{"id":4060,"date":"2025-05-22T10:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/?page_id=4060"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:39:07","slug":"francoamericancentre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/francoamericancentre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Franco American Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Franco American Centre is located in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/blog\/buildings\/franco-american-centre\/\">Crossland Hall<\/a>&nbsp;on the University of Maine campus. It is a place for studying, gathering, working, and laughing. We have a full kitchen, stocked with food and cooking supplies. We have study spaces with comfy chairs. We have rooms with tables and work spaces. We always have coffee and tea, we usually have snacks. Please come and visit! Call Lisa Michaud for reserved parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2021\/11\/bf1_bienvenue-min-min-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"An image that reads &quot;le centre franco-americain a l'umo bienvenue&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-3619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2021\/11\/bf1_bienvenue-min-min-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2021\/11\/bf1_bienvenue-min-min-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2021\/11\/bf1_bienvenue-min-min-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/francoamerican\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/314\/2021\/11\/bf1_bienvenue-min-min-1536x1113.jpg 1536w, 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