The commencement exercises for Lisbon Falls Christian Academy were held on June 9 at Lisbon Falls Baptist Church. The graduate was Karissa Hearst. The commencement speaker was Jonathan Jones, pastor of Lisbon Falls Baptist Church. Pictured in the front row are Hearst, center, with Mitzie Waite, mother; and Marshall Hearst, grandfather. In the back row, from left, […]
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Joe Biden tells Colby grads: ‘It’s time to regain our sense of unity and purpose’
WATERVILLE — Former Vice President Joe Biden gave assurances Sunday that the country’s current divisiveness brought on by a presidential election that “churned up some of the ugliest realities” of society will be temporary. Biden told graduating seniors at Colby College to resist the impulse to throw up their hands after an election that played […]
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UMF graduation speaker: ‘It is in our hands to better our society’
FARMINGTON — University of Maine graduates got an emotional sendoff during Saturday’s commencement from their senior class speaker and Joan Benoit Samuelson, a hero and role model for women everywhere. In turn, they helped Chelsea Lear-Ward recover her composure during her senior class speech by applauding loudly along with a few thousand people when she […]
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Astronaut urges Husson grads to hug their moms after they get diplomas
BANGOR, Maine — Astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy looked decidedly out of place Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center in his blue jumpsuit amidst a sea of mostly black academic regalia. The York High School graduate and U.S. Navy SEAL urged more than 800 Husson University graduates to hug their moms after the ceremony because Sunday […]
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UMaine, USM, two other campuses hold commencements
The University of Maine and University of Southern Maine are kicking off the commencement season. Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, is delivering Saturday’s commencement address in Orono. He is getting an honorary degree along with Dana Connors, executive director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, and Dennis Rezendes […]
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Moser, Samuelson to receive honorary Bates degrees
LEWISTON — Auburn-based furniture-maker Thomas Moser and Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson will be two of the four people receiving honorary degrees from Bates College at its commencement in May. The other two receiving degrees at the 149th commencement ceremonies May 31 are: • Manjul Bhargava, winner of the 2014 Fields Medal for mathematics […]
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Bowdoin College starts weekend with commencement
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Maine’s Bowdoin College says 484 students have received degrees at its 209th commencement ceremony. The class includes students from 37 states and the District of Columbia, and from 15 countries and territories. In accordance with Bowdoin tradition, the speakers at Saturday’s commencement were students, James Denison and Kate Kearns. Past student speakers […]
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Bates to hold commencement Sunday morning
LEWISTON — Bates College will hold its 148th commencement ceremonies Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. Besides conferring bachelor degrees to more than 450 seniors, the school will confer honorary degrees to author Isabel Alexis Wilkerson, computer scientist John Seely Brown, IDEXX founder David Shaw and his wife, actress Glenn Close, a six-time Academy Award nominee. […]