Houlton High Alumnus to speak at UMPI

Participating in the Distinguished Lecturer Series at the University of Maine in Presque Isle will be Houlton High School graduate Dr. Marie Battiste.    Battiste graduated from Houlton High School in 1967 and the University of Maine at Farmington in 1971. She went on to receive her masters at Harvard University and her doctorate degree from Stanford.
She is the academic director at the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. She has authored three books, including Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision in 2000.
Battiste received the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Award from the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation. She has researched Aboriginal culture and experience and how they relate to lifelong learning.
The lecture begins at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29 at the UMPI campus center. For more information please call, 768-9452.