Mast Way student wins HAVEN Education Design contest
DURHAM – Superintendent Dr. Robert Shaps and Principal Misty Lowe announced that a second-grade Mast Way student won the HAVEN Education Design Contest.
Eleanor “Ella” VanDenBerg won HAVEN Education’s 18th Annual Design Contest and was honored during a ceremony on June 10. Representatives from HAVEN Education and their puppets visited Ms. Laliberte’s second-grade classroom to surprise Ella with a certificate and special t-shirts for the whole class.
The shirts featured VanDenBerg’s winning design, an orange and yellow striped cat, with the catchphrase “Meow Body Belongs to Me.” VanDenBerg’s design was one of 400 entries HAVEN Education received for this year’s annual design contest.
VanDenBerg’s design will also be included in HAVEN Education’s coloring book, which is given to students in Grades 1 and 2 during school visits.
The annual design contest is open to students in Grades K-4 and must feature a positive message for children about keeping their bodies safe as part of HAVEN Education’s mission.
ConvenientMD awards $2,500 scholarship to Marshwood High School senior
DOVER – Marshwood High School Senior James Foss was recently awarded a $2,500 scholarship from ConvenientMD Urgent Care. ConvenientMD’s Student Scholarship Program awards scholarships totaling $25,000 to 25 high school seniors across Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts who plan to pursue post-secondary education in healthcare. There were nearly 500 applications for this year’s scholarship awards.
“At ConvenientMD, we’re proud to support students like James who are driven to make a positive impact in healthcare,” said Katie Morgan, Director of Operations, New Hampshire. “By investing in their education, we’re helping to build a stronger, more compassionate healthcare workforce for the communities we serve.”
“Our Scholarship Committee was inspired by James’s dedication to healthcare and his passion for making a global impact,” said Stephanie Buell, Community Partnerships Manager at ConvenientMD. “We’re proud to support his journey toward becoming a compassionate leader in medicine.”
ConvenientMD is New England’s leading urgent care provider. Its clinics, including the location at 14 Webb Place in Dover, are open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to serve the community’s immediate medical needs – no appointment necessary. Learn more at ConvenientMD.com.
UNH’s Sustainability Institute receives grant to help New England towns achieve sustainability goals
DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire’s Sustainability Institute has received a grant from the Barr Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in New England, to bolster climate and resilience efforts among local governments across New England, reinforcing the university’s leadership in sustainability initiatives.
The $100,000 funding will enhance UNH’s ongoing support of the New England Municipal Sustainability (NEMS) Network, a regional collaborative of nearly 40 cities and towns representing approximately 2.5 million residents. The NEMS Network serves as a hub for municipalities to share strategies, align resources and develop joint solutions to pressing climate and sustainability challenges.
UNH’s Sustainability Institute has served as the administrative backbone of the NEMS Network since 2016—the only higher education institution nationally to coordinate an Urban Sustainability Directors Network regional hub. This unique structure allows NEMS to harness the expertise and resources of both local governments and the academic community.
With support from the Boston-based Barr Foundation, the NEMS Network and UNH will expand innovative projects focusing on the intersection of climate change and public health, clean energy and community resilience. These efforts will involve robust student participation through applied research, contributing to both municipal outcomes and workforce development.
This new phase of the NEMS-UNH partnership will be guided by a collaboration between UNH’s Sustainability Institute, Graduate School and the Carsey School of Public Policy. Dovev Levine, assistant dean for graduate student affairs and assistant vice provost for outreach and engagement and Sustainability Institute fellow, will serve as the initiative’s lead administrator.
For more information visit NEMS at https://sites.usnh.edu/nems/.