FORT KENT, Maine — The University of Maine at Fort Kent graduating seniors received their degrees at the 133rd commencement exercises held at UMFK on May 9. University President Wilson G. Hess presided over the ceremony that conferred 163 bachelor degrees and 43 associate degrees.
Local graduates include the following:
From Van Buren: Jonathan Chasse, co-valedictorian, bachelor of science in public safety administration.
From Caribou: Timothy Todd Blair, bachelor of science in nursing; Benjiman K. Blackstone, bachelor of science in business; Lacy Morgan Cyr, associate of arts in criminal justice; Shawn Dubay, associate of science in information security; Sarah Jean Englund, bachelor of science in public safety administration; Dylan T. Ouellette, bachelor of science in nursing; Jennifer Dawn Pinette, bachelor of science in nursing; and Reggie Warren Rideout, associate of science in applied forest management.
From Hamlin: Connor Jonathan Lapierre, associate of arts in criminal justice; and Alan D. Pelletier, bachelor of science in computer applications.
From Limestone: Dylan Paul Caldwell, associate of arts in emergency management and homeland security; Vessa Jane Villarreal, associate of arts in general studies; and Chandra M. Von Merta, bachelor of science in biology.
From Stockholm: Katie E. Thuotte, bachelor of science in nursing.
From Woodland: Caitlin Kelley Fowler, bachelor of science in nursing; and Heather Mae Pelletier, bachelor of science in nursing.
In a related matter, Heather Montgomery, Caribou, was inducted into the Nursing Honor Society by Dr. Tanya Sleeper, assistant professor of nursing. Only students with a grade point average of 3.0 or above, in the top 30 percent of their graduating class, and who represent the attributes of scholarship are admitted to the group.
