UMPI announces 2015 graduates

  PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — One hundred and seventy-two students graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle during the 2014-2015 academic year. On Saturday, May 16, during the university’s 106th commencement exercises, President Linda Schott conferred degrees upon 122 students who participated in the ceremony held in Wieden Gymnasium.

Among degree recipients were the following from the local area:
Graduating summa cum laude were Ryan St. Peter, Caribou; Jessica Cheney, Castle Hill; Victoria Winslow, Mapleton; and Emily Lizotte, Presque Isle.
Graduating magna cum laude were Deanna Harris and Nicholas Parks, Blaine; Taylor Bradbury, Bridgewater; Alicia Clark, Shawn Frost, Alyssa Kilcollins, Stephen St. Peter, and Idella Thompson, Caribou; Claire Cheney, Castle Hill; Luke Fuller and Brittany Tompkins, Easton; Riley Parady, Fort Fairfield; Thomas Dionne, Grand Isle; Melanie Maynard, Mapleton; Brian Mosher, Presque Isle; and Rebecca Campbell, Washburn.
Graduating cum laude were Crystal Brayall, Caribou; Mark Sotomayor, Easton; Dana Boardman, Fort Fairfield; Kalli Cote, Limestone; Derek Boudreau, Emily Brown, Skylah Gendreau, Dillon Kingsbury, Chelsea Lynds-Beaulieu and Kaitlyn Martin, Presque Isle; and Angela Lagasse, Sinclair.
Others receiving degrees were Tina Dorr, Jennifer Farr and Adrianna Paradis, Ashland;  Kim Chabré, Nicole Cyr, Michael Hersey, Tia McHatten, Leah Rodriguez, Robert Sparrow and Chelsea St. Peter, Caribou; Luke Budreau, Easton; Nicole Gray, Jaime Parsley and Andrew Forsman, Fort Fairfiled; Jasmine Cote, Wendy Genthner and Audra Kirk, Limestone; and Kaeson Richardson, Madison; Jason Johnson and Dayton Maxcy, Mapleton.
Also, Mariah Brewer, Robert Collins and Shawn McIntyre, Mars Hill; Joseph Buckley, Ethan Campbell, Douglas Carlisle, Krista Coffin, Jessica Coppola, Shayna da Cruz, Heather Kennedy, Julie Knight, Rebekah Shaw, Elizabeth Whitaker and Maddasin Willette, Presque Isle; Brittany Doak and Jessica Doucette, Stockholm/Easton; Laura Fantasia, Washburn; and Wyatt Rothlauf, Woodland.