Elizabeth Shannon Thompson of Kennebunkport received her bachelor of arts degree (magna cum laude) with honor from Mount Holyoke College on May 25.

Thompson majored in music and minored in psychology. She studied voice and played violin and piano, performing chamber music and with the orchestra. She volunteered as an orientation leader, worked as a music department liaison, and was a peer adviser and program assistant for the Center for Global Initiatives. During her senior year she completed an honors thesis, “A Musical Analysis of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.”

Thompson received the book prize in 2005, the music department prize in 2007 and the Helen Blyth Hazen music prize in 2008. During the summer of 2007, she was awarded the McCulloch Center for Global Initiative Internship to teach English at Sookmyung University in Seoul, South Korea.

Before enrolling at Mount Holyoke, Thompson attended McAuley High School. She is the daughter of Kathryn Thompson of Kennebunkport, and Edward Wayne Thompson of Falmouth, Mass.

Lucy Beatrice Cheney of Lyman received her bachelor of arts degree with honor from Mount Holyoke College.

While at Mount Holyoke, Cheney majored in studio art and English. She was a member of the intercollegiate dressage team for four years and served two years as horse master. She studied abroad during the spring semester of her junior year at the Siena School for Liberal Arts in Siena, Italy.

Before enrolling at Mount Holyoke, Cheney attended Williston Northampton School and Waynflete School. She is the daughter of Michele and George Cheney of Lyman.

Visiting Nurses awards wscholarships
SACO — HomeHealth Visiting Nurses recently presented $100 scholarships to 12 graduating seniors from York County high schools who will be pursuing careers in nursing at an accredited post-secondary institution. The scholarship program was created in memory of Alysan C. Hooper, a longtime Biddeford Pool resident and former Visiting Nurse Service board member. HomeHealth Visiting Nurses provides the annual scholarship fund to promote the training of York County residents for the nursing profession.

Local recipients for 2008 are: Kennebunk High School graduate Candice R. Cameron, attending Southern Vermont College; and Wells High School graduate Sabrina Dixey, attending University of Maine at Orono.

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 3:37 pm and is filed under Nursing Degree Programs. Tags: Biddeford Pool, Candice R. Cameron, Center for Global Initiatives, Edward Wayne Thompson, Elizabeth Shannon Thompson, Falmouth, George Cheney, Italy, Kathryn Thompson, Kennebunk High School, Kennebunkport, Lucy Beatrice Cheney, Maine, Massachusetts, McAuley High School, McCulloch Center for Global Initiative Internship, Michele Cheney, Mount Holyoke, Mount Holyoke College, Sabrina Dixey, Seoul, Siena, Siena School for Liberal Arts, Sookmyung University in Seoul, South Korea, Southern Vermont College, University of Maine, Waynflete School, Wells High School, Williston Northampton School, York County. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.