UNE Presents Deborah Morton Award to three Maine women of achievement
第58届 黛博拉·莫顿协会 Convocation and Awards Ceremony continues the University of New England’s tradition of honoring and celebrating the accomplishments of outstanding Maine women. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Friday, June 14, starting at 11 a.m. 在大学波特兰校区的创新大厅举行.
The Deborah Morton Award recognizes Maine women who have become distinguished by their careers and public service, 或者是谁在公民领域的领导地位, 文化或社会原因是例外. The award celebrates the memory of UNE’s own distinguished Deborah Morton of Round Pond, Maine, 威斯布鲁克神学院1879届毕业生致告别辞的代表, 威斯布鲁克学院的前身, 1996年与正规澳门赌场网络合并. 毕业后, 莫顿长期在神学院任教, 作为老师, lecturer, 社会权利平等的改革者和倡导者, 政治和经济层面.
为了向她致敬, the 黛博拉·莫顿协会 continues to promote education and the fostering of leadership for future generations of Maine women providing scholarship support for women students in the Westbrook College of 健康的职业 who, 比如黛博拉·莫顿, 表现出杰出的品质, 领导能力和学术能力.
在过去的57年中, the award has continued to help further the importance of women in our society and serves as encouragement to young women across our state to reflect Morton’s values and service-focused attitude. 今年的得奖者名单如下:
Susan Corbett, Axiom Technologies首席执行官
Susan Corbett is a preeminent authority on rural broadband deployment. 在她的职业生涯中, she has worked closely with economic development organizations to advance the adoption of internet and wireless technologies to provide critical access to rural Maine residents.
科比特是Axiom Technologies的前首席执行官, 快速的提供者和倡导者, 负担得起的, 为农村社区提供可靠的宽带服务. Corbett first joined Axiom Technologies in 2005 as chief financial officer. 在她的领导下, the telecommunications company has designed and constructed more than 100 access points, 通过2连接,占地500平方英里，遍布缅因州农村.
Currently, Corbett serves as a consultant to the Axiom Education & 培训中心(AETC), a non-profit corporation dedicated to furthering the educational and professional development of residents and businesses throughout Maine and particularly in Washington County.
在2017年秋天, Corbett launched the National Digital Equity Center as part of the AETC and, 总监, 与当地和全球的变革者合作, relentlessly driving disruptive strategies to close the digital divide in Maine and across the United States.
科比特是一位公众演说家, educator, and advocate who is dedicated to providing broadband access and digital literacy to rural communities everywhere.
Elizabeth McLellan, Founder and President, Partners for World Health
Elizabeth McLellan is president and founder of Partners for World Health (PWH), an organization dedicated to improving health care around the world by implementing changes in the medical supply chain. Dedicated volunteers build collaborative partnerships within health care industries both in the United States and abroad to develop a system for recycling and redistributing discarded medical supplies to places in need.
作为新英格兰唯一的同类组织, PWH has created a cost savings for health care facilities by lowering disposal fees and limiting unnecessary waste. 截至2018年, PWH has prevented a major impact on our environment and redirected over 1 million pounds of discarded medical supplies from landfills to countries in Africa, 东南亚和南美洲. 除了, McLellan organizes six global health medical missions per year to provide education and training to health care workers with a focus on improving the standard of practice. The PWH accomplishes its mission with a workforce of over 800 volunteers.
作为波特兰社区的活跃成员, McLellan has held board membership and leadership positions for organizations such as the World Affairs Council, 波特兰热烈欢迎, 缅因州历史学会与学习著作. McLellan fulfills her belief that we all need to make a commitment to something greater than our own interests and that if we will all did this, 我们将对我们的国家和世界产生重大影响.
赞赞·马哈茂德，缅因州刘易斯顿社区领袖
ZamZam Mohamud is known throughout the Lewiston-Auburn area as a bridge builder. 而她的工作是一名注册护士助理, Mohamud’s true calling is her passion for making her community of 18 years a welcoming and accessible place for everyone to call home. 通过建立真实的, 与长期居民的个人关系, 新难民, and asylum seekers along with partnerships with area organizations and government and municipal services, Mohamud helps find a common goal towards which all entities can work together.
Volunteering on boards and committees and taking on new projects that serve the twin cities keep Mohamud energized. She is tireless in her efforts to solve problems by helping to navigate process and paperwork, 传统与文化, 以及各方的假设. 她曾在刘易斯顿公共图书馆董事会任职, Androscoggin Head Start, 校本保健中心咨询委员会, 刘易斯顿奥本森林委员会, 刘易斯顿奥本增长委员会(LAEGC)营销委员会, 市区社区专责小组, 和刘易斯顿警察民权小组. Mohamud was the first Somali representative to serve Lewiston in an official capacity as a member of the Lewiston School Committee in 2013, and in 2014 she was awarded the Maine Women’s Lobby’s Community Power Award.