NH-ME LEND Spotlight

staff portraits of Shelly Mulligan, a woman with wavy shoulderlength graying hair in a dark gray turtleneck and blazer, Rosemary Caron, a woman with short brown hair wearing glasses and a burgundy suit jacket, with matching lipstick and a pearl necklace, and Rae Sonnenmeier, a woman with wavy chin length white hair wearing glasses, a grey blouse and black cardigan.
NH-ME LEND Honors Senior Faculty Members
This year NH-ME LEND will bid farewell to three University of New Hampshire faculty members: Rae Sonnenmeier, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Sh... Learn More
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Best wishes to the 2023 NH-ME LEND Cohort
This year’s NH-ME LEND cohort participated in two year-end events in May to showcase and celebrate their accomplishments: the annual Capstone Poster S... Learn More
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Ashley Mulkern (NH-ME LEND 2023) Partners with Maine CDC to Improve Pediatric Mental Health Care Access
NH-ME LEND is delighted to spotlight a valued leadership partner, Maine’s Title V Program, Maternal and Child Health (MCH), located within the Maine C... Learn More
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The Association of University Centers on Disabilities:
A Valuable Network and Resource for Leaders
AUCD coordinates network activities, disseminates a wide variety of resources and information, and provides technical assistance to the network on a b... Learn More
a caricature of Kathy Bates, a woman with blond hair in a wheel chair answering emails with a light bulb above her head
From Where I Sit: Kathy Bates Blogs About Disability
Through her work as an advocate, teacher, and writer, NH-ME LEND faculty member, Kathy Bates has influenced how today’s world views and supports peopl... Learn More
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Spring Kick-Off: Engaging in Advocacy and the Policy Process
In January, NH-ME LEND convened trainees, faculty, and five panelists for a Leadership Intensive: Organizing to Influence Your State's Policy. Panelis... Learn More
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NH-ME LEND Featured on "DNA Today"
At the top of the year, NH-ME LEND trainee Karina Mancini, NH-ME LEND Director Betsy Humphreys, and Karen Volle, Project Director with the New England... Learn More
A group photo of NH-ME LEND trainees and staff at the AUCD Conference in Washington, DC. They are sitting in chairs in a ballroom looking backwards at the camera.
2022 Grads and Faculty Present Posters at AUCD in Washington, DC
In November, several NH-ME LEND graduates and faculty gathered in Washington, DC, to attend the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUC... Learn More
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New Clinical Partners Join NH-ME LEND
We are pleased to welcome Dover Pediatrics, Gateways Community Services, and Community Partners Behavioral Health Services as new training partners th... Learn More
Top: A woman in a brown, flowered headscarf is talking into a microphone. Another woman in a sweater is sitting at a table next to a woman in a blue headscarf. Bottom: LEND staff and trainees listen to Betsy Humphreys give a presentation.
Fall Leadership Intensive Explores Cross-Cultural Perspectives
In late September, NH-ME LEND convened an in-person Leadership Intensive at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston/Auburn Campus. Through short m... Learn More