Demeritt, Wingo speak about Adult Degree Completion Scholarship on WVII
Dan Demeritt, executive director of public affairs for the University of Maine System, and Lori Wingo, coordinator of the Lifelong Learning Advising Center at UMaine, visited the studio of WVII (Channel 7) to talk about the system’s Adult Degree Completion Scholarship. “It provides up to $4,000 in scholarship aid on an annual basis to adult Maine learners who have accumulated up to 30 credits of college work but have been away from campus or course work for three years,” Demeritt said. “It’s all about helping some of those 200,000 Mainers who have done some college work get back on track and get their degrees.” The last day for priority consideration for the spring 2017 semester is Dec. 1. More information, including how to apply, is online. “The needs of nontraditional adult students are very different from your traditional-age college student. We help them navigate the resources that are available to them on campus,” Wingo said of the Lifelong Learning Advising Center.