Summer 2005 - Antioch University New England

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Antioch New England Graduate School
Spring/ Summer 2005
Vol. 32 No. 1
Dramatic Turn in Advocacy Trip
Talk about experiential learning.
One of the Graduate School’s key educational philosophies took center
stage recently on a field study trip to Louisiana, when thirteen students and
two faculty members got caught in a political drama that saw the Bayou State’s
top environmental justice advocate forced from his job and the students
transform the experience into a hands-on case study in environmental
advocacy and organizing.
“It’s definitely been much more of an experiential education opportunity
than any of us imagined it would be,” said Abigail Abrash Walton, one of
the faculty leaders of the March field trip meant to introduce students to
environmental justice issues in one of the country’s most polluted regions.
The trip was organized through the Graduate School’s Environmental
Advocacy and Organizing program, the newest degree program in the
Department of Environmental Studies and the only of its kind in the nation.
The eleven-day field study focused on Louisiana’s infamous “Cancer Alley”—
a hundred-mile stretch along the Mississippi River that is home to scores of
Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program student Elena Acosta
petrochemical facilities and some of the country’s highest rates of cancer. photographing the ExxonMobil Chemical Plant in Louisiana, a legal act
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INSIDE
Neal King Appointed Interim President
From the President
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Briefly Noted
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Life begins at Forty
Scholarship
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Chancellor Plans
Retirement
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Alumna Profile—
Laurie Cyr-Martel
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Commencement
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Writer’s Workshop
Alumni News
which may have sparked the political controversy.
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Comings & Goings
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ANE in the News
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Calendar of Events
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Neal King arrived at Antioch New England in August of 2004 to fill the newly created position of dean of faculty and
academic affairs. On May 1 of this year, Antioch University chancellor James Craiglow appointed him interim
president of the Graduate School, following the resignation of Peter Temes. Neal will serve as interim president until a
new president is appointed. A search committee will begin the work of finding a permanent president in late summer.
In his announcement, Chancellor Craiglow said, “Neal has acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the
administrative skill sets and an appreciation of the attention to detail necessary for the effective and efficient
operation of an institution where the CEO is responsible for a multi-faceted portfolio of tasks. I believe that he
is fully prepared to assume the position with dedication and enthusiasm.”
Neal, who is retaining the role of dean, in responding to this “multi-faceted portfolio of tasks” moved quickly
to a distributed management structure to help ensure success of the many initiatives being undertaken. Temporary
new roles during the interim period include registrar Liz Fitzgerald ’87 as associate dean for student services;
Clinical Psychology associate professor Susan Hawes as associate dean for academic affairs; Environmental
Studies chair Mitch Thomashow ’76 as associate dean for institutional advancement; and Antioch New England
Institute project director Jack Calhoun as assistant to the president for community relations. The President’s
Council has been resurrected with broader representation.
Neal refers to the reorganization and strengthening of the Graduate School as “capacity building” and toward
that end, a comprehensive approach to institutional advancement is a primary focus. He is spearheading the
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Commencement photos, page 9
From the President
I’d like to introduce myself as Antioch New England’s interim president by saying just two words to you: Capacity Building.
Sound exciting? If those two words don’t thrill you on first reading, read on. The academic year that just ended was ANE’s 40th, a landmark
anniversary. We’ve seized this moment to start some exciting new initiatives that will build Antioch New England’s capacity to carry out its mission
of teaching and service in bigger and stronger ways far into the future. Specifically, we’ve pulled together a variety of groups—people who work both
inside and outside of the school—to help us build capacity in all kinds of areas.
Our board of visitors has met twice now, and that body promises to be an energetic and creative group that will help Antioch New England with
big-picture, strategic thinking about its future. What’s a board of visitors? Antioch University, our parent institution, has its own board of trustees.
That group is the governing body for the whole system of Antioch campuses. The board of visitors is a less formal group, without the authority to set
policy, but that is concerned first and foremost with the needs of our campus. This group includes key people in the Keene area, trustees of the
University who live in our region, friends of the Graduate School, and alumni. They’ll be an important group to advise and support Antioch New England.
A marketing team has formed to explore ways Antioch New England can do even more to get out the
word about what we do and teach here. For decades the Graduate School has thrived by bringing in students
from around the region to study in a unique, student-friendly environment and on a schedule that
acknowledges their lives outside Antioch. It’s served us well, but we’re not just a regional institution anymore:
we’re national, even international (we have new partnerships with two universities in central China). More
of our students are coming from further away, and they’re getting younger—this committee will respond to
these developments and widen the circle of people we reach.
Alumni are involved in capacity building, too. A few months ago, a group of environmental studies
alumni came to campus to meet with Mitch Thomashow, chair of the department. It wasn’t a reunion, an
anniversary, or a seminar: it was a roll-up-our-sleeves session devoted to strengthening the community
of ES alumni, forming a rewarding social network, and better supporting the Graduate School. The group
is calling themselves the Green Team, and they’ve decided to meet quarterly. In fact, other academic
departments are considering forming similar groups of alumni to meet, plan, and support departmental
and Graduate School initiatives.
We’ve also formed a new programs team to carry out the process of exploring and implementing new
academic programs. Since our founding, when we offered one program and one degree, new departments
and degrees have been added to the mix in response to student demand and to lead the way in filling
pressing social needs. The new programs team was formed to help facilitate the process of introducing
new programs in a structured, intentional way. Right now, three promising potential new degree programs
are in the pipeline: a Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy, a master’s in public administration, and a
Green M.B.A.; and the possibility of a certificate program in organization development.
Elevating our visibility in the region is vital to capacity building. Jack Calhoun, newly appointed assistant to the
president for community relations, will spearhead increasing our social and political capital in the state and the region.
When I recently attended the annual meeting of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation with Jack, there were two great
surprises: everyone in the room knew Jack and all were delighted to see Antioch New England present and engaged in the
larger community.
The ultimate way Antioch New England can build capacity is by increasing our endowment. To that end, we’ve introduced
a new planned giving society called the Glen Maples Society, named in honor of Antioch New England’s original campus in
Putney, Vermont. ANE’s endowment is still small, and one of the well-known facts in higher education is that endowments
grow through bequests. The Glen Maples Society honors those alumni and friends who have included Antioch New England in
their wills and estate plans, helping the Graduate School build a stronger future. What better legacy could any of us leave?
I welcome your comments and responses to any of these new capacity builders! Please feel free to contact me at
nking@antiochne.edu or 603.357.3122, ext. 387, or to stop by for a visit. I hope to hear from you.
We’ve pulled
together a variety
of groups—people
who work both
inside and
outside of the
school—to help us
build capacity.
Neal King, Interim President
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Briefly Noted
Keene Sentinel Publishes Student Series
In May The Keene Sentinel published an environmental justice news piece
written by Environmental Studies student Maryann Ullmann on the front
page of the Environment Section. Ullmann’s news story, “Sununu has taken
on Quebec Cree Cause,” was the first in a new series of periodic reports
for the Sentinel written by ES students completing their work for last
semester’s Environmental Journalism Seminar co-led by Sentinel editor
Jim Rousmaniere and ES faculty member Steve Chase. When asked why he
chose to publish Ullmann’s piece as the series opener, Rousmaniere
commented, “The Cree story is superb. It’s fresh. It’s got humanity. Further,
it reveals a side of Senator Sununu that I am sure few people are aware of.”
Other ANE student pieces accepted for publication by the Sentinel
included a story by Carrie Walls on the Rachel Marshall Outdoor Learning
Laboratory and a piece by Melissa Hutchinson on environmental
innovations at the Shattock golf course.
ANEI Receives Recycling Grant
The Sullivan County Solid Waste Alternatives Committee based in
Claremont, New Hampshire announced in May that the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Antioch New England Institute (ANEI)
a $100,000 grant. ANEI will use the grant to help Sullivan County towns
with waste reduction and recycling programs including a yearlong
planning process with town officials and pilot recycling programs. A
number of ANE graduate students will work with ANEI project director
Jim Gruber on the grant.
