WE Lead Speaker Series
The WE Lead Speaker Series talks are open for the entire campus and community. These presentations focus on the speaker's contributions to the environmental fields and professions. The purpose of the Speaker Series is to expose all constituents to professional women who are environmental leaders. Herstory talks usually are at the WE Lead monthly meetings; the speaker often shares, on a more personal level, her struggles and accomplishments as a woman in her field--she's telling "Her Story". This is an opportunity for WE Lead students to learn from an environmental professional about being a woman in an environmental or natural resource field.
Past Speaker Series Participants
All speakers at 11AM in PW204
Tuesday February 7th—Linda Welch
Wildlife Biologist with Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Milbridge Maine. Linda Welch, biologist at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, was presented with the first annual Northeast Region Refuge Biologist of the Year award at the project leaders' meeting at Virginia Beach. The award recognized Linda's professional impact on the biological programs at the refuge, regional and national levels, recognizing her many contributions: to the refuge's successful seabird restoration programs; her work in fostering many seabird coalitions and scientific groups; her involvement in professional groups such as The Wildlife Society; her contributions to scientific literature, meetings, and conferences; her guidance of many Master's Degree candidate researchers and her recent work in bringing oil spill restitution funds into the Service.
Tuesday March 6th—Michele Merrifield
Maine Warden Service, Trains Search & Rescue dogs. Michelle Merrifield and K-9 Duchess, of Union, were awarded the K-9 Search and Rescue of the Year Award for the discovery of a deceased male and recovery of key evidence to assist Maine State Police in its investigation of a homicide.
Tuesday April 3rd—Kate Stephenson
Executive Director Yestermorrow
http://www.yestermorrow.org/