Currents in Education
Maine senators accepting applications for service academies
YORK and OGUNQUIT - Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have announced they are currently accepting applications from Maine high school students for nominations to be considered for an appointment by the four United States service academies.
The academies are the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo.; the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.; the Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
"We are always proud to have the honor to nominate our outstanding Maine students to our nation's distinguished service academies," the senators said in a joint statement. "The young people we will nominate have earned this honor through a commitment to strong scholarship, leadership and character."
Interested students should apply for a nomination in the spring and summer of their junior year.
Snowe and Collins are currently accepting applications from students for admission to the academies in the year 2008. The deadline for completed applications is Nov. 1, 2007.
For further information or an application, visit the senators' websites or contact their Academy Coordinators at the addresses that follow. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, http://snowe.senate.gov/, care of Cheryl Leeman, Three Canal Plaza, Suite 601, Portland, ME 04101 or by phone at 874-0883, or Sen. Susan Collins, http://collins.senate.gov/, care of Sara Holmbom Lund, One City Center, Stop 23, Portland, ME 04101 or by phone at 780-3575.
