Schools

Scholastic Art Awards

PORTLAND – The Maine College of Art has announced winners of its Regional Scholastic Art Awards and Congressional District Art Awards, including a student from Bangor High School.

This year’s competition brought 341 submissions from 287 young artists representing 11 middle schools and 36 high schools. The talents of these artists will be displayed through Jan. 27 at the Maine College of Art in Portland. A reception will be held 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 27, at the college, followed by an awards ceremony at 1 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium.

Awards sponsorship is provided by the King and Jean Cummings Charitable Trust Fund and the Holt Family Fund, both of the Maine Community Foundation.

Winners are listed according to school name, student’s, grade, school city, teacher’s first and last name, category, title if available, key-special award.

Area winner was:

. Bangor High School, Logan Emerson, grade 12, Bangor, Eric Hutchins, photography, model, gold.

ArtWorks classes

ORONO – The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the spring 2007 after-school ArtWorks classes for area children, kindergarten through grade seven.

ArtWorks classes are held 3:30-5 p.m. Fridays, March 23 through April 20, at Lord Hall on the Orono campus.

ArtWorks is a longstanding program that gives UMaine art education students classroom experience with children while providing art lessons for community youngsters. Classes are supervised by program director and art professor Constant Albertson.

Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, and a waiting list of alternates will be kept in the event of cancellations. Pupils are grouped by age for classes and will have an opportunity to work with a variety of art materials.

A $25 course fee covers the cost of materials. A limited number of scholarships are available. The application deadline is Monday, Feb. 26. To obtain more information or registration forms, call 581-3251 or e-mail constant.albertson@umit.maine.edu.

Educator achievement award

RESTON, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation announced that Richard Glueck, an Orono Middle School science teacher, is one of seven winners, the only one in Maine, of the foundation’s 2007 Educator Achievement Award.

The award is presented to teachers who have demonstrated exemplary efforts in teaching mathematics, science and related technical studies.

The foundation’s president, Roger Simpson, said, “AIAA is pleased to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of our seven award winners. They are truly inspiring persons, not only to their students, but also to all who witness their dedication, creativity and enthusiasm. Their impact on hundreds, even thousands of students, is a positive force for developing the math, science and technology skills necessary to continue to advance the aerospace profession and our nation.”

Glueck and the other winners will receive a trip to Washington, D.C., where they will be recognized at the Aerospace Spotlight Gala on May 15.

The achievement award has honored 28 kindergarten to grade 12 teachers since 1997.

The foundation’s mission is to enhance and support the viability of current and future aerospace professionals by funding student programs, research opportunities and professional contacts, and recognizing outstanding individual’s contributions such as Glueck’s.

For more information, visit www.aiaa.org.

Wild Theater, ages 8-12

HOLDEN – A rare and exciting opportunity to mix theater and nature is about to happen at the Fields Pond Audubon Center.

Ten children ages 8-12 will create and perform a theatrical nature-based piece to perform for parents and friends. Parents will drop off their children and give them time to learn about nature through theater play. Three hours later, parents return – with more family and friends – to watch the performance featuring their children.

Playwright Chris Newcomb and Audubon naturalist Holly Twining will lead participants through improvisation, theater games and nature-related text. A performance piece, about 10 minutes long, will form out of the theatrical fun. A short nature walk followed by hot chocolate will be an enjoyable break in the theatrics.

Wild Theater will be held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Road. Show time is 4 p.m.

The cost is $18 for members and $22 for others. Preregistration is required. Call Fields Pond at 989-2591 to register a child or to obtain more information.

Scholarships from Unicel

As part of Unicel’s commitment to being part of the communities it serves, the company will recognize outstanding high school students who have served their communities by volunteering.

Unicel created the “High School Heroes” program to celebrate high school seniors who give their time and talents to improve the lives of others. Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 will be awarded to students at the end of the 2007 school year.

High school seniors may nominate themselves or family members, teachers, mentors or friends may nominate a student they feel is qualified. Nomination forms can be picked up at any Unicel store or downloaded from the company’s Web site www.unicel.com/aboutus/community. The nomination deadline is March 31.

“Unicel strongly supports volunteer efforts that benefit and strengthen the communities we serve,” said Jeff Hitland, senior vice president. “The High School Heroes program reflects the company’s commitment to maintaining the rural way of life and to providing its neighbors with exceptional personal communications tools.”

