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Central Middle School

CORINTH – The United States Achievment Academy has named Kaylee LePage of Kenduskeag a United States National Award winner in mathematics.

She is a pupil at Central Middle School in Corinth, and was nominated by teacher Joe Kingston. She is the daughter of Cathy LePage of Kenduskeag and the granddaughter of Elaine LePage of Milford and the late Ralph LePage.

Hampden Academy

HAMPDEN – U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has appointed Elizabeth Lloyd, a junior at Hampden Academy, to be her page for the summer session in Washington. Elizabeth will leave for her assignment in early June and serve for three weeks at the U.S. Capitol.

Leonard Middle School

OLD TOWN – The United States Achievement Academy has announced that Alexa Mitchell of Old Town has been named a United States National Award winner in art. She is the daughter of Andrea Mietkiewicz of Old Town and Dana Mitchell of Indian Island, and the granddaughter of Ted Mitchell of Indian Island.

Alexa, who attends Leonard Middle School, was nominated for the award by teacher Trish Kelley.

Bangor High School

BANGOR – Bangor’s Great Fire of 1911 burned more than 55 acres of land, including 267 homes and more than 100 business buildings in a single afternoon.

Geography students from Bangor High School have created historical atlases from the Great Fire and other events in Bangor’s history and have put them on the Community Atlas Web site. The students shared their project and demonstrated the Web site on June 4 at the Bangor Museum and Center for History, 6 State St., Bangor.

Afterward, Mike Pullen of WBRC Architects-Engineers presented the story of the inferno and the city’s remarkable recovery, using a PowerPoint presentation and a walking tour of the downtown area affected by the fire.

The program is related to the Bangor Museum’s new, permanent exhibit, “Crossing the Bridge: Bangor in the Twentieth Century,” at 6 State St.

Also on exhibit is “In Our Own Words: Bangor Rotary History Gallery,” featuring the oral histories of many of Bangor’s community leaders and an interactive digital exhibit, using the oral histories. The Bangor Noon Rotary Club and the Bangor Area Breakfast Rotary Club joined forces to fund and help create the exhibit.

Admission to the exhibits is free thanks to the support of the Maine Humanities Council and business community members.

Penobscot Job Corps Center

BANGOR – A car wash fund-raiser will be held by Penobscot Job Corps students to raise funds to send three competitors to the SkillsUSA 2005 National Competition for the week of June 20 in Kansas City, Mo.

The carwash will be held noon-4 p.m. Friday, June 10, at the Penobscot Job Corps Center behind the Dow Lane building on Union Street. Students will charge $3 to wash each vehicle, with an interior vacuuming available for an additional $2.

The students hope to raise more than $2,000 to send Cory Farnum, 21, of Peru; Diego Palmeras, 25, of Meriden, Conn.; and Erick Allen, 22, of Winchester, N.H., to the national competition. Farnum won a gold medal in welding in the regional SkillsUSA competition, Palmares won gold in promotional bulletin board, and Allen won gold in technical computer applications.

Allen will defend the school’s national gold medal in technical computer applications after Mark Calivas of Bangor earned top marks in the category in 2004 for Penobscot Job Corps Center.

Award for SAD 22

HAMPDEN – SAD 22, comprising Hampden, Winterport and Newburgh, was named an award-winning school by the Excellence in Coordinated School Health awards initiative in a ceremony on May 27 at the Hall of Flags at the State Capitol, Augusta. The initiative recognizes school systems that are working to promote the health and well-being of staff and students.

The purpose of the awards is to:

. Recognize schools systems that have exemplary coordination of their school health programs.

. Increase awareness of the benefits of coordinated and quality school health programs among policy makers and the public, including school leaders, legislators, the media, students and family.

. Promote strategies that make a difference and that can be done with relatively little funding.

. Encourage other school systems to coordinate and strengthen best practices for school health programs and policies.

Scholarships

HOLDEN – The SAD 63 Teachers’ Association announced the recipients of $500 scholarships made possible by the association. They are Genna Duplisea, who plans to attend Bowdoin College in Brunswick, and Kelsey Haddix, who will attend Husson College in Bangor. Both young women will graduate this month from John Bapst Memorial High School.

