The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk, “Fulfilling our Land Grant Mission: Engaging Communities in Teaching, Research and Outreach.”

The talk will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, both in person at 107 Norman Smith Hall on the UMaine campus in Orono and remotely via Zoom.

The University of Maine is the state’s land grant institution, with the tripartite mission of teaching, research and outreach, according to a news release from the center. In this talk, Hannah Carter, dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will discuss how UMaine engages with communities across the state and what opportunities there are for increasing these efforts.

She also will describe lessons learned from 108 years of outreach through UMaine Extension and ideas for increasing the university’s collective capacity to engage with more communities across the state.

Carter provides leadership for UMaine Extension’s education programs, and applied research and scholarship in service to the state and beyond. She is responsible for strategic, fiscal, staffing, personnel and public service matters; staff development; commitment to diversity and inclusion; and compliance with university-wide policies.

She helps foster productive relationships with government, industry and public stakeholders in Maine; other units of UMaine and the University of Maine System; and other programs in the national Cooperative Extension System.

To register, which is required to attend remotely, visit umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/seminars.

To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Ruth Hallsworth at 207-581-3196 or [email protected].

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