Local organizations funding MDI Future of Maine College Aspirations Scholarships
Bar Harbor Savings & Loan
Machias Savings Bank
Dead River Company
The First
MDI Biological Laboratory
MDI Maine College Circle Advisory Board Members
Jill Golding
Kristen Blanchette
Ruth Eveland
Bill Weir
Brenda Fernald
Amy Polien
2015 Future of Maine College Aspirations Scholarship Recipients
MDI Future of Maine
College Aspirations Scholarship Award Ceremony
Jesup Memorial Library,
Bar Harbor, Maine
7:00 pm, May 12, 2014
Jesup Memorial Library,
Bar Harbor, Maine
7:00 pm, May 20, 2013
Recognizing the effort and aspirations of the following students:
2013 Recipients
Avonlea Brown 4 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a zoologist UMO or U Florida
Dawson Burnett 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 a musician USM or Berklee College of Music
Georgia Candage 6 Conners Emerson School 2013 an athletic trainer or physical therapist BU, Duke, UNE
Hannah Chamberlain 6 Conners Emerson School 2013 a pro basketball player Duke or Boston College
Adam Christianson 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 an aeronautical engineer MIT
Alec Fisichella 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a meteorologist Cornell, Lyndon State, or Penn State
Camden Garland 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an NBA basketball player Syracuse or Kentucky
Saige Goodwin 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a special education teacher College of William & Mary
Hannah Goodwin 5 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a veterinarian University of Pennsylvania
Philip Hamlin 4 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 uncertain Uncertain
Emily Homer 7 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a classical singer Juilliard
Gilbert Isaacs 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an artist RISD or Yale
Tinna Jonsdottir 4 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 an equestrian professional Sweet Briar
Katie King 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an archeologist Brown University
Julia Malcolm 6 Trenton Elementary School 2013 a pediatrician Harvard or Yale
Chase McGee 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an architect RISD or Columbia U
Sean Murray 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a roller coaster designer U Miami, U Central Florida, or U Southern Florida
Ivy Sanborn 6 Trenton Elementary School 2013 a professional singer University of Southern California
Chelsea Schroeder 8 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a film actress New York Film Academy
Ezekiel Valleau 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an artist RISD
Forest Watras 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 a landscape architect and groundskeeper UC Berkeley, U Miami, or Colorado State
Julia Watras 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a lawyer Stanford
2012 Recipients
Becca Blanch
Ellie Bridgers
Rory Burmeister
Gillian Carroll
Louise Chaplin
Valeria Chiri
Catherine Ding
Cameron Durkee
Hannah Goodwin
Stephen Grierson
Grace Joyner
Sydney Kachmar
Andrew Kennedy
Dmitry Lyakhovich
Patrick Mocarsky
Nolan Murphy
Ella Pappas
Lysso Sanborn
Eliza Schleif
Miles Schuman**
Emma Strong
Sara Todd
Samantha Wark
Serena Young
Warren Young
Local organizations offering VIP benefits
List coming soon
2013-14 list of colleges recognizing VIP students
Bates College
College of the Atlantic
Maine Maritime Academy
Husson University
St. Joseph’s College
Unity College
University of Maine, Augusta
University of Maine, Farmington
University of Maine, Machias
University of Maine, Presque Isle
University of New England
University of Southern Maine
Washington County Community College
York County Community College
These colleges celebrate the early aspirations of the students recognized as VIPs by giving them VIP treatment when they visit the college’s admissions office.
