2011 Winners of Maine Studies Research and Creativity Awards Announced
Contact: Carol Toner, (207) 581-3147
The Maine Studies Program has announced the 2011 winners of the Maine Studies Research and Creativity Awards.
Graduate student winners are Rosemary Cyr, a Maine Studies/MALS (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies) student, for her paper “The Passamaquoddy Wampum Records,” and Wynne Guglielmo, a MALS student, for her project “Bloodworm Digger: Arguing with the DMR.”
Undergraduate student winners are anthropology major Kristine Syrjala, “Identifying Archaeobotanical Remains from Machias Bay, Maine,” and geology major Robin Arnold, “Using GIS to locate preliminary areas for further investigation of potential submerged archaeological sites along the Central Maine Coast.
Thanks to the generosity of the University of Maine Foundation, each student will also receive a $125 monetary award. The Maine studies programs website has additional information.