Colleges

Eastern Maine Community College,

Husson College

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College and Husson College will collaborate to offer a new opportunity for students in eastern and central Maine who aspire to a career in teaching. A formal agreement between the two Bangor colleges was announced on Jan. 9 at Husson College.

Participating in the signing ceremony were Husson Dean of Education Lynne Coy-Ogan and Connie Ronco, EMCC Education Department chairwoman.

The agreement provides education students at EMCC who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or above, received a grade of C or higher in each transfer class and passed the PRAXIS I exam, guaranteed admission into one of Husson’s education programs.

“This is an important opportunity for our students,” said Ronco, chairwoman of EMCC’s Education and Early Childhood Education programs. “This agreement will allow our students to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Husson College and teacher certification from the state of Maine. They will complete their four-year degree in two additional years at Husson College, with all course work and credits from EMCC transferring.”

“We’re excited about this opportunity to partner with EMCC as this provides a wonderful opportunity for students from eastern and central Maine to pursue a career in teaching. Like EMCC, Husson offers small classes and individual attention to its students,” said Coy-Ogan. “The projection for the near future is that there will be a critical need for teachers throughout the state. We believe that this articulation will not only assist us in preparing quality teachers, but will make it easier for them to stay to live and work in Maine.”

EMCC offers an associate degree in both education and early childhood education. A certificate program is also available in early childhood education.

Husson College offers a bachelor’s degree in education with concentrations in elementary education, physical education and science teacher education. Husson also offers a master’s degree in school counseling to prepare graduates for the role of a guidance counselor in a K-12 setting.

“At Husson, as at EMCC, we are committed to preparing skilled, committed and ethical educators. One of the strong attributes of our program is its purposeful connection from theory to practice,” said Coy-Ogan. “When we place our student teachers in the field, we carefully connect their course work to their placements. The thorough preparation they receive at EMCC will help ensure their success as they finish their bachelor’s degree and then begin their careers.”

Quinnipiac University

HAMDEN, Conn. – These local residents were named to the dean’s list at Quinnipiac University for the fall semester:

. Jillian Dougherty of Brewer.

. Jeffrey Bouchard of Hampden.

. Lance Ingerson of Hampden.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 5,400 full-time undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students in more than 50 programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, College of Liberal Arts, Division of Education and College of Professional Studies.

Stonehill College

EASTON, Mass. – These area students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Stonehill College:

. Megan Yardley of Bangor.

. Darci Greenacre of Hampden.

New England School of Communications

BANGOR – More than $11,000 in scholarship aid has been awarded to 23 students of the New England School of Communications at Husson College for the second semester – the most ever awarded by the school.

The scholarships are based on academic achievement and need. Four of the scholarships are named in memory of former students or faculty relatives.

The Maine Association of Broadcasters provided five scholarships: Justin Baker of Caribou, $600; Katie Bielinski of Millinocket, $600; Megan Hachey of Orono, $400; Danielle Rosenblom of Glenburn and Tustin, Calif., $400; and Shanna Miller of Lovell, $400.

The Vermont Association of Broadcasters provided a $1,000 scholarship to Christopher Whitman of East Thetford, Vt.

The memorial scholarship in the name of former student Allen Friedman of Bangor went to Katie Leighton of Greenville and Mark Edwards of South Portland, both for $500.

The Diane Kasparek Scholarship of $750, earmarked for a student from Aroostook County, went to Kyle McCormick of Houlton.

The Brian Welch Scholarship of $500 was awarded to Michael Nelson of Bangor.

Five NESCom Scholarships were awarded: Jonathan Hersey of Louden, N.H.; Andrew Rapier of Cape Neddick; Sean Stackhouse of Pittsfield; Craig McDonough of Saco, each $500; and Brandon Gassett of East Parsonsfield, $250.

Two scholarships of $500 named for former NESCom President George Wildey went to William Shepherd of North Anson and Jonathan Fisk of Bangor.

WABI-TV Scholarships of $500 each went to Kasey Mehuren of Searsmont and Gregory Parker of Buckfield.

Also receiving awards were Jarod Richmond of Pittsfield, the WHSN-Radio Scholarship, $250; Matt McCarthy of Sanford, the NESCom TV Scholarship, $250; Jillian Whitney of Machias, the Fred Hirsch Verizon Scholarship, $400; and Paul Allen of Brownfield, NESCom’s Alumni Scholarship, $250.