WHAT: Green Launching Pad kickoff event with Gov. John Lynch and UNH President Mark Huddleston

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Strafford Room, Memorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire

BACKGROUND: The University of New Hampshire and the State of New Hampshire have partnered to create the Green Launching Pad, a program that will bring green technologies to the marketplace, help innovative clean technology companies succeed, and support the creation of green collar jobs.

RSVP: Please RSVP to Lori Wright at lori.wright@unh.edu and 603-862-0574.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling more than 12,200 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students.

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