Well done – Students honored for achievement

PARIS — Kelly Laplante has been selected as the 2012-13 recipient of the Central Maine Community College Aspire Higher scholarship. This scholarship enables her to take up to 15 credits of CMCC courses tuition free at the Western Maine Community College Center in South Paris.

Laplante is an Oxford native and attended Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. She completed a CNA certification course last December and aspires to become an OB/GYN nurse.

Laplante has been employed by Market Square Health Care and she and her husband reside in Harrison with their four children. The goal of the Aspire Higher initiative is to raise post-secondary aspirations of students.

For more information, contact Michelle Hawley at 743-9322, ext. 204, or mhawley@cmcc.edu.

WEST HAVEN, Conn. — Janelle Berry of Harrison, Lindsey Matthews of South Paris and Bobby Rousseau of Auburn were named to the dean’s list at the University of New Haven for the fall 2012 semester.

SEARCY, ARK. — Harrison resident Michelle Heroux, a junior at Harding University, is among more than 1,000 university students included on the dean’s list for grades achieved during the fall semester.

TROY, N.Y. — Keshia Falabella of Gray was recently named to the president’s list at Hudson Valley Community College. Falabella is in the individual studies academic program.

COLCHESTER, Vt. — The following Saint Michael’s College students are studying abroad for the spring 2013 semester:

Loren Lachapelle, daughter of Jane Clavet of Auburn, is studying abroad in Queensland, Australia. Lachapelle, a junior business administration major who graduated from Edward Little High School, is a student for the semester at Bond University.

Lauren McHatten, daughter of Clifford and Lynn McHatten of Winthrop, is studying abroad in Salzburg, Austria. McHatten, a junior psychology major who graduated from Winthrop High School, is a student for the semester at University of Salzburg.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Jocellyn Harvey of Turner has been named to the fall 2012 Champlain College president’s list for earning a 4.0 grade point average during the fall semester as a professional writing major. Harvey is the daughter of Dan and Pamela Pulkkinen of Turner.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Caitlin Douglass of Farmington has been named to the fall 2012 Champlain College’s dean’s list for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher and is majoring in graphic design and digital media. Douglass is the daughter of Glenn Douglass of Phillips and Tracy Williams of Farmington.

CLINTON, N.Y. — Emily M. Grund, daughter of Susan Pease of Auburn and David Grund, also of Auburn, has been named to the dean’s list at Hamilton College for the 2012 fall semester.

Grund, a sophomore, is a graduate of Edward Little High School.

CLEMSON, S.C. — The following local residents have been named to the president’s list at Clemson University for the fall 2012 semester:

Michael Patrick Butler of Lewiston, majoring in packaging science.

Eric Michael Hall of Lewiston, majoring in chemistry.

Michael Gar Sing Wong of Lewiston, majoring in chemistry.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at Saint Anselm College.

Taylor M. Eells of Turner, a biology major and a member of the class of 2016.

Caitlin M. Forbes of Hanover, an English major and a member of the class of 2013.

Grace K. Reynolds of Lewiston, a biochemistry major and a member of the class of 2013.

Lynn M. Reynolds of Lewiston, a biochemistry major and a member of the class of 2013.

Tessa R. Theriault of Poland, a classical archaeology major and a member of the class of 2015.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Ailie Phillips of Otisfield was among more than 1,170 students from Rochester Community and Technical College who made the dean’s list for fall semester 2012 ending this past December.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Muhlenberg College has announced its dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester. Michael Weber, a member of the class of 2015, is a chemistry major from Auburn. He is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ware Weber and a graduate of Edward Little High School.

POTSDAM, N.Y. — Ashley Gallagher of Auburn was recently named to the dean’s list at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Gallagher, whose major is music education, was among 380 students who were honored for academic excellence in the fall 2012 semester.

POTSDAM, N.Y. — The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named nearly 900 students to the president’s list for the fall 2012 semester in recognition of their academic excellence.

Among the local students who made the list were Marian Hotopp of Bethel, whose major is music education, and Derrick Lacasse of Lewiston, whose major is music education.

MILTON , Mass. — Sophia Geelhoed of Poland, Matthew Nicholson of Lisbon Falls and Emily Violette of Lovell attained membership to the Curry College dean’s list for the fall 2012 term.