FORT KENT – Peru resident Hannah J. Mikkonen was one of 29 current University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing students inducted into the UMFK Nursing Honor Society at a special ceremony held April 18.

All students have excelled in the four-year Bachelor of Science in nursing program at UMFK and are very active in campus activities.

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 as defined by Boyer (1990) and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society for Nursing, were eligible for induction.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Kristin Horan of Fryeburg initiated at Plymouth State University

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Kaitlyn Horan of Fryeburg initiated at Plymouth State University

Jacob Steele of Winthrop initiated at Plymouth State University

Megan Bonney of Bethel initiated at University of Maine

Katelyn Kirk of Leeds initiated at University of Maine

Megan Miller of Turner initiated at University of Maine

Gwendolyn Beacham of Farmington initiated at University of Maine

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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — The School of Education and Professional Studies and the Graduate Division at Eastern Connecticut State University recently held its 13th Annual Excellence Expo.

Alexander Verrill ’13 of Hiram, was one of the participants. Verrill’s major is sport and leisure management.

ASHBURNHAM, Mass. — Lawrence Taylor, Class of 2013, of Raymond, received high honors for the winter 2013 term at Cushing Academy. To be named to the high honor roll, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.7 or above.

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STANDISH — The following students were honored for scholastic achievement with induction into the Saint Joseph’s College chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology.

Maureen L. Mazur of Gray, a psychology major.

Meghan Bradley of Fryeburg, a psychology major.

STANDISH — The following students were inducted to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The society honors undergraduate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and leaders who exhibits exceptional achievements in nursing.

Leah Martin of Turner, a junior nursing student.

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Brittany Robertson of Mechanic Falls, a junior nursing student.

Katelyn Rock of Peru, a senior nursing student.

Mercedes Theriault of Waterford, a senior nursing student.

Kathryn McNally of New Gloucester, a registered nurse who is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in nursing through the Graduate & Professional Studies division at Saint Joseph’s, which offers online education for working professionals.

Madeleine Beal of Chesterville, a registered nurse who is pursuing her master’s degree in nursing through the Graduate & Professional Studies division at Saint Joseph’s, which offers online education for working professionals.