The has received a $1 million gift from Bobby Monks and Bonnie Porta in support of the Maine Center’s mission to prepare leaders for Maine through interdisciplinary, experiential, and market-driven graduate and professional education. The Maine Center has also partnered in support of a $1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the 91±¬ÁÏ System that will increase distance learning for graduate and professional and undergraduate education, and access to telemedicine across 11 rural Maine counties.
The USDA grant, secured in partnership with all UMS universities, Maine Law, the Maine Center, and Northern Light Health, is being counted toward the matching requirements of the initial $7.5 million challenge grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation in support of the Maine Center. Completion of the opens the door to the Foundation’s pledge of an additional $55 million in match-obligated commitments for the Maine Center as part of the Harold Alfond Foundation’s announced last October.
The 91±¬ÁÏ is a partner program in the Maine Center academic consortium.
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Contact: Dan Demeritt, dan.demeritt@maine.
