Barbara McGowen, of Garland, left, and her daughter, Cristy Osier, of Rockland, take a photo of themselves before McGowen got her bachelor’s in finance at the University of Maine at Augusta graduation on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Julie L. Abernathy, of Torrington, Wyo., was awarded a bachelor’s in Information and Library Science at the University of Maine at Augusta on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

University of Maine at Augusta graduate Lindsi Shumate, of South Portland, waves to friends before the ceremony started on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Sen. Susan Collins addresses the University of Maine at Augusta graduation on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Henna Johnson, of Bangor, and most other students in dental hygiene and assisting had decorated mortar boards for the University of Maine at Augusta graduation on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

University of Maine at Augusta President Glenn Cummings speaks during graduation on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Graduates file in for the University of Maine at Augusta graduation on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Associate Professor Jodi Williams takes a picture of herself with her Information and Library Services graduates before the University of Maine at Augusta graduation on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. Several of the students who’d taken courses over the Internet had not been to the university before then.