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University of New Hampshire at Manchester

Coauthored by Lauren Girolimon, graduate assistant, Teacher Education

To date, the Warmth from the Millyard Project (WFMY) at UNH Manchester has collected over 24,000 articles of warm

clothing and created over 100 community partnerships by matching agencies in need of donations to businesses and groups that are able to donate. Now in its fifth consecutive year, WFMY has grown from a class project to a college-wide effort that combines classroom learning and community-based research focused on a community issue.

This winter the program brought together students from the UNH Manchester Community Leadership program, the UNH Education Department, the 21st Century after-school program at Beech Street Elementary School, and students in the PASS Program, an alternative high school at the Manchester School of Technology (MST). The goal was to develop a leadership curriculum with a hands-on approach to learning.

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One might wonder why students in a classroom would be walking with corn in their shoes, straws in their mouths while doing jumping jacks, cotton balls in their ears, and wearing goggles. The course is Psych 791. These techniques stimulate discussion about stereotypes toward older adults and demonstrate physical changes such as arthritis, respiratory difficulty, hearing loss, and cataracts. Professor Alison

Paglia constructs these exercises to help students learn about the adult aging process.

More than 10 years ago Paglia found another way for students to get firsthand experience with the aging process; she developed a partnership with The Manor at Birch Hill Terrace, formerly known as Pearl Manor, an assisted living community in Manchester. Students in her class visit The Manor once a week to lead activities and spend time with residents. Paglia said the partnership creates authentic learning that allows students to connect the course material to their on-site experiences. “As psychology majors, the students have the opportunity to practice and enhance their interpersonal skills, problem solving, divergent thinking, and empathy.” 

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In ThIS ISSue

2 Dean’s Corner

4 Florence Summer Program

5 170 Years of Service

6 Student Film

9 Class Notes

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Students from the Warmth from the Millyard project sorted more than 3,000 items of clothing this year.

Kathy Wooff, psychology student, during her 2011 internship at The Manor.

Kathleen, psychology graduate, and Lorraine enjoying a travel club activity in 2007.

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UNH Manchester Advisory Board

The Board advises Interim Dean Sally Ward and the college community concerning programs

and community outreach. They also help increase the college’s visibility in the community

and serve as a resource to students, staff, and faculty.

Kevin CloughertyNH Department of Revenue Administration

Commissioner

Jaye GibsonCasinghino Law Offices

Administration

Jeremy HitchcockDynDNS - Dynamic Network Service

CEO, CFO

David LiElliot Hospital

Senior Vice President

Joseph LovejoyBaker, Newman & Noyes

Principal, retired

Stephanie McLaughlinSavoir-Faire Marketing & Communication

Principal

Bill NortonNorton Asset Management

President

Ralph SidoreSaul O Sidore Memorial Foundation

Treasurer

Jay E. TaylorCity of Manchester

Economic Development Director, retired

Frank E. WellsHoyle, Tanner & Associates

Senior Vice President

UNH Manchester provides people living and working in the Merrimack

Valley region with a range of educational and cultural resources and opportunities. For more information,

please contact the Marketing & Community Relations Office at 603-641-4306 or at kim.wall@unh.edu.

Writing, Photography, Editing & Design by

Kim Lamarre-WallPublic Relations Program Coordinator

Ginger LeverDirector of Marketing and Community Relations

Laura PiazzaGraphic Designer

Brian TobinAdministrative Assistant

For more information about programs and activities visit manchester.unh.edu

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erA season of celebration, challenge, and change. As I write this for the spring issue of Millworks, spring seems far away. The days are still getting shorter, and the weather – although uncommonly warm lately – is beginning to turn to the colder temperatures we come to expect in New Hampshire. The fall semester is coming to a close, with much energy and enthusiasm. The holiday season is a welcome opportunity for rest and celebration with family and friends.

This has been a challenging semester, as we have grappled with the cut in state support for the university, the resulting hiring freeze, and cuts in a range of activities and programs. None of these has been easy, and there is more hard work to be done in

the spring to reconcile our aspirations with the realities of a reduced level of state support for our important work. Always, we prioritize the integrity of our academic programs and the best interests of the students as we determine how to meet the fiscal challenge that has been dealt. And, again as always, the faculty and staff at UNH Manchester are pulling together to determine the path forward.

