UMF in the News: UMF first-year students head to Japan as part of experiential learning program

According to an article in the Sun Journal, University of Maine at Farmington Associate Professor of Art History Sarah Maline recently hung her collection of Japanese hanging scrolls in the UMF Art Gallery for an exhibition for fifth and sixth graders led by Susan Boyce-Cormier, a teacher from the discovery program of the Western Maine Educational Collaborative.

UMF Art Gallery exhibit of Japanese scrollsAssociate Professor of Art History Sarah Maline recently hung her collection of Japanese hanging scrolls in the UMF Art Gallery. She will be returning to Japan this year, with 12 first year UMF students as part of  the college’s First Year Fusion experience,


Maline, who is also the Art Director at UMF, spent a few years in Japan for her master’s degree, and has returned several times to the country. She will be returning later this summer, with 12 first year UMF students as part of First Year Fusion, which combines the First Year Seminar with a week-long pre-orientation experiential learning program for incoming students.

Launched in 2019, the goal of the First Year Fusion program, in conjunction with the Research Learning Experiences program at UMF, is to prepare students for academic success and future careers.

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