MANCHESTER — Four central Maine students are among the five who received 2017 Alva S. Appleby Scholarships from the Maine Dental Association Charitable Foundation.
Stephanie Beeckel, of Augusta; Andrew Emery, of Winthrop; Luke Klinker, of Madison; and Jessica Pillsbury Smith, of Belgrade will each be awarded $5,000.
To be considered for the annual Appleby Scholarship, a student must be a resident of the state of Maine, have completed his or her first year of dental school, and be currently enrolled in a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association.
Beeckel is a graduate of Cony High School and is a member of the class of 2020 at the University of New England College of Dental Medicine. She also earned a bachelor’s degree from UNE, and traveled to Ecuador with a group of students from UNE in 2013 for a medical mission, and, as co-president of International Medical Missions at UNE, led another group on a trip to Peru in 2014. She is the daughter of Thomas and Lisa Beeckel of Augusta.
Emery, a graduate of Winthrop High Schoo, is a member of the class of 2018 at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine who received his bachelor’s degree from the University of New England. He is vice president of the Student National Dental Association/Hispanic National Dental Association chapter at the University of Connecticut, is a Hartford Health Education Board member, and presented research as the Charles R. Morris Award recipient at the 2017 American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology annual session. He is the son of Robert and Donna Emery of Winthrop.
Klinker, a graduate of Madison Area Memorial High School, is a member of the class of 2018 at the University of New England College of Dental Medicine and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine at Farmington. He has worked as a reserve officer for the Oakland Police Department and as a reserve deputy for the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, and has been awarded the Maine Police Emerald Society Scholarship. He is the son of Dr. Stephen and Lauren Klinker of Waterville.
Smith, a graduate of Messalonskee High School, is a member of the class of 2018 at the University of New England College of Dental Medicine. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine at Farmington and an associate degree from the University of Maine at Augusta. She has served on the UNE Class of 2018 Clinic Advisory Committee, has been a biomedical research investigator trained by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, and has received UNE’s P.D. Merrill Scholarship. She is the daughter of Roger and Christine Pillsbury of Belgrade.
Each of the students was awarded $5,000. To be considered for the annual Appleby Scholarship, a student must be a resident of the state of Maine, have completed their first year of dental school, and be currently enrolled in a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association.
Each of the students was awarded $5,000. To be considered for the annual Appleby Scholarship, a student must be a resident of the state of Maine, have completed their first year of dental school, and be currently enrolled in a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association.