The UNH Manchester community is also changing as a result of several retirements (see “170 Years of Service,” page 5). Oh, how hard it is to say “goodbye” to these members of our committed community. Come this spring, three long-serving faculty members will have accepted the university’s offer of “separation.” Professors Terry Savage, Roberta Kieronski, and Karla Vogel will embark on a new stage as “emeriti” faculty members. Their contributions to UNH Manchester over the years have been essential in creating the excellent learning environment that is our identity. They will be missed deeply and often. But all of us wish them well in the next chapter ahead.

The search for a new Dean is progressing, and the spring will see a conclusion to this important process and a new beginning for the next leap forward for UNH Manchester. I am confident that the new Dean will discover what a unique and vital part our campus plays in the UNH repertoire.

In the meantime, I look forward to working with faculty and staff over the spring semester to deliver the best possible education to our students. It has been a privilege to be a part of the UNH Manchester community.

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Sally K. Ward, Interim Dean

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Mission Statement: Mill Works tells the UNH Manchester story. Mill Works spotlights the accomplishments of UNH Manchester’s students, faculty and staff; profiles academic programs; highlights alumni activities; reflects our community relationships; and provides information on upcoming events and services available to people in the region. Mill Works is published twice a year (fall and spring). It has a circulation of 16,000 and is published by the UNH Manchester Marketing and Community Relations Office.

Dean Ward with Peter Francese, demographer, and Dennis Delay, economist with the NH Center for Public Policy. They

were on campus in November for the New England Economic Partnership’s Fall Economic Outlook Conference.

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Kathy Wooff, a senior in the psychology program, valued the opportunity to apply her classroom learning and develop new relationships. She said, “The residents just want someone to talk to and hang out with, just like everyone does. I have relationships with them I couldn’t see myself ending.” Wooff was introduced to The Manor nearly a year ago through Paglia’s class and has continued her community service ever since.

BJ Roy, social events coordinator at The Manor, said the residents really enjoy spending time with the students. “Every year we get a new group of students that energize and enrich our residents’

“When I heard about the Warmth from the Millyard project,” said PASS Coordinator Kevin McDonnell, “I knew that this would be an ideal opportunity for us to pilot a project-based approach to learning with our students. We are delighted with the results so far. Approximately forty of our students have been working with our teachers and with UNH students and faculty to design their own warm clothing drive, coordinate partnerships with business and recipient organizations, create advertising and media outreach to encourage donors, and connect their work directly to academic subjects in social science, English, math, computer literacy, and business.”

Both the teachers and students are thrilled with the success of the partnership. Joe Bowe, who teaches social science, has used the collection of clothes as an opportunity to teach both world geography and global economics. “We log-in each donated piece of

clothing by the country where it was made, the fiber composition, and the company that manufactured it. This data allows us to connect many important social issues with the project itself. For example, my students have identified more than ninety countries where clothes are made. We’re plotting them all on a world map and analyzing how much is made where. We’ll continue to use this data in many different ways next semester.”

Steve Prisby, who teaches math and English, also hopes to use some of this data to teach statistics and math concepts. MST English teacher Pat Seward has been working with her students on their public speaking skills as they present the project to different groups. Students develop writing skills as they reflect weekly on what they’re learning. Nancy Cooperider, who teaches business and computer science, has helped the students design a website for the project as well as a blog and a wiki that they use to communicate

lives. The benefits are numerous, helping the Social Events department by adding different and new events.” Among the activities students have developed include a travel club where residents were given the chance to visit countries via videos, travel brochures and student presentations. Residents sampled cuisine from these exotic locales and shared stories of their own travels with the students.

No matter the activity, the residents enjoy their company and the chance to share their wisdom and experiences. Like Wooff, several students have continued to volunteer beyond their class requirements simply because

with their UNH Manchester partners.

Students and staff in the PASS program at MST will continue to work with students and faculty at UNH Durham and Manchester to create a bridge between secondary and higher education. “As I work with the different groups and students on this project, I see daily the impact that this kind of engagement and real-world education has. It is a powerful and transformative way for us all to learn,” says Kate Hanson, professor of community leadership at UNH.

Each year the WFMY program becomes stronger, creates more partnerships and reaches more people with donations than in years past. For more information about WFMY or to find out how you can become involved, please contact Kate Hanson, program coordinator and professor of social science at kate.hanson@unh.edu or visit http://warmthfromthemillyard.blogspot.com.