Any high school senior who graduated from eighth grade at the Holbrook School is eligible for the scholarship. Seniors should inquire at school guidance offices for an application.

Wagner Middle School

WINTERPORT – Erin Foley, a pupil at Wagner Middle School, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum. She will join a select group of pupils in Washington Sept. 19-25 to earn high school credit while studying leadership and exploring some of the most important institutions and monuments in the United States.

Foley was chosen for the honor based on outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.

People to People Student Ambassador Programs coordinate the leadership program to fulfill the vision Dwight D. Eisenhower had for fostering world citizenship when he founded People to People during his presidency in 1956.

Colleges

Husson College

BANGOR – Husson College held its 106th commencement ceremonies on May 14, the college’s 106th commencement. Held in the John Winkin Sports Complex, it was the first outdoor graduation in Husson history.

Husson awarded 495 degrees to students from 123 Maine towns, eight states and eight countries. They earned associate, bachelor and master’s degrees from Husson’s schools of business, health, science and humanities, and education.

Master’s degrees were awarded to these area residents:

Bangor: Donald Beaulieu, Angela Brawn, Mark Carroll, Karen Craft, Denis Cranson, James Gallant, Theresa Hainer, BenjaLane, Allen Martin, Dana Schmidt, Mairead Steina, Jason St. Pierre, David Utterback.

Brewer: Melanie Israel, Linda McKenna, Jason Moffitt.

Carmel: Rosemary Parsons and Todd Richardson.

Dedham: Wanda O’Brien-Lunn.

Eddington: Nicholas Dorr.

Hampden: Holly Bishop and Scott Warman.

Hermon: Anita Langeley, Terry Mosher, Tracy Randall and Mona Soucy.

Holden: Edith Beauchamp and Emily Bragg.

Winterport: Kevin Kelley.

Bachelor degrees were awarded to:

Bangor: Colleen Baker, Ann Benson, Christina Cousins, Kimberly Crooker, Jessica Danielson, Joseph Davis, James Gallant, Stacy Guay, Daniel Henry, Nicole Lancaster, BenjaLane, Isabel Munera, Elizabeth Rassi, Sean Smith, Amy Tang, Jillian Tower, Barry Walker, Marlon Weaver, Katie White, Wing Yan Yuen and Sterlin Zephir.

Bradford: Cassandra Clukey.

Brewer: Chad Damon, Chris Leighton, Linda McKenna, Frank Rapp, Colleen Robinson, Chad Vickery, John Williams and Lorri Wright.

Bucksport: Kristie Licata and Jennifer Smith.

Corinth: Jamie Giles and Brian Salsbury.

Eddington: Sheila Worden, Heather Jardine and Nicholas Dorr.

Glenburn: LuAnn Ballesteros, Vicki Caulkins and Marissa Rivard.

Hampden: Holly Bishop, Justin Huntley, Dawn Kelley, Kris Pahel and Lynne Pierce.

Hermon: Anita Langeley and Tabitha Lindsey.

Holden: Jonathan Bates and Emily Bragg.

Hudson: Shane Puiia.

Levant: David Borja, Jason Edwards, William Robinson and Patricia Rowe.

Newburgh: Lee Miller.

Old Town: Debora Bates, Deborah Bouchard, Pamela Livingston and Julie Ogden.

Orono: Mark Silk and Stephen Stein.

Orrington: Wayne Cartier, Barbara Kershner, Denise Littlefield and Kaileen Runnels.

Winterport: Jamie Wells, Bud Perkins, Juliana Perkins, and Wendy Butler.

Associate degrees were awarded to:

Bangor: Jessica Foss.

Hermon: Stacey Burnett.

State government internships

ORONO – Two area college students have been selected for summer internships in state government.

Elizabeth Ogbonna of Clifton, a health policy and management major at the University of Southern Maine, will work as a research assistant with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Health, Division of Disease Control.

And Caroline Tjepkema of Orono, a botany and plant pathology major at the University of Maine, will work as an environmental aide in the Department of Environmental Protection’s Land and Water Bureau.

The Maine State Government Summer Internship Program, established in 1967 by the 103rd Maine Legislature, provides full-time, 12-week, paid work in a variety of capacities within state government.

The program, administered by the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, allows talented college students to experience working in state government. The internships provide valuable assistance to state agencies while giving students practical skills in their fields. More than 1,400 students have participated since the program was established.

