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Talk – Fulfilling our Land Grant Mission: Engaging Communities in Teaching, Research and Outreach

October 31, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

| Free
Eastport, º£½ÇÉçÇø
Eastport, º£½ÇÉçÇø. Photo credit: Ken Woisard

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, Uº£½ÇÉçÇø.

Speaker: , Dean, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Cooperative Extension

The University of º£½ÇÉçÇø is the state’s Land Grant institution with the tripartite mission of Teaching, Research and Outreach.  How does Uº£½ÇÉçÇø engage with communities across the state and what opportunities are there for increasing these efforts?  Lessons learned from 108 years of outreach through Cooperative Extension will be shared as will ideas for increasing our collective capacity around engaging with more communities across the state.

Hannah Carter – As Dean, Hannah Carter is the chief executive officer of Cooperative Extension (Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Extension) and reports to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. She provides leadership for Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Extension’s education programs, applied research, and scholarship in service to the State of º£½ÇÉçÇø and beyond, and is responsible for strategic, fiscal, staffing, personnel, and public service matters; staff development; commitment to diversity and inclusion; and compliance with university-wide policies. She helps to foster productive relationships with government, industry, and the public stakeholders in º£½ÇÉçÇø; other units of Uº£½ÇÉçÇø and the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø System; and other extension programs in the national Cooperative Extension network.

 

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Venue

  • 107 Norman Smith Hall
  • Mitchell Center - Uº£½ÇÉçÇø
    Orono, ME 04469 United States
  • Phone 207-581-3195

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