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Contact
Austin Fitzgerald
(573) 489-7837
fitzgeraldac@missouri.edu

What: The 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team, consisting of researchers and community stakeholders, will host a introducing an actionable plan to bring affordable and accessible broadband internet to Bollinger County, Missouri. Applied to a county in which four out of five residents have no broadband access, the plan will serve as a model for a broader effort to make high speed internet more available to people in rural areas of the state.

Entitled “Bringing Broadband to a Missouri Community,” the webinar will also share information about the , a free, web-based resource that will assist in the expansion of broadband across a variety of industries and government services.

When: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 8

Where: The webinar will be livestreamed at .

Who: Researchers and representatives from each of the four 91���Ѽ System universities will participate in the webinar. These include:

1. Marshall Stewart, 91���Ѽ System Chief Engagement Officer/VC for MU Extension and Engagement
2. Marc McCarty, 91���ѼKC Professor of Law and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Committee Chair
3. Tony Luppino, 91���ѼKC Professor of Law and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team member;  Sarah Denkler, MU Extension Regional Director – Southeast MO
4. Lav Gupta, 91���ѼSL Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team member; 
5. Kent Shannon, MU Extension Agriculture Field Specialist and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team member
6. Brian Boots, 91���ѼKC Regnier Institute, Director for Venture Creation
7. Casey Canfield, Missouri S&T Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team member
8. Wayne Prewitt, MU Extension Regional Director – South Central MO
9. Ellen Belcer, Bollinger County representative
10. Rob Williams, Program Director, 91���ѼKC SourceLink
11. Sam Tennant, Program Coordinator, MU Extension CARES and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team member                       
12. Alison Copeland, 91���Ѽ System Deputy Chief Engagement Officer and 91���Ѽ System Broadband Leadership Team member, session moderator

Note: Bollinger County is located in southeastern Missouri, adjacent to Cape Girardeau County. It was the site of the first discovery of remains of a duck-billed dinosaur known as Hypsibema missouriensis, Missouri’s state dinosaur. The county is also home to Blue Pond, the deepest natural pond in the state.

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