The University of Maine at Farmington is not an ivy-towered, gated-off college campus.  It’s an open, active and engaged partner in the community—our students and staff contributing much to the rich social, cultural and educational fabric of the area.  Our students regularly student-teach in area schools, bringing cutting-edge teaching practices into local classrooms.  They also volunteer as coaches in youth sports programs and teach area youngsters to swim, to read and to speak a foreign language.  UMF students participate in numerous other volunteer activities that better their neighborhood—in fact volunteerism is even a part of the curriculum (called “Service-Learning”) in some UMF classes.  In addition, many of our 350+ employees are also actively involved in the community, serving as school board members, volunteer firefighters, and in countless civic and religious organizations.