Spring/Summer 2004 ANE Notes - Antioch University New England

ANE
Notes
Antioch New England Graduate School
Spring/ Summer 2004
Vol. 31 No. 1
Bears? On Graduate School Property?
It may sound unbelievable, but thanks to the recent donation of forty-six
wooded, undeveloped acres in eastern Keene by the Harris Center for
Conservation Education, the Graduate School is now not only home to
black bear but also moose, coyote, mink, and a species of oak that is
typically not found this far north.
In early June, the board of Antioch University agreed to accept the
donation of the parcel, which as recently as last fall had been eyed as
a possible location of the new Cheshire County Jail.
“It’s gratifying to know that this land will be forever free of jails or any
other development,” said Graduate School president Peter Temes. “These
woods will not only be an important laboratory for our students but also
a sanctuary for environmentally significant plants and animals.”
The property’s journey from corrections to conservation began last fall
when Environmental Studies student Sue Mansfield came across evidence
that black bear had recently visited the area to feed in the unusual abundance
of white oak acorns produced that year. Sue passed the discovery along to
associate core faculty member Meade Cadot, who is also the director of
the Harris Center.
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The shaggy bark of the white oak is a rare sight in Keene, but a healthy stand can
be found on the sixty acres of land recently acquired by the Graduate School.
The land had been under consideration for the new Cheshire County Jail.
INSIDE
From the President
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Briefly Noted
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40th Anniversary Gala 4
Alumna Profile—
Rosemary Conroy ’92 5
Horace Mann or Bust
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Switzer Fellowships to
ES Students
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Commencement
8-9
Notepad for Grads
Alumni News
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11-14
Comings & Goings
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ANE in the News
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Calendar of Events
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Celebrity Auction for CEE Online
ANE’s Center for Environmental Education Online (CEE Online), which was founded by Jayni Chase with support
from her husband, Chevy, made the most of its celebrity connections this spring. An auction that began on Earth
Day, April 22, with the Chases’s appearance on NBC’s Today Show, boosted CEE Online’s budget by $168,000.
And the benefits of the auction exceed the dollars donated.
The auction itself took place on CharityFolks.com and the items for auction showed both the generosity of
celebrities and the willingness of bidders to shell out thousands for a good cause. Paul Newman donated one
of his racing jackets. Chris Evert volunteered a tennis lesson, and John McEnroe, a two-hour on-court lesson in
humility. Bidders also lined up for a round of golf with actors Bill Murray and Chevy Chase. But the big draw,
proving the real influence of the Chases’s dedication, was lunch with former President Bill Clinton. Never missing
an opportunity, the couple lined up Katie Couric and Matt Lauer during the Today interview asking their hosts
to contribute a lunch date of their own. They agreed.
The funds raised by the auction will go toward funding CEE Online, a web-based clearinghouse for environmental
educators. Cindy Thomashow, of the Environmental Studies faculty and one of the founders of CEE Online, will
be working to staff the new initiative and build coalitions with other complementary organizations. “We’re
looking to organize the information and resources,” she said. “CEE Online will network, reference, and connect
teachers to what they need in their local areas.”
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Antioch New England 40th Anniversary Gala Event, page 4
From the President
On June 17, we convened a roundtable discussion of the war in Iraq at the Graduate School. Participants included a U.S. Army
general, a former governor of New Hampshire, and three academics. These were highly articulate people, used to speaking in public and
each quite capable of delivering clear and compelling presentations to their audiences. But the one common thread among this group
of presenters, a group that ranged in opinion from left to right, from militaristic to trenchantly anti-war, was that each struggled to
make sense. Each had an important message, a strong opinion, and a desire to reach the audience. But each also confessed to at least
some confusion, zigged and zagged through the complexities of the issues this war raises, doubled back and contradicted and, in
general, offered as much muddiness as clarity.
And for that, I was grateful. What we had, in fact, was a group of distinguished and engaged
thinkers sitting in front of a full house of ANE community members, thinking out loud. As history
was unfolding, we had the privilege to reflect on its messiness, and that reflection was itself
suitable messy. For our students, our faculty, our staff, and our neighbors, this event was a peek
into the middle of analysis and opinion making, a look into the oven as philosophies and positions
were still baking. It wasn’t pretty, it made great demands on the audience, and it was terrific.
All too often, we are tempted to keep the loose threads and contradictions of our ideas out
of public view. As a graduate school, we are expected to know what we want to teach and to
teach it explicitly and without any doubts. But part of the function of education is to test that
one-dimensional sense of how learning and understanding work, to make people intellectually
uncomfortable and to challenge their sometimes too-simple faith in their teachers and leaders.
Danish philosopher Soren Keirkegaard made this point brilliantly in the beginning of the
Nineteenth Century. As he sat in a park in Copenhagen, Keirkegaard saw rising around him the
towers and bridges that marked his era’s greatest technological achievements. And he knew
All too often,
we are tempted
to keep the loose
threads and
contradictions of
our ideas out of
public view.
that the builders and planners of these great structures were people of his own generation, with
whom he had studied at university. So he rose up from his park bench and declared that the time had arrived for
him to make his own contribution to his nation, though unlike his colleagues, he would not seek to make life
easier, but to make it more difficult.
What did he mean? He meant that he would try to spark the kind of intellectual and spiritual fires that would
rouse people from the compromises and accommodations they had made with an imperfect world. He meant
that he would challenge them to aspire to achieve greater things than they had come to settle for. This would
indeed make life harder, but also better. And so in the pages that follow, you will see a few windows into life at
Antioch New England Graduate School today, and through those windows you may glimpse some of the ways that
we try to make life harder—and better—for everyone in our community.
Peter S. Temes, President
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Briefly Noted
ANE Introduces Logo
Last fall, the Antioch New England
Office of Communications began
work to create a new logo for the
Graduate School. Communications
staff memebers formed a focus
group with representatives from
faculty, staff, and students to
gain a better understanding
of the visual elements these
constituenceis throught best
represented Antioch New England.
The group suggested that the
logo incorporate the following
elements:
• our physical location in the
Monadnock Region
• a path representing the journey
our students are embarking on
through graduate study;
• the letter A
• an element from our previous
logo.
The logo represented here
incorporates these recommendations and we are pleased to
present it as the final product of
this logo redesign project.
Grant Brings CO-SEED
to Maine
Antioch New England Institute’s
innovative program to connect
school-age youth to the natural
world around them is coming to
Maine with the recent receipt of
a $640,000 grant from Jane’s
Trust, a Boston-based charitable
organization committed to funding
programs working to improve
environmental quality and
educational opportunities, among
other endeavors. ANEI’s CO-SEED
program works with schools and
environmental education centers
to use local natural environments
as classrooms to teach students
about science and ecology, with
the goal of fostering strong ties
to their communities and the
natural world. The four-year grant
from Jane’s Trust will provide the
initial funding necessary to start
three CO-SEED projects in
Southeastern Maine. ANEI has
developed eleven CO-SEED
projects in communities across
New Hampshire, Vermont, and
Massachusetts. “This is our first
opportunity to work in Maine,
which is exciting,” said ANEI
project director Bo Hoppin, ES ’96.
“This helps round out our goal of
having a regional presence in
New England.”
War in Iraq
Roundtable
On June 17, Antioch New England
convened a roundtable discussion
on the war in Iraq at the Graduate
School, a free, public event.
Panelists included Army National
Guard Brigadier General John
Weeden; Walter Peterson,
republican governor of
New Hampshire from 1969 to 1973;
Douglas Challenger, associate
professor of sociology at Franklin
Pierce College; Mary Catherine
Wilson, professor of history and
director of the History Institute
at UMass Amherst; and Peter
Temes, president of Antioch New
England. The guests addressed
three issues: what the U.S.
motives were for invading Iraq;
whether or not the U.S. is
achieving its goals; and what
the next best steps are. The
panel presented their answers to
an audience of seventy-five,
showing each other respect
though opinions often differed.
