{"id":34835,"date":"2025-06-13T15:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?page_id=34835"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:34:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/sustainabilitysolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introducing the <\/strong>University of Maine Center for Sustainability Solutions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has accepted a task force\u2019s recommendation to remove references to George Mitchell from institutional naming and honors at the University of Maine. Consistent with its charge and existing System policies, the task force of faculty, staff, and student members considered only whether continuing to use the former Senator’s name could harm the university, and it did not evaluate specific allegations about him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University of Maine Center for Sustainability Solutions will be the temporary name of the research and engagement center at the flagship that focuses on building a better world beginning in Maine. While the change is effective immediately, updating institutional websites, materials, and signage \u2014 including on Norman Smith Hall on the Orono campus where the Center is located \u2014 will take several months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about the task force, which acknowledged Mitchell\u2019s lengthy and distinguished record of public service and impact, is available at https:\/\/www.maine.edu\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/trustees-approve-recommendation-to-end-university-of-maine-use-of-mitchell-name\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n