UMFK Student Activities

04/05/2022

Boba Tea Day and the annual Sustainability Club Plant Sale yesterday in Cyr Hall.

What is your favorite tea flavor?
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What plants did you pick up?
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Check the Paw Press and your social media for updates on the upcoming events!

04/04/2022

A look back on the FKOC Frosty Bites Snowshoe and Ski event and the UMFK Winter Carnival '22

04/04/2022

THIS SATURDAY 📢📢📢📢📢📢📢
Join SAB this coming Saturday 4/9/2022 for the UMFK '22 SPRING CONCERT.

With live music by country duo, SAWYER 🎸
and entertainment by comedian/rapper, CHRIS TURNER 🎤
Featuring guest performances by UMFK students 🐾

Venue: FOX Auditorium
Time: 7 PM
Tickets: $5 for community members, free entry for UMFK students

Event is open to the Fort Kent community.
Vaccination or proof of negative 72-hr COVID test will be required for entry into venue.

04/04/2022

Happy Monday Bengals! Here are some of the upcoming events this week!
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MONDAY 4/4/22:
🐾 Bengal Trivia in the Lodge

TUESDAY 4/5/22:
💋 S*x Ed Bingo
🍪 Milk & Cookies in the Lair
👕 Wear Teal Day for S*xual Assault Awareness Month

WEDNESDAY 4/6/22:
💏 STD & Contraception Education
✒️ DIY Wood Burning Signs

THURSDAY 4/7/22:
⛰️ Japanese Basket Rock Kit
🗑️ Basket Weaving

FRIDAY 4/8/22:
🖍️ Playdough Kit
🍦 Free Ice Cream outside the Lair

03/08/2022

UMFK celebrates International Women's Day!

02/24/2022

EVENT UPDATE 📢📢📢📢📢

These are the events that will still be taking place this week 🐅🐯🐾

For everyone who signed up for the Bangor Trip and Dog Sledding this weekend, please check your student email for instruction from Heather Mazorow ✉️

We hope to see you at these events! 📒📿🎥 🎨🎿

Students Activities Department looks forward to resuming activities on campus from next week ✌🏽

02/23/2022

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
UMFK LIFE Lecture Series - Featuring Dr. Michael Curran: The Battle Of Gettysburg
500 PAW Points!
5:00 pm in the Neadeau Conference Room

02/08/2022

UMFK Celebrates Black History Month: Today's BHM post provides some insight into the importance of the Black Church in our history.

Henry Louis Gates’ new book on the Black Church traces the institution’s role in history, politics, and culture.

02/07/2022

UMFK Celebrates Black History Month: Today's BHM post is about Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American Congresswoman.

The first African-American Congresswoman, Shirley Anita Chisholm represented a newly reapportioned U.S. House district centered in Brooklyn, New York. Elected in 1968 with deep roots in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Chisholm was catapulted into the national limelight by virtue of her race, ge...

02/07/2022

This is Aunt Polly Jackson from the 19th century.⁣
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She was once enslaved, but managed to escape after she could no longer take the brutal working conditions that was forced upon her since birth and well into her old age. ⁣Like many others, Aunt Polly escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad and settled in Ripley, Ohio.⁣
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She dedicated the rest of her life to helping others win their freedom by opening up her home and feeding those who either came to Ohio to settle or those who just needed some rest before continuing further up north.⁣
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During this time, anti-abolitionists had set up what was called the reverse underground railroad, which was a practice of kidnapping not only the enslaved that had managed to escape, but also those who were already free. The reverse underground railroad operated for 85 years from 1780 to 1865.⁣
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Aunt Polly would deliberately dress herself to appear as a weaker older lady in order to fool the anti-abolitionists who typically were not interested in capturing older people. Her weapon of choice was a butcher knife, which she hid under her clothes and a kettle of boiling water. Aunt Polly was able to successfully fight off several slave catchers while working along the Underground Railroad.⁣
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Source: https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll32/id/14014/

02/03/2022

Black History Month - 34 Facts About Black History You May Not Know

There is so much more history to celebrate than can fit in one month's time. Join us as we honor the Black men and women who made history.

02/02/2022

Today for Black History Month take the opportunity to learn about Carter G. Woodson, the man behind the creation of Black History Month.

Learn about Carter G. Woodson, the man behind the creation of Black History Month.