General Weeden reminded the
panelists and audience that
we are at war and he therefore
has an oath of alliance to his
commander-in-chief to uphold,
while the other four panelists felt
that U.S. objectives were not met,
and that the U.S. was overdue in
drawing up a plan for withdrawing
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Democracy Now!
Launched in September 2003 by Antioch New England’s
Environmental Advocacy & Organizing Program, the Advocacy
Clinic recently celebrated one of its first successes:
bringing the award-winning investigative radio news show
“Democracy Now!” to the Monadnock Region. Pictured from
left to right are Advocacy Clinic project leader Ellen Hayes,
“DN!” host Amy Goodman, and Monadnock Freedom Forum
member John-Michael Dumais. ANE faculty, students,
alumni, and other Monadnock community members serve as
DJs for the show, which airs every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m.
on WKNH (91.3 FM).
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Antioch New England Celebrates Forty Years
Come join us as we spend a glorious fall weekend celebrating the first forty years of Antioch New England Graduate School, and get a preview of exciting
initiatives that will propel us into our next forty years.
Planning is underway for a gala weekend on October 1 and 2, 2004. Re-connect with old friends and faculty; attend workshops with prominent,
cutting-edge professionals in your field; and enjoy good food and fun with others in the ANE community. Here’s a preview of the events:
Friday, October 1
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Afternoon: Community Coffee
Kick off the weekend at an informal gathering open to Keene area friends
and neighbors. Find out more about the many ways that Antioch serves
its home community, including the Psychological Services Center,
Antioch New England Institute, and the Education By Design program.
Evening: Keynote speech by Andrew Delbanco
“America’s Best Social Critic,” according to Time magazine. Delbanco
is the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of the Humanities at Columbia
University, as well as a frequent contributor to The New York Times,
The New Yorker, and The New Republic on issues of American history and
culture. His most recent book is Writing New England: An Anthology
from the Puritans to the Present. This event will be open to the entire
ANE community and to the public. Ticket information available soon.
Saturday, October 2 Alumni Day
Morning: Alumni continental breakfast
Reconnect with old friends over coffee and pastries in the Graduate
School’s foyer. Hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations.
Late morning: Department get-togethers
Join faculty and fellow alumni from your own department for a
keynote address by a prominent figure in your field (see below).
Department luncheons to follow. Alumni from the Putney years will be
the Graduate School’s guests of honor.
Afternoon: Fun and games!
Whether you prefer strolling through an art gallery or sliding into home
plate, the choice is yours. Activities will include:
Antioch Softball Game: Reminiscent of the old days, when Antioch
fielded a team that won the Keene-area softball league in 1985 and 1986.
Alumni Art Show: View an exhibition of works by alumni artists.
Career Consultations: Meet individually or in group session with
Carlotta Willis, Antioch New England's alumni career consultant.
Nature in the City: Enjoy a leisurely walk through Keene’s Ashuelot River Park.
Evening: Reception at Keene Country Club and Keynote by Lew Feldstein
Lew Feldstein served as center dean of ANE from 1976 to 1986 and is now
president of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and co-author
with Robert Putnam of Better Together: Restoring the American
Community. Feldstein was selected as one of the “100 People Who
Shaped New Hampshire” by the Concord Monitor, and one of the ten
most influential people in New Hampshire by Business NH Magazine in
2001. Who better to reflect on Antioch New England’s first forty years?
Watch your mailbox in August for your invitation and more details
about the festivities. s
The academic departments will host the following speakers during the alumni day portion of the
Graduate School’s 40th anniversary celebration:
Applied Psychology: Antioch welcomes Janie Long as its incoming director of the Marriage and Family Therapy program. Dr. Long has taught
couples and familial counseling for more than twenty years. She has published several articles on multicultural issues, human sexuality, and
the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on families.
Clinical Psychology: Jon Kabat-Zinn is the author of Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and
Illness. He is also the founder and recently retired director of the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical School’s Stress Reduction Clinic
and is a frequent adjunct faculty member for the Omega Institute.
Education: Ted Sizer is considered among the leading educational reformers in the United States. He founded the Coalition of Essential Schools
and was formerly dean of Graduate School Education at Harvard University. Sizer was also the founding director of the Annenberg Institute for
School Reform.
Environmental Studies: John Elder is a Middlebury College professor and specialist in American nature writing. In addition to studying nature
themes in the works of such authors as Frost and Wordsworth, Elder is himself a nationally known essayist with works appearing in Orion,
New Literary History, Wild Earth, and Vermont Life.
Organization & Management: Don Carew is co-author of High Five: The Magic of Working Together and a frequent collaborator with One Minute
Manager author Ken Blanchard. Carew is also one of the founding associates of the Ken Blanchard Companies, which provides organization and
management consulting across the country.
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Rosemary Conroy: A Walk on the Hopeful Side
— Paul B. Hertneky
communications director. She expanded
Look toward the bright side of
the scope of her writing, and landed a
the environmental movement and
nature column at the Union Leader,
there you will find Rosemary Conroy.
A 1992 graduate of the Environmental
New Hampshire’s largest newspaper.
Studies department, she specialized in
Around the same time, she began
environmental communication, and has
recording Something Wild, a weekly
nature series produced by NHPR in
been spreading good news ever since.
cooperation with the Society for the
Her luminous outlook comes in
Protection of New Hampshire Forests,
response to the darkness that often
and the New Hampshire Audubon
falls over environmentalism. “All this
Society. Something Wild encourages
bad news turns people off,” Rosemary
argues. “I want to focus on things that
its listeners to take a minute to
give people hope. There are lots of
appreciate the wild world right outside
good things going on in the world.
our doors.
Sometimes it’s hard to remember the
While Rosemary began to reach a
progress we’ve made.” She points to
wider audience through her writing,
she had begun to revive her interest in
the success of recycling programs and
the visual arts. Again, this aspect of
the seven-month waiting list she’s on
her creative persona was directed
for a new hybrid Toyota. “If we
toward the natural world, spreading
celebrate our successes, people will
the good news of the natural world—
say, ‘Hey, those environmentalists are
doing a great job. Maybe conservation Rosemary Conroy MS ’92 received the first annual Alumni Award for raising the beauty, wonder, and hope. Her
environment awareness in the region. Photo Rick Broussard/NH Magazine.
colorful and expressive paintings, like
is something we should support.’”
her writing, are intended to “show people just how beautiful nature
Growing up in Brooklyn, Rosemary took little notice of nature.
She earned a degree in information science at Pace University, and
is,” she says, and encouraging them “to stop and look at things, so
consigned herself to a cubicle on Wall Street. But one day, on a walk
they might find a moment of joy or peace or solitude.”
through Prospect Park, she came across a man leading a birding trip.
And when audiences respond, hope springs in Rosemary’s heart. She
“I had never seen such a thing,” she said. “I mean I knew there were
admits that she can’t resist teaching. “I see something and point it out
birds. But the way this guy was pointing out woodpeckers and all these
to someone, and I feel compelled to explain more to them.” She believes
different birds was just amazing.” Hooked on birds, she threw herself
that all humans have an innate interest in nature, a curiosity that’s
into watching them, learning about them, and working to save them.
often neglected in the modern world. So she’s hoping to serve as “a
In the mid-1980s, while volunteering at the Audubon Society in
catalyst to help people rediscover their natural inclination toward nature.”
