Making Their Mark:
Dawn Belomre, M.Ed. and Scott Roy, M.S., clinical assistant professors of Exercise and Sport Sciences, and Matthew McCabe, assistant athletic trainer, will attend the National Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium in St. Louis, Mo., June 26-29, 2012.
Ryan Emerson, sports information director, will attend the College Sports Information Directors of America conference in St. Louis, Mo., this June 23-26.
Janet Bauer, teacher at Windy Hill, will travel to Indianapolis, Ind., in June for the Institute of Early Childhood Professional Development.
Lynn Cox, learning specialist in Disability Resources, and Petra Schaefer, assistant director of Learning Services, will attend the 24th Annual Postsecondary Disability Training Institute held June 12-15 in Philadelphia, Penn.
Karin Berthiaume, assistant director of Residential Education, will attend the annual meeting of the Northeast Associations of College and University Housing Officers in Boston, Mass., June 6-9, 2012.
Jen Ensign and Chris Wiest, toddler teachers at Windy Hill, will attend the Reggio Emilia Pre-Institute at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., on April 27 to learn about Sustaining Inquiry: Everyday Experiences and Extended Projects with Children.
Sharon Beaudry, J.D., director of Human Resources, will attend the Eastern Regional Conference of College and University Professional Association for Human Resources in Philadelphia, Penn., April 22-24, 2012.
Kraig Larkin, Ph.D., assistant professor of Social Sciences and Education, will present his thesis, “The Marlboro Dad: Depictions of Fathers in West German Consumer Society, 1948-1961,” at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference in Boston, Mass., to be held April 11-14.
Christopher Kubik, D.B.A., assistant professor of Business Administration and chair of the Business Administration Department, will attend the Global Asset Management Education Conference in New York, N.Y., March 29-31. He will also accompany three students who will present their fund investment results in a competitive presentation against other student managed investment funds at competing colleges and universities.
Heather Astle, RN, wellness coordinator in Baird Health and Counseling Center, received funds to attend a nursing symposium, Pursuing Excellence in Nursing, in North Conway, N.H., which will be held March 23-24, 2012.
Jodi Bonewald and Charlie Krajewski, applications and systems analysts in Information Resources, plus Sharon Morse, Lauri Justice, advanced systems analyst in Advancement and Jill Metsch, finance accountant in Financial Services, attended the SunGard Summit held in Las Vegas, Nev., at the end of March.
David Ernster, M.F.A., artist in residence, Fine and Performing Arts, attended the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts in Seattle, Wash., March 28-31. He has also been invited to participate in the group ceramic exhibition to raise funds for the organization.
Caren Baldwin-DiMeo, M.F.A., director of the Academic Development Center, will attend Supplemental Instruction Supervisor Training at the International Center for Supplemental Instruction at University of Missouri-Kansas City in spring 2012.
Mary Mead, M.F.A., assistant professor of Fine and Performing Arts, attended the Southern Graphics Council International Conference in New Orleans, La., March 14-17. To complement the college's cross-cultural populace, Professor Mead participated in the panel discussion of "Migratory Adaptations: Mingling Cultures, Nostalgic Hearts II.”
Sachi Horback, Psy.D., assistant professor of Social Sciences and Education, attended the 29th Annual Winter Roundtable at the conference “Beyond Borders: Transforming Lives Through Traditions and Innovations” at Columbia University in New York City February 24-25.
Maurissa Abecassis, Ph.D., associate professor of Social Sciences and Education, attended the INS 2012 Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada this February 15-18. She presented two posters that focus on the broad area of executive functioning and implications for development. One poster focused on retrospective reports of abuse in childhood and its association with later executive functioning. The second poster focuses on a new method, the Tests of Executive Control (TEC), used to assess children and examine the association between performance on this and several other measures of executive function and family functioning.
Eva Szalvai, Ph.D., assistant professor of Business Administration, attended the Academy of Business Research Spring International Conference in New Orleans, La., March 14-16. She presented her paper, “Alternatives in the Evolution of Financial Market: A Postmodern View On Schweickart's Democratic Economy Model.”
Melissa Meade, Ph.D., associate professor of Humanities, conducted sabbatical research in Los Angeles, Calif., this spring for a chapter of the book manuscript she is writing, Sweeties in the Spotlight: Media Culture, Proto-Feminism and Collective Subjectivity. This chapter, titled “Performing Femininity in Cinema: From Dance, Girl, Dance to Some Like it Hot,” investigates women working together in cinema.
Jennifer Austin, Ph.D., assistant professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, attended the 2012 SEATA Educators Conference and CAATE Workshop in Atlanta, Ga., this February. The conference and workshop focused on education in the new millennium, and Professor Austin's participation will benefit the college's athletic training education.
Pamela Serota Cote, Ed.D., associate dean of International and Diversity Programs, attended a workshop on changes to Clery Act Reporting held at Fordham Law School in February 2012.
Andrea Kelley, applications analyst, attended the Critical Path's SharePoint Development Workshop in Boston, Mass., in February.
