“My Capstone experience allowed me to ask questions that have not yet been answered and actively engage in finding answers to them.”
Evelina Simanonyte, Psychology major
spring 2007 events
Emanuele Segre Performance
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center
"Everything he plays, believe it or not, becomes a masterpiece"
Classical Guitar (Great Britain)
Emanuele Segre, the Italian guitarist, whom The Washington Post noted early as "a musician of immense promise" at his American debut, performs internationally in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Salzburg, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Seoul, etc.
As a soloist he has appeared with Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists, the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Accardo, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb's Soloists, the European Community Chamber Orchestra, the Slovakian Chamber Orchestra and the Süddeutsches Kammerorchester. He has also given his cooperation to the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala. His chamber music activities include duo performances with Patrick Gallois.
He has participated in international festivals such as the Marlboro Festival (USA), the Bratislava Festival (Czechoslovakia), the "Semaines Musicales de Tours", the "Festival de Radio France et Montpellier" (France), the Bregenz Festival (Austria), the "Torino Settembre Musica" International Festival, and the "Settimane Musicali Internazionali di Stresa" (Italy).
Segre has won numerous competitions, including the East & West Artists Prize in New York in 1987, which allowed him to make his debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall, and, in the same year, the Pro Musicis International Award in New York. In 1989 he was selected for the UNESCO International Rostrum of Young Performers.
Jean Françaix dedicated his concerto for guitar and orchestra to Segre, which he subsequently recorded for WERGO.
He has recorded various other CDs with DELOS, CLAVES, AMADEUS and other record companies.
Born in 1965, Segre studied under Ruggero Chiesa at the Milan Conservatory, and took his diploma with great distinction, "summa cum laude". He has attended Master Classes by Julian Bream and John Williams, as well as pursued studies in composition and violin.
For further information regarding Emanuele Segre, please visit his Web site: Emanuele Segre.
Presentation by Jonathan Waterman
Monday, February 5, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Global Warming:
Oil Versus Wilderness & Climate Change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The "Oil Versus Wilderness" program has been updated for 2007 to show the findings from an expedition Jon led, with the world famous conservationist, Dr. George Schaller, to study climate change in northern Alaska. As the recipient of a National Geographic grant, the author traveled with three grad students and Dr. Schaller, visiting with other scientists, Native Americans, and traveling throughout the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to document the startling effects of global warming—to be released by the National Geographic in fall 2007 on TV and in various magazine articles. The lecture was also derived from Jon's teaching an accredited course for the University of Alaska on this subject, to determine the esthetic values behind wilderness preservation versus northern industry. Since ANWR was first created in 1960, oil companies have repeatedly lobbied Congress to open this most pristine sanctuary to drilling. As a veteran of a half dozen trips into the remote, 19-million-acre ANWR-bearing witness to the incredible caribou migration and a cornucopia of wildlife found nowhere else on the continent –Jon shares both slides and film, while telling an educational and insightful story about the potential cultural/ environmental impacts of drilling contrasted with the economic benefits of oil development, and complicated by global warming.
You may access the following Web site for more information: Jonathan Waterman.
Human Rights Film: "Why We Fight"
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
WHY WE FIGHT, the new film by Eugene Jarecki which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a “who's who” of military and beltway insiders. Featuring John McCain, William Kristol, Chalmers Johnson, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and others, WHY WE FIGHT launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire.
Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech (in which he coined the phrase “military industrial complex”), filmmaker Jarecki (THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER) surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military adventures, asking how – and telling why – a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war.
The film moves beyond the headlines of various American military operations to the deeper questions of why – why does America fight? What are the forces – political, economic, ideological – that drive us to fight against an ever-changing enemy?
“Frank Capra made a series of films during World War II called WHY WE FIGHT that explored America's reasons for entering the war,” Jarecki notes. “Today, with our troops engaged in Iraq and elsewhere for reasons far less clear, I think it's crucial to ask the questions: 'Why are we doing what we are doing? What is it doing to others? And what is it doing to us?'”
You may access the following Web site for more information: Why We Fight.
Gaelic Storm Performance
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Sawyer Center Theater, Sawyer Fine Arts Center
Since its inception nearly ten years ago, Gaelic Storm continue to broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre by creating compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in Irish traditional melody and acoustic instrumentation combined with their unique blend of world rhythms. Released on July 25, 2006, the band's latest album Bring Yer Wellies (Lost Again Records) debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Chart, #16 on the Internet Sales Chart and #31 on the Independent Album Chart. The 14 new tracks capture the contagious energy of Gaelic Storm's renowned live performances. Channeling the rowdy communal feel of an Irish pub on raucous sing-alongs, driving pipe sets and spirited fiddle tunes, the band's sixth studio album was recorded in a one-month fury in April 2006 at The Zone recording studio in Austin Texas.