New York, she began thinking about qualifying herself to write about
Her influence has won her recognition. Rosemary is the first graduate
nature. That prompted a visit to Antioch New England, an interview
of Environmental Studies to receive the Alumni Award for her part in
with Mitch Thomashow, and enrollment in Environmental Studies.
raising awareness of the Monadnock Region’s environment. In accepting
“My first day, I cried. I was so happy. Here I was, surrounded by
the award, she credits the shaping of her mission in life to the school
all these people who felt as strongly as I did about these issues.”
itself. “After marrying my husband, going to Antioch was the best
But the folks back home were scratching their heads. “When I started
thing I ever did. It totally transformed my life. I love Antioch.”
talking about my interest in birds and nature, in learning more about
And yet, this clear light of environmental purpose flickers with doubt
the environment, my old friends and family looked at me like “What?
when she worries that romanticizing nature, like anthropomorphizing
What are you talking about?”
animals, will cause pragmatists and scientists to dismiss her work.
At ANE, Rosemary found herself among like minds, and what she
But then the clouds part again when she reasons that these two
calls “an incredible sense of homecoming.” She said she no longer
commonly regarded sins are “such a natural instinct. And, if they allow
felt like “the weirdo, the odd person out.” She found her voice among
people to find a way to care about an animal or a turtle, because
environmentalists, and she resolved to put it to use.
they can relate to it on a personal level, what’s wrong with that?”
For ten years following graduation, Rosemary conveyed the success
You can learn more about Rosemary Conroy and see her work at
of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests as its
www.studiobuteo.com. s
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Horace Mann or Bust
Celebrity Auction
(continued from page 1)
When Horace Mann founded Antioch College in 1852, little
did he suspect that his stern visage in plaster would greet all
applicants to the Graduate School who ventured into the
Office of Admission. It’s believed that the venerable bust
was purchased by an alum who recognized Mann’s features
at a yard sale (if you are that alum, let us know!). A few
intrepid staffers recently upended old Horace and found a
small insignia on his back, proclaiming him to be the work of
“Caproni & Bro., Plastic Arts of Boston.” A little web
research revealed that this now-defunct Boston statuary
firm was noted in its time for producing likenesses of
important public figures as well as reproductions of classical
sculpture. Mann was probably sculpted in connection with
his historic service as the first-ever secretary of the Board of
Education of Massachusetts. (Was that the resumé stuffer
that got him the job as Antioch’s first president?)
Chevy and Jayni Chase sponsored the auction of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities
and celebrity memorabilia, which raised $168,00 for CEE Online, Antioch New
England’s web-based clearninghouse for environmental educators.
The auction will help fund the online version of Grapevine, the
Center’s newsletter. It will soon present fresh news on grants available
to educators, opportunities in the field, updates on students and
teachers, as well as legislative developments.
But the visibility of the auction among the thousands of bidders, the
television audiences, and the dozens of influential participants, will pay
off for years. Cindy said, “I got a call from a producer in Los Angeles
the other day asking that six CEE Online’s children videos be sent every
year so they can play them and have discussions with kids on the air.”
Keep an eye on ANE Notes for news on the great things happening
at CEE Online. s
Whole Terrain
REFLECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE
Caproni sculptures are collector’s items, and the firm’s
company records occupy nine feet of shelf space at the
Smithsonian. We like to think that Horace would approve of
the flowers and other items that our Admissions Office adorn
him with for good luck. We do know, that as one of Antioch’s
first benefactors, he’s smiling down on the $1,000 donors
who earn membership in the Horace Mann Society each year.
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Our 13th Issue “Risk” Is Coming Soon
To purchase this issue or back issues, subscribe,
or receive submission guidelines, please contact:
whole_terrain@antiochne.edu
603.357.3122, ext. 272
www.antiochne.edu/WholeTerrain/
Single issues are $7 (includes postage)
Whole Terrain is an annual publication of the Department of Environmental Studies.
Environment Studies Students Win Prestigious
Switzer Fellowships
— Steve Gregory, RMA Student
The Graduate School may be small, but in the field of environmental
studies, it is developing a reputation as an incubator for future
leaders with the potential to make significant impacts on the course
of environmental thought and practice in this country and beyond.
This year marks the seventh year in a row that at least one student
in the Graduate School’s Environmental Studies program has been
chosen for a highly competitive Switzer Fellowship, awarded each
year to just twenty master’s and doctoral students in New England
and California out of an applicant pool that averages more than one
hundred and fifty. Recipients tend to come from such institutions
as Yale, Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley—and now
increasingly, Antioch New England Graduate School.
“This is a testament to the caliber of student we attract and the
quality of the education and leadership development we offer students,”
said Steve Chase, ES ’96, director of the Environmental Advocacy &
Organizing program and past Switzer fellow. “It is a recognition of our
programs as well as individual recognition of our talented students.”
Administered by the Maine-based Robert and Patricia Switzer
Foundation, the fellowship program seeks to identify and nurture
future environmental leaders who possess the capacity to make direct
and measurable improvements to the nation’s increasingly threatened
natural environment. Fellows are awarded $13,000 for tuition and
research costs during their fellowship year and are provided assistance
in finding a mentor who works in their chosen field. Tom Wessels,
professor of ecology at the Graduate School, currently serves as the
foundation’s board chair but plays no role in the selection of fellows.
This year’s fellowship recipients from the Graduate School are Brett
Thelan and Melissa Halsted. Brett is a master’s student in conservation
biology, and was selected as Switzer Fellow in part for her work to
increase environmental awareness and connectedness through citizen
science programs, said Don Brackett, an administrative coordinator
with the Foundation. Citizen science programs connect non-scientists
to the natural world by training them to collect and analyze
environmental data. They can thereby gain an understanding of
and contribute to the scientific discourse over environmental issues.
Brett is currently working to develop a citizen science pilot program
for the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Melissa Halsted is a doctoral student researching recovery efforts
for endangered Atlantic salmon. Brackett said Melissa was chosen for
a fellowship partly for her work to identify and bring together various
stakeholders involved in Maine’s Atlantic salmon fishery to work
collaboratively on the species’ recovery. Eventually she hopes to
create a national collaborative of stakeholders to focus on issues
facing both West Coast and East Coast salmon. “Melissa has a deep
commitment to reversing the downward trend of these populations,”
Brackett said.
Brett and Melissa join eight other current and former students of
the Graduate School who have been chosen for Switzer Fellowships
since 1996. The foundation began offering the awards in 1986.
Among the Graduate School’s past recipients are Amber Pairis, ES ’01,
a current doctoral student researching efforts to maintain biodiversity
along the California coast in the face of habitat fragmentation and
human demands on the land; David Wiley, ES Ph.D. ’01, who studies
how heavy ship traffic affects whale behavior off the coast of
Massachusetts; and Bruce Rinker, ES Ph.D. ’04, who directs education
programs and forest canopy research for the Marie Selby Botanical
Gardens in Sarasota, Florida.
Bruce credits his Switzer fellowship with helping fund his research
into the ecological connection between the tree canopy and floor of
tropical rain forests in Puerto Rico. He also called the Switzer
Foundation’s on-going efforts to cultivate a network of current and
former fellows a valuable tool for environmental change.
During his research in Puerto Rico, Bruce came across a tree that
exuded a clear sap which did not attract insects as tree sap typically
does. In a conversation with past Switzer fellow Donald Weber, Bruce
mentioned this unusual property of the sap. The anecdote piqued
Weber’s curiosity, and he is currently analyzing the sap as a possible
natural insect repellant in his capacity as an entomologist for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. “This research could have an immediate
effect on horticulture and on forest conservation and, quite frankly,
on people’s comfort in tropical areas,” Bruce said.
The foundation not only encourages networking among past fellows
but can also help them become established in their chosen fields.
