DAYTON, OH (05/19/2014)(readMedia)– The following local students were named to the University of Dayton‘s Dean’s List or Dean’s Recognition List for the 2014 spring semester.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, an undergraduate degree-seeking student must have a minimum of a 3.5 GPA for that semester and must have been enrolled for 12 or more credits that semester.

To qualify for the Dean’s Recognition List, an undergraduate degree-seeking student must have a minimum of a 3.5 GPA for that semester and must have been enrolled no less than six credits and not more than 11 and one-half credits that semester.

Kelly Connell of East Lyme was named to the Dean’s List

Julia Puscas of Colchester was named to the Dean’s List

The University of Dayton is a top-tier, national, Catholic, research institution. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (the Marianists), we focus on educating the whole person, connecting learning with leadership and service. Through student clubs, campus recreation, education abroad, research, service-learning and career preparation, students are encouraged to engage the world, developing a critical mind and compassionate heart.

New England publishers and editors,

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is asking newspapers throughout the country to help find pictures of soldiers from their communities who were killed in action in Vietnam for the new “Faces Never Forgotten” project. This project is an online interactive display, and people will also be able to view it at the new Education Center that’s being built near the Vietnam Memorial Wall on the National Mall.

Out of the 58k soldiers killed, the VVMF still needs 24,000 pictures. In light of such a big challenge, they’d like local newspapers to help locate a picture of any of the soldiers from their circulation area that don’t already have a picture in the display. Conceivably, your paper could run an article asking if anyone has a picture of the soldier(s) – perhaps as part of an upcoming Memorial Day feature, and you could also check your own archives for a news, activity or sports photo. Some papers may even be willing to contact the local high school to see if it has a yearbook picture to honor an alum in the display who is missing a photo.

Here is the request from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund:

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund “Faces Never Forgotten” project needs help obtaining missing photos of Vietnam veterans from New England. These photos will help complete an electronic “Wall of Faces” in the new education center at the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

View the gallery in progress at http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/.

These are moving tributes to fallen soldiers. Would you please help us locate a photo of each soldier from your area?

Please check the display, and if there is a soldier from your area who is missing a photo, perhaps you could check to see if you have a photo in your newspaper archive and/or run a notice in your paper. If you obtain the photos, please just send them to NENPA and they will forward them on to the VVMF. 

Guide to determining which photos are needed 

The following are instructions are on how to get the updated status of the photos in the display.

1. Go to:  http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/

2. Click Advanced Search, to the right of the search box

3. Input the city, county, or state that coincides with your circulation area

4. Scroll to the last box and check: Does Not Have a Default Photo

5. Hit Submit

This will show any names of soldiers from your area that are missing a photo.

Thank you for your help with this very worthwhile tribute.

Please send photos to:

New England Newspaper & Press Association

“Faces Never Forgotten”

370 Common St.

Dedham, MA 02026

SMITHFIELD, RI (05/19/2014)(readMedia)– Carli A. DeLaura, of Gales Ferry, received the Target Corporation Managment Department Commencement Award for Excellence in Human Resource Management at Bryant University‘s 151st Commencement on Saturday, May 17. This award is presented to the graduates who are members of Bryant chapter of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and who have demonstrated academic excellence, passion for the field of human resource management as a future career, and appreciation of the importance of the HRM function in domestic and global corporations. was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Human Resource Management.

FARMINGTON, ME (May 17, 2014)—In culmination of its year-long 150th Anniversary celebration as the birthplace of public higher education in Maine, the University of Maine at Farmington held its annual Commencement Ceremony this morning, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Kathryn A. Foster, UMF president, faculty, administrators and dignitaries led the procession of new graduates marching to traditional bagpipe music. UMF awarded approximately 448 bachelor’s and master’s diplomas for 2014.

“We are so proud of this year’s graduates and all they have accomplished, especially in this historic year,” said Foster. “For 150 years, UMF has helped students meet their educational goals and grow as individuals. Just like the very first graduating class, today’s graduates are prepared with the knowledge, skills and confidence to be successful and make a difference in their communities and the world.”

Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer, delivered the Commencement speech to UMF graduates, their families, honored guests, the UMF community and alumni members of the UMF class of 1964 celebrating their 50th anniversary class reunion. Ford was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane letters for his significant literary contributions.

Acclaimed by the New York Times as, “one of his generation’s most eloquent voices,” Ford is the author of 11 works of fiction. Notable among those is “Independence Day,” winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award—the first novel to win both awards in a single year. His 1986 novel, “The Sportswriter,” received a PEN/Faulkner citation for fiction and was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best novels ever written.

