Smith named to dean’s list
WATERVILLE – Dori M. Smith, a graduate at Colby College in Waterville, was named to the Dean’s List for her outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2007-08 year. Smith, the daughter of Charles and Marguerite Smith of Presque Isle, is a music major. She attended Presque Isle High School.
Students whose grade point averages are in the top 30 percent are named to the Dean’s List.
Smith graduates from Bowdoin
BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College held its 203rd Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 24. The college awarded 448 bachelor of arts degrees to students from 38 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and 15 foreign countries, including one local student.
Stephen William Smith, of Blaine, was awarded a bachelor of arts degree. Smith graduated with a major in government and legal studies. His minor was in education studies.
Thomas graduates from USM
PORTLAND – Anne Thomas, a 1998 graduate of Presque Isle High School, recently completed her graduate degree work in Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Southern Maine. Thomas received a Master of Science degree in Nursing and plans to start work at Maine Geriatrics in Portland starting later this summer.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. in 2002.
Thomas is the oldest daughter of Lee and Marianne Thomas of Westfield, and currently resides in Portland with her fiancé, Joel Duncan.
2008 Mitchell Scholars
PORTLAND – One hundred twenty-nine Maine high school students have been chosen as 2008 Mitchell Scholars by the Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute. With the selection of this year’s scholarship recipients, the Institute is pleased to announce that it has supported more than 1,500 Maine students in their pursuit of higher education.
Founded by Sen. Mitchell, the Mitchell Institute annually provides scholarships to one student from every public high school in the state of Maine. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic potential, community service and financial need. Scholarships average $5,000 each, dispersed in increments of $1,250 for up to four years.
In addition to scholarship help, Mitchell Scholars gain access to Mitchell Institute support programs, which include community service projects, leadership and professional development, mentoring opportunities and summer employment fellowships. These programs connect and engage the Mitchell Scholars with their communities and their chosen career paths with a goal of encouraging graduates to remain in Maine after college. The Mitchell Institute believes that the exceptionally high 95 percent college persistence rate among Mitchell Scholars is due in part to these support programs. Mitchell Scholars also become a part of an ongoing longitudinal research study that will track their progress and evaluate the impact of the organization’s programming.
Since 2003, KeyBank has provided funding for 16 Mitchell Scholarships (one for each county in Maine) in the amount of $6,000 each ($1,500 each year). These awards are targeted to first-generation college students.
One member from the new class of Mitchell Scholars has been selected as the 2004 Buzz Fitzgerald-Bath Iron Works Pioneer Mitchell Scholar. Brandon Almy, a recent graduate of Mt. Ararat High School, was awarded this distinction in recognition of his leadership qualities.
Later this summer, the Mitchell Institute will be naming other Pioneer Scholars, including the recipients of the Unum – Stephen B. Center Diversity Leadership Awards. These five annual awards seek to encourage those who inspire others to value differences and end discrimination.
Sixty-three percent of the new class of Mitchell Scholars come from families with less than $5,000 available from their own resources to contribute to the student’s college education, and 61 percent of the Mitchell Scholars selected in 2008 come from families where neither parent holds a four-year college degree.
“These are students for whom the scholarship will make a real difference and who will, in turn, make a difference in their communities,” said Mitchell. “My family had few financial resources. Neither of my parents finished high school, but they believed in education. With their help and the help of others, I was able to go to college, and it changed my life. Maine’s young people deserve the same opportunity to succeed.”
Local students receiving scholarships include: Alex Bird, Washburn District High School; Kara Cushman, Central Aroostook High School; Otis Edgecomb, Fort Fairfield High School; Jacquelyn Raymond, Ashland Community High School; Keisha Ward, Presque Isle High School; and Molly White, Easton High School.
For more information about the Mitchell Institute, please visit www.mitchellinstitute.org.
UMFK dean’s list
FORT KENT – Dr. Rachel E. Albert, vice president for academic affairs at University of Maine at Fort Kent, has announced that 254 students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2008 semester.
Students attaining the honor must be degree candidates, enrolled as a full-time student and must maintain a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the semester.
Local students making the list included: Eagle Lake: Kelcey Bouchard, John Forino, Donna Parent, Amy Ricciardi and Claire Saucier; and Presque Isle: Ian Robertson.
Currier makes dean’s list
COLCHESTER, Vt. – Jessica R. Currier, of Presque Isle, daughter of Richard and Susan Currier, was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2008 semester at Saint Michael’s College. Currier is a junior political science and religious studies major at the liberal arts, residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont. Students who complete a minimum of 12 credits and achieve a grade point average of at least 3.4 at the end of a semester are recognized for their scholarship by inclusion on the dean’s list.
Guerrette named to dean’s list
CASTINE – Wilfred Guerrette, of Presque Isle, was recently named to the dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy for outstanding academic achievement in the second semester of the 2007-2008 academic year. Students named to the dean’s list earn a grade point average of 3.3 or above on a 4.0 scale.
Guerrette, a member of the Class of 2010, is majoring in Marine Systems Engineering Design. He is a graduate of Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle, Maine.
Martin honored
At a banquet in Fairfield, Tiffany Martin was named the Presque Isle Regional Career and Technical Center’s Student of the Year. Tiffany is a student in the Early Childhood Education and Business Technology classes at PIRCTC. She is described as being a dedicated, hardworking and highly-motivated student. Tiffany received a briefcase, T-shirt, bouquet of flowers and a certificate naming her the Student of the Year. Here, Martin is pictured receiving her award from Congressman Mike Michaud.
McMann named to dean’s list
CASTINE – Joshua McMann, of Easton, was recently named to the dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy for outstanding academic achievement in the second semester of the 2007-2008 academic year. Students named to the dean’s list earn a grade point average of 3.3 or above on a 4.0 scale.
McMann, a member of the Class of 2009, is majoring in power engineering technology. He is a graduate of Easton High School.
Photo courtesy of Colby College
DORI M. SMITH received her bachelor of arts degree from Colby President William D. Adams during the May 25 graduation ceremony at the campus.
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