Schools

Youth Art Month

PORTLAND – In celebration of National Youth Art Month in March, the Portland Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Maine Art Education Association, has organized an exhibition created by Maine art students.

The exhibition showcases more than 100 works of art by students from elementary school through high school. All participants receive certificates. Area students featured:

. Bangor High School, Bangor, Jason Budden, Mary Howard.

. Fruit Street School, Bangor, Page Cadorette.

. James F. Doughty School, Bangor, Althea Unertl.

. Mary Snow School, Bangor, Susannah Drown.

. Asa Adams School, Orono, Annika Gallandt.

National Youth Art Month is held to emphasize the value of art education and to encourage public support for quality school art programs.

DAR History Essay Winners

BANGOR – Seven students from Bangor Christian Schools have won honors in the local Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest sponsored by Frances Dighton Williams Chapter.

The topic this year was “I Spy – Espionage During the American Revolution.”

. Sixth grade: first place, Abby Nelson; second place, Gabriella Melcher; third place, Hunter J.C. Cotton.

. Fifth grade: first place, Jovon Craig; second place, Nate Bach; third place, Brynn McKay; honorable mention, Kara Paige Price.

The contest was held under the leadership of Susan Warren, chapter historian; and Wilma Bradford, chapter regent. First place winners and their families will be honored at Friday’s chapter meeting in Bangor.

First place essays have been entered in the state contest, with winners to be announced at the DAR State Conference on March 29 in Auburn.

Scholarship fund raiser

HAMPDEN – A spaghetti supper and silent auction to raise money for the Susan G. Abraham Memorial Endowed Scholarship will take place 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Hampden Highlands United Methodist Church, 44 Kennebec Road.

Donations are $5 a person, $15 a family. The public is encouraged to attend.

Many area merchants, businesses and individuals have contributed goods, services or made cash contributions as the community comes together in honor of Abraham, who was a junior at Hampden Academy and a life guard and swimming instructor at the Lura Hoit Memorial Pool.

Abraham was 17 when she died in a car accident last May.

In loving memory of her vivacious spirit, the trustees of the pool will establish the Susan G. Abraham Memorial Endowed Scholarship as a permanent legacy. The board seeks to raise $10,000.

Donations may be sent to Susan Abraham Scholarship, Lura Hoit Memorial Pool, 106 Western Ave., Hampden, ME 04444, or call Jim Feverston, scholarship committee chairman at 862-4647, for information.

Colleges

CLASS project

ORONO – The Student Education Association of Maine has offered its services to nine elementary schools in the surrounding communities. Members of the organization will record curriculum-based books on CDs and donate them to schools for use by students with visual impairments or reading disabilities.

The project is funded with a Community Learning through America’s Schools grant from the National Education Association’s Student Program. Working with SEAM-UM are members of the Westbrook Education Association.

CLASS projects involve NEA student members working with others for community improvements. At the same time, students are gaining practical experience and growing as professionals.

“This is an amazing experience for our chapter,” said Jaimee Dorion, president of SEAM at the University of Maine. “Our members are so excited about making such a positive impact on local schools and their students. We’ve seen how rewarding these projects can be, and the best part is that we’re making a tremendous difference in the lives of so many students.”

Bentley College

These local students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.:

. David Finch of Bangor

. Elizabeth Heinonen of Bangor.

. Patrick Kane of Bangor.

. Gregory Lenz of Bangor.

. Joshua Ranger of Hampden.

. Shannon Fessenden of Levant.

. Austin Smith of Bangor.

. Tyler Carr of Levant.

Boston College

BUCKSPORT – In the search for the Country’s Funniest College Student, RooftopComedy’s first annual National College Comedy Competition, Caleb Grindle, 20, a marketing major from Bucksport, was named to Boston College’s eight-member comedy team after a contest Feb. 26.

Team members go on to compete in the regional semi-finals, with winners advancing to the online voting round, with the four funniest competing in the finals in Aspen, May 30-31.

Boston University

Named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Boston University in Boston were:

. Adina Rosenthal and Crystal Wilcox of Bangor.

. Brendan Horton of Old Town.

. Jessica Putnam of Holden.

Daniel Webster College

HAMPDEN – Christopher Horn of Hampden was named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H. To achieve the honor a student must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Horn is a sophomore majoring in air traffic control.

Geneva College

GLENBURN – Amanda Rockhill of Glenburn was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa. A graduate of Bangor High School, she is a sophomore majoring in accounting.

Simmons College

These area students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Simmons College in Boston:

. Amanda Mooers of Bangor.

. Lisa Batuski of Orono.

. Emily Sypher of Orono.

Southern New Hampshire

University

Stefanie Deprey of Winterport was named to the president’s list for the fall semester at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., having maintained a grade point average of 3.5-4.0.

Emily Whalen of Exeter was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Southern New Hampshire University, having maintained a grade point average of 3.0-3.49.

Northeastern University

BANGOR – Mike Farrar of Bangor, a freshman, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Northeastern University of Boston.

University of Maine at Farmington

The University of Maine at Farmington announced its dean’s list for the fall semester:

Bangor: Maureen Capehart, Kristen Farrar, Erin Porter.

Beddington: Nancy Varin.

Bradford: Megan Nevells.

Brewer: Sarah Defilipp, Kiley McCloskey, Samantha Shepard.

Bucksport: Jennifer Pelletier, Audra Whitney.

Castine: Alethea Johnson.

Corinth: Ryan Nickerson, Renee Trafton.

East Orland: Erin Blair.

Eddington: Charity Campbell,

Frankfort: Sarah Ellis.

Hampden: Tyler Kirk, Kristen Turner, Benjamin Wells.

Holden: Mallory Wilson.

Hudson: Elizabeth Ellis;

Levant: Andrew Bellmore;

Milford: Elizabeth Bergeron, Michael Bergeron.

Old Town: Skylar Hopkins.

Orono: Andrew Major, Emily Palmer.

Penobscot: Cameron Gray, Phineas Peake.

Veazie: Monica Williams;

Winterport: Heather Bossie, William Probert.

Talk on climate change

CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy’s informal student interest group, Student Solutions to Climate Change, will sponsor a lecture by Dr. Paul A. Mayewski, director and professor of the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine.

The lecture, sponsored in conjunction with the college’s department of arts and sciences, will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Delano Auditorium, Leavitt Hall.

Mayewski, a noted climatologist and explorer, will present his research and views on climate change. Topics will include evidence for climate change, human effect and future projections.

Mayewski has led more than 40 expeditions to remote regions, including Antarctica, the Arctic, the Himalayan Mountains, the Tibetan Plateau and Tierra del Fuego. He was the leader of the first expedition into Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica; the first glaciological expedition to Nun Kun Massif, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas; and the first multidisciplinary over-snow scientific expedition to the South Pole.

His extensive research has documented changes in atmospheric chemistry produced naturally and by humans. Mayewski made an early discovery of recent Antarctic and Himalayan ice loss, discovered behavior of abrupt climate change events in the atmosphere, developed an integrated understanding of multiple controls on climate and demonstrated unique human effect.

He pioneered the use of instrumentally calibrated ice core records and the first global reconstruction of past atmosphere. The author of more than 300 scholarly publications and articles, Mayweski co-authored the popular climate change book, “The Ice Chronicles.”

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Student Solutions to Climate Change is a developing student organization focused on bringing the topic of global climate change to the attention of the community.