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Schools

State math meet

BANGOR – The Bangor High School math team won the 28th annual Maine State Math Meet on April 13 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Bangor Red knocked off the Blue team from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, which had won the regular season title.

Local schools in the top 20 for the regular season included Bangor Red, second place; John Bapst Purple, 14th.

Area students scoring in the top 50 statewide for the regular season included: Jue Wang, Bangor, second; David Kleinschmidt, Bangor, fourth; Andrew Kwak, Bangor, ninth; Mike Keane, Brewer, 28th; Eli L-F, John Bapst, 31st; Benjamin Weissman, Bangor, 35th; Kayle Shapero, Bangor, 48th.

The state meet in Portland involved participation in six individual rounds, two team rounds and two relay rounds.

Hampden Academy

HAMPDEN – Hampden Academy’s Mock Trial team is headed to Orlando, Florida, for the National High School Mock Trial Championship to be held May 6-9.

Hampden defeated Cape Elizabeth in the Maine State Finals, duplicating the 2002 results, when Hampden represented Maine in the Nationals held in St. Paul, Minn. The team placed 25th with a record of 2 and 2.

Forty-four teams from throughout the United States, Guam and the Mariana Islands will participate in this year’s National Championships, hosted by the Florida State Bar Association.

The Maine tournament was sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association and coordinated by Maine Law & Civics Education, a Maine Law School program. The Maine Bar Foundation also contributes to the champions’ traveling expenses.

The state tournament was held over a 10-week period, and competitors had two months to prepare, whereas the national competition case was not mailed to teams until March 31, allowing five weeks to prepare.

Hampden Academy’s Mock Trial Team comprises freshmen Sophie Kelmenson, Lauren Swalec and Stefanie Veneziano; sophomores Paige Clifton, Melissa Cox and Lauren Sturdivant; juniors Amy Dumont, Lauren Hartz, Katie Lawler, Courtney Parsons, Caroline Samp, Morgan Silva, Scott Simpson, Jennifer Swalec, John White and Rebecca Workman; and seniors Grace Cushing, Eric Kelmenson and Chris Woodcock.

Woodcock, White, Swalec, Simpson, Hartz, and Dumont are veterans of the 2002 St. Paul Nationals; Woodcock and White were recognized as “outstanding students” in their rounds.

The teacher-coach is Kathryn King and the attorney-coaches are William Devoe of Eaton Peabody, and Assistant U.S. Attorney James McCarthy of Bangor.

Young Authors camps

ORONO – Some of the state’s top writing teachers will help students develop composition skills and polish their prose during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors day camps.

Camps will be offered July 12-16 at the University of Maine and at Benton Elementary School; and Aug. 9-13 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.

The UMaine and Bar Harbor camps are open to students in grades three through 12, and the Benton camp welcomes students in grades one through 12. Daily sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

In addition to working on skills, camp participants explore different genres of writing, compose for creativity and information, experiment with electronic texts, and publish and share their writing.

Young Authors camps are led by exemplary teachers who have completed the rigorous requirements of the Maine Writing Project at UMaine, the state’s National Writing Project affiliate. The National Writing Project is a federally funded program dedicated to the teaching and learning of writing across the curriculum.

The $100 camp fee includes workshops, materials and snacks. For more information and registration, contact the UMaine College of Education and Human Development at 581-2438; or send e-mail to bonny.harris@umit.maine.edu.

Brewer High School

Seventy-three young musicians represented Brewer High School and the state of Maine last week at the Fiesta Music Festival in Williamsburg, Va.

The concert band, concert choir, jazz choir, jazz ensemble and jazz combo all took first place. Nick Ault, Kate Higgins, Corey Michaud and Todd Foster received recognition for outstanding musicianship.

The musicians also spent time in New York City, Washington and Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.

Bookmark Contest

Ruby Wallace-Ewing was one of the winners in the annual Bookmark Contest at Orono Public Library. Copies of the winning bookmarks are available at the library and at Asa Adams School library. Entries are on display until the end of April.

Kents Hill School

Zach Wilson of Orrington, a sophomore at Kents Hill School, has been chosen to represent the New England District at the Select 17 Ice Hockey Festival from July 10 through 15 in St. Cloud, Minn.

He was selected following his participation in the 2004 Yankee Conference Festival, March 26-28, as a member of the Maine Select 17 team. Maine competed against other New England teams at Dover, N.H.

Matt Wilson of Orrington, a freshman at Kents Hill School, has been named to the honor roll for the first and second trimesters.

Both boys are the sons of Weymouth and Patricia Wilson of Orrington.

Colleges

Maine Maritime Academy

CASTINE – Midshipman Donald Mahoney of Carmel recently received a Meritorious Service Award at Maine Maritime Academy in recognition of excellence during 2003-04.

Capt. Jeff Loustaunau, commandant of midshipmen, presented the awards to members of the MMA Regiment of Midshipmen whose service to the academy, regiment or the community was above and beyond that expected of regular citizenship or membership. The awards were given on the basis of recommendations from members of the academy community.

