Morton graduates with nursing practice

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Bobby Morton of Jefferson, Maine, received a doctor of nursing practice degree from Wilkes University.

Hillman graduates from Lyndon State

LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — Emilie Hillman of Gardiner, Maine, has graduated from Lyndon State College with a bachelor’s degree in atmospheric sciences with a concentration in national weather service/military track.

Academic Prizes awarded at Bowdoin College

BRUNSWICK — Two local students received academic prizes at Bowdoin College’s annual Honors Day ceremony. Evelyn Dickinson, of Bowdoin, majoring in biology and French, was awarded the Copeland-Gross Biology Prize, and Adam Childs, of South China, majoring in chemistry and physics, was awarded the ACS Maine Award.

Local students named to dean’s list

Boston, Mass. — Three local students received dean’s list recognition for the spring 2014 semester at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

They are Austin Moore of Gardiner, Maine, Joshua Rice of Richmond, Maine, and Aaron Gilbert of South China, Maine.

O’Neill, of West Gardiner, receives honors

UNITY — Ryan J. O’Neill, son of Colene O’Neill of West Gardiner, has graduated from Unity College with a bachelor’s degree in parks and forest management.

O’Neill received The Parks and Forest Management Leadership Award and was named to the honors list — high honors for the spring 2014 semester.

Poirier graduates from UMass Dartmouth

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Justin Poirier of Augusta, Maine, graduated with a master’s in public policy degree at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.