The new album comes on the heels of the band's first concert DVD, Live In Chicago, released in January this year. The Hi-Def DVD was taped on September 14, 2005 before a packed audience at the House of Blues Chicago. The 2-hour video showcases the trademark energetic performance and enthusiastic audience interaction that make the band a front-runner in the Celtic music genre today.
Touring aggressively and playing over 125 dates a year, Gaelic Storm routinely breaks attendance and merchandise sales records, pushing their popularity beyond the World music genre and into the mainstream music consciousness. Gaelic Storm performed on The Rock Boat 2004 along with mainstream rock bands such as Cowboy Mouth, Tonic, Sister Hazel and Gavin Degraw and set the Rock Boat CD sales record. The band was invited back to The Rock Boat in 2006 alongside acts such as Better Than Ezra and Marc Broussard. Gaelic Storm broke the attendance record previously held by Alan Jackson at the Albuquerque, NM Bio-Park and they continue to headline some of the largest Celtic and Folk festivals in the world including Festival Interceltique in Lorient, Brittany, the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, and Dublin Irish Festival. Remarkably, the band has headlined the largest U.S. Irish Festival, Milwaukee Irish Fest, for four straight years, and has become an exception to the festival's usual policy of not inviting artists to perform in consecutive years.
You may access the following Web site for more information: Gaelic Storm.
Tickets may be purchased through the Colby-Sawyer College Box Office.
The cost of a ticket will be $15 for an adult or $10 for a student/child.
Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, February 21st.
The phone number for the Box Office is 526-3670.
Box Office Schedule for the Gaelic Storm Performance ticket sales:
Wednesday, February 21st from 4 to 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 22nd from 4 to 6 p.m.
Friday, February 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, February 26th from 4 to 6 p.m
Day of the show, Tuesday, February 27th from 3 to 8 p.m.
Aama's Journey: A Pilgrimage between Continents and Culture
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
In Aama's Journey, the audience begins in Aama's subsistence farming village in the foothills of the Himalayas -- where she took in Broughton Coburn as her adopted son – and is immersed in the cosmology, philosophy, hopes and humor of a woman with virtually no exposure to Western civilization. In 1992, Aama turned 84, a watershed year sanctified by a long-life ritual that relieves the elderly from further worldly duty - the perfect time to go on a pilgrimage, to travel on a circuit of holy sites. That's when Aama came to America. Along with Coburn and his girlfriend Didi, Aama sets off on an odyssey that evolves into a 12,000 mile search for the soul of America. Aama's reactions to our country are amusing, surprising, and sometimes disconcerting, yet we find that her emotions and sensibilities are not unlike our own. Aama is a universal spirit, and she has discovered the vitality and sacredness that surrounds us and breathes within us.
For more information about Broughton Coburn and his presentations please access: Broughton Coburn.
Presentation by Broughton Coburn - Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, or Mountain of Dreams?
Thursday, March 1 2007
9:30 a.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
In a partly illustrated presentation followed by Q&A and discussion, bestselling author Broughton Coburn will provide an overview of Mt. Everest's climbing history, high altitude physiology, seismology and environmental and protected area management issues. 479 climbers reached the summit of Everest in the spring season of 2006 alone, and this phenomena and issues relating to guided climbing will be discussed. The presentation will include a brief survey of the indigenous Sherpas who live on the southern flanks of the mountain, and the Tibetans on the northern side, including a vignette and discussion about Tibetan refugee traffic in the vicinity.
You may access the following Web site for more information about Broughton Coburn and his presentation of Mount Everest: Broughton Coburn.
Human Rights Film: "After Innocence"
Wednesday, March 7 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
AFTER INNOCENCE tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated - innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. The film focuses on the gripping story of seven men and their emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild their lives. Included are a police officer, an army sergeant and a young father sent to prison and even death row for decades for crimes they did not commit.
The men are thrust back into society with little or no support from the system that put them behind bars. While the public views exonerations as success stories - wrongs that have been righted - AFTER INNOCENCE shows that the human toll of wrongful imprisonment can last far longer than the sentences served.
The film raises basic questions about human rights and society's moral obligation to the innocent and places a spotlight on the flaws in our criminal justice system that lead to wrongful conviction of the innocent. The film features exonerees Dennis Maher of Lowell, MA; Calvin Willis of Shreveport, LA; Scott Hornoff of Providence, RI; Wilton Dedge of Cocoa Beach, FL.; Vincent Moto of Philadelphia, PA; Nick Yarris of Philadelphia, PA; and Herman Atkins of Los Angeles, CA.
