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Faculty & Staff News

This faculty and staff news page is updated each week. If you have UNE faculty or staff news to report, please email  it to Sherri DeFilipp at sdefilipp@une.edu

June 21 -  June 27

Susan McHugh, associate professor of English, was featured in the Italian national newspaper La Stampa  in an article titled "C'è chi pensa anche senza parole."  The article is about the mind capability of dogs and McHugh's research on the ambivalence approach of human beings to the world of dogs.

Assistant professor of psychology, Teresa Dzieweczynski, recently gave a presentation at the annual Animal Behavior Society meeting in Pirenopolis, Brazil, June 22-26 2009. The presentation, "The nest matters: the influence of reproductive state on decision-making to conflicting stimuli in male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens," was based on work conducted in Dr. Dzieweczynski's laboratory with the assistance of UNE students Kristy Boyd '09 (psychobiology and psychology), Melissa Davio '09 (psychobiology), Erica Gagnon '12 (psychology), Courtney Gill '11 (psychobiology), and Meghan Walsh '09 (psychobiology).

June 14 -  June 20

Michael Beaudoin, professor of education, has a book chapter entitled: "Reflections on Seeking the 'Invisible' Online Learner (and Instructor)" in: Distance Learning in Transition-Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges (2009). published by Wiley-ISTE.

Associate professor of philosophy David Livingstone Smith gave a presentation on "A general theoretical definition of deception" at the second annual conference on Security and Human Behavior at MIT on June 11.  The Security and Human Behavior Conference is an international interdisciplinary meeting consisting of security experts from a variety of disciplines, and attendance is by invitation only.

Susan Gray, Ed.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, recently published an article in the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, (2009), 9(2), 59-72 with co-authors B. Loud and C. Sokolowski titled, "Calculus Students' Use and Interpretation of Variables: Algebraic vs. Arithmetic Thinking."

May 31 -  June 6

Trisha Mason, Founding Director of UNE’s Center for International Education, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Maine World Affairs Council.  Based in Portland, the World Affairs Council of Maine is the state’s oldest and largest non-profit public membership organization dedicated to public education in international affairs. The Council was founded in 1977 to promote understanding of world events and issues, foreign policy and international trade, and other countries and cultures.

May 24 -  May 30

Occupational therapy faculty and former OT graduate students published the following articles in May: Ridge, E. & Robnett, R. (2009). In their own words: The emotional experience of individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease. OT Practice, 14 (8), 18-21. Erin Ridge graduated in 2008 with a master of science in OT. Dr. Regi Robnett is director, OT Department.

O'Brien, J., Bergeron, A., Duprey, H., Olver, C., & St. Onge, H. (2009).Children with disabilities and their parents’ views of occupational participation needs. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 25, 164 - 180. Alyssa Bergeron, Heather Duprey, Caitlin Olver and Holly St. Onge all graduated in 2008 with a master of science in OT. Dr. O'Brien is associate professor, OT Department.

May 17 -  May 23

UNE professors Stephan Zeeman, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Susan Hillman, Dept. of Education, and Charles Tilburg, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics, have been working on an innovative project designed to partner University of New England researchers and their graduate students with the local K-12 community.  This project has been awarded a substantial $2.87 million five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Officially titled, "The Interactions of Biology, Chemistry and Physics at the Land-Ocean Interface: A Systemic PARTnership Aimed at Connecting University and School (SPARTACUS)." 

The project places graduate students in marine sciences and biology into six school districts in southern Maine as science resources for teachers. The districts range from rural to urban settings and include the two largest and most ethnically diverse districts in Maine: Biddeford, Portland, Bonny Eagle (MSAD #6), MSAD #57 and MSAD #71, and School Union #7. They will use place-based education to strengthen the STEM skills of K-12 students by focusing classroom projects on scientific questions regarding climate and land-use, and their interaction with hydrology and materials in the Saco River and coastal waters of Maine.  This is the first time the University of New England has applied for and received this grant, which will be awarded, on average, $574,000 annually for five years.

May 10 -  May 16

Charles Tilburg, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, and Stephan Zeeman, professor and chair of the Department of Biology, were recently awarded a $94,000 grant from the National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA) for a project entitled "Influence of Climate Change on Regional Hydrology and Public Health."  The project will use NASA satellite imagery and river discharge measurements to quantify land use/cover change in the northeast US and aid in decision-making activities related to the prediction of water quality along the coast of Maine.

COM's COMmunicator and Nexus magazine received three awards for excellence in communications from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. AACOM presented its "Excellence in Communications" awards at its Annual Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland the week of April 13th.

COM's Recruitment, Student and Alumni Services (RSAS) online newsletter The COMmunicator won Best Newspaper or Newsletter (for the second year in a row) for the February 2008 issue.

Former RSAS staff member Steve Smith's feature "Where the Poppy Grows: Kim Tripp, Ph.D., OMSII", written for the summer 2008 edition of the e-newsletter, won second place for Best Feature Story or Article.  Smith won first place in this category the last two year.

UNE's alumni magazine Nexus (summer 2008 edition) was awarded second place for Best Magazine, following its third place finish the previous year. Nexus is published by the Communications Office, with design by Kristin Quatrano. Entries were judged for excellence in concept, content, design, writing, editing and final production quality, as well as creativity and effectiveness in achieving the stated goals and objectives of the project.

James M. Norton, Ph.D. was awarded the 2009 UNECOM Service Award for exceptional service to the College.  This award is given for service over and above that required by one’s position, and for clear contribution to the mission of the College.  The recipient is selected by a committee of former UNECOM Service Award winners.  Having served on the faculty of COM for 29 years, Dr. Norton has been recognized for outstanding teaching on numerous occasions, having been chosen by UNECOM students as Basic Science Teacher of the Year more than five times.  Dr. Norton serves as Chief of the Division of Physiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, and is very active in course administration and teaching at the College.  In addition, he teaches in the Westbrook College of Health Professions, and serves on numerous COM committees, including the Curriculum Advisory Team and the Committee on Admissions. 

