registration form<\/a> for Zoom connection information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSpeakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Cat Biddle<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Director of the Center for Applied Research on Education and Schools, University of Maine<\/li>\n
- Zeke Kimball<\/strong>, Professor and Interim Dean, University of Maine College of Education and Human Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Looking toward the future, Maine faces many wicked problems that will require innovative, human-centered solutions. Without such a response, climate change, an aging workforce, housing shortages, widening geographic opportunity divides, growing economic inequality, and other pressing challenges threaten the state\u2019s long-term economic prosperity. Education informed by and linked to rural community development will be an essential strategy for creating the adaptive, transformative change required to turn the challenges of the future into the opportunities of tomorrow. In this talk, Cat Biddle and Zeke Kimball will explore the relationship between Maine\u2019s schools, rural communities, and future.<\/p>\n
Catharine \u201cCat\u201d Biddle<\/strong> is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and the Director the Center for Applied Research on Education and Schools at the University of Maine. Her research focuses on ways in which rural schools and communities respond to social and economic change in the 21st century. She is particularly interested in how schools can more effectively leverage partnerships with external organizations or groups to address issues of social inequality and how non-traditional leaders\u2014such as youth, parents and other community members\u2014may lead or serve as partners in these efforts.<\/p>\nEzekiel \u201cZeke\u201d Kimball<\/strong> is Professor and Interim Dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. His research focuses on how to create the conditions for student success in PK-20 education systems. He is a leading expert on disability identity development, postsecondary STEM learning environments, and how academia leverages scholarly knowledge for social impact. He is deeply committed to the role that education and a focus on human development can play in strengthening Maine\u2019s communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, 91¸£Àû, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speakers: Cat Biddle, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":957,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","spc_primary_tribe_events_cat":-1},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[20],"class_list":["post-31979","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-ssi-events","cat_ssi-events"],"taxonomy_info":{"tribe_events_cat":[{"value":20,"label":"Mitchell Center Events"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mitchellcenter","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/author\/mitchellcenter\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/31979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/957"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/31979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31985,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/31979\/revisions\/31985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31979"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=31979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, 91¸£Àû, Orono.<\/p>\n