It also features Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, founders of the Innocent Project which has helped to exonerate the more than l50 people freed through the use of DNA testing in the last decade; and highlights the work of human rights activist Dr. Lola Vollen, co-founder of the Life After Exoneration Program.
AFTER INNOCENCE is directed by Jessica Sanders, an Academy-Award nominated filmmaker (“Sing!”), and is produced and written by Jessica Sanders and Marc Simon in association with The American Film Foundation, an Academy® and Emmy®-award winning production company. Simon attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and was a student at the Innocence Project, an experience that inspired the idea for this film.
AFTER INNOCENCE is a Showtime Independent Films Presentation in association with American Film Foundation.
You may access the following Web site for more information: After Innocence.
Rock Climbing Films and Discussion
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Climber / documentary film producer Rob Frost will be presenting two of his climbing films: UNCOMMON GROUND and HARVEST MOON Both films have toured with "The Best of Banff Mountain Film Festival."
UNCOMMON GROUND was filmed over the course of two years and celebrates the variety of climbing in the northeastern US as seen through the region's most prolific climbers on incredible first ascents. HARVEST MOON documents a 2004 first ascent on the inhospitable 5,000 foot tall north face of Thalay Sagar (23,000 feet) in the Garwhal Himalaya of northern India near the headwaters of the holy Ganges River. Frost teamed up with a Swiss team that spent one month pushing a new route up one of the Himalayas most feared alpine big wall.
You may access the following Web site for more information about Second Chance Films and UNCOMMON GROUND: Second Chance Films.
"Clams and Radon" a Presentation by George Longenecker
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Clams and Radons:
The Clamshell Alliance and New Hampshire's 1970 Anti-Nuclear Movement.
Activism did not end in the 1960's. The environmental movement of the 1970's continued the popular protest of that legendary decade. In New Hampshire, the Clamshell Alliance's campaign to halt construction of the Seabrook reactors used popular imagery, including music, banners and slogans to gain national attention.
George Longenecker teaches History and Environmental Issues at Vermont Technical College. He is a member of The National Popular Culture Asssociation, for which he has made several presentations.
Presentation by NASA Astronaut, Dr. Jay Buckey
Monday, April 2, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Dr. Jay Buckey, Jr., an associate professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, received a B.S. in electrical engineering at Cornell University and an M.D. at Cornell University Medical School. Dr. Buckey completed his internship in internal medicine at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and his medicine residency at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (UT-SW). He began his space career as a NASA Space Biology Research Fellow at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. While there, he was a co-investigator and project manager for an experiment which flew on the Spacelab Life Sciences-1 (SLS-1) and SLS-2 missions. He was also an alternate payload specialist for the SLS-2 mission. He has received two certificates of recognition from NASA for hardware developed for SLS-1, an outstanding teacher award at UT-SW, and the Thora Halstead Young Investigator award from the American Society of Gravitational Biology (ASGSB). He served for eight years as a flight surgeon with the 457th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ft. Worth, Texas, in the Air Force Reserve. He is on leave from Dartmouth Medical School to train for the Neurolab mission.
You may access the following Web site for more information: NASA Neurolab.
Human Rights Film: "Scared Sacred"
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
In a world teetering on the edge of self-destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history.
Ripper travels to the minefields of Cambodia; war-torn Afghanistan; the toxic wasteland of Bhopal; post-9/11 New York; Bosnia; Hiroshima; Israel and Palestine. This powerful documentary captures his five-year odyssey to discover if humanity can transform the 'scared' into the 'sacred'.
Deep in the jungles of Cambodia, Ripper meets Aki Ra, a child soldier forced to lay landmines for the Khmer Rouge. Today Aki wanders his ravaged country with a simple wooden stick, decommissioning thousands of mines each year. In the shattered land of Afghanistan, Ripper searches for a Sufi musician who was banned from performing or even listening to music, by the reign of fundamentalism. The musician discovered a way out: he filled his house with songbirds. In each Ground Zero, he unearths unforgettable stories of survival, of ritual, resilience and recovery.
ScaredSacred deftly weaves together stunning footage with haunting memories, inspirational stories, and an evocative soundscape. Featuring an engaging, first-person narrative, this film is an exquisite portrait of a search for meaning in times of turmoil, a luminous gift to a world in shadows.
You may access the following Web site for more information: Scared Sacred.
Deborah Scranton and "The War Tapes"
Monday, April 9, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center
In March 2004, just as the insurgent movement strengthened, several members of one National Guard unit arrived in Iraq, with cameras. THE WAR TAPES is the result – a uniquely collaborative film from a team that includes Director Deborah Scranton, Producer Robert May (THE FOG OF WAR) and Producer/Editor Steve James (HOOP DREAMS).
