ORONO, Maine, April 16 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
Hamidah Aldarwish of Dammam, Saudi Arabia is the 2026 Outstanding Graduating International Student for the College of Education and Human Development. A child development and family relations major, Aldarwish arrived in Maine in 2019 with her family - her husband, Jafar, and three girls who are now ages 11-15. She took classes at Eastern Maine Community College and through the University of Maine's Intensive English Institute prior to becoming a full-time student in the College of Education and Human Development in the spring 2022 semester. She has been a Presidential Scholar twice and received Dean's List honors four times. Aldarwish completed her capstone in...