Eric Boyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of Social Sciences and Education, presented his paper “Marx and the Horrific: Of Persons and Things in Capital, Volume 1” to the Southern Political Science Association's annual meeting in New Orleans, La., this January 11-14. His presentation was part of a larger panel discussion of “Marxism and Property in Theory and Practice.” He also chaired a panel on “Radical Political Thought.”
Kerstin Stoedefalke, Ph.D., associate professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, conducted data analysis and collaborated on possible research related to exercise and protein utilization in children at the University of Exeter, in England, on Jan. 5.
Basia Pietlicki, Psy.D., assistant professor of the Social Sciences and Education, attended the 34th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Jan. 3-6. Professor Pietlicki presented a poster, “Relationship between textbook format, student performance, and perceived value,” and attended several workshop sessions.
Brett Sayer, head volleyball coach, attended the American Volleyball Coaches Association Convention held in December in San Antonio, Texas.
Jean Eckrich, Ph.D., professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, took eight students to the two-day NEACSM Conference in Providence, R.I. in November 2011. This conference emphasizes the importance of continued education, student networking and keeping current in the field.
Pamela Payson, coach of the Equestrian Team, will travel to Michigan this spring to attend the USHJA Trainers Certification Program Clinic.
Maryann Allen Ed.D., assistant professor of Natural Sciences, attended the New England Faculty Development Conference on November 18 in Worcester, Mass. The theme of the conference was “Designing and Documenting for Student Success,” and Professor Allen shared her experience in the development and assessment of the college's independent Quantitative Literacy module in order to verify its effectiveness.
Gregory Austin, Ph.D., associate professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Jennifer Austin, Ph.D., assistant professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Christine Bieszczad, Ph.D., assistant professor of Natural Sciences, and Eric Boyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of Social Sciences and Education, collaborated on a teaching tips session at the New England Faculty Development Consortium in Worcester, Mass., in November 2011. The focus of the conference was “Designing and Documenting for Student Success,” and their presentation, titled “Making Connections: Linking Learning Outcomes to Course Assignments,” emphasized the development of assignments in upper level courses in order to move students toward application and synthesis.
Beth Crockford, Ph.D., professor of Business Administration, and Randy Hanson, Ph.D., professor of Social Sciences and Education, attended the AAUP Conference on Faculty Governance in Washington, D.C. in November 2011. They gave a presentation titled "Corporatization - Satan or Savior? The Transformation of a Small New England College."
"For many academics, the idea of a 'corporatized' and 'entrepreneurial' college or university is at best an oxymoron and at worst an abomination. Yet in an age of needing to do more with significantly smaller budgets and of attracting and retaining students in an increasingly competitive and aggressive market, even the most tradition-bound professors and 'sleepy little colleges' recognize that institutions must adapt and embrace corporate strategies or risk decline or even death," they wrote. "But is this increasing corporatization simply a necessary evil? Or can it also offer universities and particularly small colleges a means to not only survive but achieve traditional goals more efficiently and effectively? Over the last decade, Colby-Sawyer College has utilized some corporate styles and strategies to transform itself from a tiny 'mom and pop' New England school or 'niche college' to an institution that can more effectively compete in the new education market while maintaining its traditional identity as a small cohesive community of engaged teachers and learners."
Ewa Chrusciel, Ph.D., assistant professor of Humanities, poet, critic and translator, attended a poetry workshop in Thetford, Vt. "Writing Into Silences" was taught by Cynthia Huntington, a professor of English and Creative Writing, and explored the shifts in perception, time and space in order to generate new ideas for creative wiritng. "This workshop helped me with my work on my new book of poems, but also gave me new ideas for my creative writing classes," says Professor Chrusciel.
Courtney Stein, Ph.D., assistant professor of Social Sciences and Education, attended the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology Jan. 3-6, 2012, in St. Pete Beach, Fla. "My goal in attending this conference is to be able to gain insight into new techniques used to teach psychology, both introductory courses (e.g., introduction to psychology, life span development) and upper level courses (e.g.,statistics, research methods, Capstone)," says Professor Stein.
Bill Thomas, Ph.D., professor of Natural Sciences, was awarded a faculty development grant to attend the annual meeting of the Society for Cell Biology in Denver, Colo. Dec. 3-7, 2011. Professor Thomas hoped to learn firsthand the most recent developments in the field, to interact face to face with distant colleagues, and to present recent work. He hoped also to share the experience with two students working on INBRE research.
Eric Boyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of social sciences and education, attended the Popular Culture Association of the South's annual conference Oct. 6-8 in New Orleans, La., and presented his paper, "Zombies All!: The Janus-Faced Zombie of the 21st Century."
Theodore Smith, assistant athletic trainer, received funds for courses offered by the Postural Restoration Institute.
Nancy Knee, M.S., APRN, nurse practitioner in Baird Health and Counseling Center, attended two sessions on pschopharmacology at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., this winter.
Tom Wilkins, mental health counselor at Baird Health and Counseling Center, received funds for two training sessions to benefit his work.
Anup Nepal, admissions counselor, received funds to take the online training course Microsoft Excel and Access 2011 Skills.
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