Healthcare Management Streamlines for Fall
After three successful years giving new healthcare managers the skills
they need to be more effective managers, the Healthcare Management
Certificate program in the Department of Organization & Management is
undergoing its own transformation. Starting this fall, the nine-month
program will be streamlined to better accommodate the busy schedules
of its students—all working professionals in the healthcare industry.
“Many of our students work sixty hours a week in very demanding jobs
and have families and other responsibilities,” said Robbie Hertneky,
director of certificate programs in the department. “It is our hope
that this streamlined schedule will make the program more attractive
and more doable for people.”
Instead of 12 credits, the program will trim some of its weeknight
classes and offer 10 credits of course work. None of the course
content will be sacrificed in the move, Hertneky said, but will instead
be condensed into other class sessions. Courses are scheduled on
Saturdays and evenings to accommodate those students who work
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Antioch New England Team Traveling to India to Aid Tsunami Victims
Tsunami humanitarian efforts have shifted from crisis relief to
health recovery. The American Psychological Association, World Health
Organization, and national disaster and trauma centers have
called for health practitioners to go to tsunami-affected areas in
small, unobtrusive groups to attend to survivors’ psychological needs.
Answering that call was Dr. Gargi Roysircar, professor of clinical
psychology, with a team of graduate psychology students which
includes Michiko Ishibashi, a master’s student in counseling
psychology who works as counselor in her native Japan; Linda Lee
of Winchendon, Massachusetts and Kristen Robinson of
Marblehead, Massachusetts, both doctoral students in clinical
psychology. Dr. Roysircar, a native of India who has lived in the
United States for twenty-five years, is a resident of Keene and
founding director of the Antioch Multicultural Center for Research Antioch New England tsunami team members Michiko Ishibashi, Gargi Roysircar,
and Linda Lee with one of their hosts. (Kristen Robinson not pictured)
and Practice.
The Antioch team traveled to neighboring coastal villages of Chennai in southern India to provide meaningful and culturally
appropriate psychosocial services to children and families who survived the tsunami disaster of December 26. Three days will be
spent In Nagapattinam, the worst hit village that lost six thousand lives.
The group has been sending in daily reports to ANE. To follow their journey and read their team reports, visit
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— Steve Gregory, RMA student
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The trip was designed to give students a first-hand look at how residents
of Cancer Alley have begun organizing to clean up their polluted communities
and force the companies responsible to cut the release of contaminants.
One of the key figures students met during the trip was Willie Fontenot,
a dogged citizen activist who worked for the past twenty-seven years for
the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office as its community liaison officer.
Under this position, which over the years has earned considerable
antipathy from industry, Fontenot was a strong advocate for the rights
of ordinary citizens working to rid their neighborhoods of pollutants
released by nearby industrial facilities. Fontenot, in fact, helped launch
nearly four hundred grassroots community groups working to clean up
toxic pollution in Louisiana and elsewhere around the country.
On March 16, Fontenot was leading field trip members through a
neighborhood near an ExxonMobil facility in Baton Rouge, when the
group was detained by security guards and off-duty sheriff’s deputies.
Fontenot challenged the officers when they accused the group of
trespassing. (Group members, in fact, had made sure to stay on public
sidewalks.) Fontenot also protested assertions by the officers that the
group was taking photographs of the facility illegally.
After being detained an hour, during which trip participants were
made to show identification, the group was released without charges.
Although Fontenot had been through similar detentions in the past
(the field study group, in fact, had been stopped the day before outside
a different facility), the aftermath of the March 16 incident was different.
The next day, officers involved in the detention called the Louisiana
attorney general’s office and complained that Fontenot had been
uncooperative during the stop. Two weeks later, Fontenot was informed
that because of the incident, he was being given the choice of taking
early retirement or submitting to an administrative hearing that could
result in his termination without benefits.
Fontenot, who is 62 and fighting prostate cancer, chose the former.
His termination, however, was hardly the end of the story.
A few days later, Fontenot broke the news of his forced retirement
to Steve Chase ’96, director of the Environmental Advocacy and
Organizing program and co-leader of the field study trip. “I was horrified
that the attorney general would use his sticking up for the legal rights
of our students as an excuse to get rid of him,” Chase recalled.
Removing Fontenot from the community liaison job had been on the
wish list of the petrochemical industry for years, Chase said. Fontenot,
in fact, had weathered other attempts to force him from the job because
he had had the support of past attorneys general. That support, however,
appears to have ebbed under the current attorney general, Charles Foti, who
was elected in 2003 after having worked in law enforcement for thirty years.
“The politics of Louisiana are legendary in terms of corruption and
the cozy relationship between industry and elected politicians,”
Abrash Walton said. “Willie has been an outstanding public servant
really standing up for and working to protect the public interest.”
Chase said Fontenot’s termination immediately presented him and
the other field trip participants with a choice. “The moral question for
our program was do we just say, “How sad,” and wish him well, or do
Fontenot being interogated by security officers at ExxonMobil.
we really do something,” Chase said. “It didn’t take long for us to
decide we wanted to do something.”
And do something they have. The field trip members have undertaken
a three-pronged effort aimed at publicizing the nature of Fontenot’s
termination, pressuring the attorney general to give him his job back,
and short of that, raising money to allow Fontenot to continue doing
environmental justice work in Louisiana.
Armed with a press release describing the detention and forced
retirement, Chase, Abrash Walton, and student field trip members have
contacted media outlets across the country. Articles have appeared in
The Boston Globe, E-The Environmental Magazine, Earth First! Journal,
the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Baton Rouge Advocate, The Keene
Sentinel, and the Vermont Guardian.
One of the student field trip members, Maryann Ullmann, is working
on her own article that she hopes to run in Sierra magazine. “It was an
incredible injustice,” Ullmann said. “He did absolutely nothing wrong. I
was angry that our trip had been used as an excuse to do this to him.”
Ullmann also wrote a letter to Attorney General Foti, praising
Fontenot’s work in Louisiana (“I wish we could have a Willie Fontenot
in every state”) and encouraging Foti to give Fontenot his job back.
Ullmann’s missive was among thousands of similar letters and emails
directed to the attorney general’s office, thanks to the organizing
efforts of field trip participants and organizations such as Clean Water
Action and Friends of the Earth. Support for Fontenot has also come
from groups outside the environmental movement, including the
American Sociological Association, and the American Public Health
Association which will present Fontenot with a national award at its
upcoming convention in New Orleans. All of this correspondence and
support appears to be having an effect. Foti invited Fontenot to his
office in April to discuss Fontenot’s possible return and a follow-up
meeting was scheduled for late July.
If efforts to get Fontenot reinstated prove fruitless, the field trip
activists have a contingency plan. Working with the Louisiana
Environmental Action Network and other groups, they hope to raise
$20,000 each year for the next five years to help Fontenot supplement
his pension income and allow him to work for a non-profit organization
of his choice. So far, ANE’s Environmental Advocacy and Organizing
Program, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Clean Water Action,
and the Louisiana Labor to Neighbor Project have all pledged to the
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$50,000 Anonymous Gift Establishes the
“Life Begins at Forty Scholarship for Women”
On May 3, Antioch New England Graduate School received a check
for $50,000 to create a new scholarship program: the Life Begins
at Forty Scholarship for Women.
As the name implies, this scholarship will be available to students
who are female, age forty or older, and who show financial need. The
donor, who has asked to remain anonymous, recognizes the particular
pressures faced by women who pursue a higher degree after forty.
These awards will be open equally to students in all academic
programs. Starting as early as fall of 2006, approximately $2,500
in new scholarships will be awarded annually.