Ford’s New York Times best-selling novel, “Canada,” won the top French literary award—the prestigious French Prix Femina Etrangere, and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Most recently, he was chosen by a jury of well-known writers and journalists to receive the 2014 Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix, in celebration of a lifetime of literary achievement.

Graduating senior and vice president of the senior class Sean Skillern, from Naples, Maine, gave the student address. An elementary education major and president of the local Rotaract organization, Skillern reminded graduates of the memories they’ve made in their time at UMF, and the friends that will last a lifetime.

President Foster and Daniel P. Gunn, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, conferred degrees to this year’s graduates. Norman L. Fournier, member of the UMS Board of Trustees, delivered greetings to the graduates from the University of Maine System.

 

CONNECTICUT

Avon: Devany Chaise-Greenwood, B.F.A. Creative Writing;

Clinton: Erin McGuigan, B.S. Community Health Education;

East Windsor: Cassandra Farmer, B.A. Int Studies – Arts Admin Music;

Hamden: Sean Igoe, B.F.A. Creative Writing and English;

North Stonington: Benjamin Pearson, B.A. Mathematics;

Norwich: Shannah Cotton, B.F.A. Creative Writing;

South Windsor: Madeline King, B.A. Psychology.

The Resident is now on YUDU!

LEXINGTON, VA (05/16/2014)(readMedia)– Christopher Myers of Essex, a member of the class of 2017 at Washington and Lee University, has earned honor roll status for the recently ended winter term 2013.

Honor roll status at Washington and Lee represents a term grade-average of at least 3.75 on a 4.0 scale.

May 15, 2014

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –ARTIST OF THE MONTH 

 

Southington Library and Museum

255 Main Street

Southington, CT 06489

Jeanne Chmielewski phone 860-628-0947 ext 113 fax 860-628-0488

Email chmielewski@southington.org 

 

Let Inspiration Soar an ”Art for a Cause” exhibit to benefit student selected charities

Birds by Kelley Elementary School student artists are up for auction with more than 20 charities to benefit! ‘Let Inspiration Soar’ is a collection of 42 birds artfully decorated by kids in kindergarten through 6th grade. Completely transforming the Café area of the Southington Public Library for the month of May, the young students’ creativity has already raised almost $200 for charity!!

That’s a lot to chirp about! Up for auction now through May 30th: The artists participate in an after school art club called ‘Art for a Cause’. After they create they give ALL their work away to their community. How incredible is that?! For this project, they’ve donated all their birds to the Isthmian Gallery in order to raise money for charities that are important to them. Many students chose well-known nonprofits, others chose nonprofits to honor their peers who have passed away or to support those currently fighting a disease, and several chose local nonprofits in their own communities. To place your bid on your favorite bird and a complete list of organizations to benefit,  visit The Isthmian Gallery website at http://www.theisgallery.org Bidding is easy: visit our website at www.theisgallery.org and register for free by clicking ‘login’, then ‘register now’. Once you have registered, you can see all 42 birds by typing ‘Let Inspiration Soar’ in the search box. Clicking on a thumbnail enlarges the information and allows you to see more, and larger, photos of each bird. Bidding starts at just $10 and 95% of the purchase price goes directly to the student-named charity (the other 5% goes back to the Isthmian Gallery to make it all happen and support our other programs).

None of this would be possible without the dedication of the club’s leaders, Kim Rees and Clare Bean. Both ladies have been volunteering (along with the help of many parents of children in the club) since January 2013 when it was found, through a survey administered by the STEPS Coalition, that there was a strong desire for an extracurricular art activity. While they’ve received some grant money from the Joe and Kay Calvanese Foundation, their local JoAnn Fabrics, and the Isthmian Gallery*, they’ve still invested plenty of their own money (not to mention time & effort!!). Both Kim and Clare have created their own birds that are on display alongside the students. While their birds are not available for purchase through the Isthmian Gallery, they are available for anyone who would like to make a donation to the ‘Art for a Cause’ club by contacting Kim at reeskim@rocketmail.com.

If you live local, or are passing through, be sure to stop by the Southington Public Library and have a peek at the wonderful display that took Kim, Clare and other volunteers countless hours to set up. Inside the library, you’ll not only find marshland, forests and flowering gardens full of beautiful birds, but also a binder that you should definitely look through. In this binder are pictures of each artist with their bird and, written in the artist’s own hand, how they intend to make the world a better place. It will definitely inspire you to bid on a bird or two, if you weren’t inspired already!!

Visit the exhibit in the library café while on display through May 31^st.