The University welcomed Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont and the longest-serving independent member of Congress in U.S. history, who delivered the commencement address at its 189th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18, at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
The University of New England is the No. 1 provider of health care professionals for Maine. UNE is home to Maine’s only medical college, dental college, and physician assistant degree program, and its health professions students study on the only integrated health sciences campus in northern New England.
Sanders and Arthur “Art” P. Girard, a Maine philanthropist and business leader, were both awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws during the ceremony.
Discover Maine’s largest private University, the University of New England. UNE offers more than 40 bachelor’s degrees in needed fields, from the health professions, to the health and life sciences, to business and the humanities. We also offer 30-plus graduate, professional and doctoral degrees in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, social work and more. UNE learning happens online and on three beautiful campuses: on the shore in Biddeford, Maine, in-town in Portland, Maine, and at our study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco. Visit www.une.edu for complete information.