His name is Salvadore (Sam) Portera. He certainly deserves an award! And his personal story is quite compelling. I will fill out the nomination form for him. There are so many deserving alumni! Darylen *Darylen Cote, Director* *TRIO College Access Services* *Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search* *University of Maine @ Presque Isle* *181 Main St.* *Presque Isle, ME 04769* *207-768-9456 (office)* *207-592-2672 (mobile)* *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> (note new e-mail address!)* On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Samantha Prosser < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think folks had also mentioned nominating Sam for an award. He was the > person who started up a lot of the local support for the UMPI grant review, > right? I don't recall his last name... > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Brown, Rusty <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Katie, > > I think we should nominate Glenna for the "Rising Star Award" or Randy > > LaRue (maybe). > > - Rusty > > > > Rusty R. Brown, M.Ed., NCC > > Director > > TRiO Student Support Services Program > > 123 Maine Hall > > 207.974.4866 > > 354 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: - MEEOA-L - Maine Educational Opportunity Association members > > communication [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michelle > > Richards > > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 12:57 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Alumni Nominations > > > > Hello! As we head into the holiday season and prepare for our annual > > conference, it is once again time to reflect about our wonderful > alumni! I > > have attached the 2018 Rising Star and Achiever nomination forms to this > > email. I would like to have them back by December 11, 2017. Please let > me > > know if you have any questions. Thank you! > > > > > > -- > Samantha Prosser > TRIO Upward Bound Advisor > University of Southern Maine > 37 College Ave > Gorham, ME 04038 > Phone: 207-780-5828 > Fax: 207-228-8259 > Website: http://www.usm.maine.edu/trioprograms/ > > Pronouns: she, her, hers > This message and its contents are confidential. If you received this > message in error, do not use or rely upon it. Instead, please inform the > sender and then delete it. Thank you. >