News Story Covers Grant Announcement
A Thursday Bangor Daily News story reports on a Wednesday UMaine announcement of a $10,000 AT&T grant to support a UMaine-based program. Regional Vice President Owen Smith announced the grant to help fund Maine NEW Leadership, a six-day summer leadership, networking, politics and public service program for Maine college women. The story includes comments from UMaine students (and Maine NEW Leadership alums) Stacey Gomm and Amber Hathaway, along with Mary Cathcart of UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Cathcart is the program’s co-director.