FARMINGTON – University of Maine at Farmington Student Life staff members Peter Osborne and Maya Kasper were recently honored at the Maine Association of Student Affairs Professionals conference held at the University of Southern Maine at Gorham.
UMF assistant director of residence life and current USM graduate student, Osborne received the Richard F. Stevens Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his demonstrated academic achievement, leadership and significant contribution to the UMF campus. A 2009 UMF graduate, Osborne supervises UMF’s Scott Residence Hall, its student community assistants and the educational and social programming they provide. He is also active with the UMF Sustainable Campus Coalition; teaches RAD, a national standard in self-defense and risk-reduction class for women; and advises the UMF chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, a first-year honor society. In addition to the MASAP award, Osborne received a scholarship to attend the upcoming regional conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in Sturbridge, Mass.
Kasper, UMF assistant director for the Center for Student Involvement, received the Program of the Year Award for her contribution to student development and the UMF campus with the design, management and operation of the UMF Weekend Adventures and Excursions Program. This popular UMF program provides a wide variety of weekend travel experiences throughout the northeast to engage students in cultural, educational and social activities. Kasper’s many UMF responsibilities include oversight of the UMF student activities program, student clubs and organizations, student–life publications, and advising of the UMF radio station and Association for Campus Entertainment. With this award, the UMF Weekend Adventures and Excursions Program is eligible to be selected as the Program of the Year for Region I at the upcoming regional NASPA conference.
“We are so proud of Peter and Maya’s accomplishments and this recognition on a state level,” said Kirsten Swan, UMF director of the Center for Student Involvement. “This is a wonderful example of how our Student Life staff and student workers commit themselves on a daily basis to creating challenging and interesting programs that help our students have the richest college residential experience possible.”
