UMPI Class of 2007

Three hundred and forty-nine students graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Saturday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m. during commencement exercises. A total of 356 degrees were awarded for the 2006-2007 academic year, with seven students earning double degrees. President Donald Zillman conferred the degrees upon the 181 students who participated in the ceremony held in Wieden Gymnasium.
   Barry McCrum brought greetings from the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Jeffrey Clinton Kimball addressed his classmates as the valedictorian.
Jeffrey Clinton Kimball, Easton, the valedictorian, received a bachelor of arts degree in behavioral science with a minor in criminal Justice and Jacqueline Cesare from  Millinocket is the salutatorian and received a bachelor of science degree with a major in recreation and a minor in business.
Graduating summa cum laude (3.900 accumulative average and above) were Colette Claire Cormier, and Stephen F. O’Shaughnessy, Caribou;  Jeffrey Clinton Kimball, Easton; Anne Marie Cuomo Kreyssig, Littleton; Ashley Ann Bard, Cherie A. Black, Heather Elizabeth Bray, Erik Henri Otto Davidshofer, Krista Elizabeth Forbes, Ashley Elizabeth Little, Jennifer Jane Louise Hunter, Colleen Elizabeth MacIntyre, Tamara S. Ezzy Packard, Mildred Rebecca Robinson, Sarah Anne White, Presque Isle; and Jessica Marie Belhumeur, Stockholm.
From New Brunswick, Canada were Ian David Gammon, Bathurst; Jillian Marie Butler, Canoose; Shanna Margaret Harquail, Florenceville; Jane Katherine Holland, Fredericton; Brent Patrick McFarlane, Hanwell; Amy Marie-Lynn McClure, and Bridget J. Nugent, Grand Falls; Denise Angeline Guay, Hampton; Meghan Erica Craig, Hartland; Correy Marie Matheson, Cheryl Ellen Courtney-Boisvert, and Michael W. Sonier, Miramichi; Sylvia Anne Champion, New Denmark; Stephanie Gayle Gallant, Riverview; Alexis Ann Keeling, Rothesay; Catherine E. Gozna, St. Andrews; Amy C. MacIntosh, Tobique Narrows;  and J. Craig Young, Woodstock.
From Nova Scotia were Daniel Joseph William Ellis, Amherst; William Matthew Laing, Bedford; Rebecca Christine Crouse, Bridgewater; Lisa Marie Baldwin, Valerie Jean Bishop, Amy Elizabeth Eileen Cassell, Pamela Christine MacLean, Shelley Brooke Manthorne, and Jennifer Lynn Varlo Whytock, Dartmouth: Jennifer Lynn Davison, Eastern Passage Jennifer Ann Uhlman, Greenfield Queens Co; Jennifer Lynn Fougere, and Morgan A. Glenwright, Halifax; P. Glenn Nightingale, Lower Sackville;  Lindsay Anne Hatcher, New Haven; Jamie Lynn Cox, Upper Stewiacke: Jeremy Leigh Dease,  Darcie Dawn DeViller Germaine Thérèse Dulong, and Amber Dawn Raynard, Yarmouth.
Others from Canada included Anna Marie Pawluk, Airdrie, Alberta;Jean Pierre LeBlanc, Calgary, Alberta; Rhea-Leigh Desjardins, Sudbury, Ontario;Amanda Anne Murray, Albany, Prince Edward Island;  Paul B. Cantelo, Stratford, Prince Edward Island; and Andrea Leigh Schnell, Saskatchewan.
Graduating magna cum laude (3.700 – 3.899 accumulative average) were Alain F. Cloutier, and Lisa Marie Pucci, Caribou; Jenna M. Flint, Easton; Gregory Todd Alley-Violette, and Janna Robin Johnson, Fort Fairfield; Sarah Elizabeth Beasley, Houlton; Kristi L. Fitzpatrick, Jessica Marie Howard,  and Jessica L. Roper, Limestone; Tanya Leigh Brown, Jason W. Gardner, Jennifer Lynn Harding, Kimberly Ann Henneberry, Michelle Lynn Hilchey, Courtney Hughes, Lindsay Janet Ingersoll, Priscilla Dee Jewell, Wendy Loralei Koenig, Ryan Patrick Nolan, Natasha Laura Pelley, Tanya Shirell Torres, and Jenny Rebecca Touesnard, Presque Isle; Vanessa Dawn Sparks, Washburn; and Nathan Thomas Hull, Westfield.
From other states included Krista Joy Anderson, Orlando, Florida; and Chad Eric Pepau, Stark, New Hamphire
From New Brunswick, Canada were Nicole G. Harding, Arthurette; Somer Joy Wortman, Beechwood; Samantha Lynn Giberson Thomas, Centerville; Courtney Lynn Fox, and Willow A. Morse, Fredericton; Matthew J. Wallace, Grand Bay-Westfield;; Pamela Lynn Mutch, Lytlleton; Amanda Rose Staples, Maple Ridge; Mark Andrew Burns, Tracy Ann Cavanaugh, and Jamie William Landry,  Miramichi; Liane Fraser, Moncton; Sarah Pray, New Denmark;  Matthew Philip Pugsley, Quispamsis; Jennifer Ann Michaud, Richibucto Road; Justin Charles Brown, Richmond Corner; Hugh MacKay, Rothesay; Susan Joy Cochrane, and Stephanie Lynn Marr, St. John; Matthew Ryan Stevens, Springfield; Cristin Michèle Sullivan, Sussex; and Jennifer L. English, Woodstock.
