Salem, N.H. Student Top Graduate in UMaine College
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Ashley Dzioba of Salem, N.H. has been selected as the top graduating senior in the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture. She will carry the college’s banner into UMaine’s Alfond Arena at the beginning of the university’s Saturday, May 12 commencement ceremony.
Dzioba, who will receive a microbiology and biochemistry degree on Saturday, plans to apply to medical schools and aspires to become a pathologist. At UMaine, she is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa honor society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the international women’s fraternity Alpha Phi. Dzioba has also volunteered in community service activities through Alternative Spring Break and Habitat for Humanity.
She shares credit for her UMaine success with others in the UMaine community, including a microbiology professor.
“My sophomore year I had a very enthusiastic and caring professor, Anne Hanson,” Dzioba says. “She made microbiology interesting and was a main reason that I switched my major to that field of study.”
The daughter of Chester and Lisa Dzobia, Ashley graduated from Salem High School in 2003.