Maine Studies Students Receive Research, Creativity Awards
Contact: Carol Toner, 581-3147
ORONO — The Maine Studies Program at the University of Maine has announced the 2009 winners of the Maine Studies Research and Creativity Awards.
Stephanie Leonard, a candidate in the Maine Studies Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, won the graduate award for her paper, titled “Uncovering the Myth: LL Bean and the Maine Mystique.” Leonard lives in Bangor and teaches art at the Fairmount School in Bangor.
Ian Larson of Kingfield won the undergraduate award for his project, “The Passamaquoddy Living Language Project.” Larson developed educational media enabling Indian Township School students to tape-record and preserve their elders’ native language speech. He is a fourth-year New Media major from Freeman Township.
Each award includes a $250 prize, made possible by the generosity of the University of Maine Foundation.