From Nova Scotia were Andrew Douglas Stewart, Bridgewater; Julia Maureen Bennett, Centerville; Morgan Ernest MacDonald, Chester Basin; Janna Marie Gillis, Creignish; Adam M.C. Copus, Kerry Katherine Hayes, and Tracey Marie Lewis, Dartmouth; Christopher Lewis Cadegan, and Lana Marie Reid, Glace Bay; Katrina Elizabeth Boyce, Pamela Claire Brennan, David Michael Coolen, Tiffany Crystal Jewer, and Danielle Dawn Lewis, Halifax; Darrell Martin McLellan, Hants County; Patrick Henry Carruthers, Milford; Heidi Georgene Fuller, Pictou; Tammy Dingwell, Port Hawkesbury; Jacquelyn Rae MacDonald, Prospect Bay; Heather Vi Raymond, Shubenacadie; Benjamin David Hill, Tatamagouche; Mikel Donnie Légère, Truro; Mark Andrew Sutherland, Westville; Stacey Lee Grace Purdy and Luke J. Woodworth, Yarmouth.
Others from Canada included Laura May Johnson, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Stephanie Diane Rowsell, Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland; Trina Elsie Seaward, Port Oux Basques, Newfoundland; Francis Power, St. John, Newfoundland; Jennifer Elizabeth Morley, Alisa Craig, Ontario; Stephen Graham Pierce, Ottawa, Ontario; Meghan Doucette, Hunter River, Prince Edward Island; Sarah Jane Hogan, Morell, Prince Edward Island; and J. Ryan Laughlin, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
Graduating cum laude (3.5 – 3.699 accumulative average) were Erica Lynne Holmes, Ashland; Bradley Fitzgerald, and Celena Marie Paul, Caribou; Elizabeth Eberhardt, Easton;  Amanda Lynn Blade, Nichole Marie Butler, and Susan Shumate, Fort Fairfield; Violet Elizabeth Bear, Deborah Marian Parmigiani, and Amanda Mae Varney, Houlton; Christopher David Raymond, Mapleton; Frances Mary Constance Allan, Erin Lenore Dillon, Tara Michelle Dixon, Nicole Sue Gardiner, Cheryl Anne MacIsaac, Erin Marie O’Connor, and Lesa Ann Carter Smith, Presque Isle Nicole A. Lyons, and Joel Lee Trickey, Smyrna; Laura Nicole Stokes, Springvale; Carol Ann Martin, Van Buren; Ashley Dawn Thibodeau, Wade; Lisa Lyn Castonguay, Brent Turner, Washburn; and Amanda Dawn Perkins, Westfield.
From other states were Miranda Lynn Parsons, Orlando, Florida.
From New Brunswick, Canada were Joel Stewart, Blackville; Lanaya L. Nice, Grand Bay-Westfield; Hélène Ouellete, Grand Falls; Jeremy Salgado, Hampton; Leah Caroline Smith, Long Reach; Nathan Geoffrey Staples, Maple Ridge; Jay Ronald Winchester Allison, Miramichi; Adam James Sherwood, Norton, Nathaniel Louis Everett, Rosedale; Joanne Henry, and Bonita Rice, St. John; New Brunswick; Erica Joanne Lambert, and Christopher Michael Nelson, St. Stephen; New Brunswick; and Sheila Maureen McKinley, Tobique First Nation.
From Nova Scotia, Canada were Nicholas Robert Wilson, Bear River; Matthew Edward Connor, Lana Matheson MacKinnon, and Jennifer Jean Mills, Dartmouth; Christina P. McBarron, Eastern Passage; Chantale Eastwood, Sean Christopher Fleming, Melissa Lindsay Knox, Adam Hugh Patrick Maher, Stephen Crawford Shaw, and Ashley Slaunwhite, Halifax; Courtney Anne Casey, Hants County; Andrew James MacLean, Inverness; Carla Jayne MacMaster, Scotsville; Joshua Richard Brown, Truro; Melissa Ann Amirault, Jason Kenneth Murphy, and Natalie Amy Sweeney, Yarmouth.
