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What: The �appSystem 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, �app. 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 è��app 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 �appSystem universities will participate in the webinar. These include:

1. Marshall Stewart, �appSystem Chief Engagement Officer/VC for MU Extension and Engagement
2. Marc McCarty, UMKC Professor of Law and �appSystem Broadband Leadership Committee Chair
3. Tony Luppino, UMKC Professor of Law and è��appSystem Broadband Leadership Team member;�� Sarah Denkler, MU Extension Regional Director – Southeast MO
4. Lav Gupta, UMSL Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science and �appSystem Broadband Leadership Team member;��
5. Kent Shannon, MU Extension Agriculture Field Specialist and �appSystem Broadband Leadership Team member
6. Brian Boots, UMKC Regnier Institute, Director for Venture Creation
7. Casey Canfield, �app S&T Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering and �appSystem 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, UMKC SourceLink
11. Sam Tennant, Program Coordinator, MU Extension CARES and �appSystem Broadband Leadership Team member����������������������������������������������
12. Alison Copeland, �appSystem Deputy Chief Engagement Officer and �appSystem Broadband Leadership Team member, session moderator

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

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