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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Â鶹´«Ã½to add varsity football and women's rugby

Â鶹´«Ã½ President Danielle N. Ripich, Ph.D., has announced that Â鶹´«Ã½will add football and women's rugby as varsity sports. The current club women's rugby team will be elevated to varsity status as early as the fall of 2015, with football expected to begin varsity competition as early as the fall of 2017.

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.