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President of Kennebec Valley Community College stepping down, pursuing Ukraine scholarship
Richard Hopper will depart at the end of May, after working at the Fairfield college for the past eight years.
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When Richard Hopper came to Kennebec Valley Community College eight years ago as its new president, he was known as a World Bank education specialist and a Fulbright scholar.
Hopper is leaving the president’s post at KVCC at the end of this month, after being awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in Ukraine. He will be working with the Ukrainian government to adjust the country’s system for accreditation in higher education.
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The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog group that monitors the quality of U.S. health care, is out with its latest grades for hospital safety and Maine hospitals are again near the top of the class.
Nine of 16 evaluated hospitals in the state received an “A,” and Maine ranked No. 3 in the U.S. for the highest percentage of facilities receiving the top grade.
The A list comprises: Cary Medical Center, Caribou; Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston; Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington; Maine Medical Center, Portland; Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick; Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital, Presque Isle; Northern Light Inland Hospital, Waterville; Pen Bay Medical Center, Rockport; and Southern Maine Healthcare, Biddeford.