WLBZ interviews 2017 valedictorian, salutatorian
WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with the University of Maine’s 2017 valedictorian, Allyson Eslin of Bangor, and salutatorian, Joshua Patnaude of Sanford. The two top students will receive a total of five degrees at UMaine’s 215th Commencement. Eslin, who is also an honors student, will receive three bachelor’s degrees in economics, political science and psychology; Patnaude, who also is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Engineering, will receive two degrees in computer engineering and electrical engineering. Patnaude credited time management and getting enough sleep with his success. “It is an exercise in planning and organization, the likes of which I could have never imagined,” Eslin said.