Through its Leadership Grants Program, the foundation offers to
provide not-for-profit organizations, educational institutions, and
government agencies with grants of up to $75,000 to hire Switzer
fellows. Steve Chase was hired at the Graduate School with the help
of such a grant. “Imagine going into a job interview and being able to
say if you get hired, your organization would be eligible for a leadership
grant,” Steve said.
Fostering environmental leadership is the Switzer Foundation’s top
priority, and increasingly those would-be leaders can be found learning
essential knowledge and skills necessary to further their goals at the
Graduate School. For more information about the fellowship, visit
www.switzernetwork.org. s
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Bears
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At the same time, county officials were busy drawing up plans for a
new jail and were studying the site, as a possible location. Area residents,
concerned by the potential loss of their forested environs if the county
purchased the property, contacted the Harris Center for help in preserving
the land. The Harris Center helps protect land from development both by
acquiring land and brokering land conservation easement agreements
with landowners. The center has helped protect more than eight thousand
undeveloped acres in the northern Monadnock Region.
The property is located just north of state route 101 near the
Marlborough town line and is bounded on the west and south by the
Branch River and on the east by Otter Brook. The river and brook have
given rise to wide swatches of flood-plain forest, which includes a healthy
population of black ash trees, a rarity in southwestern New Hampshire.
Peter Palmiotto, forestry expert and core faculty in the Department
of Environmental Studies, said the land is also ecologically unique
because it supports a vigorous stand of white oak, a tree common in
the south but normally not found this far north. “It’s definitely rare
in New Hampshire, but it exists there because the land faces south,
giving it the warmer, drier conditions white oak prefers,” he said.
“There just aren’t that many places around here where you can walk
through the forest and find it easily.”
According to Meade Cadot, the property is also environmentally
significant because it hosts animals that are typically found in more
remote settings. “Far-ranging wildlife like bear and moose can get in
there and still be in the city of Keene,” he said.
To protect the land from development—jail or otherwise—area
residents got to together and raised nearly $55,000 to purchase the
property and the Harris Center agreed to serve as buyer. The land
officially traded hands in February.
Plans for the jail were stopped in their tracks, but the land was too far
from the Harris Center for the conservancy to act as an effective steward.
“It’s a long way from the Harris Center, but not from Antioch,” said Meade,
who approached Graduate School officials about the possibility of
accepting the land as a donation. At the time, Meade was leading students
in his field mammalogy course through the land to look for signs of
wildlife. “The Antioch campus isn’t very natural, and I thought this was
a chance for Antioch to have a nice piece of natural land that was close,
and contained a flood-plain forest and this unusual mix of oak,” he said.
In late winter, Peter Palmiotto and his natural
resource inventory class also began visiting the
site to quantify its various plant and tree
species, and he’s pleased that with the
land now protected and under the
supervision of the Graduate School,
he’ll get a chance to go back. “We
got a good start on the inventory, and
now we can expand on it,” he said. s
— Steve Gregory, RMA Student
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Commencement
Antioch New England Celebrates
Commencement and Honors Outstanding
Faculty, Alumnae, and Community Members
Two hundred and three master’s and doctoral degree graduates and
finishers were honored during Antioch New England Graduate School’s
celebratory Commencement Exercises held Saturday morning, May 1 at
the Keene Middle School Auditorium. More than one thousand participants,
guests, and Graduate School officials were present as Antioch New England
president Peter Temes presided over the commencement ceremonies.
Steven P. Guerriero, chairperson of the Department of Organization &
Management, delivered the commencement address entitled “The
Antiochian Journey: A legacy of ‘living leadership’.”
Antioch New England honored three faculty members for their
outstanding contributions to the Graduate School. This year’s
institutional honorees were: Dr. David Watts, retiring director of
the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and associate chairperson
of the Department of Applied Psychology; Dr. Paki Wieland, retiring
assistant director and director of internships for the Marriage and
Family Therapy Program; and Deb Baldwin, former director of the
Antioch New England Graduate School Library, a position which she
held from 1984–2003, and currently reference librarian for doctoral
programs for the Graduate School.
Two academic departments recognized departmental honorees at
celebratory events following the commencement exercises. The
Department of Applied Psychology honored Leora Black for her many
years of service as a site supervisor for the department. The Department
of Environmental Studies awarded three honors: Rosemary Conroy,
ES ’92, who graduated with a master’s degree in Environmental Studies
from Antioch New England in 1992, received the Alumni Award for her work
in raising awareness of the region’s environment; Donald and Lillian
Stokes, who have penned nearly thirty nature identification and
behavior books, received the Environmental Excellence Award for
their work in helping to take the mystery out of animal and wildflower
identification; and Sue Weller, OM ’97, director of administration
for Environmental Studies, was honored for her dedication to the
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Paki Wieland, retiring assistant director and director of internships for the Marriage and
Family Therapy Program, celebrates after receiving a citation honoring her for years of
service to the Graduate School.
Environmental Studies Conservation Biology Program finisher
David Kay and wife Katy Weeks.
Dr. Bruce Rinker is hooded by Beth Kaplin and Alesia Maltz, both core faculty in the Doctoral
Program in Environmental Studies. The ceremonial hooding is an on-stage tradition for
doctoral graduates.
Meera Patankar, graduate of the Science and Environmental
Education program in the Department of Education, and
mother Kalpana Patankar.
O&M finisher Teri Knight with six-month-old twins Mallory and Molly.
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A Moveable Feast, Antioch Style
They walked in Hemingway’s footsteps. Literally.
Memorial Day found a group of fourteen Antioch New England alumni,
faculty, staff members, and friends in Paris for the second annual
alumni study-travel tour. This year, the theme was Paris in the 1920s,
with readings from authors and artists who did their best work in that
shining city and decade. The group feasted on Hemingway, Gertrude
Stein, Jean Rhys, and the Surrealists.
It wasn’t all reading. After a discussion of Hemingway’s A Moveable
Feast, Antioch took to the streets, visiting the landmarks described in
such vivid detail in the book. Food is a major theme in Hemingway
(he was, after all, a starving artist when he lived in Paris). He devoted
a whole chapter to the café La Closerie de Lilas, where ANE Notes is
It’s hard not to smile when sitting at Hemingway’s favorite Parisian restaurant,
La Closerie de Lilas. Some of the participants in Antioch's study excursion to
Paris included, from left to right: Adeline Hooper-Samuels, Thalia Falcon,
Marcia Smith-Glasper O&M ’89, and Cheryl Herron.
happy to report the food is as good and the white wine as crisp as when
Hemingway sampled them eight decades ago.
The walking tour also went past the former homes of Hemingway,
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Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, as well as Pablo Picasso’s studio and the
historic bookshop Shakespeare and Company. Other highlights included
The Office of Alumni Relations is now setting up the
Alumni Mentoring Program.
a visit with an English-speaking art expert to the Pompidou Center,
France’s most important museum of modern art.
Plans are already afoot for next year. If you missed the trip this
time, keep it in mind for Memorial Day of 2005.
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Alumni News
Joan Magill, Psy.D. ’94,
is the coordinator of
volunteer licensed mental
health personnel for
disaster response for the
Greater Palm Beach Chapter
of the American Red Cross
in Florida.
Applied Psychology
John Anderson, M.A. ’97, achieved the milestone
of earning his Licensed Mental Health Counselor
credentials for the state of Massachusetts in
September 2003. In February 2004, he published
his first book on adjustment to hearing loss, with
a focus on elementary school children. The book
is My Hearing Loss and Me: We Get Along Most of
the Time.
Linda-Ruth Berger, M.A.C.P. ’79, published her book,
The Unexpected Aviary, in July 2003. The book
received the 2003 Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding
Book of Poetry. She recently completed training as
a nonviolence education and restorative justice
facilitator.