The idea of a scholarship specifically for women aged forty or
older is not unique. Other colleges and universities offer similar
scholarships, but it’s especially relevant at Antioch New England
where 70 percent of the students are women, and 35 percent of
the female students are indeed over forty. Dr. Neal King, interim
president and dean of faculty and academic affairs commented,
“The award will address a strong need on the part of our students.
We are deeply grateful to the donor for this enlightened and
generous gift.”
The gift for the Life Begins at Forty Scholarship is among the
largest individual donations the Graduate School has received
for any purpose, and is the largest single gift for scholarships in
Antioch New England’s history.
“The choice to attend graduate school is always a difficult one and
especially for students who aren’t fresh out of college and in their 20s,”
said Sam Samuels, director of development. “This scholarship will
allow generations of students to graduate with less debt and move on
with the work Antioch New England has prepared them to do.”
Samuels went on to comment that two other scholarship initiatives
are closing in on their goals. At press time, gifts and pledges to the
Norman Wilson Scholarship fund are now over $81,000. This leaves
just under $19,000 needed to endow the $100,000 fund which will
promote diversity at the Graduate School. Also, the Environmental
Studies Scholarship fund for Master’s students has reached $31,000
of its $50,000 goal to create an endowment specific to Environmental
Studies master’s level students.
A new endowment fund can be created with an initial gift of $25,000
or more. Those interested may contact Sam Samuels, director of
development, at 603.357.3122, ext. 281, ssamuels@antiochne.edu.
To add to one of those funds listed above simply mail a contribution
of any amount to the Development Office, Antioch New England,
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Jim Craiglow Announces Resignation as
University Chancellor
Jim Craiglow, former president of Antioch New England, has announced
that he will be stepping down from the role of chancellor of Antioch
University effective June 30, 2006. After an interim stint, the university
board of trustees appointed Jim chancellor of Antioch University in
October of 2002. Jim held the post of president and CEO of Antioch New
England Graduate School for sixteen years (1986–2002), following a
nine-year tenure as associate dean.
As chancellor, Craiglow developed greater stability and collaboration
within the management structure of the University, co-chaired the
Renewal Commission which designed parameters for a transformed
curriculum at Antioch College based on experiential learning communities,
successfully guided the University through its most recent reaccreditation
review, helped to generate $2.5 million in foundation support for
campus-based initiatives, and championed cross-campus University
collaborations around student learning outcomes assessment,
e-learning, curriculum development, and technological sharing.
“I’m proud of what I have been able to contribute to the growth and
evolution of Antioch University,” said Craiglow. “Antioch is an innovative,
creative, and dynamic force in higher education, and has steadfastly
adhered to its historical core values of social justice, advocacy for change,
environmental stewardship, and student-centered, life-long learning.”
Neal King, interim president of Antioch New England, commented,
“Modest, self-effacing, and decent to the core, Jim Craiglow embodies
the bedrock values of Antioch New England and Antioch University—
social justice, service to community, and progressive education. Jim’s
ceaseless living of these values in devoting his adult life to Antioch and
the Monadnock community has won him unparalleled trust, affection,
and esteem from all who know him. He is unique and beloved.”
Dr. Laurien Alexandre, director of the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change
Program and dean of University-wide Programs, reminisced, “From the
moment I met Jim, some thirteen years ago, I was in awe of a number
of things. First, his uncanny ability to remember the bands and release
dates of every rock ’n’ roll song from the 50s and 60s. And, if you
enjoy baseball metaphors, Jim has one for almost every moment of
organizational life. I was also totally amazed by Jim’s memory of Antioch’s
history over the past twenty-five years. In more recent years, I have
been impressed with Jim’s ability as chancellor to lead the University
Leadership Council with fluidity, complexity, caring, and tremendous
loyalty. Antioch has been made a better institution by Jim’s presence
in our midst. His retirement will be felt deeply and widely.” s
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Peter Temes Resigns
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integration of admissions and enrollment management, strategic
marketing, development activities, and community relations.
A team with representation from these areas will coordinate and
advance this integration. “I intend to keep one foot on the inside
and one on the outside,” said Neal, “and will look to the newly
forming development team to coordinate and guide many of these
activities.”
Emphasizing collaboration and transparency as core values of
the Antioch New England community, Neal describes the newly
structured Strategic Planning and Social Justice Committees as
emerging models that are at the heart of Antioch’s mission.
Newly established exchange programs with two universities in
central China are opening doors to exciting opportunities in the
coming years. “Our spring visit to our new sister schools, Luoyang
Teacher’s University and Henan University, was very productive,”
Neal reported. “Students and faculty will be coming to Antioch New
England from both universities and members of the ANE community
will be visiting China as students, guest lecturers, English teachers,
and guest faculty. Both universities cite a growing interest in
psychology prompted by sudden and huge social change in China,
and Henan University, which has a large environmental studies
department, welcomes exploration of ways to collaborate.”
In addition to working closely on campus with the faculty,
department chairs and administrative directors, Faculty Senate,
and the chief financial officer, Neal works collaboratively with the
leadership throughout Antioch University. He currently serves as a
peer/consultant evaluator for three of the six regional accrediting
bodies in the United States: the North Central Association of Schools
and Colleges; the Western Association of Schools and Colleges; and
the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
A psychologist by training, Neal holds a B.A. in English from
St. Mary’s College of California, and both a M.A. and Ph.D. in
counseling psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.
He has also studied at the Ecole de Musique in Nice, France, and
completed a workshop in Higher Education Management through
the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His professional writing
focuses on the areas of diversity, childhood sexual abuse,
HIV/AIDS, and clinical issues with lesbians and gay men. In early
June Neal taught a weekend course in the Doctoral Program in
Clinical Psychology entitled Clinical Issues with Lesbians, Gay Men,
and Bi-Sexuals, in which he explored contemporary issues particular
to the GLBT community that can assist psychologists in training to
best serve this community.For additional biographical information,
please read Neal’s profile on at www.antiochne.edu. s
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On March 30 Peter Temes announced
he was stepping down as president of
Antioch New England, effective May 1.
He subsequently shared these thoughts:
“My tenure at Antioch New England
has been greatly satisfying. I’ve been
privileged to work with outstanding
colleagues on a worthy mission. I look
back on any number of projects and
experiences that I’ve undertaken with colleagues here that I’m very proud
of, including the establishment of the Jonathan Daniels Scholarship
program, the launch of the Faculty Senate, and the establishment of the
new position of dean of faculty and academic affairs.
“I’ve benefited from the generosity and hospitality of many people in
and around the Graduate School, and feel particularly grateful to have
spent some time with students in the classroom, on field studies, and in
community events.
“Going forward, I’m going to devote more of my time to teaching and
writing, and I trust the new leadership at the Graduate School will attain
even higher goals.”
Commenting on Peter’s resignation, University chancellor Jim Craiglow
said, “Peter contributed significantly to the enhancement of the intellectual life of the Graduate School and developed helpful new internal
structures. We wish Peter all the best.” s
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Willie Fontenot Support Fund. In addition, the Delta (Louisiana) Chapter
of the Sierra Club has pledged $5,000 to the cause, and has asked the
club’s national board to match the state chapter’s contribution.
“I think the advocacy that we’ve been engaged in around Willie’s
forced retirement has been a completely unexpected and yet a really
intense and beneficial learning opportunity for the students on the trip,”
Abrash Walton said. “I think they’ve seen first-hand how industry and
government can collude to engage in something like the forced
retirement of a long-standing and well-respected public servant.
But they’ve also had an opportunity to see how you can engage in
effective advocacy to counteract decisions like that.”
For Ullmann, another lesson has been the power of personal
relationships. “The thing that has impressed me the most is this is an
example of people looking out for each other,” the recent Advocacy
program graduate said. “Willie has done so much for people over the
years, that now that this has happened to him, everybody seems to
be rallying behind him. I mean he’s such a wonderful, generous person,
you want to fight for him.”