Straight from the front lines in Iraq, THE WAR TAPES is the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves. It is Operation Iraqi Freedom as filmed by Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi and Specialist Mike Moriarty and other soldiers.
Zack is a Lebanese-American University student who loves politics, traveling, and being a soldier. Steve is a carpenter with a sharp sense of humor and aspirations to write, which he does with insight and candor. Mike is a resolute patriot and father of two, who rejoined the army after 9/11. All of them leave women at home—a mother, a girlfriend, and a wife.
While they battled unconventional forces, they recorded events that conventional journalists have been unable to capture. They mounted tripods on gun turrets, inside dashboards and used POV mounts on their Kevlar helmets and vests. They filmed all of the footage in Iraq, which amounted to over 800 hours of tape.
Although five soldiers filmed their entire year's deployment with one-chip Sony miniDV video cameras, in the end, the film follows the lives of three. “We wanted to tell a compelling, cohesive story—to focus on just a few soldiers so that, most importantly, audiences will truly get to know the soldiers seen in the film,” said producer Robert May. “After watching this film, we want people who don't know soldiers in their personal lives to feel as if they know Zack, Mike, and Steve. And to accomplish that, we all had to cut scenes and soldiers that we loved.”
In the end, THE WAR TAPES is a complex, heartbreaking, and completely unique opportunity for millions to witness first-person experiences of war—a modern-day Odyssey—and the experience of homecoming.
You may access the following Web site for more information: The War Tapes.
Film: "March of the Penguins"
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
With short steps, bent under the pitiless burden of a driving snowstorm, the emperor penguin labours through a vast labyrinth of ice. Around him, all is white, all is in violent flux. Yet the valiant bird never falters, undaunted by seemingly insurmountable obstacles. He keeps going. In this land where no other creature ventures, the emperor continues on to his romantic rendezvous. As it follows the winter migration of the emperor penguin, MARCH OF THE PENGUINS tells a tale of legendary proportions, portraying the strange, spectacular destiny of powerful and emotionally-involving characters, rich in courage and humour, mystery and manifest drama.
My goal is to dig from the ice a story which has never seen the light of day for want of a teller. A true story, however extraordinary. A story repeated every winter, as it has been for hundreds of thousands of years. But there has never been a generation of men to witness and shape it, to pass it down, for man has never colonized the Antarctic. The emperor penguin had never encountered man before the first polar explorers arrived barely a century ago. In 1950, when tentative, makeshift bases were established here, scientific observation had replaced legend as Man's preferred narrative.
The emperor penguin and man have not lived together long enough for folktales or myths to develop. They remain strangers, crossing on rare occasions in the vast desert expanses of the Antarctic.
With this in mind, my desire is to tell a real story: through the extraordinary images of the emperor penguin during the austral winter, images that have always fascinated me; and with words worthy of both the Antarctic's excessive nature, and the emperor's epic destiny. It is time for the emperor's legend to be told.
LUC JACQUET
You may access the following Web site for more information: March of the Penguins.
Presentation by Dyan deNapoli: Penguins! Fascinating Facts and Tantalizing Trivia
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
4:00 p.m.
Ivey 201, Ivey Science Center
PENGUINS! ANATOMY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION
Penguins have fascinated and charmed children and adults for hundreds of years. These unique sea birds have also puzzled many observers due to their unusual biology and behavior. When first seen by European explorers, penguins were thought to be some sort of marine mammal, fish, reptile, possibly a bird or a strange combination of the above. While we now know that they are birds, they are unlike ALL other birds in many ways. In this presentation, accompanied by stunning photographs of penguins, we will explore some of the commonly held myths about penguins and clarify what is true and what is false.
Discover how penguins are capable of remarkable feats unattainable by other birds, such as diving to depths of 1,700 feet to hunt for food, standing on ice without getting frostbitten feet, surviving for months without eating, or managing to incubate eggs and raise chicks in temperatures reaching 100 degrees below zero. We will discuss how their unique physiology and behavior allows them accomplish things that no other bird on earth can, including the amazing ability to survive and thrive in the harshest environmental conditions known to man.
In addition, we will examine some of the reasons why almost all penguin species have seen recent dramatic declines in their populations and are now considered threatened or endangered. Penguins have survived, evolved and inhabited our planet for more than 60 million years, however in the last 100 years human interference has created problems for penguins that they may not be able to surmount and which may soon lead to their extinction. Various ways in which we can all contribute to their future survival will be discussed.