Laurie Cyr-Martel, M.A. ’97, wrote a manual
entitled Responding to Emotionally Disturbed
Persons: A Manual for Law Enforcement Personnel.
She continues to work with law enforcement officials
and recently completed Police Reserve Training
through the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
Siraj Paletta, M.A. ’90, is a clinician for Health Care
and Rehabilitative Services and also sees private
patients at the Holistic Wellness Center in Springfield,
Vermont. She is part of the Vermont Voices effort
to produce a statewide stage production based on
the voices of Vermont teens. While at ANE she cofounded and directed a successful youth theatre
program, whose improvisational actors performed
at schools, community centers, and churches.
Eileen Ries, M.A. ’02, and her husband, AJ, proudly
announced the birth of their daughter Hailey
Elizabeth in September 2003. Eileen has established
a private practice in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Andrea Warren, M.A. ’01, is a substance abuse
counselor at The Cottage Program at York Hospital,
where she specializes in adolescents. She was
recently promoted to the position of program
coordinator for the Leadership and Resiliency
Program in southern Maine, a substance abuse
prevention program currently instituted in several
local high schools. The program includes weekly
groups, work with a local animal shelter, outdoor
adventure activities, and puppet shows performed
by the students for local elementary schools.
Ken Westhaver, M.A. ’80, has retired from clinical
work and returned to being an artist, painter,
printmaker, illustrator, muralist, and etcher.
His work has been exhibited in national galleries
across New England, and in Washington DC,
California, and New York City, as well as being
on display abroad. He has written articles on
aesthetics and teaching in the visual arts, and
served as a consultant in art education in the
U.S. and Canada.
Suzanne Rossol Matheson, M.A. ’03, was married to Timothy William Matheson
in May 2003.
Rachel Sampson, Psy.D. ’97,
is a licensed clinical
psychologist who splits her
time between her private
practice in Litchfield,
New Hampshire, and her
four-year-old daughter
Samantha. Like a life
coach, she helps patients
make positive changes in
their lives and set goals.
Clinical Psychology
Steve Broer, Psy.D. ’00, recently accepted the
position of director of Behavioral Health Services
NCSS, in Vermont. He holds both administrative
and clinical responsibilities, including fiscal
management and staff supervision of the division,
and collaboration with service providers. He has
been awarded grants for community collaboration
and intensive family based services projects.
Steve is widely published and is a frequent
conference presenter.
Ann Drake, Psy.D. ’89, released her new book in
June of 2004, Healing of the Soul: Shamanism and
Psyche, to acclaimed press.
The Vermont Psychological Association reports
that graduates of ANE’s doctoral program in
clinical psychology have been presidents of
the board for several years running. William
McCann, Psy.D. ’93 is the past president,
Charlotte McGray Psy.D. ’96 is the current
president, and Larry Karp Psy.D. 00, MA ’87,
and MAT ’69 (from Antioch New England and
Antioch Putney) is the incoming president,
and will serve a two-year term beginning in
January 2005. Alex Forbes, M.A. ’86 (Applied
Psychology) is the current legislative chair of
the VPA. President Charlotte McGray said,
“Vermont has led the nation in legislative
initiatives such as a mental health Parity law,
Act 129, which mandates insurers to report
costs and profits as well as dollars spent for
treatment.” The mission of the VPA is to
advance psychology as a science, as a profession,
and as a means of promoting human welfare.
Those interested in the activities of VPA may
email vpa@pshift.com for more information.
Aaron Sardell, Psy.D. ’91, has moved from private
practice in Williamstown, Massachusetts, to the
Counseling Center in the Berkshires where he is a
clinical psychologist. He specializes in individual
and family therapy, clinical hypnosis, and chronic
medical conditions. Aaron works in both the
Pittsfield and Williamstown offices. A not-for-profit
organization, the Counseling Center in the
Berkshires has served Berkshire County for thirty years,
providing individual, marriage, and family therapy.
Joel Glenn Wixson, M.A. ’91, Psy.D. ’99, is starting
a private practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
which will focus on co-occurring disorders and
narrative practices. He is continuing The Oral History
Project on the Experience of Homelessness in
partnership with MIT. He is also developing the
Institute for Just Treatment, a center for training and
consultation, and for people with addictions.
Education
Janet Curcio-Wilson, M.Ed. ’93, was the keynote
speaker for Plymouth State University’s 9th Annual
Integrated Arts Conference 2004 held in January
in New Hampshire. Her address, “Climbing the
Mountain Toward Re-Integration of the Arts: A
Wholeness of Head, Heart and Hands,” emphasized
the need for children to receive interdisciplinary
instruction based on individual strengths.
Sara Egan, M.Ed. ’93 (Waldorf), is teaching at the
new nursery school on the Cape Cod Conservatory’s
Highfield Campus. After devoting most of her
teaching career to Waldorf schools, she has created
a classroom philosophy that embraces not only
Waldorf ideas, but several other teaching methods.
Sara encourages her students to engage in group
activities and has established a daily rhythm that
helps the children to feel safe and understand
their boundaries.
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Joanna Hess, M.Ed. ’90, and her husband
operate the art gallery, Albert Shahinian Fine Art,
in Poughkeepsie, New York. The gallery features
Hudson River landscape paintings and contemporary
artwork. She is also in her thirteenth year of
teaching second grade.
and Westward, offering high school and college
semesters at sea, as well as custom programs in
New England, the Canadian Maritimes, the Eastern
Seaboard, the Caribbean, and South America.
Devri is the education director, and the marine
science educator when at sea.
Cheri McDaniel-Thomas, M.Ed. '01 (ExEd), is the
new Pioneer Valley Regional School principal in
Northfield, Massachusetts. She is slated to begin
her new position on July 1. Most recently, she
worked in New Hampshire as the interim assistant
principal at Keene Middle School, and as both a
headmaster and teacher at Nashua High School.
William Crowell, M.S. ’96 (RMA), is currently the
director of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary
Program (APNEP) in Raleigh, North Carolina. The
program was among the first National Estuary
Programs established by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency in 1987. The mission of APNEP is
to identify, restore, and protect the significant
resources of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system.
More information can be found at www.apnep.org.
Terry Miller, M.Ed. ’73, is currently the area
coordinator for education and director of the
Graduate Studies Program at Wilmington College,
a Quaker liberal arts college in southwestern Ohio.
Deborah Cary Murnion, M.Ed. ’74, is the executive
director of Volunteer Counseling Services in
Bellvale, New York. Her oldest son, Cary is a
partner in the graphic design company Honest,
and younger son, Gregory, is a budding actor.
Both sons live in New York City.
Jan Murphy, M.Ed. ’98 (Waldorf), is an
experienced language teacher who currently
teaches a class at the Metropolis Wine Bar in
Brattleboro, Vermont, where people have an
opportunity to participate in French conversation
and learn about French culture. She is passionate
about sharing her love of French.
Kristen Snowman-Shelley, M.Ed. ’89, is now teaching
kindergarten at the elementary school in Marlborough,
New Hampshire. It is her second year there and
the first year of full-day kindergarten in at the
school. She and her husband, Lew, are building
their first home in Walpole, New Hampshire, and
are looking forward to moving this summer.
Kenneth Wiswell, M.Ed. ’86, will be the next
principal of Gilford High School in New Hampshire.
Kenneth has been active in the New Hampshire
education system for the past three decades,
including a twenty-year career at Pinkerton
Academy in Derry. Most recently, he is completing
his first year as principal at Newport Middle
High School.
