A University of Maine-led delegation of students and faculty will witness world leaders, diplomats and experts negotiate global policies to address climate change at a United Nations summit from Nov. 7–18 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. By attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), graduate students and […]
The University of Maine was recently awarded observer status by parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The status allows the university to send a delegation of students and faculty to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) Nov. 7–18 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. […]
Dan and Betty Richardson Churchill 58. .
Couple seeks partnerships, opportunities to prepare students to solve complex issues
by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson
Betty Richardson Churchill ’58 and her husband, Dan, have shared an adventurous life one distinguished by exciting careers, global living and travel and a shared commitment to service and lifelong learning. Now, they’re helping young people with similar interests to develop the skills, knowledge and mindsets they’ll need to help solve the most pressing global issues of the years and decades ahead.
A day at the beach
Betty was an English major at Dickinson who wrote for
The Dickinsonian and played NCAA softball and spent a few weeks abroad one summer with a Dickinson professor and classmates.