Mahoney is a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School. He is a member of the class of 2004 and is majoring in marine engineering technology.

Mission of UMaine

BANGOR – Dr. Tracy Gran, dean of University College in Bangor, will speak on the issues involved in the changing mission of the University of Maine.

The event will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 1, at Husson College, faculty dining room, Peabody Hall. The sponsor is Penobscot County Republican Women.

College of Education awards

ORONO – Sixty-four students in the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development were recognized recently for outstanding academic achievement. The students, representing communities in 14 Maine counties, five other states and Canada, were honored at the spring Presidential Academic Achievement Award ceremony, attended by faculty and family members.

College Dean Robert Cobb congratulated and presented each student with a presidential academic achievement pin. The one-time award is presented to students who have earned a 3.5 or higher grade-point average during the most recent semester and a 3.0 average over the past two semesters. Local students receiving the award were as follows:

. Brewer, Guy Gracey.

. Carmel, Jennifer Cameron.

. Corinth, Lowell Oyster.

. Hampden, Nicole Libby.

. Old Town, Nicholas Albert, Gina Capone, Alicia Carroll, Thomas Charltray, Jennifer Comstock, Quinton Donahue, Katie Pooler, Bobbie-Jo Riley.

. Orono, Megan Beedy, Meneah Haworth, Dustin Miles, Sarah Myrick, Chance Nalley, Adrienne Nickerson.

. Orrington, Amanda Sawyer.

. Winterport, Natalie Stiles, Carolyn Mardosa.

UM faculty awards

ORONO – Six faculty members in the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture were recognized April 13 for their outstanding contributions to the college and the university.

Award winners were as follows:

. Aram Calhoun of Milford, assistant professor of wetland ecology.

. Ivan Fernandez of Orono, professor of soil science and cooperating professor of forest resources.

. Michael Vayda of Old Town, professor of molecular biology and assistant director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station.

. Eric Gallandt of Orono, assistant professor of weed ecology and management.

. Steven Sader of Orono, professor of forest resources.

. Louis Morin of Orrington, instructor in forest resources.

Calhoun was cited for contributions to teaching programs involving wetlands, ecology and environmental science, and her work on identifying and protecting vernal pools.

Fernandez received the college research award. He was recognized as a prolific researcher, a leading expert on the effects of acid rain on the environment.

Vayda was recipient of the College Outstanding Public Service Award. He has made contributions to UMaine in teaching, research and public service. He led the university’s response to the potato moptop virus problem, which threatened the Maine potato industry in 2002.

Gallandt received the Sustainable Agriculture Faculty Award. His research program in weed ecology at UMaine’s Rogers Farm has focused on sustainable farming practices and has introduced many undergraduates to agricultural research.

Sader was honored with the G. Peirce and Florence Pitts Webber Outstanding Research in Forest Resources Award. He is director of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration designated Center of Excellence at the university and of the Maine Image Analysis Laboratory. He led the effort to develop satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems in forest resource management for the university.

Morin received the G. Peirce and Florence Pitts Webber Outstanding Forestry Teacher Award. He was cited for his commitment to high standards in the classroom, tireless involvement with student activities, and active promotion of academic programs.

Phi Kappi Phi induction

ORONO – More than 90 outstanding students and faculty members at the University of Maine were honored for scholarship and outstanding character April 14 at the UMaine chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi’s spring initiation and awards ceremony.

Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and largest multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, and was founded at the University of Maine more than a century ago.

Officers of Phi Kappa Phi’s Chapter One of Orono initiated outstanding junior, senior and graduate students into the society, in addition to welcoming four members of the UMaine faculty and staff. Ceremonies were held at the Buchanan Alumni House.

Award winners and inductees were chosen on the basis of outstanding scholarship and character. Candidates for initiation into Phi Kappa Phi represent all academic fields, and include exceptional staff members, according to Kim McKeage, associate professor of marketing in the UMaine school of business and president of the campus chapter.

Faculty inductees are Daniel Innis, dean of the University of Maine College of Business, Public Policy and Health; Alfred Bushway, professor of food science, cooperating professor of entomology and professor at the Maine Lobster Institute; Janice Kristo, professor of education, language arts and reading; and Laurie Osher, assistant professor of soil and water quality.

UMaine students who received scholarship awards include Dusty Lavoie, who received the $1,000 Velma K. Oliver Award; Olney Marie Powell Atwell, Stefan Lukianov and Scott Ward, who each received a $250 Sophomore Book Award; Alison Pease, who received the $2,000 Marcus Urann Award; juniors Marrilynn Overlock and Megan Richard, who received $1,000 Phi Kappa Phi Awards; Margaret Brunton, Daniel Flaig Jr., and Michael Rocque, who each received a $250 Virginia R. Gibson Senior Book Award; Elizabeth Baldwin, Kristi Crowe, Vincente Guiseppe and Anja Whittington, who each received Graduate Student Service Awards of $250; and Lauren Swett, the Chapter One Fellowship nominee, who received a lifetime membership in the honor society.