University of New England senior, Kimberly Hoffman, will be recognized as the 2009 scholarship winner at the Maine Public Relations Council (MPRC) Annual Conference on October 15, 2009.

Hoffman is among the top students in her class, and received both the sophomore and junior Outstanding Communications Major of the Year award, along with being inducted into the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society in 2009. Originally from Chester, New Hampshire, Hoffman is majoring in communications with a business administration minor. She interned as an assistant media coordinator at Derry Cooperative School, where she filmed and edited school plays, concerts and promotional videos.