Susan McHugh, associate professor in the English Department, gave a lecture on The Companion Species Manifesto by Donna Haraway at Bates College on May 11.  The lecture was for the course “For the Love of Dogs” taught by Bates Professor of English, Lavina Shankar, and underwritten by a grant from the Harward Center for Community Partnerships.

Professor Jerome Mullin, professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Physics, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Program.  The annual grants are awarded to promote excellence in science education.  The grant award for "Applications of Raman Spectroscopy Across the Chemistry Curriculum" will be used to enhance the department's instrumentation capabilities through the purchase of a Raman spectrometer.  This instrument will enable students to investigate additional aspects of vibrational spectroscopy that cover all areas of chemistry such as organic, physical, environmental, instrumental, and forensic analysis.
 
 The University of New England’s Occupational Therapy Department was well represented at the National American Occupational Therapy Association conference April 22 – 26 in Houston Texas. The following faculty and students presented:

Jane O’Brien, PhD, OTR/L associate professor and David Sandmire, MD,  professor, Department of Biological Sciences with co-authors Sandy Lemieux, MS, OTR/L Sarah Meyer, MS, OTR/L, and Sandy Mountinho, MS, OTR/L (Class 2007) presented a poster entitled The Physiological Effects of Purposeful Versus Nonpurposeful Activity in Children and Adults.

Nancy Carson, MS, OTR/L (Medical University of South Carolina), Jane O’Brien, PhD, OTR/L, Courtney Craib, Lindsey Holmes, Kira Keogh, Loren LePage, and Erin O’Brien  (Class 2010) presented a 1. 5 hour presentation entitled Establishing Community Partnerships to Address Obesity in Adults with Chronic Mental Illness and in Children from a Rural Community.

Jane O’Brien, PhD, OTR/L, Alyssa Bergeron, MS, OTR/L, Holly St. Onge, MS, OTR/L,  Heather Duprey, MS, OTR/L, Caitlin Olver, MS, OTR/L (Class of 2008) presented a 30 minute paper entitled Children with Disabilities and Their Parents’ Views of Occupational Participation Needs.

Patty Bowyer,  PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (Texas Women’s University), Jessica Kramer, PhD,OTR/L (Boston University), Jessica Kramer, PhD, OTR/L (University of Illinois at Chicago), and Jane O’Brien, PhD, OTR/L presented a one-hour panel discussion entitled Getting a Better Picture:  How Pediatric Practitioners Choose, Kelly Cowan (Class of 2010), and Lyndsey Mignault (Class of 2009) presented a 1.5 hour research paper entitled Implementing an Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy Program for persons with Parkinson's Disease That Addresses Occupation, Motor Functions, Cognition, and Perception.

Kate Loukas, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, associate clinical professor, Tracy Floyd, Betsy Davis, Amanda Milose, and Erin Shugrue (Class of 2009) presented a research poster entitled "A Shift of Paradigm and Practice: A Study on School-based Intervention and Transition Planning for Adolescents."

Bevin Journey, UNE graduate (Class of 2006) now working in the San Diego, California public schools and Kate Loukas, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA presented a short course entitled "Occupational Therapy with Adolescents in School-based Practice: Ensuring a Successful Journey to Adulthood." 

Judy Kimball, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor, Kristen Coutu, MS, OTR/L, Courtney Hanscom, MS, OTR/L, Jessica Beisswanger, MS, OTR/L, and Amy Calhoun, MS, OTR/L (Class of 2008) presented a poster entitled The Effect of a Dance Program on Children with Down Syndrome Using a Participatory Action Research Model.

Kate Loukas, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA served as the co-chair of the AOTA Ad Hoc Participation Committee, which conducted focus groups and surveys on how to maximize participation of members in the national association. 

Jane O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L, associate professor in Occupational Therapy Department,  had the following research article published:  Kramer, J., Bowyer, P., Kielhofner, G., OBrien, J., & Maziero-Barbosa, V. (2009). "Examining rater behavior on a revised version of the Short Child Occupational Profile (SCOPE)." Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 29 (2), 88 - 96.

May 3 -  May 9

Michael Beaudoin, Professor of Education, has had published in Open Learning-The Journal of Open and Distance Learning (Vol. 24, Issue 2, June,2009), an article entitled: "Consortia- a viable model and medium for distance education in developing countries."

Stephan Zeeman, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Susan Hillman, Dept. of Education, and Charles Tilburg, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics received a five-year, $2.87 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled The Interactions of Biology, Chemistry and Physics at the Land-Ocean Interface: A Systemic PARTnership Aimed at Connecting University and School (SPARTACUS). The project places graduate students in Marine Sciences and Biology into six school districts in southern Maine as science resources for teachers. They will use place-based education in strengthening the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills of K-12 students by focusing classroom projects on scientific questions regarding climate and land-use, and their interaction with hydrology and materials in the Saco River and coastal waters of Maine.

Dr. Edward Bilsky co-edited a book entitled "Opiate Receptors and Antagonists: From Bench to Clinic" that has been recently published by Humana Press. The book offers a comprehensive view of recent work on opioid antagonist applications and uses in various clinical treatments. Emphasis is placed on disorders of the reward system. This volume, which contains 39 chapters, serves as reference while also illuminating prospects for future research. Dr. Bilsky also co-wrote two chapters in the textbook with collaborators from the National Institutes of Health, Southern Research Institute and Eastern Tennessee State University.

Dr. Amy Deveau (CAS, Chemistry & Physics) and students Andrea Pelotte (CAS, Biochem/Med Bio, 09') and Ryan Smith (UNECOM, 10') recently completed work on the design, synthesis, characterization and in vitro evaluation of four novel derivatives of the drug naltrexol.  After being created in Dr. Deveau's lab, the compounds were subsequently evaluated by Mario Ayestas and Christina Dersch who are members of Dr. Richard Rothman's group from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Dr. Edward Bilsky (UNECOM) was also a collaborator on this project.  An article describing this research was published earlier this month in the journal Bioorganic and Medical Chemistry Letters.  Overall, the researchers concluded that several of the compounds may show promise as treatments for opioid overdose and addiction.  Drs. Deveau, Rothman, and Bilsky maintain an ongoing collaboration to further explore the chemistry and biology of these and related agents.