Environmental Studies
Devri S. Byrom, M.S. ’00, continues to work for
Ocean Classroom Foundation, Inc. They operate the
schooners: Harvey Gamage, Spirit of Massachusetts,
Anita Wright, M.S. ’98, received the Environmental
Leadership Award in Education from Southampton
College of Long Island University, in Fall 2002.
She is the director of education at the Group for
the South Fork in Bridgehampton, New York, and
is a proud mom of twin boys, Caleb and Colin, born
in October 2003.
Ken Dews, M.S. ’94, is the chief financial officer
for the Charles River Watershed Association in
Waltham, Massachusetts.
Melissa Diven, M.S. ’00, will be teaching foundations
of reading and writing at the Community College
of Vermont’s Brattleboro campus. She has also
instructed high school and college students in
learning about differences, communication,
environmental sciences, and biology.
Michael Duffin, M.S. ’93, a project coordinator with
ANEI and doctoral student in Antioch University’s
Leadership and Change program, has been awarded
his second fellowship from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to look at the impacts of
environmental education programs on student
achievement and teacher professional development.
Michael received his first EPA National Network
for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship
award two years ago.
Judith Fink, M.S.T. ’80, is the assistant director of
programs at the Stone Barns Center for Food and
Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. The center is
a nonprofit working organic farm, education center,
and restaurant. Its mission is to demonstrate,
teach, and promote sustainable communitybased food production. She designs, coordinates,
and teaches workshops for students and teachers.
She welcomes and encourages all to visit.
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Kimberly Paige Hall, M.S. ’02, is one of many
environmentalists trying to stem the tide of
growth and preserve Hackett Hill in Manchester,
New Hampshire. Her own research findings led her
to recommend against further development in
the area because of significant negative impacts
to the hill’s unique environment.
Dorothy Howell, Ph.D. ’03, has joined the Algonquian
Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council (ACQTC)
as their first certified historian. Her official title is
the QTC press director of scholarly studies.
Roree Iris-Williams, M.S. ’83, founder and director
of the Garden State Discovery Museum, is
celebrating her museum’s 10th anniversary with
creative exhibits and special activities during
weekends throughout the year. Discovery Museum
was recently rated as one of the top children’s
museums in the country by Child magazine.
Museum exhibits allow children to explore Egypt’s
pyramids, shop at a New Jersey farm stand, and
produce award-winning theater productions.
Ted Levin, M.S.T. ’76, a former ES faculty member,
was the 2004 recipient of the prestigious 78th
annual John Burroughs Medal for nature writing.
He received the award for his book, Liquid Land: A
Journey through the Florida Everglades. Previous
winners include Rachel Carson, Roger Tory Peterson,
John McPhee, Aldo Leopold, and Barry Lopez.
Chris Mattrick, M.S. ’92, is the senior conservation
programs manager for New England Wild Flower
Society. He recently presented “Invasive Plants:
Identification and Control for the Home Gardener”
to an open meeting of The Garden Club of
Newtown, Connecticut.
Christine Copeland, M.Ed. ’91, is happily teaching
“Sheep-to-Shawl” at her new knitting shop,
Northern Woolies, in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
She and her husband Bill, and their two sons, Luke
and Willy, contentedly live on one hundred and
eighty acres of woodland in Northfield.
Dave Pastizzo, M.S. 97, is currently the GIS
coordinator for Calaveras County, California where he
started, developed, and maintains the Geographic
Information System. GIS has increased efficiency
and become invaluable for planning at county
government centers. Area residents can access
large amounts of county information about their
properties. You can visit the GIS web page at
www.co.calaveras.ca.us/departments/gisproj.asp
Ralph Pope, M.S. ’03, is the 2004 recipient of the
Ben Franklin Award, given annually by the Printing
and Publishing Council of New England in recognition
of an outstanding contributor to the graphic arts.
Ralph is the former owner of Matheson Higgins/
Congress Press. He is currently at work on a book
about alpine zone lichens of the northeast, which
will be published by University Press of New England.
Barbara G. Warren, M.S. ’03, recently accepted a
position as Salem Sound Coastwatch’s new program
director, in Salem, Massachusetts.
in Business Champion of the Year Award.” Wendy
is very active in empowering individuals to
materialize their vision in the business world.
She works mostly in the southern New England
area, with individuals, teams, and corporations.
Robert Lehmann, M.H.S.A. ’81, is the administrator
of a sixty-bed child and adolescent hospital that
specializes in children with emotional and behavioral
problems. The facility is called Keystone Newport
News Youth Center, and is located in Newport News,
Virginia.
Sandra Van Scoyoc, O&M M.S. ’90,
founding president of the Healthy New
Hampshire (HNH) Foundation in New
Boston, recently received a “Public Citizen
of the Year” recognition from the New
Hampshire Pediatric Society in appreciation
for her outstanding dedication and
service to the children of the state.
Her foundation’s main purpose is to assist
nonprofit organizations which evaluate or
promote access to health care insurance.
Since its inception, HNH Foundation has
provided over $2 million for the Child
Health Insurance Program administered
by New Hampshire Healthy Kids.
Isabella McDaniel, M.Ed. ’90, is the executive
director, founder, and owner of Pony Farm and its
Horse Power program, which celebrate thirty and
fifteen years of success, respectively. The farm and
its non-profit therapeutic riding program have
evolved as an equestrian outlet for children
and adults, as well as those with special needs.
Isabella and her staff work with many community
organizations to ensure that participants feel the
fun, excitement and power of horses, regardless
of their age or ability.
Neil Pollack, M.H.S.A. ’80, is the CEO of the
Anderson School and The Anderson Educational
Foundation, Inc. The agency, with a staff of 450,
services 180 children and adults, most of whom
are autistic. He was hired three years ago to turn
the agency around from near financial collapse and
de-certification. Today, the agency is prominent,
healthy, and viable, accepting children throughout
the Northeast for its residential school. For more
information about the Anderson School, visit their
website at www.andersonschool.org.
Linda Rapp, M.H.S.A. ’93, accepted a position as
director of major gifts for the Hole in the Wall
Gang Camp Fund. Paul Newman founded the Camp
Fund in 1988. It is a nonprofit residential summer
camp and year-round center designed to serve
children and families coping with cancer and other
life threatening illnesses. She will be working in
the administrative office located in New Haven,
Connecticut.
In Memoriam
Joan Cassidy, M.Ed. ’90 (ExEd), died in March 2004.
She was an art teacher at Main Dunstable Elementary
School in Nashua, New Hampshire for twenty-five
years. Her many passions included painting, the
outdoors, and most of all, her love for her husband,
family, and friends.
Susan Lewis Cooper, M.Ed. ’75, passed away in
June 2003. s
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Organization & Management
Bonnie Clement, M.S. ’89, is entering her third year
of co-owning H.B. Provisions in Kennebunk, Maine.
She credits her ANE experience, in particular Lynda
Detterman, Ph.D., with helping her effectively
manage and operate the extremely successful, fun,
and lively store.
Irene Dickinson, M.S. ’94, is a part-time adjunct
faculty member at St. Joseph’s College of Maine, in
Standish, Maine, where she teaches small business
management. She is also a human resources and
management systems consultant for small businesses.
Bill Farkas, M.S. ’85, presented “Community Building,
an Instruction Manual” at the Massachusetts
Charter School Association’s 4th Annual Best
Practices Showcase in April 2004. His paper can be
downloaded from www.masscharterschools.org.
Bill teaches at the Hilltown Cooperative Charter
School in Haydenville, Massachusetts, and is an
adjunct faculty member at Westfield State College.
Wendy Hanson Fields, M.Ed. ’80, is the president of
Corley Hanson Associates. The U.S. Small Business
Administration recently honored her demonstrated
commitment to advocacy on behalf of women
entrepreneurs, by presenting her with the “Women
Alan T. Popp, M.S. ’90, head of The White Mountain
School in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, has been
appointed chair of the Principles Task Force on
behalf of the Association of Boarding Schools.
