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Free Enterprise Scholars

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has announced recently the Maine recipients of the third NFIB Free Enterprise Scholars Awards, a scholarship program to set future small business owners on the path to entrepreneurship. The scholars will attend the university, college, community college or vocational technical institute of their choice with $1,000 in tuition assistance from the foundation. Scholar awards went to:

. Bangor High School senior Aaron Gallant of Bangor, nominated by NFIB member Hank Kopcial.

. Central High School senior Brian Parker of Bradford, nominated by NFIB member Donald Parker.

. Dexter Regional High School senior Ryan Crane of Exeter, nominated by NFIB member James Crane.

This year the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation is awarding 381 scholarships, thanks to financial support from small business leaders and corporate and foundation supporters. The major corporate sponsor is Visa USA, which donated $100,000 to the national program.

The program encourages young people to consider a career in small business and to pursue their own entrepreneurial endeavors. Students demonstrate entrepreneurial achievement by answering a question and writing an essay about the importance of free enterprise. Standardized test scores, GPA and class rank are also considered.

Information is available at www.NFIB.com/education.

Young Authors’ Camps

ORONO – Aspiring writers can develop composition skills and polish their prose during the University of Maine’s annual Young Authors’ Camp. Sponsored by the Maine Writing Project at UMaine, the day camps will be held in Orono, Benton and Bar Harbor.

Camps will be offered July 11-15 at UMaine for students in grades three through 12 and at Benton Elementary School for grades one through 12. The camp at the College of the Atlantic site is set for Aug. 1-5 for grades three 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 to inform, experiment with electronic texts and publish and share their writing.

Young Authors’ camps are led by teacher-consultants from the Maine Writing Project, the state’s National Writing Project affiliate. The National Writing Project is a federally-funded professional development program dedicated to the teaching and learning of writing across the curriculum in schools.

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

John Bapst Memorial

High School

BANGOR – For part of May, the student body and faculty of John Bapst Memorial High School grew by 14 as the school served as host to its second group of Swedish students and faculty this year.

The 11 students and three teachers from Dragonskolan in Umea, Sweden, spent a week at John Bapst as part of a developing exchange program between the two schools. The exchange has seen more than 20 Swedish students and six faculty members come to Bangor, and a group of John Bapst students traveled to Umea as part of a field science trip last summer.

The brainchild of John Bapst social science department chairman Mark Tasker and Dragonskolan’s exchange coordinator, Annika Bindler, a former Orono resident, the exchange places Swedish and American students in each other’s homes, schools, cities and landscapes.

The Umea students introduced their American friends to the Swedish sport of “brannboll,” a sort of Nordic baseball, at Broadway Park. Swedish and American students climbed Cadillac Mountain in howling winds the next day.

“We couldn’t let the visit go by without having our visitors experience some Swedish mountain weather here,” said Tasker.

Umea teachers Maria Edstedt and Erik Brandstrom joined Bindler on this trip. Edstedt joined the John Bapst social science department for a week.

Brandstrom brought his expertise to the math and science departments, and Bindler worked with the John Bapst English department.

The Dragonskolan students conduct their classes in English in Umea, and English-immersion experiences with their American friends serve as a capstone to the year’s study.

Next year it will be John Bapst’s turn to venture north again as the connection between eastern Maine and northern Sweden continues to grow.

Penobscot Job Corps

BANGOR – The following Penobscot Job Corps Center students completed the General Equivalency Diploma exams and attained GED credentials in May:

. Daniel Gil, 17, Waterbury, Conn.

. Heather Burbeck, 18, Springfield.

. Julia Colson, 17, Veazie.

. Jeffrey Escomilha, 19, Old Orchard.

. Jeremy Ford, 16, Lewiston.

. Daniel McIlhinney, 17, Casco.

. John Morrison, 16, North Yarmouth.

. Mitchell Sowa, 20, of Dixmont.

. Megyn Voisine, 16, Lincoln.

. Jon-Lawrence Vose, 16, Scarborough.

. Kayleigh York, 18, Benton.

. Settimio Angelini, II, 20, Bartlett, N.H.

. Lynsie Bryson, 20, Auburn, N.H.

. Cory Lutz, 19, Laconia, N.H.

. Ryan Paquin, 18, Nashua, N.H.

. Michelle Provost, 16, Londonderry, N.H.

. Jacob Raitt, 19, Candia, N.H.

For more information about Job Corps, visit http://jobcorps.doleta.gov, or call (800) 949-1937, Ext. 305.