Polly E. Leonard, D.O. (COM ’95), president of the UNECOM Alumni Association and director of Medical Education at UNECOM’s Kent Hospital Clinical Campus, has been named one of Rhode Island Monthly’s  Top Doctors for Women. 
 
Mark R. Henschke, D.O. (COM ’88), has been recently recognized by MDx Medical, Inc. with a national "Patients' Choice" Award.  The honor reflects the difference he has made in patients’ lives, as demonstrated by the uniformly high reviews they have granted him.  Of doctors that receive rave reviews, only those with near perfect scores have been voted by their patients for this honor.
 
David Towle, M.S., M.P.H., D.O., associate professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Military Science, and director of medical education at UNECOM’s Watertown Clinical campus, was recently awarded the national Leadership Award for the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators (AODME).  AODME is the national educators’ group that focuses on graduate medical education for the osteopathic profession.  Dr. Towle has also recently been named the U.S. Military’s medical advisor to Saudi Arabia.  He will be on hand in June along with former President George H. W. Bush at the commissioning ceremony, as part of UNECOM’s 2009 graduation celebration. 
 
The American Medical Student Association 44 Mile Ultramarathon was held this past weekend, and was a huge success!  Twenty UNECOM students, along with Kenneth Johnson, D.O., Associate Dean for Clinical Education, ran in the April 26 event, and raised over $3,100 for Adopt-A-Doctor.  This amount will support the treatment of literally thousands of patients in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Mali and Liberia.  A special shout-out goes to Earl Han, OMS II, who ran a total of 50 miles!    
 
John R. Gimpel, D.O., M.Ed., dean and vice president for Health Services, served as Physician for the Day representing UNECOM at the State of Maine House of Representatives and the Senate on April 30.

Stephan Zeeman, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, was interviewed for an article in ScienceNOW, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The article to appear on May 7 is in regard to a forthcoming publication co-authored by Professor Zeeman, in the journal Current Biology, entitled "Report: Transequatorial Migrations by Basking Sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean". The research used satellite tags to track basking sharks from the Gulf of Maine to as far south as the mouth of the Amazon River. 

Megan Rochelo, coalition director, Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition (CHCC) and Bethany Fortier, project director, were presented with a Redy Award (named after Let's Go!'s red mascot Redy) for their outstanding commitment, leadership and innovation for the 5-2-1-0 Goes to School Program. The 5-2-1-0 Goes to School framework is based on the following messages: 5 - eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day, 2 - limit TV and computer use (not related to school) to two hours or less a day, 1 - get one hour or more of physical activity a day, and 0 - drink less sugar and try water and low fat milk instead of soda and sugary beverages.

Andy Rosen, adjunct faculty, Fine Arts Department, and Massachusetts artist, Josephine Halvorson, have an exhibition entitled "Close to Home" at the Cuchifritos Gallery in New York City (located at 120 Essex Street between Delancy and Riverton,inside the Essex Street Market at the south end of the market nearest Delancey). The exhibit is on view May 2 through June 13, 2009.  The opening reception is Saturday, May 9, 4:00-6:00 p.m. The works in this exhibition bring the viewer into that place/state/space, closing the gap between that which is present or remembered, and that which is fantasy or fiction.  Rosen and Halvorson are conveyers of memory, both capturing real feeling, real home, real time.  They make stand-ins, not documents that realize the concept that home exists in your head or wherever you go. Cuchifritos is free, open to the public and handicap accessible. 

Apr. 26 -  May 2

Michael Beaudoin, professor of education, recently presented invited talks and seminars in Japan on various topics related to his research and writing on distance education. He spoke at Kansai University, Kumamoto University, and at the Japan Society for Instructional Technology in Health Professions, and also attended a meeting of the International Board for Training, Performance & Instruction, on which he serves.

David Livingstone Smith, associate professor of philosophy, is the speaker at the annual Sigma Xi banquet at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, on April 28th.  His talk is entitled "Darwin's contributions to philosophy".

Apr. 19 -  Apr. 25

Evelyn Schwalenberg, D.O., assistant professor, UNECOM, was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Sally McCormack, PT, DPT, MPH, clinical assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy, has had the manuscript, "Ergonomic and behavioral interventions as the primary treatment for work-related lateral epicondylitis: a case report," accepted for publication in WORK: A journal of prevention, assessment & rehabilitation.  The publication date will be early 2010. 

India Broyles, EdD, director of the Master of Science in Medical Education Leadership (MMEL) Program, was one of two faculty chosen from 26 colleges of osteopathic medicine to serve on the conference planning committee for the AACOM annual meeting (April 14-18, 2009).  She also conducted a 90-minute forum & panel on the development of a cross-college collaborative to support international osteopathic medical education. 

Josh Pahigian, adjunct faculty member in the Department of English, will discuss his latest baseball travel book "101 Baseball Places to See Before you Strike Out" Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Dyer Library, Deering Wing, in Saco. The program is part of the Sweetzer Series. Tickets are $5 at the door or in advance at Dyer Library. Student tickets are $3. The proceeds benefit the Provident Association of Saco.
 
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Global Humanities, gave a lecture at UCLA titled "The Hispanic as Crypto-Moor" and discussed his book A Call for Heresy at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA.

Apr. 12 -  Apr. 18

COM Dean John Gimpel, D.O., will be leading a pre-conference workshop with colleagues from around the country at the April Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), in Bethesda, MD.  His workshop  is entitled “Assessing Competencies in Tomorrow’s Physicians: Developing a Competency-Based Assessment Program for Medical Students.”  James Gaffney, coordinator of Recruitment and Alumni Services, is chair of the Council of Osteopathic Medical Admissions Officers, one of several Councils that will meet this week. 
 
