Cynthia Dalton, a nursing student from Bowdoinham, was named Southern Maine Community College student of the year. Winners were selected by faculty and staff and are awarded a $1,000 John H. Lapoint Jr. Leadership Award.

SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Molly Bogart, of Brunswick, was one of 33 Susquehanna University students to present research at the 27th National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The conference is dedicated to promoting undergraduate research and scholarship in partnership with faculty. Bogart, a senior political science major, is a 2009 graduate of Brunswick High School and the daughter of Bruce and Nancie Bogart.

FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington named Matthew Towle, of Brunswick, one of its 2013 Wilson Scholars: A senior majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in philosophy and religion, Towle is investigating the ways in which the encounter with the other helps us understand an ethics of responsibility. The UMF Wilson Program names student awardees twice a year

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Alesa Mary Yuodsnukis, a sophomore majoring in philosophy and psychology at the University of Rochester, was named to the dean’s list for fall 2012. Yuodsnukis, of Brunswick, is the daughter of Alan and Lynn Yuodsukis and a graduate of Brunswick High School.