“I felt pretty depressed, but Willie said, ‘The bad thing has happened,
now our job is to make as much good come out of this as possible.’
That really turned it around for me.” s
Compassion to the Rescue, Laurie Cyr-Martel, ’97
— Paul B. Hertneky
On any given night in the city of Lewiston,
Antioch showed Laurie how education could
Maine, when a person with a mental illness is
broaden her mind and, at the same time, apply
distraught and creating a disturbance and the
directly to her area of interest. “I’m able to
police are called in, Laurie Cyr-Martel, AP ’97,
practice counseling and intervention on the street
will probably appear at the scene. If all goes
because Antioch gave me the tools. I have always
well she saves a life or two, spares her partner
tried to better equip myself for situations. No
a scuffle, gives those involved immediate and
matter what class I took, the professors worked
dignified attention, and brings peace to a
with me to meet academic requirements while
potentially explosive situation.
tailoring it toward my professional interests.
Laurie has been responding to emergencies
That was huge, because without it, my passions
since she was fifteen years old. “Ellington
wouldn’t have expanded and my goals wouldn’t
(Connecticut) was one of the first towns in the
have come to fruition. The applicability and
nation to allow high school students to run the
flexibility made ANE an incredible experience.”
volunteer ambulance service. If it hadn’t been
Now, through perseverance and hard work, she
for the students, the town would have had no
has won the trust of her fellow officers. Some of
services. That was in 1969. We were trained as
them knew her when she first moved to Lewiston
Laurie Cyr-Martel M.S. ’97 is the Maine Department of
EMTs, carried pagers, and when the sirens went
Behavioral and Developmental Services’ intensive case and worked as a paramedic, then a coordinator
off we left class and hopped in the ambulance, manager assigned to the Lewiston Police Department. of crisis services. When she joined the police
which was driven by a teacher. That was my first
force and went to the academy, she was
taste of rescue. I knew immediately that I wanted to be a paramedic.”
assigned to help officers handle perplexing mental health situations,
She headed to California for paramedic training, but not before
and they had to learn her methods. “That took a long time, because
finishing firefighting school, smitten with the siren’s call.
they were cops in control of the scene, so how dare I step forward.
“It’s the old adrenaline junkie thing, I guess. Considering how
But when it came to mental health and behavioral calls, more and
many calls I’ve answered and what I’ve seen, I’m sure my brain
more they were backing up and going “um, okay, you can take it.”
chemistry has been altered, given the adrenaline and the cortical
Even though she’s dressed in blues and rides with a partner in a patrol
steroids that are triggered with every call,” she says. Working with
car that floats throughout the toughest neighborhoods, her “touchyrescue squads in Los Angeles County, she couldn’t ignore worrisome
feely” approach to scenes can still raise skepticism. But she’s proven its
statistics: the average paramedic, after extensive training and
effectiveness after a career of night shifts, responding to as many as
intense competition, fizzled from burnout in six short months.
fifteen hundred calls per year. And yet, she yields in situations involving
Afterwards, most found other professions. “I wasn’t willing to do
booze and drugs, when “all bets are off,” as she says.
that. So after handling my share of knifings, horrible violence, and
Laurie speaks with confidence when it come to situations on the
worse, I moved back to New England because I wanted to continue
street, but heartfelt concern creeps into her voice when she turns
doing what I loved.”
around, so to speak, to see her fellow officers. Technically, she’s
Laurie has always kept one eye on the distraught or injured
assigned to counsel citizens, but she also ends up providing an ear
person before her, and the other eye on her partners. With chilling
for her colleagues, and that’s what drives her to expand her role one
precision, she ticks off the psychological hazards of emergency
day. Given her penchant for rescue, she’s compelled to face situations
service and police work. “Law enforcement has the highest divorce
and look for a way to help.
rate of any profession—75 percent for first marriages and higher for
In reverent and grateful tones, Laurie talks about becoming part of
seconds. Then there’s the alcoholism, domestic violence, and suicide
a “family like no other family.” She confirms that emergency service
rates—all very high. Nobody wants to touch these issues.”
personnel and police, in particular, live in a culture that can hardly be
Well, almost nobody. Already determined to help those many feel
understood by those outside. “To be accepted is huge,” she says. And
are beyond hope, Laurie refuses to turn away from desperate situations.
she has earned acceptance. An analysis of her involvement has preserved
She has applied for the University of Maine’s doctoral program in
the dignity of many of Lewiston’s mentally ill, helped crisis workers, and
public policy, where she plans to learn how to bring more support to
saved money for the whole system. All this, and more, remains her
fellow officers, and hopes to establish a behavioral science unit at
passion, from the time she swiftly bugged out of algebra class and
the Lewiston police department.
into an idling ambulance. s
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Alumni in the Amazon
Commencement
Photo: Rhan Flatin, ES ’93
Antioch New England Celebrates
Commencement and Honors Outstanding
Faculty, Alumni, and Community Members
Adventure seekers, left to right: Stuart Hayward, ES '97, and friend Jamie Bacon;
Ellen Buzanoski and daughter Jody Klenk; Kathleen Trainor Psy.D. '96, Diane Shapiro
(wife of Howard, SS '70), and Hogo Hoyos, a life-long resident of the Amazon.
In February, Rhan Flatin ES ’93, led a group of alumni to the Amazon.
The following excerpts are from the journal of Stewart Hayward ES ’97.
Day one: spent in Manaus proper. First stop was the market. Such an
overload of fish, meats, fruits, vegetables, trinkets, hammocks (we
bought one), and people. People everywhere. Some lying on the sidewalks;
some driving, striding, ambling; some young and ragged-looking boys
aggressively asking for handouts.
Day two: after early plush breakfast we moved onto the Aquila, our
floating home for the next few days. Soon civilization is left behind.
Fewer buildings, fewer boats, fewer people. And, as we motor up a
tributary, our vessel becomes the strange and out-of-place interloper.
Day five: For the last three days we forayed from the Aquila in her
two outboard-motored dinghies. Around every river bend was another
spectacular view of dense vegetation, towering trees, floating islands.
Every few minutes we spotted another species of bird or tree-climbing
mammal—monkeys and three-toed sloths, mostly. Several times we
saw dolphins, small gray ones and larger pink ones. No kidding. They
would leap from the water, but never for long enough to get a photo.
One night we looked for Caimans (alligators). The most eerie sight was
our lamps reflecting in the two bright-golden orbs of a caiman’s eyes,
ghosting along the water’s surface. We were glad Hugo, our Brazilian
guide, wasn’t successful at catching one. We spent one day trekking
over a rainforested island highlighted by heat-sensing ants, exotic
toads, mound-building earthworms, and a tiny turtle.
Postscript: Our species count: 77 birds, 9 mammals, 4 reptiles, and
5 amphibians (we forgot the fish). There’s always more than there’s
space to tell, like swimming at a secluded river beach; a day of
waterfalls; a huge iridescent-blue butterfly; exquisite food ranging from
piranha (yup, we caught ’em) to avocado ice cream; and a two-day
finale in Salvador Bahia with its rich African heritage and music rhythms.
Brazil is extraordinary in its diversity of flora, fauna, and people.
We had just a glorious peek through the keyhole. s
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A capacity crowd of friends and family and Antioch New England faculty
and staff filled the Keene Middle School auditorium as two hundred and
nine graduates and finishers celebrated completion of their degrees at
this year’s commencement exercises.
Antioch University chancellor Jim Craiglow presided over the ceremony,
with university trustee Reuben Harris bringing greetings from the board of
trustees, and interim president and dean of faculty and academic affairs
Neal King extending congratulations on behalf of the Graduate School.
Author, naturalist, and activist Janisse Ray, selected by a student
committee as this year’s speaker, delivered an inspiring address,
“Remaking a World in Which We Can Be Fully Human.”