Bar Harbor Savings & Loan
Machias Savings Bank
Dead River Company
The First
MDI Biological Laboratory
MDI Maine College Circle Advisory Board Members
Jill Golding
Kristen Blanchette
Ruth Eveland
Bill Weir
Brenda Fernald
Amy Polien
2015 Future of Maine College Aspirations Scholarship Recipients
First Name | Last Name | Teacher | School | Grade | College of Interest | Career of Interest |
Matthew | Boyle | Mrs. Rich | Pemetic Elementary School | 6 | UMFK | a computer scientist |
| Avonlea | Brown | Mrs. Rich | Pemetic Elementary School | 6 | Miami University | a zoologist |
| Emma | Freudig | Mrs. Rabasca | Tremont Consolidated School | 6 | NYU | an ER nurse |
| Seraphina | Gillman | Mrs Philbrook | Mount Desert Elementary School | 6 | Harvard, Swarthmore, or Columbia | a naturalist |
| Philip | Hamlin | Mrs. Rich | Pemetic Elementary School | 6 | Bowdoin | a historian |
| Ethan | Harkins | Mrs. Rabasca | Tremont Consolidated School | 6 | University of Iowa | an author |
| Adria | Horton | Ms Taylor | Mount Desert Elementary School | 6 | UMO | a math teacher |
| Ella Marie | Hubbard | Ms Taylor | Mount Desert Elementary School | 6 | U Tennessee - Knoxville | a neonatal nurse |
| Jadyn | Gosselin | Mrs. Rich | Pemetic Elementary School | 6 | UNH | a vet |
| James | Malick | Mrs. Swanson | Trenton Elementary School | 6 | UMO | a music teacher |
| Austria | Morehouse | Mrs. Philbrook | Mount Desert Elementary School | 6 | School of the Museum of Fine Arts or RISD | a graphic designer |
| Cody | Parker | Mrs. Frels | Conners Emerson School | 6 | Stanford or U. of Southampton | a naval architect |
| Jane Elizabeth | Pope | Ms. Taylor | Mount Desert Elementary School | 6 | UMO | an elementary school music teacher |
| Kassandra | Robledo | Mr. G.R. | Conners Emerson School | 6 | Yale | a guidance counselor |
| Bella | Ross | Mrs. Swanson | Trenton Elementary School | 6 | Bates | an author |
| Alexander | Shepard | Mrs. Rabasca | Tremont Consolidated School | 6 | The Boston Conservatory | a musical performer |
| Tristan | Thompson | Mrs. Frels | Conners Emerson School | 6 | UMO | a game warden |
| Sophia | Watras | Ms. Taylor | Mount Desert Elementary School | 6 | U Maine | a librarian |
| Ethan | Wyman | Ms. Swanson | Trenton Elementary School | 6 | UMO, DigiPen, or Stanford | a software engineer |
| Alain | Zhang | Mrs. Frels | Conners Emerson School | 6 | Stanford | an engineer |
MDI Future of Maine
College Aspirations Scholarship Award Ceremony
Jesup Memorial Library,
Bar Harbor, Maine
7:00 pm, May 12, 2014
First Name | Last Name | Teacher | Grade | School | Career of Interest | College of Interest |
Bea | Amuso | Ms Simmons | 5 | Ashley Bryan School | a marine biologist | COA |
| Peter | Benson | Mr. Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | an architect | MIT |
| Becca | Blanch | Mrs Rich | 7 | Pemetic Elementary School | a diabetic specialist | UMO |
| Oliver | Blank | Mr Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | a marine biologist | Eckerd College |
| Alex | Bracy | Ms Elk | 8 | Pemetic Elementary School | a chef | Johnson & Wales |
| Louise | Chaplin | Mr Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | a physicist | MIT |
| Nick | Corson | Mrs Frels | 6 | Conners Emerson School | a sports management professional | Husson |
| Elise | Craighead | Mr Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | an author | Sarah Lawrence College |
| Olivia | Harper | Ms Rabasca | 5 | Tremont Consolidated School | an elementary school teacher | UMF |
| Liam | Higgins | Ms Nicholson | 6 | Conners Emerson School | an environmental biologist | U Maine, U Wisconsin, or Michigan State |
| Cadi | Howell | Mr Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | a musician and music teacher | UMO, USM, BU, or NYU |
| Summer | Johnson | Mrs Rich | 7 | Pemetic Elementary School | a pastry chef | CIA |
| Maxwell | Libitzki | Mrs Nicholson | 6 | Conners Emerson School | a welder | Green River Community College |
| Dominic | Marino | Mrs Nicholson | 6 | Conners Emerson School | an entomologist, film maker, and video game designer | USC |
| John | Mitchell | Mrs Turner | 5 | Tremont Consolidated School | a diesel engineer and marine mechanic | Maine Maritime Academy |
| Sebastian | Moores | Ms Rabasca | 6 | Tremont Consolidated School | a surgeon | U Mass Amherst |
| September | Murray | Mrs Rich | 7 | Pemetic Elementary School | a veterinarian | U Maine |
