Hi all,

As some of you may have heard, Jerry Ellis recently passed away. Jerry was
a long-time director of the Onward program here at the University of Maine,
as well as the first president of the Maine Educational Opportunity
Association. Jerry was also a past-president of the New England Educational
Opportunity Association, and a past director of the NEOA Leadership
Institute (before it was renamed Arnold Mitchem Leadership Institute). I
have posted a link to Jerry's obituary on the MEEOA website on the Press
Room page (under Advocacy > Press Room). For your convenience, here is the
direct link:

https://dailybulldog.com/obituaries/gerald-c-ellis-1941-2022/

I did not know Jerry as well as some other people in our TRIO community,
but I always enjoyed chatting with him at state and regional conferences.
He was kind and insightful and cared a great deal for the students and his
work. We miss him greatly.

Casey Henderson
MEEOA Technology Chair

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Casey O. Henderson (he/him/his)
Technology Coordinator
Maine Educational Outreach Programs
308 Chadbourne Hall, Orono, ME  04469-5713
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