The ASA Annual Meeting was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada this year. Three sociology students were able to attend through the ASA Honors Program: Allison DellaMattera, Julianna Ferguson, and Sam Saucier. Professors Steve Barkan and Kyriacos Markides were also in attendance. This year’s annual dinner with sociology alumni at the conference was well attended.
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Congratulations to our Sociology Majors who have made the Dean’s List for Fall 2016!!
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On November 7, 2016, the Sociology Department held a banquet for AKD members and new inductees at the Four-Points Sheraton in Bangor. Honored were Meaghan Delcourt, Julianna Ferguson, Kathryn Gottleib, Hannah Ladd, and Samantha Saucier. For more information on AKD and photos of the banquet, visit our AKD web page.
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Mikaela Gustafsson ’16 was awarded the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding International Student award for 2016. More about Mikaela’s award can be found in this post in the UMaine News. And from our Spring 2016 Social Facts Newsletter:
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Recent graduate, Sarah Mullis ’16, has written an Op Ed for the Bangor Daily News. She worked with Chair Amy Blackstone to write this article which draws from her honors thesis research on community gardens and food security for the elderly. She also presented this research as a poster for the Center for Undergraduate Research Student Research Symposium […]
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The Service Excellence Award was given to Kendall Croteau (shown left with Chair Amy Blackstone) for her service as president of the Sociology Club. Kendall was a driving force for the club. Thank you, Kendall, for your untiring service!! Emma Richford (right with Chair Blackstone) and Harold “Trey” Stewart (not shown) received the Department Outstanding […]
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The 2016 Marcia Smargon Kornetsky Sociology Prize has been awarded to Harold “Trey” Stewart. Trey is from Aroostook County in Maine and has been at UMaine for the past 4 years. His exceptional academic and public service record gave the department no doubt that he earned this highest honor the sociology department can give. Harold […]
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