India Broyles, Ed.D., director of the Master of Science in Medical Education Leadership (MMEL) Program, will be facilitating a brief presentations block on global health initiatives.   The AACOM’s Task Force on Competency-Based Medical Education will unveil the first issue of its new monthly e-newsletter, “Best Practices In Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of Medical Professionalism,” edited by Dr. Gimpel.  Samantha McGinnis, OMS II and Student Government Association president, along with Liz Coviello, OMS I and president elect, will attend the Council of Student Government Presidents meeting, and will also join Associate Dean Ken Johnson, D.O., Associate Dean Pat Kelley, and Chair of Pediatrics Lisa Gouldsbrough, D.O., in the first “COM Day on the Hill,” meeting with Maine’s Congressional delegation and unveiling UNECOM’s impressive new outcomes and impact maps to our representatives and their staffers on the Hill. Under the annual meeting theme of “Preparing the Best Physicians for Tomorrow’s World,” all attending look to bring new and innovative ideas back home to improve their own programs. 

At the Annual Convocation of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO), the UNECOM osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) community also had a very strong presence.  Aside from members of the UNECOM community who already hold national positions, a number took on new ones.  UNECOM graduate and residency alumnus George Pasquarello, D.O. (COM ‘93) was elected president of the AAO. Laura Griffin, D.O. (COM ‘96), graduate of the UNECOM combined Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (NMM) residency program, was elected to the Board of Trustees.  Stacey Pierce-Talsma, D.O., current chief resident in OMM/NMM, was elected chair of the Postgraduate American Academy of Osteopathy, a section of the AAO.  Doris Newman (COM '98) was named program chair for next year's AAO conference. 

Dr. Lisa Keiski, UNE Mature Care Physician, Medical Director of St. Andre’s Health Care Facility, and faculty in the UNECOM Department of Geriatric Medicine will be one of four panelists presenting on Advanced Health Care Directives, Living Wills, and other Health Care Decisions on April 29, 2009 at the Most Holy Trinity Parish Hall, 310 Main St. Saco from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.  The Social Justice and Peace Commission, Good Shepherd Parish, and St. Andre’s Health Care, Biddeford are the sponsors for this event.  The event is open to the public. RSVP Sr. Mary Morey RSM, 282-5171 x 259 by April 23rd.

Eric Zuelow, assistant professor of European History, published his first book, "Making Ireland Irish: Tourism and National Identity since the Irish Civil War" (Syracuse University Press). The book provides a sweeping account of the evolutioin of the Irish tourist industry over the twentieth century.

Apr. 5 - Apr. 11

Jennifer Wieselquist's (Psychology Department) essay on accommodation in close relationships was published last month in the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (edited my Harry T. Reis and Susan Sprecher, Sage Publications).  Accommodation is a relationship maintenance behavior that is costly to the self but beneficial for the long-term health of close relationships.  Dr. Wieselquist was asked to contribute this essay because of the empirical research she has conducted on the association between accommodation and interpersonal trust in married and dating relationships.

William Vogt, MS II and Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D, presented the Keynote Session at the Maine Veterans Homes 8th Leadership Symposium, Portland ME, April 10, 2009. The presentation was entitled: "Learning by Living: Medical Students Experiences as a Nursing Home Resident." Student Physician Vogt was "admitted" into the ME Veterans Home in Scarborough to live the life of a nursing home resident for 2 weeks in 2008. This was Will's first formal presentation on his experiences. At the close of the session Will received an enthusiastic standing ovation from 125 conference attendees. Dr. Gugliucci, the founder of the Learning by Living Project was so impressed with  Will's ability to engage the audience as he told his story. Will was a tremendous ambassador today for the Learning by Living Project and for UNECOM. 

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Global Humanities, gave a lecture titled "Extending America's Hand to Muslims" at Bard College in New York on Monday, April 6th.  He commented on President Barack Obama's promise to "extend a hand" if Muslims are "willing to unclench [their] fist." Majid’s lecture took place on the same day President Obama gave his own talk in Turkey about American Muslim relations. 

Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D. president of the Association for Gerontology/Geriatrics in Higher Education (AGHE) and UNECOM director for geriatrics education and research, presided over the 35th Annual AGHE Conference in San Antonio. Texas. The conference theme was "Deep in the Heart of Aging: Promoting Healthy Futures through Education and Training."  Dr. William Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative and Green Houses in Nursing Home Living was one of the featured speakers. Dr Gugliucci was the lead presenter in the AGHE Presidential Symposium, which was entitled: Gerontologists Who Dye Their Hair: Portrayal [or is it Betrayal] of Images. Co-presenters were Peg Cruikshank, Ph.D., author of "Learning to Be Old", and Barbara Conforti, MSN, gerontology faculty at Lancaster College, PA.

Dr Gugliucci also presented a session entitled:  "The Importance of Developing a Gerontological Program of Merit at the Undergraduate Level."  Fellow presenters were Amy F. Hosier, Ph.D., York College of Pennsylvania; Mary B. Ligon, Ph.D.; York College of Pennsylvania; and Bradley Fisher, Ph.D., Missouri State University. Drs. Gugliucci and Fisher are the AGHE Co-chairs for curriculum development and accreditation. Dr Gugliucci has one more year to serve as AGHE president.

Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., one of 16 mentors for the inaugural Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy(GNLA) sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the John A. Hartford Foundation, presented at the GNLA work session in Phoenix, Ariz. The session was entitled:  "The Here/Now and Future of Geriatric Nursing." Fellow presenters included Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., RN, University of Arkansas, College of Medical Sciences, Meridean Maas, Ph.D., RN, University of Iowa, College of Nursing, and Judith Woodruff, JD, Northwest Health Foundation.  Dr. Gugliucci's segment addressed the social construction of aging in relation to the nursing profession. Dr. Gugliucci is the mentor for Amy Cotton, MSN, from Eastern Maine Health Systems who is a fellow of the GNLA.

