Mitchell Center Sustainability Awards announced, presentations on January 31

On January 31 the recipients of the Mitchell Center’s 2021 Sustainability Awards will be recognized at the first event in the Mitchell Center’s spring 2022 Sustainability Talks series. As part of the ceremony, each of the four awardees will give a brief presentation that reflects on the work for which they received their award.

Mitchell Center awards are presented annually and are designed to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of Mitchell Center members, researchers, students and external stakeholders who have helped advance the values and principles at the heart of the Mitchell Center’s stakeholder-engaged, solutions-focused, interdisciplinary projects and partnerships.

2021 Award Winners and Presenters:

Outstanding mentorship of a student in sustainability research
Sharon Klein, Associate Professor, UMaine School of Economics

Outstanding student contribution to sustainability research
Dominique DiSpirito, UMaine Honors student and political science major

Outstanding contributions toward the development of a solution by a research team
Maine Food Waste Fall 2021 Student Intern Team
Hannah Crayton, Thomas College; William Dunham, UMaine; Ryan Fitzmaurice, UMaine; Ellie Hunt, UMaine; Kalina Kinyon, UMaine; Hannah Mathieu, UMaine; Melissa Veitch, UMF; Ariana Walker, UNE

Outstanding contribution by an external partner to sustainability research
Mark King, Composting & Organics Management, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Learn more about the awardees and their work here.