Friday, November 20, 2009 in Lewiston, Maine
Jessica Turcotte of Poland has been named to the dean's list at the University of Southern Maine for the spring semester with a grade point average of 4.0. She is a sophomore majoring in social and behavioral sciences. Turcotte is a graduate of Poland Regional High School and is the daughter of Marc and Diane Turcotte of Poland.
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College held its annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony on Oct. 30. Students who are designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are in the top 20 percent of each class for the previous academic year. In addition, those scholars who earned a GPA of 4.0 are designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Book Award winners.
The following local Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are:
Sara Joan Powers of Auburn, class of 2011 and Audrey Blanche Bergeron of Lewiston, class of 2012.
Katelyn Bermudez of Auburn was inducted into the Tau Delta chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association Honor Society, during a ceremony at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., on Oct. 18.
Students with at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average with 60 semester credit hours completed and students with at least a 3.25 GPA for communication studies courses with 12 semester credit hours completed are eligible to be inducted into Lambda Pi Eta.
Zachary Delcourt of Lewiston has been awarded a scholarship by the Two Ten Footwear Foundation. Delcourt will use the award to attend University of Maine at Orono.
The Two Ten Footwear Foundation Scholarship Program was established in 1969 to provide need-based scholarships to people in the footwear, leather and allied industries. The program helps students meet the cost of higher education at colleges, vocational/technical school and nursing programs. Annual awards range from $200 to $3,000 and may be renewed.
Ashley Wiencek of Auburn earned her associate degree in culinary arts from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. on July 2.
Wiencek is a 2007 graduate of Edward Little High School.
Quinn A. Hathaway of Industry has made the dean's list for the August 2009 session at The University of Northwestern Ohio, College of Technologies. Full-time students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or better to be named to the dean's list.
BIDDEFORD — Three area residents recently participated in the annual White Coat Ceremony at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. The ceremony formally recognizes the transition students make from lay persons to those assuming the responsibility of physicians.
Former Edward Little High School student Barry Daniel Smith of Auburn recently graduated from Hesser College, Manchester N.H., with a degree in criminal justice. Smith has joined the U.S. Army and will attend nine weeks of military basic training and five weeks of AIT school at Fort Sills, Okla. in November. His career field specialty will be artillery weapons crew member.
Sarah Elwell, a sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources in Lincoln, Neb., received a Holling Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. She is majoring in animal science. Elwell is a graduate of Lewiston High School. She is the daughter of Steven Elwell and Julie Gomez of Lewiston.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., has announced the winners of the Rensselaer Medal. Felicia Nicole Stewart of Auburn is the honoree at St. Dominic Regional High School.
Mary Ella Ganong, daughter of Brian and Peggy Ganong of Lisbon Falls, has graduated from Baptist Bible College in Clark Summit, Pa. She received a bachelor of science degree in theology with an emphasis in family counseling, and ended her studies with a 3.78 grade point average. Ganong is currently employed at the Lisbon Falls Community Library as the assistant children's librarian.
Members of Elmira College's Class of 2013 were recognized during the college's fall academic convocation for receiving Valedictorian, Salutatorian, Presidential, Trustee or Founder Scholarships.
Kalinda Cox of Bethel, majoring in biology-chemistry, earned the Founder Scholarship. Cox is the daughter of Laura Tyler.
Shelby Black of Norway, majoring in international studies, also earned the Founder Scholarship. She is the daughter of Barbara Rooth and Paul Black.
Loren Michelle Lepage of Lewiston was awarded a bachelor's degree in science cum laude in occupational therapy from the University of New England on May 8. Lepage is presently completing her clinicals in Berlin, N.H, and Philadelphia, Pa., towards graduating with her masters this spring. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 2005 and is the daughter of Marc and Diane Lepage of Sabattus and Robert and Sandra Beauchesne of Lewiston.
Kelsey Nicolas was initiated into Phi Sigma Biological Sciences National Honor Society at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass. She is the daughter of Jones and Bonita Nicolas of Auburn.
Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society was founded at Ohio State University in 1915 for the purposes of promoting research and academic excellence in the biological sciences. Membership in Phi Sigma is not merely for recognition of academic excellence and achievement; it also serves to further develop interests, knowledge and opportunities in biological sciences.
