FARMINGTON – University of Maine at Farmington recently celebrated the fourth annual UMF Dean’s List Dinner for students who have achieved Dean’s List status with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during their first semester at UMF.
Speakers included Theodora J. Kalikow, UMF president; guest speaker Mellisa Clawson, UMF associate professor of early childhood education; and Arielle Pasquale, UMF early childhood education student and president of the UMF chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta. “We are so proud of these students and all the hard work that brought them such a distinction in their first semester at UMF,” said Kalikow.
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Allison Hepler, UMF professor of history, welcomed over 80 guests to the event. Katherine Yardley, dean of the UMF College of Education, Health and Rehabilitation; and Rob Lively, dean of the UMF College of Arts and Sciences, presented awards to approximately 60 students.
The event was hosted by UMF’s First Year Experience Council and the UMF chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta— the national honor society whose mission is to encourage superior academic achievement, promote intelligent living and a high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals in society.