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Ecopsychology Conference
Kelley Rambo, M.S. ’00, is joining other ANE alumni and former faculty to present
an ecopsychology conference entitled “Ad Astera per Aspera (To the Stars Through
Difficulty): Applications of Ecopsychology.” Training for mental health and environmental
education professionals will encompass practical applications of ecopsychology
theory that integrate art, metaphor, ritual, and nature. The conference will be held
Friday, September 10 – Sunday, September 12 in coastal Maine (exact location
details to be determined). For more information, contact the Gaelwynne Institute,
P.O. Box 41, Freedom, ME, 04941, email: kelley_rambo@antiochne.edu, or visit
http://gaelwynne.tripod.com. Future website to be published at www.gaelwynne.org.
Workshops will include: Gardens of the Mind: Nature Metaphors and Counseling;
Composting Emotion: Addressing Personal and Professional Burnout through
Metaphor and Ritual; as well as other presentations on art and nature, natureinspired human development, educating for reverence, nature-based grief work and
other topics. Presenters include: Kelley Rambo, M.S. ’00; MaryJo De Grandi, M.S. ’02;
Rowland Russell, M.A.; and Paki Wieland, D.Min.
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Anne Hewes, ES Ph.D. November ’04, presented “The Humanistic Side of Eco
Industrial Parks” and her paper, Industrial Ecology I: Individual and Collective
Behavior, at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Geographers in March 2004. Anne also presented “The Importance of the
Social Aspects of Industrial Symbiosis: Communication, Cooperation and
Collaboration” at the Final Industrial Symbiosis Seminar in Kiev, Ukraine in
October 2003.
Wayne Bartels, M.Ed. November ’04 (ExEd), was one of thirty-seven teachers
who received the prestigious Teacher Excellence Award by the International
Technology Education Association. Mr. Bartels is a wood technology instructor
at Monadnock Regional Jr./Sr. High School in Swanzey. The award, presented
in recognition of the recipient’s exceptional contribution to their field and/or
students, is considered one of the most distinguished honors given to technology
education teachers.
Nicole Gross-Camp, ES M.S. ’03 and ES Ph.D. student was awarded the EPA Science
To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship 2003 to continue her research on chimpanzee
seed dispersal and its implications for forest regeneration processes in Rwanda.
Approximately fifteen hundred graduate students compete for these fellowships
each year with only fifty awarded. The three-year fellowship awards tuition,
research expense, and a living stipend each year. Nicole will attend a conference
for EPA STAR Fellows this fall where she will present the status of her research.
Student
Peter Alexander, M.S. November ’04, Environmental Advocacy &
Organizing, was recently appointed executive director of the New England
Coalition (NEC), has been instrumental in opposing the nuclear industry
throughout New England since 1971. NEC also focuses on renewable
energy. He joins the Coalition with a wealth of knowledge and experience
in the energy field, where he recently founded the Center for Energy
Efficiency, and is currently working with Nuclear Free Vermont.
Students please email your news to ANE Notes editor Elizabeth Belle Isle at ebelleisle@antiochne.edu.
Comings & Goings
Warm Welcomes
Dana Coombs is pleased to join the ANE community in the position of assistant director
of admissions. Dana brings a twenty-year history working in schools and colleges,
including University of Vermont, Marlboro College Graduate Center, and Landmark
College, as well as several elementary and secondary school positions.
Neal King, Ph.D., will join the ANE community later this summer as the first dean of
academic and faculty affairs. He leaves his position as the vice president of academic
affairs at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Lakewood, Colorado. Neal
will focus on developing interdepartmental communication and collaboration in
an effort to promote and sustain academic integrity at Antioch New England.
Janie Long, Ph.D., joins the Department of Applied Psychology as the director of the
Marriage and Family Therapy Program. As a former assistant professor of marriage
and family therapy at Purdue University, she looks forward to adding to New
England’s impressive generation of progressive and socially conscious attributes,
while keeping Antioch New England at the forefront of this movement. Janie is
currently the secretary for the board of directors of the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy.
Catherine Schlichting has joined the staff of the Office of Student Accounts. She brings
a wealth of financial experience from a wide range of paid and volunteer positions,
including Roy Matheson & Associates, Cheshire County Savings Bank (now Bank of
New Hampshire), the Mt. Pistareen Grange, the Spofford Fire District, and the
Granite State Garrison Drum and Bugle Corp. She and her husband, Benny, are
life-time residents of Spofford, New Hampshire.
Magdalena Suarez-Shannon has accepted the position of administrative assistant at
the Department of Organization & Management’s Portsmouth site. Magdalena
brings a great deal of knowledge and commitment to higher education and great
interpersonal skills. She will be at the site on all of the O&M Portsmouth weekends.
Margaret “Mugs” Johnston bade farewell to Antioch New England in January to relocate
to picturesque Lyme, New Hampshire. Mugs joined the ANE community in 1977 as
assistant registrar and during her tenure, served in a variety of positions including
registrar, special projects coordinator, and, most recently, director of information
systems and academic technology operations.
Jenny McGee has resigned her position as assistant director of admissions. She is moving
to Bolton, Massachusetts, with her soon-to-be-husband, Jake. She continues her
studies as a student in the Department of Organization & Management.
Heather Morrison, ES ’99, is pleased to announce that she has been promoted to
full-time mother of her daughter, Willow, who was born on December 15, 2003.
She has resigned from her position as program administrator at Education By
Design and bids a fond farewell to the Antioch New England community.
Joanne Peterson resigned her position as administrative assistant in the Office of Student
Accounts in February. She and her husband relocated to northern California, where
he was transferred.
Kim Stanton, OM ’01, has resigned from her position as assistant director of financial
aid to join The Easter Seals Society of NH. The position will give her an opportunity
to serve the Keene community in ways that blend her professional experience with
the work she did for her O&M Master's program.
Donna Verschueren, OM ’04, has resigned from her position as program administrator
for the Portsmouth site of the Department of Organization & Management to join
the University of New Hampshire as an academic counselor in the student affairs
office of the College of Engineering & Physical Sciences.
Penny Eggleston has retired from her position as co-director of academic support services
in the ANE Library. Penny valued helping people earn their degrees so that they could
go out in the world and do good things. Penny looks forward to travelling with her
husband and doing volunteer work.
David Watts, Ed.D., is resigning from his position as director of the Marriage and Family
Therapy Program after more than twelve years. It was under David’s tenure that the
program received its first and subsequent accreditation by the Commission of
Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) of the American
Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). He and his wife will be moving
to Georgia, where they will open Skylark: Fine European Designs on Chippawea
Square in historic downtown Savannah. The store will sell Swedish glass, Danish,
Finnish, and Swedish dishes, and Danish silver among other fine European designs.
Julia Halevy, Dott. Ped., has accepted the position of dean of the Graduate School of Arts
and Social Sciences at Lesley University. Julia will be leaving her position as chair
of the Department of Applied Psychology, her professional home for more than two
decades, by the end of the summer.
Patricia “Paki” Wieland, D.Min., is retiring from her position as assistant director and
director of internships in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program. Paki says,
“The meaning of my fifteen years at Antioch could fill books. We have been gifted
in our encounters, and those gifts reverberate through our lives, wherever we go.”
Fond Farewells
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ANE in the News
Antioch New England Institute (ANEI) received
two awards from Campus Compact for New
Hampshire (CCNH) in May of 2004: The
Presidents’ Good Stewardship Award and
the Presidents’ Leadership Award. Winners
were selected by the presidents of CCNH
college and university members in honor
of their service and commitment to the
communities of New Hampshire. The two
plaques presented both note that ANEI’s
“exemplary leadership has translated into
a lasting impact on the community.”