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Kim, a psychology graduate, during a manicure activity in 2006.

they enjoy the friendships they’ve made. Wooff said the experience has helped solidify her future career choice. “As a psychology major, I valued the experience working with this underserved population. The experience has opened up a lot of career possibilities for me working with older adults.”

tour will be to Amsterdam/Holland in the summer from July 8-14.

These four-credit study tours have been specially planned to provide participants the opportunity to learn about peoples and cultures beyond their horizon and to experience first-hand “a close and personal look at many of the art-historical treasures which form an integral part of the western

historical tradition!”

Each tour includes visits to museums, monuments, and historical sites with guided commentary by Professor Stangel. Students, family, and friends of UNH are welcome to participate in these special art history tours.

For further information and detailed itineraries, contact Professor Stangel at (603) 774-7308 or atartifacts@gsinet.net.

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Florence Summer Program The Politics and Society program will once again offer a six-week summer program in Florence, Italy. Students can earn academic credit while living abroad in the birthplace of the Renaissance. The program is located in the beautiful and historic Rucellai Palace in central Florence and is offered in collaboration with the Institute at Palazzo Rucellai.

Students are housed in fully-furnished, centrally-located apartments, close to all of Florence’s most famous landmarks. The 2012 summer session begins May 16 and ends June 30. Classes are held Monday through Thursday, affording students long weekends for independent travel. Rome, Milan, Bologna, Venice, the Alps, Sicily, and many other destinations are easily accessible by train.

More information is available at manchester.unh.edu/student/studyaway. You may also contact Professor Michael Contarino at 641-4138 or mike.contarino@unh.edu or Professor Melinda Negron-Gonzales at 641-4364 or melinda.negron@unh.edu.

Art History Study Tours AbroadUNH Manchester art historian Andrew Laurie Stangel will conduct two intensive one-week art history tours in Europe in 2012. The first tour will be to London during the 2012 spring break, March 11-17. The second

First Year Service DayImagine moving 5,730 pounds of meat – this is what was contained in the 191 cases first year students sorted through at the New Hampshire Food Bank for First Year Service Day in late summer. Meanwhile, another group of first year students peeled buckets of vegetables for the evening meal at New Horizons for New Hampshire. Joined by staff, faculty, and a number of the Peer Assistant Leaders who work with first year students, both groups were treated to tours of the facilities before rolling up their sleeves to get the jobs done.

The First Year Service Day was planned as a means of introducing incoming students to an important part of the culture on campus, our Urban Mission, and commitment to community. Interim Dean Sally Ward welcomed new students and talked about the critical role college educated students will play as leaders in their communities in the future and how service in the community prepares them for this charge. When all was said and done, 82 man hours of service were performed in just one day.

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James H. Bradley Scholarship

Rosanyi Santos, a junior in the communication arts program, was awarded the first James H. Bradley Memorial Scholarship in 2011. The $500 scholarship was awarded on behalf of the Yankee Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and recognizes a student’s academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and commitment to public relations.

Santos graduated with honors from UNH Manchester in 2011 with an associate’s degree and is continuing her education in the communication arts bachelor’s

degree program. She is an orientation leader in the college’s First Year Seminar program and an English tutor in the Center for Academic Enrichment.

Santos moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic at the age of 16 and now lives in Manchester. She is a graduate of Manchester’s Central High School.

Phantastic Physiology VoyageEight biological sciences students entered their short films in the American Physical Society’s (APS) Phantastic Physiology Voyage film contest in December in hopes of winning cash prizes and an invitation to attend a national conference.

The APS “Function Follows Form” contest encourages undergraduate and graduate students to creatively connect with physiology. Two awards

will be presented: a $750 prize to the first place video chosen by the Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee and a $250 prize for the fan favorite which will be determined in April from YouTube rankings.

Show your support by watching the videos, available at manchester.unh.edu/biocontest. Each time someone views the video, it counts as a vote!

STudenT VIdeoS

Skeletal Muscle: Through the Eyes of a Skier, by Kaeley Pinkham

The Secret Sense of the Inner Ear, by Jennifer Evans and Millet Ali

Energy Production and Exercise, by Rebecca Mason

Why Does the Funny Bone Hurt?, by Rebecca Cronk

The New Intoxication, by Ashley Adams and Jessica Normand

Inside A Horse’s Digestive System, by Jill Johnston

Rosanyi Santos awarded scholarship in 2011

170 Years of ServiceThe year 2011 was a year of change for the college, with seven long-time faculty and staff members retiring. Together, they have contributed more than 170 years of service to the college and the community. They have had lasting impacts on many students and will be missed on campus.