“Thinking of what it means to be human, ask yourself, before you
start any project, career, journey, course of study: Does this elevate
the magnanimity of the human spirit? Does this uphold the dignity of
being human? Does this serve humanity? Ask the most honest part of
yourself, without excuses about money, advancement, potential,
without excuses about others doing it.”
The celebration
continued after the
official ceremony at
academic departments’
fêtes, where honors
were bestowed upon
distinguished alumni
and friends for
achievements in their
respective fields.
This year’s honorees
were: Robert W. Small,
Psy.D. ’88, Department
of Clinical Psychology;
David Millstone, M.A.
’90, Department of
Education; Richard Z.
Donovan, M.S. ’82 and
environmentalist Cheryl
King Fischer, Department Aram Gurian leads the processional into the auditorium.
Aram’s mother and ANEI project director Dixie Gurian
of Environmental
received her master of education in administration
Studies. s
and supervision at the ceremony.
2005
Jonathan Day, Psy.D. graduate, receives his doctoral hood from clinical psychology faculty
members Susan Hawes and Vic Pantesco. Twenty-one clinical psychology graduates were
hooded after receiving their doctor of psychology degrees.
Antioch University chancellor Jim Craiglow congratulates the two
hundred and nine graduates and finishers who participated in
Commencement 2005.
Vanessa Dominguez, Dance/Movement Therapy finisher,
listens as fellow DMT graduate Michelle Adams delivers
remarks—both verbally and through dance—on behalf of the
Department of Applied Psychology.
Environmental Studies finishers Barbara Desroches, Elena Acosta, and Dinalyn Spears celebrate
before commencement.
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Writer’s Workshop on Cape Cod
On Earth Day weekend this April, ten Antioch alumni gathered for a three-day nature writing
retreat on Cape Cod. Fred Taylor, adjunct faculty, facilitated the weekend. The group stayed
at the NEED Collaborative Center in Truro, directed by Roger Beatty, ES ’88. In the course
of the weekend, the group explored beaches, dunes, forests, and the unique Atlantic White
Cedar swamp. Here are some excerpts from the workshop.
“Crazy man–gate keeper of the swamp. A troll that sleeps beneath the boardwalk?
“I made two Bloody Marys this morning but I didn’t drink them”, he shouts to hikers
passing by. Mop of curls, coiled with earthy dampness. Hair and sticky beard, the
color of the cedar bark. Did he emerge from the tannic tea water? Does he hold the
5000 year old secrets of the swamp?” – Meg Taylor, ES ’01
“We, like trees, are individuals; yet we are inextricably connected to each other,
to the trees, and to our other fellow creatures.” – Tom Good, ES ’96
“When the sun shines through the clearing this trunk stands out from all its neighbors.
The tree—ancient, listing toward the swamp water, seems eternal, yet
poised; its arms ready to brace its fall. When the sun goes behind the
clouds the bark fades to dark rust fraying, peeling into eternity.” — Holly Hatch, ES ’75
Andrea Polizos, ES ’86 enjoys the solitude of the boardwalk.
“Shy roots burrow quickly into the forest floor. Bolder, younger roots grow over the
shyer roots, reassuring them with a gentle embrace.” – Jen Risley, ED ’04
“So I stopped, shoulder to shoulder with Ms. Chick-a-Dee-dee-dee;
and down she flew to my outstretched shaking hand.
Little stick feet touch upon my fingers, her little head bobbing
And curtseying so sweetly…” – Nancy Deever, ES ’98
“full, pink moon rising at dusk as woodcock dances for his potential mate”
– Erin Russell-Story, ES ’96
“Fox (of course) crossing road at Great Island just ahead of me—stops in the woods
and looks back directly at me.” – Sandy Mcfarlane, ES ’99
“The wind here gnaws away
At the shape of the land
Tearing off layer after layer
On its march to the dune’s basement
I breathe wind
I taste sand”
– Dan Story, (husband of Erin)
Standing on islands
Of swampy plumpness
Anchoring each individual
Amid a
Fluid
Yet solid
Sponge of peat
Nourishing
While decomposing
Giving
While keeping
Seeming dualities
Existing together
Creating community
– Tracey Tucker, ES ’02
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Photo: Tom Good/Ed Lee
The wind beats, slamming my hood against my head. Listening… a
percussive pulse, now slow and deep, now faster. My vision is framed by my
hair, teased by the wind, tickling my nose. The gulls on the beach squeak like rusty
wagons and then quickly subside. What scared them? – Andrea Polizos, ES ’86
Nancy Deever, ES ’98 flew in from Texas to participate in the workshop.
Alumni News
Applied Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Silvia Birklein, M.A. ’97, has been conferred Ph.D.
in Clinical Psychology by the New School for Social
Research in New York City. For her dissertation,
Silvia conducted a quantitative study comparing
aspects of the Kestenberg Movement Profile with
self report stress measures in an investigation of
nonverbal indices of high stress in parent/child
interaction. She has a private practice in New York,
continues KMP research with Mark Sossin, and teaches
clinical technique at Montclair State University.
Shoshana Kerewsky, Psy.D. ’98, was named
Psychologist of the Year by Lane County
Psychologists’ Association. Shoshana is president
of Northwest Human Services Association and is an
assistant professor in the counseling psychology
and human services areas at the University of
Oregon. She is interested in introducing ethics
to students, instructors, and supervisors so that
there are transparent policies and agreements
about accountability and intervention. She also
has a small private practice.
David Cantagallo, M.A. ’94, has offices in
Manchester, Concord, and Claremont, New
Hampshire that provide sex offender, domestic
violence, and substance abuse treatment.
Mario Cossa, M.A. ’90, is recognized by his peers
as a leader in the field of psychodrama with
adolescents. Mario has conducted workshops around
the world on utilizing action methods with adolescent
groups. His new book, REBELS WITH A CAUSE: Working
with Adolescents Using Action Techniques, will be
published in August by Jessica Kingsley Press in
London. Mario is also the creator and developer of
Drago-Drama, an archetypal form of sociodrama/
psychodrama for exploring personal dragons and
the treasures that they guard. During his fourteen
years of directing ACTINGOUT, Mario developed
its unique brand of issue-oriented, audienceinteractive, improvisational theatre focusing on
contemporary issues like substance abuse, violence
prevention, and HIV. You can contact Mario at
lefunt8@bigpond.com or cossa@attglobal.net.
Paul Doherty, M.A. ’98, has joined AdCare Hospital
as the director of the Quincy Outpatient Clinic where
he will oversee the daily operations and growth of
the Quincy, Massachusetts clinic. Paul will conduct
initial assessments, develop treatment plans, and
provide individual, group, and family counseling
services. Paul was formerly an outpatient therapist
with Advocates, Inc., in Framingham.
Lynda Holliday, M.A. ’03, is a full-time therapist
working exclusively for the federally funded grant
program of Victims of Crime Acts, providing services
for children and adults who have experienced
severe sexual or physical trauma.
Martha Maloney, M.A. ’04, is working at Seton
Hospital, in Waterville, Maine in the Substance
Abuse program and on the psychiatric floor. She
says it is a great place to learn and is loving it.
Noreen Solimine, M.A. ’95, is a licensed mental
health counselor and certified school adjustment
counselor in Massachusetts. Noreen is the clinical
director at the Kolburne School, a residential school
and treatment center for children and adolescents
in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. She lives in Great
Barrington with her 14-year-old daughter, Brandyn.
James Bullock, M.A. ’89, has been living in
Thailand after six years of world travel. He can
be reached at jamesin2006@hotmail.com
and he encourages fellow alumni to visit his
website www.jamesbullock.hpg.ig.com.br.
Jeffrey Spiegler, M.A. ’95, is the facilities
coordinator at Monadnock Waldorf School in
Keene. Jeff has extensive experience in caring for
grounds, carpentry work, and building care and
will help the school bring into being a long-held
vision of beautiful, functional, and well-tended
buildings and grounds.
