Sen. Peter Mills at UMaine Tuesday
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Maine Sen. Peter Mills (R-Skowhegan) will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Nov. 13 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program.
Mills will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members.
The Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows Program, which began in the spring of 2006, brings Maine elected officials and senior policymakers to UMaine for intensive one-day programs through which they can learn more about UMaine, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, and the work of the university’s faculty members and students. It is also intended to provide opportunities for UMaine students to have access to high-level public officials, through whom they can learn more about government and the development of public policy.
Mills, who is an attorney, is currently serving his seventh term in the Maine Legislature. He was a senator from 1994-2002, followed by a term in the Maine House. Voters in District 26 returned him to the Maine Senate in 2004, and he was re-elected last year.
News coverage possibilities include a 10:45-11:45 a.m. meeting with UMaine faculty and student researchers who are working on projects related to energy. That session is scheduled for the Crosby Lab building. Mills will also discuss UMaine biomedical research with professors Sam Hess and Mike Mason from 1-1:50 p.m. in Room 19 Bennett Hall, and he will tour UMaine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center from 3:30-4:20 p.m.