Schools
Children’s art camp
ROCKLAND — From Monday, July 13, through Friday, July 17, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present an art camp titled “Art for Everyone” with Kristine Biegel for students 8-12 years old.
The camp, designed with all young artists in mind, will be conducted by Biegel of The Creative Child and will take place 10 a.m.-3 p.m. daily at the museum’s Gamble Education Center on the corner of Union and Grace streets.
“Art for Everyone” begins with the premise that everyone can make great art. Participating students will build a strong foundation of basic art skills including color understanding, line variety, and interesting compositions through 2D and 3D projects, as well as plein air art activities if the weather permits.
The class will visit the Farnsworth galleries, as well as other local art galleries if time allows. Each session will end with a positive critique of the day’s work.
Kristine Biegel is the owner of The Creative Child, a studio-based art education business that works with artists of all ages and abilities. Class size is limited to 12 students.
The fee is $160 for members and $200 for nonmembers. To obtain information or to sign up, call the Education Department at 596-0949 or visit the education page on the museum’s Web site at www.farnsworthmuseum.org/education.

Meeting location change
UNION — The location of school board meetings for SAD 40 for Thursday, July 2, and Thursday, July 16, will be at the Central Administrative Office in Union at 7 p.m.

Ashwood Waldorf School
ROCKPORT — Ashwood Waldorf School wishes to expand its 2009-2010 first-grade class and is seeking applications from students whose birth dates fall between June 2, 2002, and June 1, 2003.
The enrollment application can be found online at www.ashwoodwaldorf.org or by requesting an informational packet from the school’s enrollment director. Ashwood’s administrative offices will be open during the summer and accepting applications.
Enrollment director Maria Northcott asks prospective families to think about their child’s current educational experience.
“Are the qualities of perseverance, self-confidence, creative thinking and beauty valued alongside intelligence?” she said. “Ashwood strives to nurture these qualities through a comprehensive curriculum that integrates movement, art and music into all academic subjects.”
An example of the uniqueness of Waldorf education is the teaching of handwork beginning with knitting in first-grade. Students make their own knitting needles and learn how to knit and sew projects such as pouches, recorder bags, small animals and a hat. The handwork projects increase in complexity, and by middle school students may make leather slippers, cloth dolls, pajamas and other clothing.
Students at Ashwood learn French and the recorder from first grade on.
Drama and performance also are integrated into the curriculum with weekly and seasonal assemblies, musical presentations and an annual play performed by each grade school class.
“Our students have so many opportunities to challenge their fear of being in front of a large audience, by the time they leave Ashwood, their confidence and self-assurance is notable,” said Northcott. “Many teachers on both the high school and university level say they can pick out a Waldorf graduate by the way they are so sure of themselves, are proactive about their education and seem genuinely interested in learning.”
Located on Park Street in Rockport, Ashwood Waldorf School is an independent and accredited private school serving children 18 months through eighth-grade.
Parent-child classes and the drop-off Toddler Program for children age 18 months to 3 are offered during the school year. For information about Ashwood Waldorf School, call the office at 236-8021 or visit www.ashwoodwaldorf.org.

Colleges
Husson University
BANGOR — Husson University held commencement exercises on Saturday, May 9. Area graduates are:
Belfast: Stephanie DeRedin.
Brooks: Lucinda Brown.
Camden: Jennifer Tooley.
Monroe: Katie McAlpine.
Searsport: Jenna Chaney.
Stockton Springs: Diane Libby.
Thomaston: Katherine Marchessault.
Troy: Amy Delano, Erin Wilbur, Ashley Wooley.
Unity: Keith Jones, Erin Nason.
Vinalhaven: Chelsea Osgood.
Waldo: Ashleigh Ann Montminy, Barbara Thompson.
Warren: Reabena Hackett, Alan Pennington.
Winterport: Christina Dinardo, James Gehrke, Shelagh McGinley, Blaine Meehan, Suzanne Perkins, Brittany Snyder.

