Caribou student among grant recipients

    During a President’s Reception held last month, 15 students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle received grant awards through a Student Support Services Program. Each full-time-student award was approximately $980 and will assist the students by reducing their loans.     On December 15, 2000, Section 17 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 was amended to provide grant aid for eligible TRIO Student Support Services Program (SSS) students. The respective college/university SSS Program selects the recipients and awards the grant money to freshman and sophomore college students who are active participants, have successfully completed at least one semester and are receiving Federal Pell Grants.
    This is the seventh year since the passing of this act that the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s SSS Program has been funded to provide its participants with grant aid. A total of $13,474 was awarded. Mary Kate Barbosa, director of TRIO Student Support Services, and Chris Bell, director of Financial Aid, worked together to make the selections.
    The following students received funding: Blaine – Melissa Hallett; Caribou – Jordan Haines, Jessica Mayne and Florence Repecko; Fort Fairfield – Christina Booth, Ryan Butler and Stacy Graves; Mars Hill – Amanda Nappi; Presque Isle – Donna Cloukey, Brittany Cray, Aaron Parks, Bobby Jo Pelkey and Natalie St. Pierre and ; Woodland – Kimberly Landry.