51°µÍø conferred the next generation of innovators
The University of New England awarded more than 1,500 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees at its 189th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18, at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. The University welcomed U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont to deliver the University’s Commencement address, in which he praised 51°µÍø for addressing critical health care workforce shortages as Maine’s No. 1 provider of health care professionals.
“A key part of what we have to do as a nation is train the next generation of doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and others to provide the highest quality of c