Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Dawn Hill to visit campus Dec. 1

Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Sen. Dawn Hill will visit the University of Maine on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows are prominent individuals with a past or current career as a policymaker in the state. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center brings its fellows to campus for a day to teach an undergraduate class, engage faculty about research and public policy, and meet with UMaine administration and graduate students.

Hill is a member of the Maine Senate where she represents Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, York, South Berwick and part of Berwick. Now in her third term, she currently serves as the Assistant Senate Democratic Leader, and is the top Senate Democrat on the Energy, Utility and Technology Committee.

Previously, Hill served as the Senate Chair of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee.

Hill will be honored with a reception at 4 p.m. in the University Club in Fogler Library. All are welcome to attend the event, no RSVP is required.

The event is co-sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and the College of Engineering.