{"id":12238,"date":"2021-03-08T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T21:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/?p=12238"},"modified":"2021-03-08T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T21:08:36","slug":"hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CASTINE \u2013 Maine Maritime Academy President, Dr. William J. Brennan, announced that Hope Thomas, a junior in the Vessel Operations and Technology program from Orrington, Maine, has been confirmed by the Maine Legislature as the college\u2019s 2021-2022 Student Trustee.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Thomas will bring a student perspective to MMA\u2019s Board of Trustees and advise on matters such as student life, academic planning, and institutional strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you told me three years ago that I would be representing students in such an important role, I\u2019m not sure I would have believed you!\u201d says Thomas. \u201cBut, when I first came to MMA I promised myself that I would take every opportunity to step outside of my comfort zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12239 alignright\" src=\"\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg\" alt=\"Hope Thomas picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cI\u2019ve never done anything like this before,\u201d she continues. \u201cI believe it is my responsibility to give back to a school that has already given me so much.\u201d In addition to her role on the board, Thomas is deeply involved in the school community. She is an active member of the student Yacht Club and the Women on the Water club, both of which have helped her create life-long friendships and connections within the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of her extracurricular activities, Thomas is a Student Simulation Lab Assistant, helping her peers complete critical simulation activities as they prepare for careers at sea, and works behind the circulation desk at the college\u2019s library.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope exemplifies the spirit of our institution,\u201d says President Brennan.\u00a0 \u201cShe is, without a doubt, a true student leader who has inspired many through her participation and involvement with a number of activities on our campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was selected as a nominee for the year-long position from a pool of very qualified applicants. The final nomination decision was made by Governor Janet Mills. Following her nomination, Thomas testified before legislators in Augusta via Zoom and was subsequently confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In speaking of Hope\u2019s confirmation, Earle Cianchette, Chairman of the MMA Board of Trustees said, \u201cI have no doubt that our board will benefit greatly from her energy, her insights, and her commitment to the MMA community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Trustees of Maine Maritime Academy will hold their next quarterly meeting on April 30<sup>th,<\/sup> 2021. For more information, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/office-of-the-president\/board-of-trustees\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASTINE \u2013 Maine Maritime Academy President, Dr. William J. Brennan, announced that Hope Thomas, a junior in the Vessel Operations and Technology program from Orrington, Maine, has been confirmed by the Maine Legislature as the college\u2019s 2021-2022 Student Trustee.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/\"> Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees - About MMA<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees - About MMA\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CASTINE \u2013 Maine Maritime Academy President, Dr. William J. Brennan, announced that Hope Thomas, a junior in the Vessel Operations and Technology program from Orrington, Maine, has been confirmed by the Maine Legislature as the college\u2019s 2021-2022 Student Trustee.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"About MMA\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-08T21:07:40+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-08T21:08:36+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bryan.wolf\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bryan.wolf\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/\",\"name\":\"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees - About MMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-08T21:07:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-08T21:08:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#\/schema\/person\/0f4c98ce8fc682c290a83a1dd166fb6e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Hope Thomas picture\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/\",\"name\":\"About MMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#\/schema\/person\/0f4c98ce8fc682c290a83a1dd166fb6e\",\"name\":\"bryan.wolf\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4f3463b1f4928b5e53e6d987b4a66cf3809a161f01b029181dd390f0a121157?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4f3463b1f4928b5e53e6d987b4a66cf3809a161f01b029181dd390f0a121157?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"bryan.wolf\"}}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees - About MMA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees - About MMA","og_description":"CASTINE \u2013 Maine Maritime Academy President, Dr. William J. Brennan, announced that Hope Thomas, a junior in the Vessel Operations and Technology program from Orrington, Maine, has been confirmed by the Maine Legislature as the college\u2019s 2021-2022 Student Trustee.","og_url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/","og_site_name":"About MMA","article_published_time":"2021-03-08T21:07:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-08T21:08:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"bryan.wolf","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bryan.wolf","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/","url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/","name":"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees - About MMA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-08T21:07:40+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-08T21:08:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#\/schema\/person\/0f4c98ce8fc682c290a83a1dd166fb6e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/press-release-030821.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Hope Thomas picture"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/press-releases\/hope-thomas-appointed-as-student-trustee-to-maine-maritime-academys-board-of-trustees\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hope Thomas appointed as Student Trustee to Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s Board of Trustees"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/","name":"About MMA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#\/schema\/person\/0f4c98ce8fc682c290a83a1dd166fb6e","name":"bryan.wolf","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4f3463b1f4928b5e53e6d987b4a66cf3809a161f01b029181dd390f0a121157?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4f3463b1f4928b5e53e6d987b4a66cf3809a161f01b029181dd390f0a121157?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"bryan.wolf"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12241,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions\/12241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about-mma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}