Ella Baker Fellows gathered in Chicago, from
June 11 to 13 to discus the social justice
implications of the following readings:
“The Third Wave” by Ron Jones; “On Gaza
Beach” by Ari Shavit; “The Melian Dialogue”
by Thucydides; The Second Inaugural
Address by Abraham Lincoln; and The Just
War by Peter Temes. In addition, participants
had the opportunity to view the Academy
Award-nominated film The Weather
Underground with filmmaker Bill Siegel.
The ANE-sponsored Ella Baker Fellowship
Program brings together outstanding men
and women to tie core texts to practical
challenges in their communities.
Jack Calhoun, senior project manager at
Antioch New England Institute, presented on
the benefits of community forums to regional
selectmen at their quarterly meeting in
Hancock. He talked about the effective,
productive way that community forums bring
people together in an effort to discuss and
solve difficult problems facing communities.
Steve Chase, ES ’96, core faculty in Environmental
Studies has been named a participant in
The Strategy Project, a consortium of over
two dozen activist educators working with
Training for Change to develop experiential
and participatory training tools to help
veteran and emerging social activists think
more creatively about social action
strategy. After the initial two-year effort,
train-the-trainer workshops will be offered.
There will also be a trainer’s manual with
many tools, both new and old, for helping
groups, as well as tips on pedagogy of
teaching strategy. The project will allow
Steve to share what he has learned as
director of the Environmental Advocacy
& Organizing Program and his dissertation
research on activist education. More
information on Training for Change can
be found at www.trainingforchange.org
Delia Clark, ES ’85, program director at Antioch
New England Institute, co-authored the book
Questing: A Guide to Creating Community
Treasure Hunts, with Steven Glazer. Questing
draws upon the well-established success
of a program in New England in which
individuals, students, and organizations
create clues and maps highlighting
the special places and stories of their
community. The book presents a rationale
for place-based education and quest program
goals and objectives that can easily be
implemented in any community. The book,
which includes a forward by David Sobel,
ED ’72, core faculty in the Department of
Education, is available from University
Press of New England, at www.upne.com.
Victor Pantesco, core faculty in the Department
of Clinical Psychology, attended the 46th
annual Scientific Meeting on Clinical Hypnosis
in Anaheim, California. The meeting covered
the most recent applications of clinical
hypnosis to medical problems, including
cancer, ob-gyn and childbirth difficulties,
chronic pain, and addiction. Vic holds the
highest credential given by the American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
Peter Temes, president of the Graduate School,
was keynote speaker at the Peterborough
Unitarian Church’s Martin Luther King, Jr. day
of observance and celebration. His address
was entitled, “Victory in Small Places–
The Triumph of the American Civil Rights
Movement in Towns and Hidden Communities.”
The Daniels Foundation, in collaboration with
the Monadnock Summer Lyceum and the
Mariposa Museum, organized the event as
part of a series that fosters discussion of
racial and ethnic diversity in the region.
Peter also was quoted in a New York Times
article, “How Qaddafi Became the Toast of
Brussels,” by Matthew L. Wald on May 2, 2004.
The article is about changing views on
Qaddafi, and Qaddafi’s efforts to contain
nuclear weapons development in spite of
being accused of past terrorism. Peter was
quoted to say, “What’s ugly about diplomacy
is, it often involves compromise with evil.
Justice in all times in all cases is not worth
every price you might have to pay for it.”
Susan Howard, OM ’82, director of Financial
Aid, was elected the next president of
the Eastern Association of Student
Financial Aid Administrators (EASFAA).
Her responsibilities as the leader of the
organization will include maintaining its
professional support activities to assist
members in their navigation of continually
changing financial aid regulations. She
will also be influential in the formation of
federal government policies surrounding
financial aid as proposed changes are
introduced to Congress.
Beth Kaplin, director of the Center for Tropical
Ecology and Conservation and core faculty
in the Department of Environmental
Studies, authored a chapter in the book,
The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation
in African Monkeys, which was selected
by Choice Magazine, a publication of the
American Library Association, as one of
its Outstanding Academic Titles.
Tom Wessels, core faculty in Environmental
Studies, is offering many speaking
engagements, interpretative walks, and
discussions during the summer and fall.
He often talks about the work covered in
his books, Reading the Forested Landscape,
and The Granite Landscape. For a schedule
of upcoming talks and programs go to
http://events.antiochne.edu.
Tom also wrote the commentary for
Blake Gardner’s book, Untamed Vermont,
Extraordinary Wilderness Areas of the Green
Mountain State, which was published over
the winter. Elizabeth Courtney, executive
director of the Vermont Natural Resources
Council says “Tom Wessels’ engaging
explanations of the ecosystems represented
in Blake Gardner’s exquisite photographs
of Vermont’s most remote areas is a perfect
marriage of voice and vision. This book
should serve as an inspiration to protect
Vermont’s rare, wild places.” s
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Calendar of Events
Monday, July 12 and Tuesday, July 13
Thursday, October 14
“American Political Philosophy,” a free, public seminar by Peter Temes,
Ph.D., president of Antioch New England. The reading list is available
at www.antiochne.edu, though the majority of readings can be found
in the book, The Will of the People: Readings in American Democracy,
published by the Great Books Foundation and available at the Antioch
New England Bookstore. 7 p.m., Antioch New England, Room 212.
Coalition Center for Essential School Reform (CCESR) is sponsoring a
fishbowl (roundtable) conversation on the question “How can we build
cultures of responsibility in our schools?” 6 p.m., Antioch New England.
Friday, October 1 through Saturday, October 2
Antioch New England’s 40th Anniversary Gala Weekend, see page 4
for a full schedule of events.
October 7–10
Dance/Movement Therapy Alumni Reception,
39th ADTA Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Saturday, October 16
Special screening of Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, a documentary film that
captures the epic struggle of the Tibetan people for independence from
China. Alumna and film producer Victoria K. Mudd, MAT ’71 is an Academy
Award-winning documentary director. The film’s imagery includes rarely
seen rituals in remote monasteries, magnificent Himalayan peaks, and rare
archival footage of the Dalai Lama. Benefits the Norman Wilson Scholarship
to promote racial and ethnic diversity at Antioch New England Graduate
School. 7:30 p.m., The Colonial Theatre, Main Street, Keene, $15/$10
Fall 2004
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Saturday, October 9
The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CTEC)
will hold the symposium, “Conservation without Borders:
The Impact of Conservation on Human Communities,”
a daylong event at Antioch New England. Visit the CTEC
website at www.centerfortropicalecology.org for more information.
Tuesday, October 12
John Knight Colloquium, a panel discussion on Preventing
Adolescent Substance Abuse will touch upon the
developmental, familial, and social challenges that
contribute to adolescent substance abuse, and consider
effective strategies for preventing and treating
this problem. 7 p.m., Antioch New England.
Antioch New England Speaker Series, monthly public talks by Graduate
School faculty. Visit us at www.antiochne.edu for updated information.
CTEC Brown Bag Speakers Series
• Friday, September 24, DICK ESTES, PH.D., African zoologist, 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Science Lab, Antioch New England.
• Friday, October 22, HEIDI WATTS, PH.D., Heidi will share her experiences
in Auroville, India and describe potential opportunities for students,
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Science Lab, Antioch New England.
• Friday, November 12, DAVID MBORA, PH.D., African primatologist,
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Science Lab, Antioch New England.
• Friday, November 19, DAVID WILKIE, Wildlife Conservation Society,
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Science Lab, Antioch New England.
For updated event listings and more information, visit www.antiochne.edu.
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