A three-car caravan made its way to the University of Maine-Farmington on Saturday, April 4, for the annual Maine Women's Studies Consortium Conference. UNE attendees included Jennifer Tuttle, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of English & Language Studies and Dorothy M. Healy Chair in Literature and Health, who presented a paper entitled "Recovering Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Illness and Authority in Gilman's Letters" ; Elizabeth De Wolfe, Ph.D., professor of history and Ludcke Chair of Liberal Arts & Sciences, who presented a paper "Wonderful Things are in Store for Us: Resilience and the Great Depression in the Letters of Ruth Zierenberg," Julia Garrett, Ph.D. assistant professor in the Department of English & Language Studies, who moderated the conference panel; and  Lori Power, Ed.D., coordinator of the Learning Assistance Center at the Portland Campus. Professors Tuttle, De Wolfe, Power, and Garrett are members of the UNE Women's and Gender Studies Program Advisory Committee. Several students joined the faculty for the day-long conference including two UNE-Women's Studies alumna, Jamie Gellock '08 (now a student in UNECOM) and Camille Smalley '08 (currently a graduate student at USM and Education Director of the Saco Museum); and several current UNE students and Women's & Gender Studies minors including Alyssa Martin, Elisabeth Ziemba, Jess Way, Jennifer Stenberg, Brittany Clark, and Molly McLaughlin. 

Mar. 29 - Apr. 4

David Livingstone Smith, associate professor of philosophy, has published an essay review of Barbara Held's "Psychology’s Interpretive Turn: The Search for Truth and Agency in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology" in Philosophical Psychology,  Vol. 22, No. 2.

Jennifer Morton, MS, MPH, RN, assistant professor in Nursing Department, and Shelley Cohen Konrad, PhD, LCSW, assistant professor in Social Work Department, were featured in a press release issued by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses on their recent article in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing.

Bruce P. Bates, DO, chair of the UNECOM Department of Geriatric Medicine and Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D. director for geriatrics education and research, presented at the Northern Maine Rural Geriatrics Coalition and Health Access Network Geriatrics Training Day, Bangor, ME on March 31, 2009. The title of the Conference was: Challenges and Opportunities in Creating the Best Models of Care in Long Term Care Settings. Dr. Bates' presentation was entitled: "The Nurse Practitioner and Physician Team in Long Term Care." Dr Gugliucci presented on 2 topics. The first presentation was entitle: "The Institute of Medicine Retooling for an Aging America and the Establishment of Geriatrics Competencies." The second presentation was entitled: "The Always Never Care Model: Optimal Care for Older LTC Residents"  and Dr. Gugliucci and Amy Cotton, NP, from Eastern Maine Health Systems were the presenters. Ms Cotton is a fellow of the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy and Dr. Gugliucci is her mentor on this national project funded by the Hartford Foundation and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurses.

Andy Rosen, adjunct faculty, Fine Arts and Sciences Department, will have his work featured in the 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial which will run from April 8 to June 7, 2009.  The Portland Museum of Art will feature 17 artists whose work has been selected for the 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Last September three jurors chose 29 works culled from a record 970 applicants. Of the 17 artists chosen, seven have participated in previous Biennial exhibitions. The 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial is the sixth exhibition in a series that highlights work by both emerging and established artists associated with Maine. The works will represent a wide range of media, from painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography to sculpture, installation, and video.

Deborah Randall, Adjunct Faculty member in the Creative and Fine Arts Department, will have her work featured in the upcoming exhibition, Comic-al at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, Maine.  Comic-al explores the aesthetic, stylistic, and conceptual influence comics and other popular imagery have had on art making.  The exhibit runs from April 18- June 18, 2009.

Mar. 22 - Mar. 28

Gwen Simons, Esq., PT, OCS, FAAOMPT, adjunct professor in the post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, has published a chapter on Legal Issues in Functional Capacity Evaluations in the 2009 publication, Guide to the Evaluation of Functional Ability:  How to Request, Interpret, and Apply Functional Capacity Evaluations.  The book is edited by Elizabeth Genovese, MD and Jill S. Galper, PT and published by the American Medical Association.  Professor Simons has extensive clinical and legal experience in the area of occupational health and teaches the legislation and policy content in the post-professional (distance education) program, as well as the content related to functional capacity evaluations for the on-campus DPT students.

Mar. 1 - Mar. 7

On Feb. 21, the UNE Peer Health Educators (PHEs), working with PHE Advisor Amy Quinn and student PHE Coordinator Jennifer Bayron, and the UNE Men's Ice Hockey Team collaborated with the Ever After Mustang Rescue (Biddeford) at Westbrook Skating Rink for the second annual Winterfest event. The UNE Hockey team helped community children learn to skate and worked on basic hockey skills with them. The PHEs oversaw the event and managed the ticket sales. Approximately 60 UNE students and 50 community members (age range 5-18 years old) attended the event. Winterfest is a UNE PHE sponsored event to promote substance-free programming and outdoor winter activities. All proceeds benefitted Ever After Mustang Rescue.
 
Lacey McIntosh, OMS III, has been selected as UNECOM's 2008-2009 Student DO of the Year. McIntosh will now be entered into the national competition. Also of note are the nominees for this very prestigious award. Each one of these students has achieved great things in medical school and should be recognized for his or her dedication to UNECOM and the osteopathic profession: Thomas Sheesley, OMSI, Tyler Raymond, OMSII, Don Tower, OMSIII, Carol Bernier, OMSII, Mike Dominello, OMSIII, Adam Karpman, OMSIV, Steve Fosmire, OMSII, Ryan Smith, OMSIII, Joe Keen, OMSIV.

Betsy DeBrakeleer, a Liberal Studies major with a history concentration, Class of 2009, has been awarded the Laska Award from the New England History Teachers Association. NEHTA and the Laska Award are described below. Ms. DeBrakeleer is currently working on her Liberal Studies senior capstone, a thesis on the role of the blacksmith shop at Living History Museums. Combining history and art history in this original research, Ms. DeBrakeleer is visiting living history museums (such as Old Sturbridge Village and Mystic Seaport) across New England. A Dean's List student, Ms. DeBrakeleer is also the 2009 recipient of the History Department's spring research grant, which funds her research trips.

