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SMS Undergraduate Scholarship Awards

April 30, 2009

MAINE STUDENTS EARN HOLLINGS SCHOLARSHIPS Two University of Maine sophomores have received the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. Samantha Bond, a marine science major, zoology minor and

honors student from Temple, N.H., and Jeremy Bender, a marine science major and honors student from Saint Paul, Minn., each will receive up to $8,000 per year for their junior and senior years. In addition, they will each have a summer internship at

a NOAA facility. "This has opened my eyes about what I want to do after I finish my undergraduate degree," Bond says. A news release with more is at http://www.umaine.edu/news/view_release.php?x=1241009614.