Lebanon college student chosen for coveted scholarship

UMaine's Laura Nicolo pursues how marketing and communications can help underrepresented and struggling businesses thrive in the global economy. (Courtesy photo)

PORTLAND, Maine - A Lebanon college student has been chosen the winner of The Maine Public Relations Council Scholarship by the Maine Public Relations Council, the state's professional association of public relations practitioners.

A junior marketing major at the University of Maine, Laura Nicolo, of Lebanon, pursues how marketing and communications can help underrepresented and struggling businesses thrive in the global economy. She currently serves as the Communications Director for Scratchpad Accelerator, a program that helps women-owned businesses grow and prepare to raise outside equity through mentorship. This, as well as her marketing internship on educational and policy driven aspects of financial inclusion in developing countries at Tufts University's Fletcher Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion, made her an ideal candidate for the Maine Public Relations Council Scholarship.

Also honored was Kaleigh Haroldsen, of Kennebunk, who won the Arthur Marcoux Scholarship.

A junior at the University of Maine with a double major in Business Marketing and Psychology, Haroldsen contributes to community service projects through the student volunteer organization, the Maine Business School Corps. From cooking meals for the families of sick children at the Ronald McDonald house to planning and implementing a Nets4Pets4Vets fundraiser to provide therapy pets to veterans struggling with PTSD, she emerged as the ideal candidate for the inaugural year of a scholarship named in memory of Arthur Marcoux. After college, Haroldsen looks forward to a career of helping others.
College students attending an accredited Maine college or university and majoring in public relations, broadcasting, journalism, marketing or advertising are eligible to apply for the annual scholarships awarded by Maine Public Relations Council. A panel of judges review applicants based upon their GPA, essay, letters of recommendations, and relevant experience.