Elizabeth De Wolfe, professor and Chair, Department of History, and the 2008-09 Ludcke Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences presented a lecture as part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series, an educational series that dates back to 1917. Dr. De Wolfe spoke on the "Murder of Mary Bean" at the National Park Visitor Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Visitor Center is housed in a former textile factory. Mary Bean (a/k/a Berengera Caswell) worked in a Lowell Textile factory before her unfortunate 1849 death in Saco.

Feb. 22 - Feb. 28

James Breyley, Jr., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Business and Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, has been named Chair of the Board of the Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce & Industry for 2009.  He has thirty years of teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, twelve years of administrative experience, having served as Chair/Director of Business Departments/Divisions at three other institutions.  In addition to his experiences in academia, he has over five years of experience in both the public and private sectors.  He has worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, General Electric Credit Corporation, and managed a privately-owned leasing company and has been involved with the Chamber since January of 2005.

John R. Gimpel, D.O., M.Ed., dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, was published in the Spring 2009 issue of Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: Volume 4(1) Spring 2009 pp 35-42.  The manuscript is entitled “The Use of Standardized Patient Assessments for Certification and Licensure Decisions,” and details the national clinical skills examinations used for medical licensure by the Medical Council of Canada, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. 

Pamela Brug, M.D., OB/GYN discipline educator at UNECOM’s New Jersey clinical campus, was selected as an APGO Community-Based Educators' Scholar, and will be honored at the annual APGO/CREOG from March 10-15 in San Diego.  The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics promotes excellence in women's health care by providing optimal resources and support to educators who inspire, instruct, develop and empower women's health care providers of tomorrow.  Dr. Brug is also director of the OB/GYN clerkship and residency program at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and is director of Outpatient Women’s Health Services at Raritan Bay Medical Center in New Jersey.

Feb. 15 - Feb. 21

Jennifer Wieselquist, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, presented her research entitled "Effect of a partner commitment/independence prime on interpersonal trust and commitment" at the annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology held from February 5 to 7 in Tampa, Florida.  The research was funded by a CAS faculty minigrant, and was conducted with the help of UNE psychology students Megan Scerra ('09), Kimberly Tymchyn ('09), and Aubrey Fisher ('09).

Charles W. Ford, Ph.D., recently returned to Tel Aviv, Israel, to teach in the UNE Nursing program that presently enrolls 350 students in the UNE BSN nursing completion program.  While there, he and his wife Barbara were able to meet with Judith Freeman Caplan, Westbrook College class of 1969 who is on tour in Israel.

Susan McHugh, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of English and Language Studies, is profiled in the current issue of The National Sporting Library Newsletter.  The article focuses on McHugh’s research in residence as a John H. Daniels Fellow at the library in November 2008.   McHugh uncovered several key documents that explain why women became professional jockeys only in the twentieth century, a premise of popular fictions including National Velvet that inform Title IX legislation and other movements toward gender equity in sports. 

Teresa Dzieweczynski, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Psychology Department, published an article in the February issue of the journal Ethology. The article, "Male siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens, increase rather than conceal courtship behavior when a rival is present," is co-authored by former UNE undergraduate student Sarah Lyman (2008). The paper demonstrates that male Betta actually increase their courtship when a rival is present, a surprising finding as males in many species reduce rather than increase courtship when other males are nearby.

Markus Frederich, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Biological Sciences Department, published his research in the recent issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology. His paper is titled “AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the rock crab, Cancer irroratus: an early indicator of temperature stress”. The paper is co-authored by UNE undergraduate students Michaela O’Rourke (Honors student 2007, now at COM), and Nathan Furey, (Honors student 2009), as well as Jennifer Jost Ph.D., postdoc in Dr. Frederich’s lab. The paper describes a new cellular marker for temperature stress that is more sensitive and activated earlier than the currently established markers. The paper is also featured in the editorial section of the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Feb. 8 - Feb. 14

Eul (Earl) Han, Brianna McDevitt, Gregory Stevens and Sophie Todd  (all OMS II) have been selected as incoming Anatomy/OMM Pre-doctoral Fellows. Catherine Chamberlin has been chosen as the alternate fellow.  UNECOM fellows serve as junior faculty in the OMM and anatomy departments, teaching for both disciplines, and participate in patient care by maintaining a panel of patients in the OMM clinic, as well as many other educational programs throughout New England. 
 
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of English and Language Studies/Director of the Center for Global Humanities was hosted by the Center for Global Studies, the Urbana Free Library, and the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory, as well as by various academic units and centers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign last week.  He gave talks titled, “The Muslim Within:  Reflections on the Muslim Dimension of Western Identity,” “The Power of Heresy,” and “Imagining the Unthinkable in Islam.”

Pat Morgan, assistant professor, Nursing Department, has been elected by nurses in Maine to a second two-year term, as the Maine Section Chair for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). Pat recently returned from Washington D.C. where she was invited to participate in a panel presentation at the annual AWHONN Leadership Conference. Pat will also be presenting a paper highlighting her research on older first time mothers at the 2009 AWHONN Convention in San Diego in June. Locally, the AWHONN Maine Section partnered with the Maine Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to sponsor an interdisciplinary conference in Freeport, Maine in October 2008. The two-day conference featured “Contemporary Issues in Perinatal Care” such as interdisciplary fetal monitoring, genetics, and perinatal addiction. Pat submitted and received four grants for AWHONN Maine in 2008 to support continuing education, and facilitate the dissemination of evidence based practice to nurses in Maine

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Political Science will be a  panelist for the Egypt and North Africa group  at the Mansfield Center’s Middle East Symposium, a public event entitled  New Avenues for U. S. Middle East Policy, as well as a subsequent closed door retreat for panelists from March 4 – 6, 2009.  Both the conference and the retreat, hosted by the Mansfield Center at the University of Montana, will bring together a group of 10-12 top experts from both the Middle East and the United States to examine the future of the Middle East and the national strategic implications for U.S. foreign policy in the new administration. The conference will take place in Missoula, Montana.

