Schools
Dance party
BANGOR — A middle school dance part will be held 7-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, at the Bangor Y, 17 Second St. Admission is $6.
For information, call 941-2808 or email kparker@bangorY.org.
Teacher of the Year
BREWER — Robert Hodgdon, a teacher at Richmond Hill Middle School in Bryan County has been selected as the 2015 Middle School Science Teacher of the Year for the state of Georgia by the Georgia Science Teachers Association.
Hodgdon has been a teacher at the school for 10 years. His current assignment is seventh-grade advanced content life science. He is also the coordinator for a Field Studies
Program that provides students, their parents and other school staff with opportunities
to conduct real-world surveying, monitoring and research activities with scientists and
specialists from the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, and Fort Stewart Fish and Wildlife Division.
Hodgdon graduated from the University of Maine in 1991. He is the son of the late Robert Hodgdon Sr. of Tremont and Clarice (Walsh) McClure of Brewer.
Colleges
Bryant University
BANGOR — Shruti Kansara of Bangor was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode island.
Project management course
BANGOR — Husson University announced recently that it will begin a five-week program in project management leadership on Feb. 3, at all three of their major campuses in Westbrook, Bangor and Presque Isle.
As part of the project management leadership program, students will take a case study through a four-phase project planning process. The program will conclude with a course that prepares students to take the Project Management Professional or the Certified Associate in Project Management certification examinations, depending upon the student’s work experience level.
Robert Laliberte will serve as the senior instructor working with students to help them earn professional certification in project management. In addition to being a past board member of the Maine chapter of the Project Management Institute, Laliberte is a founding partner of Innovation Partners International, an organization dedicated to helping individuals, groups, organizations, networks and communities initiate and implement positive change and transformation. He is also a past president of the Maine Association for Psychological Type.
For information by call 874-5800 or visit Husson.edu/SouthernMaine to download a registration application.
Lasell College
GLENBURN — Zachary Hamilton of Glenburn was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts.
Lyndon State College
BANGOR — Nicholas Fournier of Bangor was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont.
Saint Anselm College
These area students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire:
• Jennifer Farrar of Bangor.
• Amanda Lalime of Hermon.
• Rosemary Lausier of Bangor.
• Rebecca Pelletier of Bangor.