This presentation will be given by Dyan deNapoli, a Senior Penguin Aquarist for nine years at Boston's prestigious New England Aquarium. Since leaving the aquarium Dyan has continued to teach the public about penguins through her own educational company called THE PENGUIN LADY. A portion of the proceeds from every program is donated to organizations working to protect penguins and our oceans.
Presentation by Dyan deNapoli: Penguin Rescue
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
PENGUIN RESCUE!
On July 23, 2000 the tanker MV Treasure sank off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa spilling 1,300 tons of oil and threatening the survival of thousands of African penguins living and breeding on nearby islands. Tragically, the spill occurred at the height of the best breeding season on record for this threatened species, resulting in the loss of thousands of eggs and newborn chicks.
A massive rescue effort was quickly organized and tens of thousands of volunteers from around the world descended upon Cape Town to offer whatever help they could. Within a few days 20,000 oil covered penguins had been rescued and brought to local rehabilitation centers, where their care was overseen by 100 penguin experts brought in to assist with the monumental task. The ensuing rehabilitation of the oiled penguins took more than three months and over 556,000 hours of intense volunteer labor to complete.
This event was historic in its size and represents the largest number of animals within a species ever to be rescued. Due to the tremendous international response to the crisis, over 91% of the penguins were successfully rehabilitated and returned to the wild, where they have resumed breeding in the years since. Had this extraordinary effort to save the African penguins not taken place, this threatened species would have been one step closer to extinction.
This amazing and inspiring story, accompanied by dramatic photographs, will be presented by Dyan deNapoli, a former Senior Penguin Aquarist with Boston's prestigious New England Aquarium and a key member of an international team of penguin experts who flew to South Africa to manage the care of the penguins. Dyan was recently commissioned to write a book about her experiences during this event. Since leaving the aquarium, Dyan has continued to teach children and adults all about penguins through her educational company called THE PENGUIN LADY. She donates a portion of the proceeds from every program to organizations working to protect penguins and our oceans.
Dyan deNapoli – THE PENGUIN LADY
Dyan deNapoli, better known as 'the penguin lady', worked very closely with penguins at Boston's prestigious New England Aquarium and in the wild for nine years. Since leaving the aquarium, she has continued teaching children and adults about penguins and the importance of protecting these unique birds through her own educational company called THE PENGUIN LADY. Utilizing props and stunning photographs of penguins, Dyan shares her enthusiasm for these fascinating sea birds with children and adults of all ages in a variety of settings including grade schools, colleges, libraries, science centers and assisted living facilities. She donates a portion of the proceeds from every program to organizations working to protect penguins and our oceans.
During her career as a Senior Penguin Aquarist, Dyan was responsible for co-managing the New England Aquarium's colony of 69 penguins, hand-rearing dozens of penguin chicks, presenting daily talks about penguins to thousands of aquarium visitors, hiring and training hundreds of penguin colony volunteers and bringing penguins to underserved schools as part of an educational outreach program. She was featured as a penguin expert on several television programs, was hired as content reviewer for several books about penguins, was a presenter at national and international conferences and traveled around the globe to work with penguin researchers in the field. To date, she has taught approximately 250,000 people about penguins.
The highlight of her career was flying to South Africa in June of 2000 as part of an international team of penguin experts responding to an oil spill event, in which 20,000 African penguins were covered with oil. Dyan worked as a rehabilitation manager for the first three weeks of the rescue effort. The entire rehabilitation process took more than three months and over 550,000 hours of volunteer labor to complete. This event was historic in its size and represents the largest number of animals within a species ever to be rescued and rehabilitated. Due to the tremendous international response to the crisis, more than 91% of the penguins were successfully rehabilitated and returned to the wild. This amazing and inspiring story is chronicled in Dyan's popular program, “Penguin Rescue”. Dyan was recently commissioned to write a book about her experiences during the oil spill rescue, which is due to be published in 2008.
Dyan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Mount Ida College in 1996 with a BS in Animal Science and was awarded for Exceptional Achievement in the Sciences upon graduation. She continues to be actively involved with the college and serves on the Vet Tech Accreditation Committee and the Vet Tech Visiting Committee. She was the recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Sciences in 2002. Dyan also attended the AZA's (American Zoo and Aquarium) Conservation Education School and has had a paper published in an AZA publication. She is a member of the Massachusetts Marine Educators Association, the National Marine Educators Association, North Shore Women in Business, The North Shore Business Forum, Home-based Businesswomen's Network and Mensa International.
To contact Dyan call her at 978-352-2235 or e-mail her at dyan@thepenguinlady.com. For detailed information regarding programs visit the web site The Penguin Lady.