Retirees include Pam Burbank, administrative assistant (12 years); Patricia Charron, administrative assistant, (25 years); Kate Ferreira, director of the UNH Graduate School Manchester Campus (16 years); Roberta Kieronski, assistant professor of mathematics (33 years); Margaret Pobywajlo, director of the Center for Academic Enrichment (24 years); Terry Savage, associate professor of humanities (35 years); and Karla Vogel, assistant professor of computer information systems (27 years).

Kate Ferriera with colleagues Molly Hutchins, Candice Brown, and Dean Harry Richards

Professors Karla Vogel and Terry Savage team teaching.Professor Roberta Kieronkski

in the classroom.

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A Cappella Time in New Hampshire More than 150 New Hampshire high school students showed off their vocal talents, Sing-Off style, at the second annual Voices of the (603) festival in October coordinated by UNH Manchester.

Voices of the (603) was held at The Currier Museum of Art where Manchester’s West High School Blue Knights Chamber Choir was once again named the a cappella state champion. More than 375 people attended the concert at The Currier or watched virtually.

The event, which included an afternoon of clinics on campus for partnering high schools and teachers, collected over $1,100 for the New Hampshire Citizens for the Arts.

Other awards presented included Best Pitch to Shockapella from Berlin High School; Best Song Choice to Manchester West Blue Knights Chamber Singers; Best Energy to Soulfege of Windham High School; Best Arrangement to Shockapella (for Rolling in the Deep); Best Originality to Blue Knights Chamber Singers; and Most Diversity in Song and Performance to Soulfege.

Plans are already under way for an

October 2012 concert. For more information contact Jamie Saucier at Jamie.Saucier@unh.edu. To

watch videos and photos of the 2011 concert, visit www.voicesofthe603.com.

Danny from Manchester West rocks the solo as the Blue Knights Chamber Choir performs at The Currier.

Students from Bow High School’s a cappella group paused for a group photo.

Student Produced FilmJean-Marc Le Doux graduated from North Atlantic Regional High School at 15 and is now a junior at UNH Manchester with a near perfect GPA. While he’s currently studying business, Le Doux’s career goal is to become a film writer and director.

Le Doux is off to a great start with his first big film project, a 5-minute short film titled The Save. It was nominated for Best Music in the Super Short International Film Festival in London. The film was

also given a Merit Award at the Accolade Competition in Southern California and was recently accepted into the San Diego Black Film Festival.

“I’m really excited about this film because it’s a story that I hold dear to my heart. It’s a story about fatherhood, about facing your fears, and about overcoming them with, quite frankly, God’s help,” says Le Doux. Watch the film trailer online at www.thesavemovie.com.

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Students Get EngagedWritten by Jamie Saucier, student activities coordinator

Student clubs have had a very generous year. This fall the Student Veterans of America, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and Classy Cats cosponsored a Support Our Troops Stocking drive; the Warmth from the Millyard collected clothing donations; and Students in Action logged many hours of community service for local non-profits.

Since the fall of 2009, student performance clubs Milling Around, Classy Cats, and Brick and Mortar have raised almost $7,000 in ticket sales for various charities such as Make-a-Wish, Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, Family Education Collaborative, and many more. The charity of choice is one of the biggest topics during club

meetings. Each club member submits a charity of choice and advocates for why it should be chosen. The hardest part is choosing the charity by vote – almost as hard as choosing soloists for songs. Students are already hard at work planning their spring productions. Check out the campus life section of the website for details.

Also in the spring, the Office of Student Activities will coordinate several collection drives for charities. There will be a food drive to benefit the NH Food

Bank and a Cellphones for Soldiers drive. Students will make 1,000 origami Cranes for Peace for a display that will travel to local businesses and other locations as a form of art that makes you think. For information on all drives, projects, and charity events check out manchester.unh.edu/campuslife.

Printing more than PapersWritten by Jamie Saucier, student activities coordinator

Last spring, two student clubs put out first-time publications on campus. Student club, “The Rumor Mill: A Secret Project,” put together a UNH Manchester specific PostSecret book with secrets from students, faculty, staff and visitors to the building. This publication, a compilation of secrets, shows how similar our lives are. The

project built a sort of esprit de corps among the student population. The PostSecret book is on sale for $6.00, to cover printing expenses, in the Student Activities Office.

