skip to main contentskip to footer

Quick links

  • Athletics
  • Make a gift
  • Current students
  • Job openings
  • Employee directory
  • Apply
  • Costs
  • Explore
Explore U of I
  • Visit and virtual tour
  • Student life
  • Find your degree
  • Get around campus
  • Meet Moscow
  • Join our email list
  • Events
  • Join ZeeMee
  • Athletics
Academics
  • Academic calendar
  • Find a major
  • Student support resources
  • Undergrad research opportunities
  • Meet the colleges
  • Online learning
  • Explore in-demand careers
Admissions
  • Meet your counselor
  • Deadlines
  • First-year students
  • Graduate students
  • Law students
  • Online students
  • Transfer students
  • International students
  • Admitted students
Financial aid
  • Cost of attendance
  • Steps for financial aid
  • FAFSA information
  • Financial aid FAQs
  • In-state scholarships
  • Out-of-state and international scholarships
  • Connect with financial aid
More
  • Student life
  • Research
  • Recreational offerings
  • Student resources
  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • Newsroom
  • Events
  • Sustainability initiatives
Find your passion - Explore majors Become a Vandal - Start an application
  • Current students
  • Make a gift
  • Athletics
  • Directory
Events
Celebrate winter adventure
Attend the Backcountry Film Festival Jan. 28 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Funds support area avalanche centers.
Dance to iconic hits
Enjoy club hits of 2010-2015 at Sorry for Party Rocking Jan. 30 at the Bruce M. Pitman Center. This age 18-plus tribute dance night features nonstop pop and EDM.
Explore U.S.-Europe dynamics
Hear former U.S. Ambassador Jeff Hovenier share insight into the evolving U.S.-Europe partnership during the Feb. 4 Martin Forum presentation.
Events
News
Kendra Kaiser, Director and Assistant Research Faculty at the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, is pictured along the Boise River on Monday, August 4, 2025.
IWRRI funds strategic Idaho water research
Students and faculty from the Masters in Educational Leadership program present on the topic of indigenous education at the Idaho Association of School Administrators (IASA) in Boise, Idaho on August 5, 2025.
Turning Idaho teachers into Idaho administrators
News
Support a Vandal - Make a gift
  • Apply
  • Costs
  • Explore
  • Explore
  • Academics
  • Admissions
  • Financial Aid
  • Student life
  • Research
  • Recreational offerings
  • Student resources
  • Alumni
  • Parents
  • Newsroom
  • Events
  • Sustainability initiatives

Melissa Hamilton

Extension Educator in Community Development and Agriculture

M.S. in Bioregional Planning and Community Design, University of Idaho '11

B.S. in Biology, University of South Carolina '03

University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Extension faculty, staff, and student portraits.
View my academic profile
Areas of expertise
  • Placemaking
  • Facilitating conversations surrounding rural regional planning/communication
  • Multi-modal transportation options
  • Asset/value-based assessment
  • Ripple mapping
  • Community food systems
  • Climate change education to rural audiences
  • Strengthening community capitals framework and capacity building in rural places
Contact me
mbhamilton@uidaho.edu

208-382-7190

Valley County

University of Idaho Extension, Valley County

View my academic profile

Footer

Ready to apply?

Start your application
Joe Vandal head illustration

Footer Navigation

Resources

  • Policies
  • Privacy statement
  • Web accessibility
  • Title IX

Campus

  • Directory
  • Map
  • Safety
  • Events

Information For

  • Prospective students
  • Current students
  • Parents
  • Employees
Logo

University of Idaho

875 Perimeter Drive, Moscow, ID 83844

208-885-6111

info@uidaho.edu

Engage with U of I on Facebook. Get the latest U of I updates on X. Catch up with U of I on Instagram. Grow your professional network by connecting with U of I on LinkedIn. Interact with University of Idaho's video content on YouTube. Join the University of Idaho ZeeMee conversation.
Support a Vandal - Make a gift
  • Athletics
  • Jobs
  • News

© 2026 University of Idaho