Feb. 1 - Feb. 7

Nancy MacRae, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, associate professor, OT Department was awarded the 2008 Excellence in Service Award for the College of Health Professions at the Holly Luncheon.  Professor MacRae is known for her interdisciplinary efforts both on the college and university levels. 
 
OT Director, Regi Robnett, Ph.D., has been awarded a fellowship  from the American Occupational Therapy Association to participate in the Leadership Mentoring Circle.  Dr. Robnett was one of 14 program directors selected from programs across the country to participate in the 9-month program which includes two conference trips to Denver.

Jane  O'Brien, Ph.D., (OT department) and Jeanne Lewin  (Chicago) recently had a continuing education article published for the American Occupational Therapy Association in OT Practice. Part  2: "Translating Motor Control and Motor Learning Theory into Occupational Therapy Practice for Children and Youth." (January 2009).

Jane O'Brien (UNE), Jessica Kramer (Boston University); Patricia Bowyer (Texas Women's University), Gary Kielhofner (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Vanessa Maziero-Barbosa (University of Illinois Hospital) published "How Interdisciplinary Pediatric Practitioners Choose Assessments." The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Feb. 2009, Vol. 76 (1), 56 - 64.

Robert Clark, 2008 graduate from the post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT-P) program at UNE, will be presenting his case report at the upcoming American Physical Therapy Association Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, February 12. This case report was completed as part of the capstone course in the DPT-P curriculum. The title of his presentation is: "Clinical Use of Nintendo WiiT Bowling Simulation to Decrease Fall Risk in an Elderly Resident of a Nursing Home: A Case Report"

India Broyles, Ed.D. (associate professor, Department of Pediatrics), Jeani Reagan (technology integration manager), Tyler Raymond, OMS II; and Evelyn Schwalenberg, D.O., FACP (director of predoctoral education) attended the 2009 Predoctoral Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) in Savannah, Georgia, January 22–25.  Student Doctor Raymond, Ms. Reagan, and Dr. Broyles gave a presentation entitled “Students2: Collaborative Learning,” describing the UNECOM Blackboard websites that were developed and their impact on student collaborative learning and the educational climate. 

Survey data show that students consider these Blackboard sites to be essential tools for learning in Years 1 and 2, and that students hope to use the discussion boards to stay connected and to share discipline-specific learning documents during Year 3 clerkship rotations. The presentation is available at the FDMLR Library  using the title search. 

Amy Davidoff, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, was voted to be a councilor on the International Society of Heart Research.  The nine councilors are elected by the members of the ISHR, and are recognized as leaders in the field of cardiovascular research.  The duty of the council is to set the organization’s policies, rules, and regulations, and to supervise its affairs.

 

Jan. 25 - Jan. 31

Kenneth Johnson, D.O., associate dean for clinical education, will be presenting at the New Hampshire Osteopathic Association (NHOA) annual meeting on January 30-31 on the following topics: Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of the Shoulder, and Avoiding Medical Malpractice. In addition, he will be meeting with the NHOA Board to follow up on the development of New Hampshire’s first clinical campus for M3-4 clinical rotations. The NHOA (in particular Chris FitzMorris, D.O., NHOA past president), has been instrumental in facilitating the development of UNECOM's newest clinical campus.

Jan. 18 - Jan. 24 
 
David W. Towle, M.S., MPH, D.O., DME, FAAFP, FAODME, KG(Cmdr) – SMOM, Director of UNECOM’s clinical campus at Samaritan Hospital in Watertown, NY and an Army Reserve Senior consultative physician, has been appointed as UNECOM’s first-ever Associate Professor of Military Science. This new appointment was developed and refined through collaborative work with and endorsement by the Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (AMOPS). UNECOM will serve as the pilot school, with the goal that this faculty position will be established at all osteopathic medical schools nationwide. This appointment will provide a senior military officer to serve as a mentor, role model, and advisor for Health Professions Scholarship Program recipients matriculated at UNECOM. Dr. Towle, who also serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, will also participate in the Commissioning ceremony. UNECOM has a long history of matriculating Health Professions Scholarship Program recipients, and the establishment of this position will enhance mentorship for these individuals. 

David Livingstone Smith

Associate professor of philosophy, David Livingstone Smith, will be speaking at Salem State College's 2009 Darwin Festival on February 10th.  The Darwin festival is an annual event sponsored by Salem State's Department of Biology.  This year, it will commemorate the Darwin bicentennial and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species.  Smith will be speaking on his most recent book The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War.

Emily Zimmermann, senior undergraduate Honors student in Marine Biology, presented a poster at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, SICB, in Boston. Her poster was titled  “Differential response of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and HSP70 to temperature stress in a gastropod” and was co-authored by Megan Dionne (undergraduate 2008) and her two advisors Markus Frederich Ph.D. (assistant professor in Biology) and  Phil Yund (Director Marine Science Center).

Jennifer Jost, Ph.D., postdoc in the research lab of Markus Frederich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Biology, presented a poster at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, SICB, in Boston. Her poster was titled “A novel cellular marker for temperature stress in marine invertebrates” and co-authored by Michaela O’Rourke (undergraduate 2007), Nathan Furey (undergraduate 2009), Megan Dionne (undergraduate 2008) and Markus Frederich.
 
Jan. 11 - Jan. 17

Bruce Bates, D.O., chair of Family Medicine and medical director of UNECOM’s MatureCare, was named by the National Board of Osteopathic Examiners (NBOME) as the second annual award recipient for its COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE clinical skills examination. Dr. Bates currently serves as the chair of NBOME’s Case Development Committee, and has served as a member of this committee and a case author for the examination since 1998.

