Dot White, 89, was one of 400 graduates who received diplomas from the University of Maine at Farmington, most of them Saturday at a ceremony on campus.

Lynn Merrill, 61, who went blind about 23 years ago, delivered the student speech Saturday at the University of Maine at Augusta commencement ceremony.

The commencement cermony included a decorated military veteran, Maj. Gen. John W. Libby; and Ann LePage, Maine's first lady.

More than 500 graduates received degrees during a ceremony Saturday morning at the Augusta Civic Center.

Jeff Corwin, an Emmy award winner, told about 100 students receiving degrees that they can be part of the solution to 'incredible challenges with our planet.'

A Bowdoin alum and Black Lives Matter leader addresses University of Southern Maine graduates in Portland, while Sen. Susan Collins speaks at the University of Maine in Orono and Sen. Angus King at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.