makerspaces are and why they are showing up in schools and communities all around Maine, the US, and the world. Be prepared to want access to one when you are a teacher, whether early childhood, special ed (early childhood through adult), elementary, or secondary. You’ll even want access to one while you’re a student at UMF; but wait, you do! We actually have them here on campus. Dr. Theresa Overall will share answers to these questions in the first of a series of EdTalks.Location: Education Center 112 Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: College of Education, Health, and Rehabilitation For more info. contact: Leigh Ann Fish, 207-778-7049,

Students from two FYS classes will be hosting a buffet dinner for veterans and their supporters at Old South Church in Farmington from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 20. Vegetarian and turkey chilis will be served. a 50/50 raffle will be held. Proceeds from donations will go to UMF Bookstore gift certificates for student veterans. Please join us.Location: Old South Church Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: UMF SYS and Honors Programs and Veterans for Peace For more info. contact: Doug Rawlings, ,

The New Commons Film Series presents I Am Not Your Negro, an Oscar-nominated 2016 documentary highlighting James Baldwin’s observations on American history and racism. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, I Am Not Your Negro is inspired by Baldwin’s unfinished 1970s work Remember This House. The documentary explores Baldwin’s thoughts on and relationships with key civil rights leaders of the 1960s such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers.Location: Lincoln Auditorium, Roberts Learning Center, UMF Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: New Commons Project For more info. contact: Kristen Case, 207-491-7675, https://newcommonsproject.org/event/iamnotyournegro/

Get the Flu Vaccine not the Flu.
The Student Health Center will be offering flu shot clinics on campus this fall.
The Center of Disease Control (CDC) recommends that all students and staff be immunized to protect against the flu and decrease the potential for spreading the flu on campus and beyond. Location: Ed Center Lobby Cost: Free with insurance coverage Open to: UMF Community Only Sponsored By: UMF Student Health Center For more info. contact: Lisa Lisius RN, 207-778-7200,

Join Guy Mark Foster (Baldwin scholar and Associate Professor of English at Bowdoin College), Stefania Heim (poet, scholar, translator, editor and educator), and Ian Davis (scholar of transnational modernisms, race, gender, and sexuality) for a day-long consideration and discussion of the importance, impact, and nuance of the writing of James Baldwin as part of the New Commons Project’s focus on The Fire Next Time.Location: TBA Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: New Commons Project For more info. contact: Kristen Case, 207-491-7675, https://newcommonsproject.org/event/baldwinsymposium/

Looking for a healthy activity around the holidays? Join the University of Maine at Farmington Fitness and Recreation Center’s 12th annual Turkey Trot, Nov. 23, 2019. This seasonal community fitness activity event features 5K and 10K road races and a 1-mile Kids Fun Run (10 and under.) The Kid’s Fun Run starts at 9:45 a.m. and the 5K and 10K Turkey Trot start at 10:15 a.m. Childcare is provided for children of parents running in the races by the FRC staff. Registration is required to participate and can be done in advance or on race day. Pre-registration can be done online at http://runinarace.com/FRCTurkeyTrot/index.html or with a walk-in, mail-in form found at frc.umf.maine.edu. Pre-registration ends Thursday, Nov. 21. Race day registration is from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the FRC. Proceeds will go to support the FRC’s healthy community mission. Free T-shirts will be handed out to the first 100 registered runners.Location: UMF Fitness and Recreation Center Cost: Registration for the 5K is $20 on race day, $15 in advance. The 10K is $25 on race day, $20 in advance. The 5K for UMF student with I.D. is $15 on race day, $10 in advance. The 10K for UMF students with I.D. is $20 on race day, $15 in advance. The Kids Fun Run registration is $8 on race day and $5 in advance. Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: UMF Fitness and Recreation Center, Sodexo, Black Bear Graphics, Runinarace.com For more info. contact: Leah Brackett, 207-778-7138, http://www2.umf.maine.edu/frc/turkey-trot-5k-road-race/

Women's Basketball: (Women's Basketball) Lasell vs. UMaine-Farmington, GNAC vs NAC Challenge

The Bust-A-Move Beavers fall 2019 dance showcase is December 4th, 6th and 7th at 7:00pm! Come see the dances we have worked on all semester, doors open at 6:30!Location: Emery Community Arts Center Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: UMF For more info. contact: Morgan Laferriere , 207-891-3794,

The Bust-A-Move Beavers fall 2019 dance showcase is December 4th, 6th and 7th at 7:00pm! Come see the dances we have worked on all semester, doors open at 6:30!Location: Emery Community Arts Center Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: UMF For more info. contact: Morgan Laferriere, 207-891-3794,

The Bust-A-Move Beavers fall 2019 dance showcase is December 4th, 6th and 7th at 7:00pm! Come see the dances we have worked on all semester, doors open at 6:30!Location: Emery Community Arts Center Cost: FREE Open to: Open to the Public Sponsored By: UMF For more info. contact: Morgan Laferriere , 207-891-3794,