State Sen. Elizabeth Mitchell at UMaine Thursday
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Maine State Senator Elizabeth Mitchell (D-Vassalboro) will visit the University of Maine on Thursday, Sept. 25 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program.
Mitchell will spend the entire 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.
Mitchell, who is the Senate majority leader, is in her second term as a senator. She previously served nine terms in the Maine House of Representatives. She was Speaker of the House during the 118th Maine Legislature.
News coverage possibilities include the following tour stops:
- – Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center (10-10:55 a.m.)
- – Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative in Jenness Hall (11-11:50 a.m.)
- – Art Department and New Media Department in Lord Hall (1-1:45 p.m.)
- – Innovation 280 Class, Foster Student Innovation Center (1:15-2:20 p.m.)
- – Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences/Zebrafish in Hitchner Hall (3:15-3:50 p.m.)