Lasell College
NOBLEBORO — Rhiannon Hartford of Nobleboro was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Lasell College in Newton, Mass. Hartford is majoring in fashion and retail merchandising.

Unity College
UNITY — Stephen Nason, director of residence life and assistant dean for student affairs at Unity College, has been named to lead a groundbreaking sustainability effort for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region I, which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The association is the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy and practice and affirms the commitment of the student affairs profession to educating the whole student and integrating student life and learning, according to a press release.
The association Sustainability Knowledge Community that Nason will lead is charged with advancing sustainability practices through the education and engagement of members.
Nason is organizing a comprehensive sustainability program to serve the needs of the more than 400 association members in the New England region.
Members of the Sustainability Knowledge Community will communicate at local, regional and national association meetings and conferences. They will attend other sustainability meetings and work to develop better sustainability approaches for the use of technology in student affairs.
Information about Unity College is available at www.unity.edu. Information about National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is available at www.naspa.org.

University of Southern Maine
PORTLAND — Beginning in the fall, University of Southern Maine students may major in sport management as part of the USM School of Business bachelor’s degree program in business administration.
USM is the first institution in the University of Maine System to offer a sport management major and is the only AACSB-accredited business school in Maine and New Hampshire to offer such a program.
“The combination of a comprehensive business curriculum, specialized sport management courses and extensive internship experiences with professional sports organizations makes this a very competitive program in terms of quality and preparing students for a range of career opportunities,” said USM Associate Professor of Sport Marketing Jo Williams. She joined USM in 2007 after establishing a successful sport management program at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass.
USM started offering a small, academic track of sport management courses and internships in the fall of 2007. Some 75 students enrolled in the sport management track in the 2008-2009 academic year, and more than 100 are expected in the fall. That demand prompted university officials to expand the program into a full major. As a result, more courses will be added and a faculty member will be hired who will join the program by the fall of 2010.
Staff members for Portland’s professional teams also have taught courses in the program and will continue to do so.
“The University of Southern Maine is becoming a 21st-century institution that offers first-rate academic programs relevant to our region, our state and the nation,” said USM President Selma Botman. “The creation of a sport management program is one example of how USM  is contributing to Maine’s vitality and to Maine’s future.”
The move from a track to a full major allows USM to add specialized courses in such areas as sports event management, sport sponsorship and athletic administration.
“This is a well-rounded program that prepares students not only for careers in professional sports,” said Williams, “but also for a range of leadership roles in amateur sports organizations, sports marketing fields and in athletic administration.”
Another hallmark of the program, said Williams, is a strong sport business community in the Portland region that has been receptive to providing hands-on classroom experiences and internships. The new major will include a 10-week, 400-hour internship experience.
“The program,” she added, “already has proven to be a resource for the local professional sports community and for the region as a whole.”
“We couldn’t provide the level of professionalism to our fans and to the community without the USM program,” said Pirates Managing Owner and CEO Brian Petrovek. “We consider USM sport management students members of our team.” USM sport management students are working with the Pirates to prepare for the American Hockey League All-Star Classic, which Portland will host in January 2010.
The Portland Sea Dogs and the new NBA Development League’s Maine Red Claws are using USM sport management Web-based and digital marketing research. Williams and the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Portland also are exploring using the USM sport management program expertise to help attract national and regional spectator sport events to the region.
“It is exciting to be part of building a program that is focused on helping students succeed while also serving as a community resource,” said Williams.
Williams has served as tournament director of the McCall’s LPGA Classic in Stratton, Vt., and as adjunct professor of sport marketing  at Springfield College and the University of Connecticut. She served as a consultant with the United States Field Hockey Association and Executive Sports International. She is an honors graduate of the West London Institute of Higher Education with a bachelor’s in education. She earned a master’s degree in education and a doctoral degree in sport management from Springfield College.
Earlier this year, Williams was named to the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation, an organization established in 2008 to recognize excellence in sport management  education.
For information about the new sport management major, call the USM School of Business at 780-4020, or e-mail Williams at jwilliams@usm.maine.edu.