Springfield SPRINGFIELD, MA — Springfield College has named Kaitlyn Plummer from Naples, ME to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the 2020 fall semester. Plummer has a primary major of Health Science/Occupational Therapy. The criteria for selection to the Dean’s List are as follows: The student must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours […]
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Journalism scholarship applications open
NEW ENGLAND — The New England Newspaper and Press Association awards up to 10 scholarships each year to aspiring journalists through the Journalism Education Foundation of New England. Applications are open through the deadline of March 12, 2021. Our foundation strives to encourage and support young people who plan to pursue a career in the newspaper industry. […]
Sign up for Senior College winter classes
BRIDGTON — Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering only limited enrollment ZOOM sessions during the month of February. Classes for the autumn session are free to paid members. Mail-in Registrations are due by January 27. Eight virtual classes will be offered on Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:30 from February […]
President’s List
Castleton CASTLETON, VT — Jayna Ryan of Norway was recently named to the Castleton University President’s List for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify for this highest academic honor, students must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 4.0. SNHU MANCHESTER, NH — It is with great pleasure […]
New certificate offered in research, innovation and strategy
ORONO — University of Maine students can now obtain an interdisciplinary credential designed to help meet the needs of 21st-century employers. The Certificate in Research Innovation and Strategy (CRIS) was developed as part of UMaine’s Experiential Program Innovation Central (EPIC), which fosters collaboration among UMaine research and experiential learning centers. Four pathways for the College of […]
Dean’s List
Castleton CASTLETON, VT — Jessica Bickford of Oxford was named to the Castleton University Dean’s List for the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify for this academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 3.5. Nichols DUDLEY, MA — Melody Millett, a Nichols College student […]
Dean’s List
UNE PORTLAND — The following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2020 fall semester at the University of New England. Dean’s List students have attained a grade point average of 3.3 or better out of a possible 4.0 at the end of the semester. Fryeburg: Kaylee Emery and Kristina LeBlanc Minot: […]
UMA offers free college classes
RUMFORD — University of Maine at Augusta’s Rumford Center is offering the Osher New Beginnings Scholarship for the spring semester to encourage more Maine people of all ages to give college a try. Courses can be completed at our Rumford or Lewiston Centers as well as online. The Osher Scholarship was established for those who are […]
Free course offered to help first-year students
ORONO — Marking the end of final exams for the Fall 2020 semester, the University of Maine System announced that it will again be offering a free college course to promising first-year students who failed a class during their first semester. Chancellor Malloy launched the Make the Grade Student Success Initiative in December of 2019 as […]
UMF receives National Science Foundation grant
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to announce it has received a National Science Foundation grant of $96,377 to engage rural students with disabilities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning through accessible makerspaces. The innovative UMF incubator makerspace, Maine-Makerspaces for Abilities Driving Entrepreneurship (ME-MADE), is located in the Mantor Library […]