Summer/Fall 2011 - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Fort Kent State College of the University of MaineFort Kent State Teachers CollegeFort Kent State Collegethe Back Bay area of Portland. It happenedquite fast, but she knew it was a good movefor her to be closer to her family. Paula willbe happy to have visits from anyone who is inthe area.1970sDan Beaulieu (’80) has had a busy yearhelping his clients make it through the recession.He is the owner of D.B. ManagementGroup, a strategic sales and marketing firmspecializing in electronics companies. He hasworked with more than 150 companies, globallyduring the past ten years. Dan and hiswife, Debbie (Wing), who attended UMFKin 1971 and graduated from Bates in 1978,have two children: Rebekah, 28, who livesin Newton, Massachusetts and is a doctoralcandidate at Boston University; and Damon,22, who graduated from Earlham Collegein Richmond, Indiana this past spring.Damon has just moved to Morioka, Japan toteach English at the junior high level. After22 years in exile in New Hampshire andWisconsin, Dan and Debbie returned toMaine in 2002 and now live in Waterville.Conrad Theriault (’74) It’s been a longtime since Conrad has communicated withUMFK and even longer since he let anyone,but his immediate family, know how theyhave progressed and grown. Conrad and Roseare the most successful and also the luckiestcouple, due in large part to the Universityof Maine at Fort Kent. They started theiradventure as a couple in August 1973. Rosemoved to Fort Kent from New York, havingworked for companies such as Pfizer, Yardley,etc. Conrad was in his last year as a studentand Rose took a job as the administrativeassistant to Dr. Richard Spath. That is whentheir adventure really took off. Conrad was asoccer player hoping to graduate. He thanksGod that he didn’t show his transcript toRose before they married, or she would nothave married him. Rose helped Conrad tremendouslyat increasing his GPA to a reasonablelevel, allowing him to graduate. Conradrecalls that Dr. Spath was not excited to loseRose, but that he was excited to lose him. So,with his degree in hand, Conrad and Roseheaded for New York to begin a career. Wow;what a rude awakening. No jobs because ofthe job market, but here again Rose did landa great job way before Conrad did. Conraddid get his first job as a manager trainee forFriendly Ice Cream Company. That was anexperience all to itself. His real career beganwith Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, asan underwriter trainee. Since then, he hasbeen in the insurance field and made it allthe way to director at Nationwide InsuranceCompany. Currently, Conrad and Rose areliving in Wisconsin and have raised two greatyoung men. Scott has a master’s degree fromMarquette University, and Mark, after graduatingfrom Columbia College in Chicago,currently is working for Dream Works, asa senior computer animator/special effects.This is how Conrad and Rose measure success.Their kids have elevated themselves toa level higher, and now their grandkids willgo further than their parents. Conrad andRose are enjoying their grandkids, and Markis getting married in September to a wonderfulyoung lady from Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada. So, what is left forConrad and Rose, but to retire and spoil theirgrandkids and travel? Conrad notes that adegree from UMFK is really worth its weightDan Beaulieu and hisfamily, along with hisdaughter’s boyfriend,at his son’s graduation.“We’re all wearingEarlham Collegegear because it was 35degrees with a 30-milean hour wind blowing.”in gold. Just look what it has done for him.Thank you, UMFK. Keep winning thosesoccer awards.Shaun (Rogers) Moll (’77) taught in twoMaine schools, as a remedial reading assistant,from 1977 to 1984. In 1984, she marriedand moved to Connecticut, where shecontinued as a substitute teacher for severallocal schools in East Hampton, Glastonbury,and Portland, Connecticut. After awhile,she left teaching and worked in a call centerfor an arts and crafts company. Now, manyyears later, she is substitute teaching again forthe Windham, Connecticut public schools.Shaun really enjoys teaching again. She andher husband have one son, Kevin. He graduatedfrom the University of Connecticut in2010, with a degree in accounting. Rightnow, as a member of the United Statesarmed forces, he is stationed at Fort Rucker,Alabama. He is attending flight school tolearn to fly the Chinook helicopter. His parentsare very proud of him, as he completeda tour of Afghanistan in 2006-07. Shaunenjoys reading and gardening, as well as travellingaround the country. She enjoyed hereducation at UMFK; it was a great learningexperience for her. She always will cherishthe good times she had.Dennis McCannell (’79 & ’81) graduatedfrom UMFK with a Bachelor of Arts inEnglish and Social Science and a Bachelorof Science in Education. As he completedhis 30th year of teaching this past June, heoften reflected on his time at Fort Kent andhow valuable and meaningful it has been tohim over the years. “UMFK afforded meopportunities to not only pursue an excellenteducation, but to get involved in extracurricularactivities, while seeking my degrees.During my years at Fort Kent, I rememberfondly the experiences of working at WUFKin its infancy, both as a DJ and as manager.I remember serving as editor of the collegepaper, and performing at the coffeehouses.”Today he teaches media and journalism andperforms stand-up comedy- all of these canbe attributed to his UMFK experience. Onthe athletic field, Fort Kent was a schoolwhere he could participate in cross-countryand soccer. Today, besides teaching, he alsowill enter his 29th year as a soccer coach, 19of them as varsity boys’ coach at ColchesterHigh School in Colchester, Vermont. Thisis where he taught for the past ten years,before that he spent 20 years at Bellows FreeThe Bell Tower | 37