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PHOTO: The 2021-22 USM Promise Scholars group. (USM photo)
PORTLAND — Twenty-five students from across Maine are part of the University of Southern Promise Scholars group, including several from the Turner Publishing circulation area.
This year’s group is USM’s largest to date and will benefit from a program designed to create a path forward for financially challenged students who are highly motivated to succeed.
In addition to bridging each student’s financial gap, the USM Promise Program provides an array of enrichment opportunities and a network of support from peer and professional staff to help first-generation college students overcome common barriers and persist to graduation.
Students from Turner Publishing circulation area who are USM Promise Scholars this year include:
Lauren Davidson and Maddy Long, graduates of Oxford Hills Regional High School, in South Paris;
Susannah Curtis, a graduate of Madison High School;
James Eaton, a graduate of Lawrence High School, in Fairfield;
Emma Waldron, a graduate of Waterville Senior High School.
In its fourth year, the program has overall provided 83 scholarships to college students referred from partner youth-serving organizations across the state. More than $235,000 in scholarships, including $90,000 in commitments for the incoming group, has been awarded to scholars for the 2021-22 academic year.
The incoming cohort of 25 scholars represents a guided effort to offer scholarships to students from every corner of the state. Scholars hail from 18 different high schools and represent more than 10 youth-serving organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine, Camp Susan Curtis, JMG, the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute, The Telling Room and TRIO Upward Bound.
For more information, visit usm.maine.edu/the-promise-scholarship.
