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:

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