Others receiving degrees were Scarlet Elizabeth McAvoy, Benedicta; Jennifer A. Hallett, Bridgewater; Ginny J. Albert, Brew Chase, Lucas William Francis, Anna Marie Hale, Melissa A. Hersey, Amy Lynn Levesque, Jennifer Lynn Plourde, and Justin Wayne Selfridge, Caribou; Kara Marie Perkins, Castle Hill;
Margaret Annette Sutherland, Dedham; Patrick William Connell, Dover-Foxcroft; Janet Marie Fitzmaurice, and Jennifer J. (Craig) Morin, Easton; Ashley Jade Bouchard, Jennifer Elizabeth Brayall, Kelly Bynion-Collins, and Philip Rochford, Fort Fairfield; Jason Daniel Doucette, Hermon; JoAnn Cole, Hodgdon; Jacob David Ball, Stephanie Marie Bartlett, Tracie Danielle Botting, Kimberly Raye Beals, RuthAnn Flewelling Burpee, Michelle Marie Cofske, Jill Erin Belyea Forest, April Lynn McIver, Jodi Kaye Moore, Chelsey Ann Pettit, and Dushko Venelinov Vulchev, Houlton; Misty Violette, Island Falls; Linnea Erin Laverty, Lewiston; Kayla Marie Barton, Susanna Ruth Johnson-Berz, Jessica Lynn Howard, Ulyianna Renee Michaud, and Michael L. Verdecchia, Limestone; Ann Marie Sherman, and Tracy L. Wallace, Linneus; Myriam Labbe, and Joanne Susan Morrell, Madawaska; Jennifer Lynn Mahan, Angel Rideout, and Amber Louise Wood, Mars Hill; Heather Ayotte, Shane Russell Clark, Troy Adam Haines, Samuel Lewis Parker, and Adam Joseph Trask, Mapleton; Jacqueline Marie Cesare, Millinocket; Rhonda Ann Jewell, Monticello; Joshua Adam Morris, New Castle; Erin Levesque, New Limerick; Matthew David Free, Monmouth; Ryan Frank Connell, Jeffrey B. Landeen, and Andrew Chad Pelletier, New Sweden; Alicia Lee Crandall, and Laurence Roy Greenlaw, Oakfield; Christopher Shaw, Oakland; and Jennifer Anne Johnson, Perham.
Also Travis Aaron Parent, and Trevor Erin Parent, Peru; Tammy Marie Barnhart, Brian Allen Bernosky, Jason Christopher Black, Renee Carol Bragdon, Kelly Lynn Campbell, Holly Anne Carter, Laura Lee Cowett, Jessica Lynn-Rose Dolley, Deborah Cray Cyr, Nichole Jean Francis, Marissa A. Gardiner, Benjamin Goodwin, Nicholas L. Hale, Karami Rae Ham, Adam Coleman Hasey, Chase Garnet Saddler Higgins, Mieketta Marie Hinckley, Christopher P. Johnson, Joshua Leigh Knoll, Jody Ann Elizabeth Kinney, Raul Joseph Luna, Jr., Cory Brandon McAvoy, Sarah Melanie McCullough, Glenn F. McNally, Adam Jerry Michaud, Twila Sue Parish, John Michael Pawlik, Virgil Glenn Rideout III, Carly Jo Rodgers, Max Anthony Romero, Eric John Russell, Lacey Lyn Sawyer, Dione Alison Skidgel, Ryan Joseph Scott, Carli Simon-Cleaves, Rachel Lynn Smith, Joshua Ryan Stackhouse, Rachel Elizabeth Theriault, Kristina Marie Wallingford, and Jocelyn Jo Winslow, Presque Isle; Andrew Scott Broomhall, Rumford; Meagan Marie Bechard, St. Agatha; Andrea Jean Stowell, South Paris; Patrick Rogers, Strong; Megan Marie Thorndike, Union; Myra Lyn Gagnon, Van Buren; Brad Vaughan Bragg, Troy Delbert McCrum, Washburn; Michael F. Collins, Jr., Westfield; Justin Greg Trombley, Winter Harbor; Bryce Thomas McCrossin, and Marilee Waugh, Woodland.
Other states included Julie Anne Walker, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
From New Brunswick, Canada were Jennifer Stevens, Bai Ste-Anne; Kelly Miller, Bathurst; Holly Michelle Brophy, Blackville Heidi Winifred Whitehouse Stout, Coopers Mills; Lacey D. Millard-Boone, Gladwyn; Claire Desjardins, and Samantha Jellett, Grand Falls; Erica M. Hanscombe, Hillandale; Andrew Burns, and Chris Adam Ingram, Miramichi; Jennifer Lynn Russell, New Glasgow; Miranda Lynn Ward, Plaster Rock; Lindsy Blaire Carrier, Quispamsis; Mark Gordon Richardson, Riverview; Megan E. Murray, St. Andrews; Jonathan Royer Reid, and Jerrett Searles, St. John; Adam O’Leary Leo Matchett, Sillikers; Noah Daniel Paul Somers, Whitney; and Angela Dawn Harrington, Woodstock; New Brunswick.
From Nova Scotia, Canada were Cheryl Ann Kielbratowski, Dartmouth; Daniel Emerson Freeman, Greenfield; Sacha Daniel Doucet, William Joseph Hughes, Robert Alan MacIntosh,Halifax, and Patrick Christie, Schultz; Ave.
From Ontario, Canada was Neal Andrew Finley, Otawa.