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Events/Trainings
The Role of Higher Education in Nurturing Sustainable Communities (June 6-8, 2022)
"'The Role of Higher Education in Nurturing Sustainable Communities' conference at Albion College seeks to provide opportunities for faculty, administrators, students, and community leaders to join in the conversation to share their successes and innovations, to pose questions, to solve problems, and to identify new directions for building sustainable university-community partnerships through interactive sessions."
Maine Energy AmeriCorps Program (MEAP) Green Jobs Event
The Maine Energy AmeriCorps Program (MEAP) presented a virtual Green Jobs Career panel on Tuesday, October 26th 2021. Online participants heard from Jo-Ellen Scribner, University of Maine at Machias Manager for the Career and Alumni Relations Center and Student Accessibility Service, as well as a career panel made up of alumni from University of Maine at Farmington and University of Maine at Machias. Jo-Ellen walked us through the ways in which green jobs can be hard to define, but are incorporated in many aspects of existing careers, with only room to grow - and spent some time going over resources that will be helpful for establishing available jobs in one's desired field. The panelists discussed their current work in fields related to energy efficiency, town planning, and land management and explained how their past education prepared them for the work they now do from day to day. With a broad range of careers and duties outlined by the panelists, it was easy to see where there is growing need for employees in a market that is growing evermore green. Please contact Sally Slovenski at Sally@mainecompact.org if you would like to view the recording.
Maine Hunger Dialogue (MHD)
The Maine Hunger Dialogue, hosted by UMaine Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with Maine Campus Compact, was held on Friday, October 22, 2021 at the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF). Community members, faculty, staff and students gathered in person in the UMF Olsen Student Center and remotely via Zoom to hear from the keynote, discuss food insecurity in Maine, listen to first-hand experience from exiting program providing food at their colleges, and learn some healthy tips about cooking and meal-prep before getting the opportunity to plan ways they can get involved. The event kicked off with featured keynote speaker, Maine Senator Craig Hickman, who discussed the importance of food and feeding the people of Maine. This was followed by an informational session that addressed causes and issues related to food insecurity at institutions of higher education, and allowed participants to hear insights from those who operate community and college food pantries in the state before an interesting demonstration that showed participants ways to add a healthy touch to budget eating and meal prep. Please contact Sally Slovenski at Sally@mainecompact.org if you would like to view the recording.
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