InkBlot released a creative arts book in the spring and again in the first week of December. Stories, poetry, photography,

drawings, paintings, and photo manipulations graced the pages and showcased the talents of the UNH Manchester community. The InkBlot is free on campus. Both publications are available online at unhm-activities.com/rumormill and unhm-activities.com/InkBlot.

Donahue also wrote a report on UNH’s Center for International Education’s “Faculty Travel Reports” webpage summarizing her summer 2011 travel to present a paper at a conference at the University of York in England and to explore the Celtic connections on the Isle of Iona in Scotland.

Carolyn Gamtso, associate professor and library specialist, gave a lecture titled “Education in Exile: Teaching in a Tibetan Refugee Community in the Himalayas” at the Bristol Old Town Hall (sponsored by the Minot Sleeper Library) in July, the Hampstead Public Library in August, and at the Hooksett Historical Society in September. Professor Gamtso described her sabbatical experiences as an English language instructor in Dharamsala, India, home of the Dalai Lama and thousands of exiled Tibetans. The presentations were organized by the UNH Speakers’ Bureau.

Patricia halpin, lecturer of biological sciences, had a proposal, “Getting Fourth-Graders Excited about the Cardiovascular System,” selected as a recipient of the 2011 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology STEM Outreach Seed Grant. Halpin used the grant to purchase equipment needed to teach the 4th grade class of Sunapee Elementary School about the effects of exercise on heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate. The students performed an experiment and wrote their first lab reports incorporating science and math. PhUn week (physiology understanding week), is sponsored by the American Physiological Society.

Jack hoza, associate professor and director of the sign language interpretation program, wrote a chapter in the newly published book Discourse in Signed Languages (released in November, 2011). This is the 17th volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series published by Gallaudet University Press, and features chapters written by noted linguists and discourse analysts from around the country. His chapter is titled “The discourse and politeness functions of hey and well in American Sign Language.”

Roger Illescas joined the college in September 2011 as an Assistant Director of Admissions. He graduated from Merrimack College in 2002 with a BA in political science and from UNH in 2005 with a Master of Public Administration.

Barbara Jago, associate professor of communication arts, had an article titled “Chasing Laurie: An autoethnographic short story” published in the Qualitative Inquiry in November 2011. She also offered two workshops for the Friends Program in Nashua and Manchester in October. The presentations covered emotion and learning.

Jennifer Jefferson joined UNH Manchester in June 2011 as the Director of the Center for Academic Enrichment. She previously worked at Endicott College in Beverly, MA where she directed the Writing Center. She holds an M.A.

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Jodi Abad, associate director of Financial Aid; Joy Breeden, academic counselor; and writing tutors erin Clark and Alison Pelletier presented at the fall National Honor Society conference. More than 150 high school students from throughout New Hampshire were on campus to learn skills critical to success in college.

Rachel Blair Vogt and Carolyn Gamtso, reference and instruction librarians, presented a poster session at the Annual NHCUC/CCNH Academic Affairs Fall Conference and a workshop at the New England Library Instruction Interest Group (NELIG). Their topic was titled “Speed Databasing: Making Lasting Connections in 10 Minutes or Less.” They demonstrated a learner-centered, inquiry-based, hands-on library instruction lesson they developed for First Year Writing courses.

deborah Brown, professor of English, was presented with the Outstanding Book of Poetry Award at the New Hampshire Writers’ Projects’ tenth biennial New Hampshire Literary Award reception and ceremony in November 2011. This is the second notable award Professor Brown’s recently published collection of poetry, Walking the Dogs’ Shadow, has received.

Michael Chandler, associate director of the Center for Academic Enrichment, was presented with the 2011 Outstanding Contribution to the Learning Assistance Association of New England (LANNE) Award at their October annual conference. Chandler teaches mathematics courses at UNH Manchester in addition to tutoring math.

Michael Contarino, associate professor and coordinator of the politics and society program, was interviewed live on Swiss-Italian public radio in the fall, as an invited expert to discuss the topic “The United States ten years after 9-11.” The interview was in Italian and took place on 9/11.

Annie donahue was awarded the Ann Geisel Award of Merit by the New Hampshire Library Association in November. Donahue is the Director of the UNH Manchester Library, Associate Professor and Chair of the Humanities Division. The award recognizes librarians, libraries and other individuals that have contributed to the New Hampshire Library Association or the New Hampshire library community.

in English (Composition and Rhetoric) from Northeastern University and a B.A. in English from Hamilton College.

