Schools
Orono High School
ORONO — Five Orono High School students will join writer and historian Stephanie Harp of Bangor for “The 1927 Project,” a presentation about an early 20th-century lynching in Little Rock, Arkansas. The event will take place 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Orono High School-Middle School library.
The event, free and open to the public, is supported by Maine Arts Commission. For information, email ninthstreet@stephanieharp.com.
Colleges
UMA anonymous donor
University of Maine Augusta President Glenn Cummings announced on Jan. 15 that UMA has received a gift in excess of $1 million from an anonymous donor.
The gift is part of the UMA’s 50th Anniversary Fund campaign, launched in conjunction with the school’s 50th anniversary this year. Funds raised during the campaign will be used for student scholarships, to support veterans enrolled at UMA, to strengthen the school’s online and distance education offerings, and to renovate the auditorium.
UMA has campuses in Augusta and Bangor.
Beal College
BANGOR — Beal College Campus Director Corey Leighton announced recently that the college has launched a new, nationally accredited medical scribe associate degree program. For information, call 947-4591, email admissions@bealcollege.edu or Beal College at 99 Farm Road, or apply online at www.bealcollege.edu/apply or in person.
Colby College
These area students were named to the dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement for the fall semester at Colby College in Waterville.
• Elizabeth Huber, daughter of Roger and Karen Huber of Bangor.
• John Bjorn, son of Preston and Jeanna Bjorn of Hampden.
• Alison Russell, daughter of Jeffrey Russell of Hampden.
• Morgan Springer, daughter of Ronald and Lisa Springer of Hampden.
• Roy Donnelly, son of Robert Donnelly of Hampden and Marjorie Snyder of Hampden.
• Jordan Lorenz, son of John Lorenz and Cheryl Olson of Bangor.
• Lydia-Rose Ross, daughter of Levi and Jennifer Ross of Holden.
• Adrienne Carmack, daughter of David and Adrienne Carmack of Veazie.
• Sheila Rajan, daughter of Thomas and Savitha Rajan of Orrington.
University of Maine
ORONO — Chef, author and sustainable food system expert Barton Seaver was honored on Jan. 27 by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center as a Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow at a reception at the University Club in Fogler Library at the University of Maine.
Seaver works collaboratively with industry and institution leaders, policymakers, media and conservationists, and is a leading voice for sustainable food systems. The director of the Sustainable Seafood and Health Initiative at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health, he spearheads initiatives to inform citizens about how menu and diet choices can promote healthier people, more secure food supplies and thriving communities.
Seaver, Esquire magazine’s 2009 Chef of the Year, also is on a mission to restore people’s relationship with the ocean, the land and with each other — through dinner.
Seaver is a National Geographic Society Fellow and the first Sustainability Fellow in Residence at the New England Aquarium, where he educates restaurant and culinary school staffs about sustainable seafood. In 2012, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Seaver to the United States Culinary Ambassador Corp.
University of New Haven
These students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut:
• Amanda Charette of Glenburn.
• Jessica Krueger of Glenburn.
• Sadie Redman of Bangor.
University of Rhode Island
BANGOR — These students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island:
• Miranda Monk of Bangor.
• Patrick Lee of Bangor.
Western New England University
HAMPDEN — Thomas Cowin of Hampden was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Western New England University.