Education News: UMaine’s Midcoast Phi Kappa Phi inductees, Maine Maritime designates graduation speaker
UMaine's Phi Kappa Phi chapter inducts 47 members including students from the Midcoast: Forty-seven members of University of Maine community, including 41 undergraduate and graduate students, were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and largest collegiate honor society, during the chapter's annual meeting on campus March 19.
Faculty and alumni inductees were Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, who was keynote speaker at the event; Shaleen Jain, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering; Kyriacos Markides, professor of sociology; Gail Werrbach, director and associate professor of social work; Lucille Zeph, associate professor of education; and alumna Sarah Smiley, who has a master’s of art in communications from UMaine.
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at UMaine by 10 seniors led by Marcus L. Urann in an effort to start an honorary society that recognizes outstanding students, faculty and staff from all disciplines.
In 1900, the University of Tennessee and Pennsylvania State University joined the society originally named Lambda Sigma Eta Society, making it a national society. Phi Kappa Phi has since grown to an international society with more than one million members from more than 300 campuses across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
2015 Phi Kappa Phi-Chapter 1 student inductees:
Midcoast Maine inductees are:
Benjamin Whiting Bucklin, of Searsport; Julianna Ennamorati, of Waldoboro; Wendy Gibbs, of Brooks; and Katrina R. Lapham, of Belfast.
The rest of the inductees are:
Marissa Bovie of Vassalboro; Jie Cao of Shanghai, China Kyle Castagnetto of Winslow; Jesse T. Clark of Calais; Annie Collins of Caribou; Sean Christopher Cox of Bar Harbor; Katie A. Delcourt of Old Town; Nathan Francis Dunn of Berwick; Kelly A. Edwards of Pownal;
Jennifer Federico of Glenburn; Derek Michael Frey of Kenduskeag; Andrew Goode of Boothbay; Adam Gudroe of Garland; Cameron Guild of Manchester; Nicolette D. Hashey of Hermon; Kathleen R. Hill of Ellsworth; Eliza Capen Jones of Newcastle; Michael Joseph Kennedy of Biddeford; Anne M. Lausier of Bangor; Richard H. Luc of Bangor;
Abigail Adams MacDonald of Yarmouth; Joan Marie McCue of Old Town; Molly Moreshead of Holden; Samantha O'Shea of Kennebunkport; Ray G. Peck of Brewer; Samantha L. Pelletier of Saint David; Elizabeth G. Proctor of Newbury, Massachusetts;
Tyler Quiring of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; Anna Richard of Wareham, Massachusetts; Allison E. Scully of Waterville; Megan W. Smith of Bucksport; Bronte Mercedes Sone of Orono,; Jamie Lynn St. Pierre of Wilton;
Leanne R. Violette of Bangor; Sadie Wight of Bucksport; Eric Wold of Freeport; and Yunhui Wu of Beidou Community, Heilongjiang, China.
BATH — On Thursday, April 9, 2015 Hyde School will host the third Maine Youth Leadership conference. The focus of the day will be on the challenges faced by Maine youth and what they can do about it as young leaders.
There will be a key note presentation, a panel discussion on adversity and set-backs, along with a morning full of workshops focusing on the particular struggles of youth today. Lunch will follow, and the day will conclude with a segment on overcoming setbacks.
This conference will provide an opportunity for youth leaders of Maine to come together, discuss issues that affect them, and gain resources that will help overcome setbacks.
All Maine schools are invited to attend. School groups interested in running a workshop may contact Hyde School at www.hyde.edu/MaineLeaders. The student-created video from the previous conference is also posted on this page.
To see photos from past conferences, search for #Leadersofthe207 on Twitter.
To be a featured speaker at one of the Maine State Leadership Alliance events, mentor a leadership student, or join the Maine State Leadership Alliance community, contact Stefan Jensen, program director, Hyde School, 616 High Street, Bath, Maine 04530; sjensen@hyde.edu; 207-443-7380.
President and CEO of American Bureau of Shipping to deliver Maine Maritime Academy 2015 Commencement Address
CASTINE — Christopher J. Wiernicki, an internationally recognized naval architect and business leader, will be the college's 2015 Commencement speaker Saturday, May 2, according to Maine Maritime Academy President William J. Brennan in a news release.
Wiernicki currently serves as the chairman, president and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping, a leader in classification and certification services for the global offshore and marine industries, and chairman of ABS Group, a leading global provider of technical services.
"Our students are the next generation to champion the ABS mission of security and engineering standards in the shipping industry," said President Brennan in the news release. "We are honored to hear Mr. Wiernicki's perspective first-hand, and to have him deliver the send-off to the Class of 2015."
Wiernicki holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Vanderbilt University, a master of science in structural engineering from George Washington University, and a master of science in ocean engineering from MIT. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School's advanced management program.
Maine Maritime Academy is a co-educational, public college on the coast of Maine offering 18 degree programs in engineering, management, science, and transportation. The college serves approximately 950 undergraduate and graduate students in career-oriented programs of study. For more information, visit mainemaritime.edu.
UMaine to host Maine National History Day competition
ORONO — More than 300 students and teachers from 36 middle and high schools from around the state will participate in the Maine National History Day competition at the University of Maine Saturday, March 28.
For the second year in a row, a partnership between UMaine and the Margaret Chase Smith Library, with support from the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine Historical Society, brings the event for students in grades 6–12 to the UMaine campus.
National History Day (NHD) is an academic program that began in 1980 to promote critical thinking, research and presentation skills through project-based learning for students of all abilities. More than a half million students, working with thousand of teachers, participate in the national contest annually.
Student exhibits, websites, documentaries and performances will be judged from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at several locations on campus including Wells Conference Center, which will house the museum exhibit category that is open to the public.
A history scavenger hunt also will take place for participants throughout the day.
Charles Stanhope, chairman of the Maine Arts Commission who has worked at the Library of Congress and is a UMaine alumnus, is scheduled to speak at the 2:30 p.m. awards ceremony in Wells. Awards will be given in several categories, and the top state winners will be eligible to compete in the national contest in Washington, D.C. in June.
A public recognition ceremony for the state NHD award winners will be held 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. April 7 in Augusta's Cultural Building atrium in partnership with the Maine State Archives, Museum and Library. A Maine student's museum exhibit that won first place in the nation in 2014 also will be on display. The NHD recognition ceremony will be followed by the third annual Maine Humanities Summit from 5 – 7:30 p.m. at the Senator Inn in Augusta. More information about the summit is online.
For questions or to request a disability accommodation, contact John Taylor, NHD state coordinator with the Margaret Chase Smith Library, 317.626.8438, john.m.taylor@maine.edu; or Liam Riordan, UMaine history professor, 207.581.1913, riordan@umit.maine.edu. More information on Maine NHD isonline.
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