Sarah Belden, daughter of Jack and Cindy Belden of Presque Isle, a first-year student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM), participated recently in the College’s annual White Coat Ceremony to formally recognize the transition students make from lay persons to those assuming the responsibility of physicians.
The evening ceremony was held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, in Portland, on Thursday, Oct. 7. Event highlights included presentation of the white coats by members of the physician community; remarks by Marc B. Hahn, D.O., senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine; Joel Kase, D.O., president of the Maine Osteopathic Association; and Dr. Nancy Cummings, president-elect of the Maine Medical Association. Also speaking were second-year medical student Matthew Holz, president of the UNECOM Student Osteopathic Medical Association; and second-year medical student Sean Tyler O’Sullivan, president of the UNECOM Student Government Association.
Martin S. Levine, D.O., delivered the keynote address. Dr. Levine is an AOA board-certified family physician who practices in Bayone and Jersey City, N.J.
Park enrolls at Colby College
WATERVILLE — Kelsey M. Park, of Presque Isle, enrolled at Colby College in Waterville this fall. Before classes began, each student took part in an orientation that included an introduction to Colby’s rigorous academics, rich cultural life and community involvement opportunities, as well as a three-day outdoor excursion.
Park is a graduate of Presque Isle High School and is the daughter of James and Jan Park of Presque Isle.
McCrum earns optometry degree Sarah Elizabeth McCrum received her doctor of optometry degree from the New England College of Optometry on May 28. She is the daughter of David and Patricia McCrum of Mars Hill.
McCrum graduated from St. Joseph’s College of Maine in 2006 with a BS degree in biology and a minor in chemistry.
On the eve of graduation, the McCrum family and friends attended an open house buffet and cocktails reception at the College on Beacon Street in Boston.
The commencement ceremony was held at the Back Bay Events Center on Berkeley Street, followed by a reception in the Back Bay Grand Room.
McCrum will begin her optometry career in Denver, Colo.
Fort Class of ‘54 awards $5,600 scholarship
ELLSWORTH — Marlene Ouellette received a $5,600 scholarship from the Fort Fairfield High School Class of ’54 at graduation ceremonies earlier this summer. She is the daughter of Heather King, of Fort Fairfield, and Milton Ouellette, Jr., of Campton, N.H.
Ouellette plans to pursue a degree in business at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. She was a four-year honors student and active in school and community volunteer work. Frederick McGillan, a member of the Class of ’54, presented the scholarship.
This annual renewable scholarship, managed by the Maine Community Foundation, was first awarded in 2004 to commemorate the 50th reunion of the Class of ’54. In 2008, the scholarship increased from $4,000 to $5,000; it is now $5,600.
“The cost of education is increasing.” noted Norm Stevenson of the Class of ’54. “We want to help as much as we can.”
For information about how to contribute to this tax-exempt fund, call the Maine Community Foundation toll-free at 877-700-6800. A statewide organization, MaineCF has been working with donors and educators since 1983 to provide Maine students with access to educational opportunities. For more information, visit www.mainecf.org.
Russell Scholarship applications available
The Maine Education Association has announced the availability of the Clyde Russell Scholarship application for 2011 awards. The scholarships were established for Maine citizens through a trust created by the late Audrey Lewis, MEA president in 1958, in memory of Clyde Russell, who served as MEA executive director from 1945-66.
This year’s scholarships may be awarded in each of two categories: graduating high school seniors who will attend a four-year college and graduating high school seniors who will attend a Maine community college.
In both categories the awards will be major in nature, not to exceed $5,000. The award for community college students will not exceed $2,000 each.
Application forms for graduating high school seniors who will attend a four-year college and graduating high school seniors who will attend a Maine community college must be obtained by going to the following web-site: www.clyderussellscholarshipfund.org.
Brochures have been sent to all high school guidance offices, local libraries and town offices in the state. Applications may be downloaded between Nov. 1 and Jan. 31. Applicants must be citizens of Maine.
Completed applications must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 2011.
Photography Club awards grant
The local photography club, The Aroostook F-Stops, members gave $350 to Mackenzie Pinette to help her with a trip to Kansas where she represented the State of Maine in the National SkillsUSA photography event.
According to member Tom Shay, the group talked about supporting Pinette as a club and decided to pass the hat to help her out. This helps the club fulfill part of its mission, which is “expose the Aroostook County youth to the joys of photography.”
Amy White is Pinette’s adviser through SAD 1.
For more information about SkillsUSA, visit: www.sad1.org/pirctc/faculty.html
Lulu Pelletier of Fort Kent was recognized as the recipient of the third annual Robert C. Wanbaugh Memorial Art Award on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. As a result of the award, two portraits of Vietnam veterans will be added to the campus’ permanent art collection. Veterans on campus have been invited to join Pelletier and her subjects, Lynwood (Woody) Monteith and Wayne Moshier, for the unveiling of the portraits in the President’s Office.
Pelletier received the award for the portraits of two veterans that she created as part of her senior art show. Both portraits were selected for inclusion in the Senior Thesis Group Exhibition at the Reed Art Gallery from June 1 to Sept. 10. Pelletier received her bachelor of fine arts degree in May 2010, graduating magna cum laude.
Professor Emerita Dr. Rebecca Herrick Wanbaugh established the Robert C. Wanbaugh Memorial Art Purchase Award endowment in 2008 in memory of her husband, an artist and bachelor of fine arts graduate from the University. The endowment provides for the annual purchase of an outstanding work of student art for the University’s collection.
Robert C. Wanbaugh earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from the University in 1988. As a senior art student, he received the Joel Dana Senior Art Scholarship Award and, in 1986, he earned the Photography Award of Excellence from the Photographers Forum of Santa Barbara, Calif. Wanbaugh was born in 1936 in Saginaw, Mich. He served in the U.S. Air Force, as a lieutenant with the Presque Isle Police Department, as purchasing agent/personnel director for the city of Presque Isle, as acting executive director of the Presque Isle Urban Renewal Authority, and later as director of safety and security at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
“This endowment is meaningful for everyone involved. One of our students has the opportunity to sell a work of art and list the Wanbaugh Award on his or her resume. In addition, the campus adds to its growing collection, and the Wanbaugh name and legacy are recognized and remembered on an annual basis,” noted President Zillman.
For more information, contact UMPI Associate Professor Dr. Leo-Paul Cyr at 768-9609 or leopaul.cyr@umpi.edu.
PELLETIER RECEIVES AWARD
University of Maine at Presque Isle officials recently announced the recipient of the 2010 Wanbaugh Memorial Art Award. Pictured (left to right) are the 2010 award recipient Lulu Pelletier of Fort Kent and her portrait subjects Lynwood (Woody) Monteith of Presque Isle and Wayne Moshier of Frenchville.
AMONG STUDENTS receiving academic achievement awards from Northern Maine Community College’s art and sciences, business technology, and nursing and allied health departments were, from left, above: Elizabeth Jalbert of Caribou, early childhood education; Amy Gagnon of Presque Isle, accounting information systems; Lisa Clark of Garfield Plantation, medical coding and medical office administration; April Busse of Easton, medical office administration and office assistant; Jennifer Tweedie of Blaine and Miranda Wilmot of Houlton, nursing; and Jenni Maynard of East Chapman, medical assisting. Bottom, Alyssa Murchison of Presque Isle and Lucas Ireland of Mapleton earned the Award of Excellence, presented by NMCC President Timothy Crowley.