| Katelyn | Osborne | Mr Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | an actor | BU, California Inst of the Arts, or Carnegie Mellon |
| Nathaniel | Philbrook | Mr Fournier | 6 | Mount Desert Elementary School | a lobsterman and business manager | Westmont College |
| Anna | Redgate | Mr. Grabel-Richards | 6 | Conners Emerson School | an international culinary artist | CIA |
| Amber | Rinaldi | Ms Rabasca | 5 | Tremont Consolidated School | a lobsterwoman | COA |
| Isaiah | Sawyer | Mrs Swanson | 6 | Trenton Elementary School | a video game designer | DigiPen |
| Maggie | Strong | Ms Rich | 7 | Pemetic Elementary School | a counselor | BU |
| Rachelle | Swanson | Ms Eddy | 6 | Trenton Elementary School | an interior designer | Syracuse |
| Sara | Todd | Ms Brotzman | 8 | Conners Emerson School | a surgeon | Harvard |
| Hannah | Viechnicki | Ms Nicholson | 6 | Conners Emerson School | a marine biologist | Stanford |
| Annabelle | Walke | Mrs Frels | 6 | Conners Emerson School | a culinary artist | CIA |
Jesup Memorial Library,
Bar Harbor, Maine
7:00 pm, May 20, 2013
Recognizing the effort and aspirations of the following students:
2013 Recipients
Avonlea Brown 4 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a zoologist UMO or U Florida
Dawson Burnett 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 a musician USM or Berklee College of Music
Georgia Candage 6 Conners Emerson School 2013 an athletic trainer or physical therapist BU, Duke, UNE
Hannah Chamberlain 6 Conners Emerson School 2013 a pro basketball player Duke or Boston College
Adam Christianson 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 an aeronautical engineer MIT
Alec Fisichella 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a meteorologist Cornell, Lyndon State, or Penn State
Camden Garland 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an NBA basketball player Syracuse or Kentucky
Saige Goodwin 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a special education teacher College of William & Mary
Hannah Goodwin 5 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a veterinarian University of Pennsylvania
Philip Hamlin 4 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 uncertain Uncertain
Emily Homer 7 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a classical singer Juilliard
Gilbert Isaacs 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an artist RISD or Yale
Tinna Jonsdottir 4 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 an equestrian professional Sweet Briar
Katie King 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an archeologist Brown University
Julia Malcolm 6 Trenton Elementary School 2013 a pediatrician Harvard or Yale
Chase McGee 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an architect RISD or Columbia U
Sean Murray 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a roller coaster designer U Miami, U Central Florida, or U Southern Florida
Ivy Sanborn 6 Trenton Elementary School 2013 a professional singer University of Southern California
Chelsea Schroeder 8 Pemetic Elementary School 2013 a film actress New York Film Academy
Ezekiel Valleau 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 an artist RISD
Forest Watras 6 Mount Desert Elementary School 2013 a landscape architect and groundskeeper UC Berkeley, U Miami, or Colorado State
Julia Watras 6 Tremont Consolidated School 2013 a lawyer Stanford
2012 Recipients
Becca Blanch
Ellie Bridgers
Rory Burmeister
Gillian Carroll
Louise Chaplin
Valeria Chiri
Catherine Ding
Cameron Durkee
Hannah Goodwin
Stephen Grierson
Grace Joyner
Sydney Kachmar
Andrew Kennedy
Dmitry Lyakhovich
Patrick Mocarsky
Nolan Murphy
Ella Pappas
Lysso Sanborn
Eliza Schleif
Miles Schuman**
Emma Strong
Sara Todd
Samantha Wark
Serena Young
Warren Young
Local organizations offering VIP benefits
List coming soon
2013-14 list of colleges recognizing VIP students
Bates College
College of the Atlantic
Maine Maritime Academy
Husson University
St. Joseph’s College
Unity College
University of Maine, Augusta
University of Maine, Farmington
University of Maine, Machias
University of Maine, Presque Isle
University of New England
University of Southern Maine
Washington County Community College
York County Community College
These colleges celebrate the early aspirations of the students recognized as VIPs by giving them VIP treatment when they visit the college’s admissions office.