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Maine Transition Network

BANGOR – Penquis Regional Transition, Region 3 of the Maine Transition Network, will hold its first meeting of the year 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at Alpha One conference room, 1048 Union St. The program will be Post-Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities.

Speakers for the meeting will be Dr. Elizabeth Worden of Eastern Maine Community College, Ann Smith of the University of Maine, Kate Kevit of University Maine Augusta, Bangor campus, and Stephanie Watson of the Penobscot Job Corps.

Discussion will focus on children with disabilities who want to go on to college and want to know how it will be different from high school, and what they can and cannot expect from those institutions.

To obtain more information about the Maine Transition Network, call Cynthia Tuck at 992-2270.

Colleges

Bates College

LEWISTON – David Kelly of Bangor was named a Dana Scholar at Bates College.

Each year, 20 Bates sophomores with strong academic background and leadership qualities are chosen as Dana Scholars, which they remain for the duration of their Bates careers.

Their scholarship aid ranges from honoraria to substantial awards. This year the students chosen achieved an average GPA of 3.72, had a rich diversity of extracurricular activities, and submitted thoughtful, often provocative essays in support of their candidacy.

Kelly, a dean’s list student, is the son of Robert and Suzanne Kelly. A 2004 graduate of Bangor High School, Kelly is a member of the Brooks Quimby Debate Council at Bates.

Eastern Maine

Community College

BANGOR – Throughout October, Eastern Maine Community College Library will show the artwork of Arlyss Becker. Using literary sources as inspiration, Becker’s paintings, monotype prints and mixed media pieces reflect her interest in travel, storytelling, music and historical issues.

Becker lives in Lamoine, where she draws and paints in the area around her home and along the Down East coast. She was born and raised in Minnesota and studied art at St. Olaf College. She has taught art in the United States and overseas for nearly 30 years while producing her own work.

Becker has studied sculpture, drawing, painting and print making at the Worcester Art Museum, DeCordova Museum School, Bennington College and Haystack Mountain School. She also has studied under Jon Imber and Elizabeth Ahern, well-known Boston area artists.

An artist’s reception will be held 3-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the library gallery on the second floor of the EMCC’s new Campus Center. Becker will give a presentation on her work at 4 p.m.

The exhibit is one of several art shows the college will feature throughout the year. Area artists are invited to submit applications for exhibiting their work. Applications and more information on exhibiting art are available from Karen Reilly, EMCC Technical Resource Center and library director, at 974-4606.

Husson College, New England School of Communications

BANGOR – For the first time in its history, the Husson College student radio station WHSN, operated by the New England School of Communications, won an award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters.

The student station, directed by NESCom since 1985, was awarded a second place plaque in the radio public service category for a series of promotional spots created for Penquis CAP about services that organization provides for men’s health. Students producing the spots were Gordon Fellis of Lamoine and Bangor, Katie Leighton of Greenville and Nate Hicks of Westbrook. They were assisted by NESCom faculty member Susan Patten.

At the association’s annual gathering earlier this month in Bangor, 22 current and former NESCom students earned news and creative awards for radio and television.

Winning first place awards were the following NESCom alumni: Justin Beach of WVII-TV for spot news and public affairs; Frank Welch of WPXT-TV, Portland, for public service and self promotion; Diana Tracy of WGAN-Radio, member of the winning team in the best newscast category; Clem LaBree of WZON-Radio, for a sports feature; Toby Nelson and Ian Wilbur of WDME-Radio in Dover-Foxcroft for sports play-by-play; Paul Dupuis and J.R. Mitchell of WQCB-Radio in Brewer for best on-air contest; Elgin Traylor of WVII-TV, Bangor, for sports feature; and Jay Knight, WLKE-Radio, Bar Harbor, first in the on-air category.

Allison Bankston of WQCB-Radio won three awards. Other NESCom alumni who took honors at the annual competition included Nick Rogers and Tim Collins, WKIT-Radio, Brewer; Mike Dow, WKSQ-Radio, Ellsworth; Bill Butler, WWBX-Radio, Bangor; Susan Faloon and Jonathan Shields, WVOM-Radio, Howland; and Jayson Maker and Brad Munson, WVII-TV, Bangor.

Deborah Morton Awards, University of New England’s Westbrook College Campus

BANGOR – Two Bangor women were among six prominent Mainers honored Monday as recipients of the 2005 Deborah Morton Awards at a ceremony held at Ludcke Auditorium on the University of New England’s Westbrook College Campus in Portland.

. Susan M. Collins of Bangor, U.S. senator from Maine.

. Sister Mary Norberta of Bangor, president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Hospital and St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation in Bangor.

. Louise Parker James, former instructor of American History and assistant dean of students at Westbrook Junior College.

. Eleanor Parker Merrill, community volunteer, poet and former faculty member of Westbrook College.

. Kay Rand, principal of BSSN Resources, a consulting subsidiary of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson.

. Paula D. Silsby, U.S. Attorney, District of Maine, spoke at the awards convocation ceremony.

The Deborah Morton Awards are presented each year by the trustees of the University of New England to outstanding women who have achieved high distinction in their careers and public service or whose leadership in civic, cultural or social causes has been exceptional.

The Deborah Morton Award, first presented at Westbrook College in 1961, was the first annual award in Maine to honor women’s achievements. It was named in memory of Deborah Morton of Round Pond, valedictorian of the 1879 class of the Westbrook Seminary, the forerunner of Westbrook College, which merged with the University of New England in 1996. Morton was a teacher, dean, linguist, historian and prominent Portland civic leader whose service to Westbrook College spanned more than 60 years.

Since 1961, more than 150 distinguished women have been honored with the award.

A scholarship is awarded annually to a UNE student from the Westbrook College Campus, and this year’s recipient is Class of 2007 dental hygiene major Jacqueline Morrill.