Good luck, Kelly! You will be missed!! Your new venture sounds awesome. Enjoy the journey!
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> On Aug 17, 2017, at 4:37 PM, Danette Madore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Congratulations on your big move! I hope it's everything you wish for and
> more. You will be missed Kelly... (btw - take Mary Kate up on her offer,
> Aisling is great fun!)
>
> Danette
>
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Kelly Ilseman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Good Morning MEEOA,
>>
>>
>> It is with bittersweet emotions that I let you know I have decided to
>> attend acupuncture and herbal medicine school in Portland, Oregon, starting
>> in September!
>>
>>
>> I’m fully grateful for my time with and connection to the University of
>> Maine Upward Bound Math Science Program, and to the students and staff who
>> have been a part of it over the years, and to the TRIO community. You have
>> all been my home since 2001. Each of you has served as a huge inspiration
>> to me, and it has been a pleasure and a gift to work with every single one
>> of you. Each student and staff member who came to the program back in the
>> days of regional UBMS from all over New England and now from our 8 schools
>> in Maine, have desired to learn, to grow personally, to create the
>> foundations for their academic futures, and to shape their personal paths
>> and professional visions – seeing and knowing these things within them and
>> also within you has given me confidence, encouragement, and inspiration.
>> Watching students undertake advanced research projects fueled by their own
>> interests, literally creating the reality they want to exist for
>> themselves, has shown me that I can do the same. I have been so inspired by
>> you all, have been so grateful for you all to share your life journeys with
>> me in close confidence. Your passions for self-growth, discovery, and
>> actualization are mine as well, your aspirations and your successes
>> embolden me and give me strength, direction, and satisfaction. I feel your
>> struggles too. I admire all of you every day and will continue to have hope
>> for your best realizations my heart.
>>
>>
>> UBMS has been the most tremendous personal and professional growth
>> experience I could ever have hoped for and I will always gather
>> inspirational energy from my TRIO family. I have learned as much as any
>> student from being part of the program. There is always more work to be
>> done, and it is beyond hard to sever ties and to discontinue projects for
>> which I still have great passion and energy. But I know that others will
>> continue these with new vision and creativity. I thank you TRIO family for
>> the 17 years of my life I have spent with you. I will forever hold TRIO and
>> all of you dear to my heart, forever be a resource to you, a help to you if
>> needed, always willing to write a recommendation letter, or to provide
>> humble life coaching direction if I might, and will always, always love to
>> hear where you are, what you are doing, and how you are doing. I want to
>> you know this sincerely. Your journeys have been my delight; it has been my
>> honor and pleasure to take part in them.
>>
>>
>> In many ways, I am not leaving, but simply building and growing on the
>> strong foundation you have given me. I will always continue to believe in
>> the educational and social justice work that you are all doing. Our
>> inherent belief in the value, worth, and potential for growth in every
>> individual are one and the same. The challenges tha arise to prevent access
>> to educational opportunity are still mine to rally for alongside you
>> everyone has equal access to the things they need. Activism and educational
>> opportunity will always be at the center of what I hold dear and I will
>> raise my voice and offer my support for TRIO for ever.
>>
>>
>> So, it is with love, sadness, and utmost gratefulness that I embark on my
>> new journey. It’s time for me to take on new challenges! I am seeking the
>> next adventure of my education, studying Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine at
>> the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. This degree, Master’s of
>> Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAcOM), will afford me opportunities to
>> move more fully into education, health, and healing. It will also allow me
>> to be involved with some incredibly valuable cutting edge medical research
>> and community outreach. It is a very exciting time to be involved with this
>> medicine as east now truly meets west, and the integration and acceptance
>> of both modalities gains traction at a fast pace.
>>
>>
>> Leaving the gorgeous state of Maine, and all it’s beautiful, lovely,
>> creative people - all of you, and my profession, feels as scary as the
>> first day of nursery school. When I think ahead to September, it seems
>> foreign to think of being anywhere but in Maine. There is so much yet to
>> unfold, but I'm looking forward to the new connections that I will make,
>> trusting in the direction this path is leading. I am truly and always will
>> be a lifelong learner seeking adventures in the spirit of the 2016 UBMS
>> theme: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
>> that you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines.
>> Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Dream.
>> Explore. Discover."
>>
>>
>> In love and gratitude,
>> Kelly
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------
>> Kelly Ann Ilseman
>> Upward Bound Math/Science Program
>> Assistant Director/Academic Curriculum Coordinator/Academic Counselor
>>
>> Best ways to reach me:
>> call or text: 617.784.2320
>> kelly.ilseman@m <[log in to unmask]>*aine.edu <http://aine.edu>*
>>
>> other ways to reach me:
>> 800.581.2522
>> 207.581.3720
>> fax: 207.581.2710
>>
>> snail mail:
>> University of Maine
>> Upward Bound Math/Science Program
>> 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Rm 224
>> Orono, ME 04469-5713
>>
>> http://umaine.edu/ub/
>>
>>
>> *Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Danette Madore*
> *Coordinator - Upward Bound*
> *TRiO College Access Services*
> *University of Maine at Presque Isle*
> *181 Main Street*
> *Presque Isle, Maine 04769*
>
> *work - 207.768.9618 cell - 207.551.8787 fax - 207.768.9464*
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