Randi Stein, M.A. ’97, is continuing to apply her DMT
training in the educational realm, as teacher and
consultant in the area of remedial (movement)
education. She is giving workshops for Waldorf
schools without on-site resource teachers, and is
offering observation and assessments to schools
in New England.
Jody (Dodge) Whelden, M.Ed. ’74, was ordained
into the First Unitarian Society of Madison,
Wisconsin as a Unitarian Universalist Minister
in April of this year.
Janet Williams, M.A. ’91, has had a busy few
years. “Divorce, remarriage to my best friend
Marty, moving towns, moving my business, buying
a house, buying a mini-van (yikes!), getting a dog
(named Cuba), and finally having a beautiful
baby boy named Oliver just in time to turn forty
and swim with the dolphins in Cuba.” Janet runs
a pilates and movement education studio and
trains instructors.
Mary Baures, Psy.D. ’95, a writer and artist who
practices psychology in Peabody, Massachusetts
specializes in using creativity to heal trauma. Her
local one woman show in June, “Dream Scapes &
Other Paintings,” depicted hopeful images of the
world being a friendly place. For more information
visit her website at www.marybaures.com. Her
piece Zebras Drinking won a contest run by the
Windham Arts Collaborative in Willimantic,
Connecticut and will be on a 2006 calendar.
Education
Kim Allsup, M.Ed. ’04, is enjoying being a class
teacher at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod.
She owns a house in New Hampshire which is
available for short-term rental. You can see it
at www.beasomhouse.com.
Maryanna Bock, M.Ed. ’86, showcases her paintings
of landscapes of the soul, the earth, and the sky
at www.earthcircle.net. Maryanna’s website for
her practice and work as a mentor, therapist,
and presenter of creative and transformational
modalities is www.lightcoach.com.
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Anita-Cristina Calcaterra, M.Ed. ’94, graduated her
first Waldorf class in 2002 (eight years of bliss!).
She is the owner of The Goddess Dancing, a belly
dance company. Visit www.thegoddessdancing.com
for more information. She is currently seeking
employment with the public schools in Boston and
is hoping to bring with her the insights and skills
gained at Antioch and in the Waldorf community.
She also wrote and appeared in her dance
company’s new dance instruction video/DVD
entitled “Belly Dancing the Sacred Shapes with
The Goddess Dancing.”
Environmental Studies
Heidi Cece, M.Ed. ’98, received a Fulbright Teaching
Exchange and spent the autumn term of 2004
teaching Year 4 in Cheltenham, England, while the
teacher from England taught in her New Hampshire
classroom. She said it was a fantastic experience.
She is back in the USA and is a looping third and
fourth grade teacher at Hillsboro-Deering
Elementary School in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.
Liz (Peirce) Cassell, M.A. ’01, welcomed a son,
John Whittemore Cassell, born 10 lbs 23 inches,
in February at home. Liz says, “he is off the charts
in height and weight. We love our happy little guy.”
Liz and her family live in Woodstock, Vermont and
can be reached at lizcassell@hotmail.com.
Margaret Clews, M.Ed. ’02, is living in Freeport,
Maine and teaching handwork at the Merriconeag
Waldorf School. She and her husband and 3-year-old
daughter enjoy raising their chickens, dog, and
new puppy. She keeps busy with a small side
business of making Waldorf dolls for families in
the community, and has taught a doll-making
workshop to parents.
Nellie Herman, M.A. ’01, after co-teaching
Kindergarten at a Quaker school in Maryland for
three years, now finds herself tutoring high school
students at Dublin School, a private boarding
school in Dublin, New Hampshire. She is glad to be
back among the trees, hills, and plain speaking
folk of New England.
Deborah Jackson, M.Ed. ’96, is the new principal at
Toy Town Elementary. Jackson comes to Winchendon,
Massachusetts from Conant High School in Jaffrey,
where she was an assistant principal.
Liza Ketchum, M.Ed. ’71, had her historical novel
for young readers, Where the Great Hawk Flies,
published by Clarion Books. It takes place
in Vermont in 1782 and is based on a story handed
down in her family. She is enjoying teaching
writing in a low residency M.F.A. program.
Barbara Piscitelli, M.Ed. ’74, “retired” from
teaching in 2004 and has been busy ever since.
She has lived in Australia for twenty-five years and
is now consulting to large cultural organizations
about improving access and programs for children
and young people. She is director of the Collections
Council of Australia and chair of the Queensland
Cultural Policy Advisory Committee.
Josh Traeger, M.Ed. ’05, will be teaching at the
Greenfield Center School in Greenfield, Massachusetts
this fall in the fifth and sixth grade classroom. He
is excited to have the opportunity to craft some
fantastic curriculum throughout the year.
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Janet Altobello, M.S.T. ’87, was profiled in
Peterborough, New Hampshire’s Monadnock Ledger
for her birding instruction at the Harris Center for
Conservation Education, where she is a naturalistteacher helping teachers connect their earth and
life science curriculum to the local landscape.
Matthew Blake, M.S. ’05, is a conservation
coordinator for South Jersey with the American
Littoral Society, a national organization with
headquarters in Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
Susan Coakley, M.S. ’86, has spent the last nine
years forming and directing a regional nonprofit
that facilitates partnerships to advance energy
efficiency programs and policies across the
Northeast. www.neep.org.
Roger Cole, M.S. ’94, is a Kittery Land Trust board
member and coordinator of Mount Agamenticus
to the Seas Conservation Initiative. His article,
“Intangibles,” was published in the Exchange,
Voices for the Land, Land Trust Alliance. The
article is about the intangible benefits of
conserving land above and beyond the dollar
value. It discusses that we need to communicate
to help those driven to protect our forests.
Frances Denis, M.S. ’96, gave birth to a baby girl,
Allison Mary Denis, on June 18, 2004.
Caitlin (Cummings) Hill, M.S. ’01, is the event
manager for Dare Mighty Things, Inc. in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. She works on the National Challenge
College project which trains teachers, mentors,
and counselors who work with at-risk youth in a
program hosted by the National Guard Bureau.
She resides in Exeter, New Hampshire with her
husband Dave and continues to work part-time ski
patrol at Loon Mountain.
Lisa Holderness, M.S. ’98, is one of the leaders of
Farm Camp this Year. Farm Camp is for young
naturalists interested in farm life, growing food, and
making new friends. It is based at her home farm,
Deer Ridge Farm. She has two ANE Environmental
Studies students, Erica Morse and Mike Whigham,
helping her lead camp this year.
Paul Beaulieu, M.S. ’90, has recently been
promoted to manager of Environmental
Services for Massachusetts and Vermont
at Tighe & Bond and will be overseeing
business development and the technical
work of a staff of twenty environmental
scientists and hydrogeologists from three
separate Tighe & Bond offices. He has been
at the firm for nineteen years. He is an active
member of the Association of Massachusetts
Wetland Scientists and Licensed Site
Professional Association. He’d love to hear
from fellow alumni and can be reached at
pgbeaulieu@tighebond.com.
Edward Kelley, M.S. ’92, is spending a lot of time
with humanitarian issues including Habitat for
Humanity and housing for the homeless, and enjoying
his and Ferris Buck-Urbanowski’s, AP ’82, fiveyear-old home in Vermont.
Leo Maslan, M.S. ’05, developed an environmental
stewardship plan for the Baker Hill Golf Club in
Newbury, New Hampshire that allowed it to receive
a certification in environmental planning from the
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System (ACSS).
By participating in the ACSS, Baker Hill Golf Club
will be involved in projects that enhance habitat
for wildlife and preserve natural resources for the
benefit of the local community. The ACSS program
for golf courses is a worldwide effort coordinated
by Audubon International and sponsored in part
by United States Golf Association.