John Gimpel, D.O., and Ken Johnson, D.O. participated in the 19th Annual AOA Osteopathic Medical Education Leadership meeting last week. Dr Gimpel served as part of the steering committee for this meeting, which drew record attendance. Dr. Johnson presented on topics related to Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education, such as Medicare funding, compliance, and operations/business planning. Multiple meetings occurred concurrently, including the Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators meeting on Osteopathic Competencies, at which India Broyles, Ph.D. was a participant.

The meeting concluded with a special two-day session of the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation to review standards, discuss best practices in accreditation and quality improvement, and to train osteopathic college inspectors. Bruce Bates, D.O. participated as an experienced inspection team leader and small group facilitator. Immediately following these meetings, Dr. Gimpel was joined by Jim Behme from the Clinical Performance Center at the 9th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. Dr. Gimpel was a co-presenter of his paper, "The Use of Standardized Patient Assessments for Certification and Licensure Decisions," which will be published in the March 2009 issue of Simulation In Healthcare.

Catherine Chamberlin, OMS II, has been elected to be the national student representative for the Wilderness Medical Society from present until June 2011. She is the only student to sit on the WMS board, and will serve as liaison between all wilderness medicine student groups and student outreach with the national society. She feels honored to hold the position, and looks forward to her work with the society.

Deborah Randall, adjunct faculty, Department of Fine Arts, will have new work featured in an exhibition called "The Funnies" at Whitney Art Works in Portland Maine. The exhibition was co-curated by Deborah Whitney, Jeff Badger and Elianna Mesaikos.   The twenty-six artists in "The Funnies" may be labeled as illustrators, cartoonists, musicians, inventors, or fine artists, but most of them skate and skirt these imaginary lines with ease, caring much less about these arbitrary distinctions than the writers charged with defining their indefinability. Their work ranges from abstract paintings that reference comics through formal iconography to straight-up gags about rabbits and carrots. They hail from Maine, Alaska and places in between, and their work can be found in contemporary art museums, graphic novels and toy stores. The exhibition will be on view from February 4th- February 28th. A reception for the artists will be held on February 6th from 5-8 pm during the First Friday Art Walk. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12-6 pm or by appointment.  For more information please visit: http://www.whitneyartworks.com.

Seth Allcorn, Ph.D., VP Business and Finance and Michael A. Diamond, Director of the Center for the Study of Organizational Change at the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, have recently published a book entitled "Private Selves in Public Organizations: The Psychodynamcs of Organizational Diagnosis and Change." This book is about the psychodynamics of analyzing and changing organizations. Michael Diamond and Seth Allcorn define organizations as relational and experiential systems. They offer a contemporary psychoanalytic model for immersion, diagnosis, and intervention in organizations. The authors discover workers who view their organizations as silos-fragmented and dysfunctional. They come across workers who demand but rarely find organizations where they feel safe and secure enough to question authority or challenge the status quo. The authors address issues of oppression, persecution, moral violence, chaos, and workplace democracy. Case examples illustrate the collision of social and psychological structure in the workplace.  For more information, go to: http://us.macmillan.com/privateselvesinpublicorganizations.

Seth Allcorn, Ph.D., VP Business and Finance, has recently published an article entitled “Diagnosing Organizational Narcissism,” Organisational & Social Dynamics 8(2) 169-193 (2008).  This article provides a four-part typology of organizational disorders - Narcissistic, Arrogant, Dependent and Avoidant and explores applying psychoanalytically informed insights about narcissism to organizations as a whole. The typology organizes individual and group as well as researcher and consultant experience of organizational life.  This is particularly important when that experience contains elements that make the workplace dysfunctional and a less than satisfactory experience for workers. This article is being translated to appear in AGOGOK, a new European organizational development journal.

David Livingstone Smith, associate professor of philosophy, was quoted in the science section of the Portuguese newspaper Expresso.  The article, entitled "Psicólogo defende que a verdade traz felicidade" was published on January 3rd.  It discusses Smith's views on human deceptiveness.

An interview with associate professor of philosophy David Livingstone Smith entitled "Mentirosos por Naturaleza" was published in the January 11th edition of the Mexican newspaper Reforma.  The interview, which is almost 2000 words in length, focuses on Smith's ideas about the role of deception in human life.

Jan. 4 - Jan. 10

Andy Rosen, adjunct faculty, Department of Fine Arts, has his artwork Dear, Old Master on display in downtown Portland's SPACE Gallery. The work was presented by SPACE Gallery with the support of the Maine Arts Commission, Portland's Downtown District and the Fore River Company. The work will be on view to the public until the end of January. For more information, go to http://www.space538.org/pages/gallery.php#windowkammers.

Equest Therapuetic Riding Center of Lyman, Maine, recognized the University of New England as the Business Volunteer of the Year at its 2008 Volunteer Recognition Dinner December 7. Equest is a non-profit therapeutic riding program serving children and adults with physical, cognitive or emotional disabilities, whose goal is to provide an exceptional learning environment that enables individuals to reach their fullest potential.

Quinn received UNE's award from Equest Volunteer Coordinator Michele Cheney

Accepting the award on behalf of UNE was Amy Quinn, UNE Director of Health and Wellness Education.  Amy has volunteered at Equest since 2004 as an exercise rider and event volunteer, and is also UNE’s equestrian club advisor.  Amy has been responsible for introducing numerous UNE volunteers to Equest through the club.

Also recognized at the dinner was UNE senior and marine biology major Kristy Volker, who was named Young Adult Volunteer of the Year.  Kristy started as winter volunteer three years ago, scrubbing buckets, then added sidewalker, event worker, exercise rider, and service fair recruiter to her volunteer credentials.

Over the last four years, 25 volunteers from UNE have donated more than 628 hours of service at Equest.

David Livingstone Smith, associate professor of philosophy, has published a paper entitled "Literature as self-engineering: an evolutionary hypothesis" in the current issue of Style, a quarterly journal of aesthetics, poetics, stylistics and literary criticism published by Northern Illinois University.  Smith's paper is an invited response to "An evolutionary paradigm for literary study" by Joseph Carroll.

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