MCCS Board of Trustees to Honor Students of the Year

April 20, 2018

News Advisory

Board will also hold regularly scheduled meetings on Wednesday, April 25

Contact: Helen Pelletier
W 207-767-0116, Ext. 3

AUGUSTA , ME — Seven Maine community college students will be honored for their academic success and campus and community involvement at a luncheon ceremony on Wednesday, April 25, at the Senator Inn in Augusta. The event will be hosted by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) Board of Trustees.

The 2018 MCCS Student of the Year Awards ceremony will begin at 11:00 am and will be followed by a luncheon. The students being recognized are:

CMCC: William Rolfe, Human Services, West Paris;
EMCC: Jordanna Sprague, Fire Science Technology, Burlington;
KVCC: Lori Ann Cobb, Nursing, Knox;
NMCC: Elizabeth Anne Allen, Nursing, Mars Hill;
SMCC: Claudia Johnson, Liberal Studies, Islesboro;
WCCC: Tammy Cox, Education, Calais;
YCCC: Sharon Platt, Behavioral Health, Biddeford.

The seven students being honored on Wednesday were selected by faculty and staff at the colleges. In addition to being recognized as Students of the Year, they will each receive a John H. Lapoint, Jr. Leadership Award in the amount of $1,000. Mr. Lapoint was president of UF Strainrite in Lewiston and a trustee of the Maine Community College System. After his death in 1995, his widow, Jana Lapoint, served on the Board from 1995 to 2006 and helped establish the fund for the annual awards.

MCCS Board of Trustees to meet in Augusta

Also on Wednesday, April 25, the MCCS Board of Trustees will hold regularly scheduled meetings at the MCCS System Office, 323 State Street, Augusta. The meetings will include:

8:30 am — Committee Meetings

  • Education Committee, Boardroom, First Floor
  • Finance Committee, Conference Room, Third Floor

11:00 am — Student of the Year recognition ceremony — The Senator Inn

1:30 pm — Board Work Session, Boardroom, First Floor

2:30 pm — Board of Trustees Meeting, Boardroom, First Floor

Agendas for the sessions are available here and are subject to change prior to the meeting date.

If special accommodations are needed to attend either of these events, please contact Bonnie Brown at 629-4017.

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