Winifred McGowan, M.S. ’84, a former conservation
officer for the town of Needham, was hired as
Wilmington’s new assistant director of planning
and conservation. She has twenty years experience
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in the field, has served as the conservation officer
in Needham since 1998, and has also had various
planning and environmental positions in Connecticut.
John Mosimann, M.S. ’97, is teaching two introductory
qigong classes. Qigong is a flowing, meditative form
of an ancient Chinese healing art that encourages
flexibility, relaxation, and centering.
Ralph Pope, M.S. ’04, recently completed a book,
Lichens above Treeline, A Hiker’s Guide to Alpine
Zone Lichens of the Northeastern United States,
published by University Press of New England, 2005.
Ralph is also an adjunct faculty of New England
Flora here at ANE.
Bruce Rinker, Ph.D,, ’04, released a book Forest
Canopies (2nd edition), co-edited with Dr. Margaret
D. Lowman and published by Elsevier Press, Summer/
Fall 2004. Forest Canopies includes a chapter by his
ANE dissertation committee chairperson, Beth Kaplin.
Paula Roberts, M.S.T., ’82, ran Day Camp at
Meadowsweet Farm in Swanville. It is a farm-based
day camp offered for four weeks during the
summer. Paula and Sumner Roberts raise beef
cattle, sheep, and chickens on sixty acres of
pasture at Meadowsweet Farm, which also has
an organic garden and a 60-acre woodlot.
Dennis Shaffer, M.S. ’91, was appointed director
for Trust for Public Land’s Northern New England
Field Office. Dennis has assumed responsibility
for directing TPL’s work in Maine, New Hampshire,
and Vermont. He will be based in TPL’s Montpelier
office, and will spearhead the development of new
conservation projects in the tri-state area. Dennis
previously directed the San Juan County Land Bank
in Friday Harbor, Washington where he managed
public land conservation and stewardship efforts
in the San Juan Islands.
Lawrence Taft, M.S. ’90, was named executive
director of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.
He has served as the society’s properties and
acquisitions director since 1999. Before joining the
Audubon Society, Taft was chief executive officer
of the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown for
14 years. Taft serves on the Governor’s Advisory
Committee on Natural Heritage Preservation and
reviews recreational development grants submitted
to the state Department of Environmental
Management’s Open Space Grants program. He
is in his second term on the board of directors of
the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, and was
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Biology Success!
Richard Grumbine, M.S.T. ’89, is an associate professor of biology at Landmark
College in Putney, Vermont. He lives with his wife Deb Smith, M.S. ES ’92, and son Carl
(age 4). He just finished serving as the principal investigator for a National Science
Foundation funded project called “Biology Success!” He also authored the book
Biology Success! Teaching Diverse Learners with Landmark faculty Abigail Littlefield,
M.S. ES ’95. The book provides high school and college level biology instructors the
pedagogy and tools to teach to a wide variety of learners. Contributors to the book
also include Antioch alumni Judy Rubin, M.S.T. ES ’87, and Tom Hinkley, M.S.T. ES ’84.
Book information can be found at www.landmark.edu/biosuccess.
chairman of the Natural History Survey’s annual
conferences in 1998 and 1999.
Ronald White, M.S.T. ’78, after a long career as
environmental program director at the American
Lung Association, is now associate scientist for
the Department of Epidemiology at John Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is also
deputy director of their Risk Sciences and Public
Policy Institute.
David Wolf, M.S. ’04, was recently profiled in the
Monadnock Ledger in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
A resident of Rindge, New Hampshire, he is a
conservation biologist and managing partner of
Bluepoint Ecological, which specializes in biological
and natural resources, inventories, assessments,
evaluations, and planning.
Maria Minickiello, M.S. ’04, was hired as school
director for Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy
in Dover, New Hampshire. Her experience includes
program assistant for a federal research grant for
the Integrated Instructional Model, which integrated
arts and education into the public school curriculum.
Byll Reeve, M.Ed. ’77, is the owner of Eastern Video
Productions in Portsmouth. He was the founding
executive director of Strafford Hospice Care.
Christopher Sikes, ’88, M.S., was featured in
Business West Newspaper for his business, Western
Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, Inc. (WMEF).
In its fifteenth year, the Fund has helped hundreds
of credit-challenged ventures get off the ground
or get to the next level. WMEF can be reached at
www.wmef.org.
Organization & Management
Penfield Chester, M.Ed. ’99, collaborated to start
a midwifery education program, the Northeast
Classroom of Seattle Midwifery School. She has
worked as a midwife in Western Massachusetts and
Southern Vermont for twenty years. She served on
the board of the Midwives Alliance of North America
in the 1990s and authored Sisters on a Journey:
Portraits of American Midwives with her sister.
Penfield has joined the Brattleboro Area Hospice
board of directors. She is a massage therapist and
is currently training to be a yoga teacher. She is
also a patient care volunteer for the past year and
lives on a farm in Halifax.
Faith LeGendre, M.S. ’01, is the training director for
1800flowers.com. She and her husband Ken will be
celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary this
August.
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Edwina Drummond, M.S. ’98, won a first
place award in the Dining Room Category
of the first annual Luxury Living Awards
home design competition. She was selected
anonymously from over one hundred and
fifty applicants by a distinguished panel
of jurors drawn from the home design, real
estate, and media fields. She is featured
in-depth in “Luxury Living Boston”, a new
richly produced 100+ page magazine, as
well as LuxuryLivingAwards.com, and
HomePortfolio.com.
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In Memoriam
Mary Elizabeth Alther, ’87, (AP) passed away in May
of 2005. She had a private counseling practice for
many years. She was dedicated to helping her
community and instrumental in creating a teen
center, known as WHO (Willing Hands Outstretched)
in the late 1960s. She was the founding “mother”
of Hospice of Cheshire County. Ms. Alther’s awards
for her community work include Keene State College
Woman of the Year, the Keene Rotary Club’s
Community Citizen Award, the Sandra Metiver Award,
and the Granite State Award. She had Alzheimer’s
and, until she could no longer read or speak, she
continued to learn, and read as much as possible
about the disease. It was her mission to serve
others, to practice a healthy and informed life,
and to be a loving daughter, mother and wife.
Edgar Bley, former core faculty in education, died in
April 2005. He was a respected figure in progressive
education, as teacher, administrator, and professor.
He was the author of half a dozen books. When he
retired from teaching, he turned to painting full time,
exhibiting at various venues. He loved to travel,
recording his trips in many sketchbooks. He spoke
and sang in several languages, and was very active
in his community. He was among the original
volunteers for the Friendly Meals program in Alstead,
New Hampshire and continued for eighteen years.
He was a great contra dancer well into his seventies.
Edgar was always a great reader and, when in his
last years he lost most of his vision, he found a lot
of pleasure in talking books, visiting with friends,
and going to concerts of music or dance.
James Farr, M.Ed. ’86, (ExEd) passed away in
December in 2004. Jim had recently retired after more
than thirty-five years as a teacher, working for
the last twenty-one years at Guilford Middle-High
School in Guilford, New Hampshire as a dedicated
teacher of science.
William Horner, ’80, M.Ed., (AP) died in May of 2005
at age 81. He worked twenty-seven years for Liberty
Mutual and taught at colleges in New Hampshire.
Mr. Horner was active with Washington Congregational
Church and was an avid golfer at Angus Lea Golf
Course in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
athletic director, and softball and basketball coach.
He was always available and willing to serve in any
capacity for the betterment of education and
interscholastic athletics. He was also involved
with Special Olympics. He was a member of New
Hampshire Association of School Principals and
served on the committee to evaluate teachers’
education at New Hampshire colleges.
