PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation has announced the Maine Policy Scholars 2014-15 class. One student from each campus of the University of Maine System has been selected to pursue a year-long program of applied research in the area of Maine public policy.

The scholars are Andrew Radford, University of Maine, Augusta; Charles Young, University of Maine, Farmington; Victoria Boone, University of Maine, Machias; Kasandra Foster, University of Maine, Presque Isle; Kari Beaulieu, University of Southern Maine; Alexandra Courtney, University of Maine, Orono; and Travis Powers, University of Maine, Fort Kent.

This year, the policy scholars traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of their orientation. They met with Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, went on a tour of the Senate chamber with Democratic Secretary Gary Myrick, a Guilford native and UMaine graduate, and interviewed policy experts.

During the academic year, the scholars will work with faculty advisors to research a policy issue facing Maine. They will produce a report, in the form of a memo to Maine’s governor or appropriate policymaker, outlining the issue and offering policy solutions.

On May 1, the scholars will present their reports to a panel of policymakers.

The late Peter Cox established the Maine Scholars Fund at the community foundation in 1987. The Maine Policy Scholars program was introduced in 1995 and is managed by the foundation with input from an advisory committee. For more information, contact Laura Armstrong Reed, foundation officer, by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (207) 564-3236.