Maine College Students to Shadow Women Political Leaders in Augusta March 11
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Six women who attend Maine colleges, all graduates of the 2009 Maine NEW Leadership program, will spend Thursday March 11 in Augusta shadowing women who hold key state government leadership positions.
Maine NEW Leadership, a program for college women offered by the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is based on a national curriculum developed at Rutgers University. It offers participants opportunities to develop leadership skills while exploring opportunities to become engaged in public life.
The six 2009 alumni who will spend Thursday in Augusta are students at the University of Maine, the University of Southern Maine, The University of Maine at Farmington and St. Joseph’s College. Among the women they will spend time with are Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell, Speaker of the House Hannah Pingree and Rep. Emily Cain.
Maine NEW Leadership is a week-long program. The 2010 session is scheduled for June 3-8 at UMaine in Orono. This year’s application deadline is March 19. Those who are interested should visit the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center website at http://mcspolicycenter.umaine.edu/ or call (207) 581-1646.
The University of Maine,founded in 1865, is the state’s premier public university, located in the town of Orono. It is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from across the U.S. and more than 60 countries. It currently enrolls 12,000 total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars. Students are offered 88 bachelor’s degree programs, 64master’s degree programs, 25 doctoral programs and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental stewardship on its campus, with substantial efforts aimed at conserving energy, recycling and adhering to green building standards in new construction. For more information about the University of Maine visit http://www.umaine.edu/