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Penobscot Christian School

BANGOR – Penobscot Christian School, a parent-sponsored educational institution for the children of Christian parents, has pupil openings in kindergarten through grade eight.

The school also seeks volunteers to teach music, art and Latin for the 2003-2004 school year. Volunteers must be Bible-believing Christians who are in faithful membership and-or attendance of a Bible-believing church.

Call headmaster Bill MacDonald for information, or drop by the school at 1423 Ohio St. between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Appointments can be made to come to the school at other times, as well. Call 947-2704. The Web site address is www.penobscotchristian.org.

Penobscot Christian School was established in 1980.

Colleges

Eastern Maine Community College

BANGOR – Eleven students from northern, eastern and western Maine celebrated the completion of technology courses recently as they became the second group to complete the technical program and become the 2003 class of surgical technologists from Eastern Maine Community College.

Those celebrating were:

. Paul W. Black, Corinna.

. Roger J. Boudreau Jr., Eddington.

. Carolyn H. Bugbee, Blue Hill.

. Tina M. Cote, East Millinocket.

. Samuel A. Diaz, Bangor.

. Melissa A. Farren, Dennysville.

. Michelle L. Hutchins, Searsport.

. Katrina M. Jenkins, Bangor.

. Tammy J. Luce, Stetson.

. Cindy L. Piper, Corinna.

. Jamie Stiehl, Old Town.

The training was made possible through the collaborated effort between Eastern Maine Community College and the business consortium including Millinocket Regional Hospital, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Down East Community Hospital and Eastern Maine Medical Center. A grant from the Maine Quality Center of the Maine Career Development Center helped to fund part of the training.

The celebration was held at Eastern Maine Community College, Rangeley Hall, on July 31.

For more information regarding business consortium programs and Maine Quality Center grants, contact the Business and Industry Center, Eastern Maine Community College, at 974-4871.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College was host of the UCA 2003 cheerleading camp during the week of July 28-31 at its Bangor campus.

UCA brought a high level of instruction and inspiration to elevate the cheering camp experience to a whole new altitude this summer. Students learned the latest techniques in a fun, low-pressure environment from qualified staff.

UCA promotes traditional building themes and ideas to generate excitement at pep rallies, parades and games.

Final instruction, competition and awards were held July 31 in the Johnston Gym at Eastern Maine Community College.

According to Jeff Harris, director of housing and residential life, “This is one of the most exciting and rewarding camps available to students interested in participating in a summer cheerleading camp throughout the state of Maine.”

Fulbright grant

ORONO – The Fulbright Commission has awarded Amy Wlodarski, daughter of Fred and Terri Wlodarski of Orono, a grant to study abroad. She departs Sept. 3 for Germany for enrollment in Freie Universitaet in Berlin.

An alumnus of Orono High School and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Middlebury College, Wlodarski is a doctoral candidate at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.

Published while earning her master’s degree in musicology at Eastman, Wlodarski resides in Greater Boston while working on her doctoral dissertation. She has made recent presentations at conferences in the United States as well as Krakow, Poland, and Brisbane, Australia.

For more than 50 years, the Fulbright Commission, an educational exchange program, has awarded grants to young scholars from the United States who would like to study abroad. The German program is funded jointly by the German and American governments with the purpose of promoting academic excellence and cultural understanding between the United States and Germany.

Established in 1952, the German-American Fulbright Program implements Sen. J. William Fulbright’s concept: the promotion of mutual understanding between two countries through academic and bicultural exchange, creating individuals who know and understand the world as it is seen from both sides of the ocean.

The defining characteristic of the German-American Fulbright Program is student exchange complemented by a year of academic programs for professors, teachers, teaching assistants and journalists.

The German-U.S. Fulbright commission 12-member board consists of both German and American members and includes the German foreign minister and the American ambassador to Germany. The Fulbright foreign scholarship board, whose members are appointed by the president of the United States, provides grant guidelines.

Middlebury College

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Sean R. Lena of Orono has been named to the dean’s list at Middlebury College for the spring semester. He is the son of Mark and Kathy Lena of Orono and is a 2002 graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor.

Westfield State College

WESTFIELD, Mass. – Jay M. Jeffrey of Bangor has been named to the dean’s list at Westfield State College for the spring semester. Jeffrey is majoring in computer information systems.

Williams College

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Malin Pinsky, son of Dr. Robert and Margaret Pinsky of Orono, received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Williams College at the college’s 214th commencement exercises June 8.

Pinsky has been vice president of Phi Beta Kappa, president of Williams Outing Club and member of Sigma Xi, Williams Outing Club, Greensense student environmental activism, ski patrol and campus environmental advisory committee.