Colleges

Bates College

LEWISTON – Eben Sypitkowski received a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies during commencement ceremonies at Bates College on May 30.

Sypitkowski played soccer for Bates and was a member of the ice hockey club team. He spent the second semester of his junior year studying in Botswana. He participated in the 2003 and 2005 Mount David Summits, the college’s annual celebration of academic achievement. In 2003 he received the Stanton Award, given for promoting environmentalism on the Bates Campus. A graduate of Bangor High School, he is the son of Robert and Heidi Sypitkowski.

Bowdoin College

BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College held its 200th Commencement exercises May 28. Area graduates area are:

. Kimberly Stevens of Bangor, bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in anthropology. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and in her senior year received the David I. Kertzer Prize in sociology and anthropology for the best senior paper in sociology and anthropology. She is a graduate of Bangor High School.

. Robert Kinney of Bangor, bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He received honors in chemistry for a project, “The Photocatalyzed Decomposition of Methanol to Formaldehyde and Molecular Hydrogen.” In his senior year, he received the Hypercube Award from the department of chemistry. Kinney is a graduate of Bangor High School.

. Corey Gildart of Bangor, bachelor’s degree in economics and government, and legal studies. He received high honors in government and legal studies for a project, “A Profile of Centralizing Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives (103rd-108th Congress).” Gildart is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy.

. Justin Libbey of Bangor, bachelor’s degree in economics. He is a graduate of Bangor High School.

. Brian Dunn of Glenburn, bachelor’s degree in economics and government, and legal studies. He received the Paul Andrew Walker Prize for his exceptional contribution to the school’s newspaper, the Orient. Dunn is a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.

. Peter Hastings of Hampden, bachelor’s degree in government and legal studies. He was president of the senior class. Hastings is a graduate of Hampden Academy.

. Camden Ramsay of Hampden, bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in biology. She received honors in biology for a project, “Physical Mapping of the plg-1 Gene in Caenorhabditis elegans.” She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Sumner Increase Kimball Prize in biology. Ramsay is a graduate of Hampden Academy.

. Catherine Del Vecchio of Holden, bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in biology. She received honors in biology for a project, “An Investigation of Thylakoid Associated Kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana Using Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis.” She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for potential in science, mathematics or engineering. Del Vecchio is a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.

. Eric Penley of Holden, bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in government and legal studies, and Spanish. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.

. Sarah Mountcastle of Orono, bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in anthropology and Spanish. She received the Maine Campus Compact Student Heart and Soul Award for community service and service learning, and the Distinguished Community Service Award from the department of sociology and anthropology. Mountcastle is a graduate of John Bapst Memorial High School.

Brown University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Corey Solinger received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University during commencement ceremonies May 29. Solinger, the daughter of Carol and Robert Solinger of Eddington, also received one of the Minnie Helen Hicks Premiums in art.

William Rice, the son of Dr. Robert Rice and Patricia Rice of Veazie, received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University. In the fall, he will attend Rice University in Houston, Texas, to study physics.

Clark University

WORCESTER, Mass. – Matthew Holden of Bangor graduated from Clark University with a bachelor’s degree in geography. He attended Bangor High School, and was named to the dean’s list this spring.

Colby College

WATERVILLE – Kate Ludwig was named to the dean’s list at Colby College. A Bangor High School graduate, she is the daughter of Michael and Amy Ludwig of Bangor.

Husson College

BANGOR – Husson College recently added a new master’s degree program to its course offerings.

“We are pleased to announce the formation of the master of science in criminal justice administration program at Husson College,” said program director Marie Hansen. “This program is the only one of its kind north of Boston and is specifically designed to meet the needs of criminal justice practitioners and

nonpractitioners who aspire to administrative positions in the public or the private sector.”

The program will enable graduate students to explore current perspectives, management practices and policy development with a focus on critical thinking and analytical methodologies, Hansen said.

The 36-credit hour, 12-course master’s program will begin in the fall on the Husson campuses in Bangor and South Portland and at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. The program offers evening and Saturday classes with full-time and part-time faculty, many of whom are senior criminal justice and business professionals.

For information, call Marie Hansen or Todd Nadeau at (800) 448-7766, or e-mail hansenm@husson.edu or nadeau@husson.edu.

Johnson and Wales

University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Amber Alley of Carmel recently graduated from Johnson and Wales University with a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management and an associate’s degree in business management. She is a member of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority.

A graduate of Hermon High School, Alley is the daughter of Debbie and John Luce of Carmel and Robert and Nana Alley of Bar Harbor.