Brent Arthur Miller of Auburn was awarded a bachelor of science degree in biology-microbiology during Salve Regina University’s 60th commencement on May 16 .

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced that Neil Pomerleau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominique L. Pomerleau of Auburn, a first-year student majoring in aerospace engineering, has been named a Charles O. Thompson Scholar for the 2009-10 academic year. Named in honor of the first president of WPI, the honor recognizes outstanding performance by first-year students. […]

Zackary J. Timmermeyer, a Lewiston native, was recently recognized at a ceremony on April 21 at Fisher College. Timmermeyer was the recipient of the Orientation Leader of the Year and the Center for Leadership in Public Service Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of public service within and around the Boston community. Timmermeyer […]

PORTLAND — Susan E. Picinich, interim dean of the University of Southern Maine College of Arts and Sciences, has announced the following awards and scholarships have been presented to local students: Katherine Sanborn, a 2006 graduate of Livermore Falls High School, received the Award for Excellence in Foreign Language Study for Latin. The book award […]

FAIRFIELD — Kennebec Valley Community College held its 40th commencement exercises at the Augusta Civic Center on May 15, with 496 graduates. The graduating class was the largest in the college’s history, and the crowd of graduates, family and friends gathered for the event filled the civic center auditorium. President Barbara Woodlee, speaking at her […]

AUGUSTA — Students at the University of Maine at Augusta who earned the dean’s list for the fall semester have been announced by Executive Vice President and Provost Joshua Nadel. To be on the dean’s list, a student must earn a 3.25 grade point average for a given semester and must be enrolled full-time. Andover: […]

Melody Brooke Gammon has received acceptance to the education masters program in physical education and coaching in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at the Boston University School of Education. The program includes study in teaching physical education, perceptual-motor learning, coaching, health, fitness, sports management and sport theory. Gammon is a 2000 graduate of Oxford […]

BRUNSWICK — The following students of the Brunswick Maine Center for Continuing Education of Southern New Hampshire University have been recognized for academic achievement for terms in fall 2009. President’s list Bowdoin: Hannah O’Brien Topsham: Clemente Alvarado, Matthew Newcomb, H. Rosenberg. To be named to the president’s list, a student must earn a grade point […]

AUBURN — Two honor students at Central Maine Community College, Natalie Hollows and Rebecca Smith, have been named to the Maine Community College System All-Maine Academic Team. They were honored recently along with other MCCS students at a ceremony in Augusta. Hollows, who resides in Auburn, is president of the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at […]

FARMINGTON — Fifteen students have been named spring 2010 Michael D. Wilson Research Scholars by the University of Maine at Farmington Undergraduate Research Council. The program awards funds that underwrite student research project expenses and provides a strong foundation for the highest level of student scholarship, critical thinking, intellectual independence and faculty mentoring. The awards […]