For information, call Charles Morris, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center internship director, at the University of Maine, 581-4135, or e-mail charlie.morris@umit.maine.edu.

Amherst College

AMHERST, Mass. – Naomi Kirk-Lawlor, daughter of Robert Kirk and Theodate Lawlor of Orono, graduated May 22 from Amherst College.

Kirk-Lawlor, who majored in geology and Spanish, entered Amherst College after graduating from Orono High School. She received a bachelor of arts degree.

Colby College

WATERVILLE – Jared Gordon, Jennifer Leighton, Nicholas Snyder, Tara Studley and Kathleen Toole were among the 484 seniors who received bachelor of arts degrees during commencement ceremonies May 22 at Colby College. All five are dean’s list students.

Gordon, an art major, is the son of Leonard Gordon and Jean Gordon, both of Bangor.

Leighton, a French studies major, graduated cum laude. She is the daughter of Michael and Susan Leighton or Orrington.

Snyder, who studied theater, dance and government, is the son of Ronald and Katherine Snyder of Holden.

Studley, who graduated cum laude and with distinction in her major, studied English. She is the daughter of Tirrell and Debra Studley of Veazie.

Toole graduated magna cum laude with distinction in her major. She studied English with a concentration in creative writing. She is the daughter of Robert and Patricia Toole of Bangor.

Leighton, Snyder, Studley and Toole are graduates of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. Gordon is a graduate of St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H.

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WATERVILLE – Mikaela Bolduc and Joel Alex were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Colby College.

Bolduc, a Bangor High School graduate who is majoring in French studies and psychology, is the daughter of Stephen and Katherine Bolduc of Bangor.

Alex, a John Bapst Memorial High School graduate who is majoring in international studies and environmental studies, is the son of Joseph and Joanne Alex of Old Town.

Colby-Sawyer College

NEW LONDON, N.H. – Kyle Stewart of Holden recently graduated from Colby-Sawyer College with a bachelor of fine art degree. He is the son of Cheryl Jamison of Holden and Charles Stewart of Brewer.

Connecticut College

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Kate Kovenock of Orono was awarded a bachelor of arts degree from Connecticut College during commencement exercises May 22.

Eastern Maine Community College

BANGOR – An articulation agreement developed by Eastern Maine Community College and the University of Maine has opened a path for students interested in continuing education in the field of early childhood.

The college’s associate degree in applied science, early childhood education students have the opportunity to transfer into the University of Maine’s bachelor of science, child development, family relations and early childhood education option upon meeting certain terms. Qualifications include maintaining a minimum 2.5 grade point average, available space in the program, all required transfer courses being passed with a grade of ‘C’ or higher and completion of a field-based practicum at UMaine in addition to other requirements.

To obtain more information or to set up an interview with the EMCC early childhood education department chairman, call Elizabeth Clayton, 974-4817.

Hamilton College

CLINTON, N.Y. – Tae Chung, the son of Yong-Im and Hea-sung Chung of Bangor, received a bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College in commencement exercises on May 22.

Haverford College

HAVERFORD, Pa. – Megan Brooker received a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology, with a concentration in peace and conflict studies and minor in sociology, at commencement exercises at the college May 15. She is the daughter of Lisa and Michael Brooker of Bangor.

Johnson and Wales University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Bethany Samiya recently graduated summa cum laude from Johnson and Wales University with a bachelor’s degree in food service management. She is a member of the Golden Quill Honor Society.

She will be employed as banquet coordinator at the Hyatt Regency in Boston. A graduate of Hampden Academy, she is the daughter of Howard and Tracie Samiya of Bangor, and Kim and Sean Moncrieffe of Hampden.

Springfield College

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Benjamin Stanwood of Holden has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Springfield College.

University of Maine

ORONO – Jessica Gilbert of Alton accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She will be honored during a campus ceremony at the University of Maine in the fall. She is the daughter of Juanita and Mario Gilbert of Alton and a graduate of Old Town High School.

University of New England

BIDDEFORD – Megan Moran was awarded a bachelor of science degree in medical biology and health at the University of New England’s commencement ceremonies May 14. She is the daughter of Tim and Kathy Moran of Winterport.