University of Maine at Fort Kent

The University of Maine System anticipates another record year of nursing applications consistent with a four-year growth trend of nearly 20% across the state's public universities. But those enrollment increases are hitting a speed bump due to inadequate facilities.

At a University of Maine System board of trustees meeting in Portland today, presidents of the campuses in Augusta, Fort Kent, Machias and Presque Isle reported that an initiative announced last October has already produced 300 financial aid awards that would completely cover the cost of tuition and standard fees for Maine students attending their institutions in fall 2018.

University of Maine at Fort Kent and the University of Maine at Presque Isle are collaborating to leverage resources in order to meet workforce development needs and higher education demands in northern Maine.

A focused effort to expand nursing education in response to projected health care workforce shortages has expanded nursing enrollment in Maine's public universities by 11% in the last seven years.

Hoping to lure more Maine undergraduates pursuing full-time study, four University of Maine System campuses will offer financially challenged students free tuition.

Circle B Farms in Caribou was recently named the University of Maine system's food aggregator for northern Maine.

University of Maine System trustees have approved an average 2.5% increase in in-state tuition and room-and-board costs for the fiscal year beginning in July, the first such increase in six years.

Trustees of the University of Maine System approved a reorganization of the University of Maine at Presque Isle that involves merging two colleges and cutting some administrative positions.

Maine's public universities marked Earth Day 2017 by announcing today a new investment policy linked to sustainability. The universities also released a report that shows the seven-campus UMaine System has achieved a 34% decline in carbon emissions over the last decade.

Ashland-based Northeast Pellets has been awarded a contract to provide pellets to the University of Maine at Fort Kent, an agreement seen as having a potential $5.25 million impact on the local economy, according to President and CEO Matthew Bell.