Peter Martin, former faculty in clinical psychology,
died in April of 2005. He had a private practice as
a licensed psychologist. He was the founder of
Psychological Services of Northfield, Massachusetts
where he worked for more than twenty years, focusing
on the assessment and support of children and
adolescents with learning disabilities. He trained
other psychologists and special educators in
educational assessment. He enjoyed boating and
hiking, but his greatest joy was spending his summers
with his family in Damariscotta, Maine. s
Donald Lafferty, M.Ed. ’95, (OM) of Somersworth,
New Hampshire, a dedicated educator and principal
of Oyster River High School, died in March of 2005
following a yearlong illness. He worked for the Berlin,
New Hampshire School System for twenty-one years,
as math teacher, assistant principal, principal,
Comings & Goings
Warm Welcomes
Vincent Ballou joined the Antioch New England community as a custodian.
Michael Capron is ANE’s new technical service technician. Michael was previously a computer consultant for Ininet Inc. and worked to build a dotcom start-up. Outside of work, he enjoys scuba diving, photography, and
spending time with his family. “I feel very welcome here at ANE, and very
fortunate to be here.”
Katherine Clarke joins Antioch New England as chairperson of the Department
of Applied Psychology. Katherine comes from the Saybrook Institute in
San Francisco where she was vice president of academic affairs and dean
of faculty. She previously served as vice president of finance and
administration and chair of the pastoral studies department at the
Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and as
director of the counseling center and director of the pastoral counseling
program at St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada.
Fond Farewells
Sara May, longtime library assistant, retired from the Antioch New England
Library in June.
Carol Waseleski bade a fond farewell to the Antioch New England Library to
join the Pettee Memorial Library in Wilmington, Vermont as its director.
Eleanor Falcon Retires: leaves a rich legacy
Eleanor Falcon retired on June 30 after serving Antioch New England Graduate School for more than
two decades, mostly in the capacity of director of Public Relations and Publications. Jim Craiglow,
chancellor of Antioch University and long-time colleague commented, “she forged strong
relationships with the local and regional press, enabling Antioch New England to achieve important
new levels of public visibility, and she was always eager and willing to facilitate the planning that
was so critical to a successful public event. Eleanor’s dedication to the institution was without
parallel and her contributions accelerated the maturation and development of Antioch New
England in ways that were substantive. She leaves a rich legacy.” Eleanor stated in her farewell,
that she will “think with great fondness of her twenty-one years at the Graduate School—the warm
friendships, unique collegiality, and the challenging, fulfilling work.” We wish her well.
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ANE in the News
Antioch New England Institute received the
Community-Supporting Organization of the
Year Award at the University of New Hampshire
Community Leader of the Year Awards Ball
on December 1 in Durham, New Hampshire.
The award recognized ANEI’s communitysupport and leadership development projects
in the Monadnock Region and beyond.
Meade Cadot, associate core faculty in the
Department of Environmental Studies,
received the Sarah Thorne Conservation
Award from the Society for the Protection
of New Hampshire Forests. The award
recognizes those who have made a major
contribution to the protection of the
New Hampshire landscape at the local,
regional, or statewide level. Sarah Thorne,
who dedicated nearly twenty years of her
career to land conservation work in the
state, was on hand to present the award
to Meade, citing his work at the Harris
Center for Conservation Education and
Antioch New England.
Kay Delanoy, ES ’93, practicum coordinator in
the Department of Environmental Studies,
was cited in the Summer 2005 issue of The
Reporter, a publication of the Population
Connection, headquartered in Washington,
D.C. The article, “Between and Rock and a
Hard Place in the Granite State,” refers to
Kay’s work as a population connection
teacher trainer. She has trained hundreds
of teachers in how to use the group’s
population education program over the
past ten years.
Bill Griffith, professor of interdisciplinary
studies, presented his paper The
Importance of Cognitive Development
in Organizational Development and
Knowledge Management at The Fifth
International Conference on Knowledge,
Culture, and Change in Organizations,
held at the University of the Aegean,
Rhodes, Greece from July 19 to 22, 2005.
His paper will appear in the refereed
International Journal of Knowledge,
Culture and Change Management.
Jim Gruber, executive director of Antioch New
England Institute and environmental
studies faculty, taught a graduate-level
public policy and communication class in
the environmental management program
at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb,
Croatia. Jim taught a collaborative,
broad-based approach to policy creation
and implementation.
Susan Hawes, associate professor and
director of information systems and
accountability research in the Department
of Clinical Psychology and interim
associate dean for academic affairs,
presented her paper “Why Not Social
Justice?” (a social justice curriculum
proposal for professional psychology
training) at the 2005 International Critical
Psychology Conference at the University
of ZwaZulu-Natal near Cape Town, South
Africa, from June 28 to July 1. Susan,
along with clinical psychology student
Marcelle Abela, also participated
in the First Annual Duquesne University
Critical Psychology Graduate Conference,
Catching Sight of Our Shadows.
Janie Long, director of the Marriage and
Family Therapy program in the Department
of Applied Psychology was a main
presenter at the International Conference
on Family Therapy: Politics, Community,
and Clinical Practice presented by the
International Family Therapy Academy in
Washington, DC in June 2005. Her
presentation was titled “Voices of the Past
and the Future: Women in Family Therapy.”
Lorraine Mangione, professor and director of
practica in the Department of Clinical
Psychology, and David Arbeitman, associate
faculty, were interviewed for “A Push for
Part Time?”, an article about half-time
internships that appeared in the in the
March 2005 issue of gradPsych, the
magazine of the American Psychological
Association of Graduate Students.
Vic Pantesco, associate professor and director
of the Antioch Psychological Services Center
in the Department of Clinical Psychology,
presented a continuing education workshop,
“Difficult Confrontations: An Important
Dimension Within Ethical Practice. A Cultural
and Strategic Model” on at Antioch New
England. The workshop focused on a
familiar and difficult area in professional
psychology ethics: confronting colleagues,
superiors, or students in matters of
personal or professional competence.
Gargi Roysircar, professor and founding director
of the Antioch New England Multicultural
Center in the Department of Clinical
Psychology, along with several clinical
psychology students, conducted a workshop
titled “Mentoring Language Minority
Individuals through Community Outreach”
at the Winter Roundtable on Cultural
Psychology and Education at Teachers
College, Columbia University.
Mitchell Thomashow, ES ’76, chairperson of
the Department of Environmental Studies,
presented his talk “The Future of
Environmental Studies” at the National
Association of Environmental Professionals
in Washington, D.C., in April and at the
Council of Environmental Deans and
Directors in San Jose, California in July. s
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Calendar of Events
Thursday, September 22
Speakers Series, “Through Darkness to Transcendence in
Bruce Springsteen’s Music,” Lorraine Mangione, Ph.D.,
director of practica, Department of Clinical Psychology,
7 p.m. at Antioch New England.
Wednesday, October 19
Antioch Speakers Series, “First, Take charge of Yourself!
A Guide to Effective Leadership,” Ed Tomey, M.Ed., faculty
emeritus, Department of Organization & Management, 7 p.m.
at Antioch New England.
Friday, September 30 to Saturday, October 1
Antioch Center for School Renewal, “Telling Our Stories:
Teachers Writing for Publication,” at the Merrowvista
Educational Center in Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire.
Cost: $75 (room and board included). For more information,
call Laura Thomas at 603.357.3122 ext. 364.
Thursday, November 10
Antioch Speakers Series, “Using Harm Reduction Approaches
with Adolescent Substance Abusers,” Diane Kurinski, Ed.D.,
faculty, Department of Applied Psychology, 7 p.m. at Antioch
New England.
Tuesday, October 11
Seventh Annual John Knight Colloquium, topic TBA, 7 p.m.
at Antioch New England.
Thursday, October 27 to Sunday, October 30
40th Annual American Dance Therapy Association
Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
Thursday, November 17
Antioch New England, public talk by Jonathan Kozol, social
activist, author, and educator, 7 p.m. at Antioch New
England. Kozol’s first book, Death at an Early Age, won the
National Book Award. He is the author of the critically
acclaimed Amazing Grace and Ordinary Resurrections:
Children in the Years of Hope.
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