WHO: äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ President Robert L. Carothers, Jeff Seemann, dean of the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ College of the Environment and Life Sciences, and CCRI Assistant to the President Dennis Moore, along with Master Gardeners and friends and family of the late Kathleen Mallon.
WHAT: äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ will formally name its Cooperative Extension Education Center for Kathleen Mallon, the former director of the Center who later served in leadership roles at äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾, the Community College of Rhode Island, and the R.I. Office of Higher Education. Formerly a Shannock resident, Mallon launched the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Master Gardener program and served as director of äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBվ’s strategic planning and institutional research and assistant to the president at CCRI.
WHEN: Thursday, November 6 at 11 a.m.
WHERE: The äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Botanical Garden, corner of Upper College Road and East Alumni Avenue on äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBվ’s Kingston campus.
CONTACT: Todd McLeish in the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Communications & Marketing at 401-874-7892 or tmcleish@uri.edu.