Michele Johnston joined UNH Manchester in May 2011 as the college’s campus web coordinator. She moved to the area from Pittsburgh, PA where she was the Director of New Media for Trib Total Media, a group of newspapers & magazines in the Pittsburgh area.

Kelly Kilcrease, assistant professor and coordinator of the business program, was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio in October for their series, “Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt.” Professor Kilcrease contributed to a report titled, “What it Takes to be a Successful Business Incubator.” His findings were based on his recent research article, “Multi-factor Assessment of Service Delivery in Business Incubators: Perspectives from Incubator Tenents” which was published in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship in 2011.

Jeff Klenotic, associate professor of communication arts, presented a session titled “Peyton Place: A Consideration of its Role in Film and Television History” for the Exeter Historical Society in November. The event was coordinated through the UNH Speakers Bureau.

Ginger hobbs Lever, director or marketing and community relations successfully defended her dissertation in November and completed the requirements for an Ed.D. from Plymouth State University. This mixed method study, “Relationships, relevancy, and value: assessing community partners’ perceptions of engagement with higher education” explored the nature of campus-to-community partnerships with community stakeholders who had been involved in engagement activities such as service learning, civic engagement, and engaged scholarship.

Theresa Lynch, adjunct history professor, contributed to a Democracy Now news report in September titled “40 Years After Attica Rebellion, New Tapes Reveal Nixon, Rockefeller Praised Deadly Crackdown.” She was interviewed for a story by the New York Times, “Rockefeller on the Attica Raid, From Boastful to Subdued,” by Sam Roberts. She was a guest panelist at Hamilton College in September where she participated in a discussion titled, “Attica! 1971-2011–Reflection, Re-Assessment, and the Prison Today.” She also attended the “40 Years After the Attica Uprising: Looking Back, Moving Forward” conference in September and participated in a panel titled, “Attica, Prisons, and the Media.”

Patrick “Pax” Mc Carthy, lecturer and assistant director of the sign language interpretation program, along with two Deaf colleagues from the University of Southern Maine and Rochester Institute of Technology, presented a talk during at the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Language (ACTFL) conference in Denver, CO.

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Josh Albair (’11, computer information systems and linguistics) is working as an English teaching assistant in the city of Tourcoing, in France. The program is coordinated by the French Ministry of Education, the Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) and the Cultural Services Department of the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. The goal is to strengthen English language instruction in the French educational system through the establishment of a native speaker presence.

“It is a great opportunity and I love it here,” Albair said. He is working at a technical high school where his students specialize in electronics, engineering, physics, robotics, or bio-chemistry. Albair said he has drawn much of his skills from his experience working as a tutor in the Center for Academic Enrichment at UNH Manchester. “The experience has given me a lot of confidence in working with the students here. I used to let the tutees decide what they wanted to work on and it

was usually fluency – so I developed the habit of opening a conversation and allowing them to talk about experiences that interest them. I’ve taken these tactics with me into the school setting,” said Albair

Clay Groves (’06, psychology) is an adjunct professor and coordinates the Running Start Program at the White Mountain Community College in northern New Hampshire. Groves is also working on a book with longtime friend, Dave, about their quest to catch and eat all species of fresh water fish in New Hampshire.

Shawn Laplante (’07, communication arts) released his first children’s book, Animals of the Alphabet, in 2011. Laplante was the author and illustrator of the book. Information is available on his website shawnlaplante.com.

Susan Terzakis (’10, politics and society) is working as Special Assistant to Senator Ayotte (R-NH). She worked on Senator Ayotte’s campaign as her Coalitions Director. Her area of focus is policy as it relates to small business, commerce committee, banking, and treasury. Terzakis is a graduate student at George Washington University, Graduate School of Political Management.

Annette Marinkov joined UNH Manchester in June 2011 as an Academic Student Services Assistant in the Registration Office. She previously worked in administration at Consolidated Analysis Centers, Inc. (CACI) in Maryland.

Patrice Mettauer, coordinator of community outreach scholarship, attended the National Outreach Scholarship Conference in Lansing, MI, where she presented a poster as part of a symposium on student engagement in the community.

Melinda negron-Gonzales, assistant professor in the politics and society program, gave a talk titled, “Turkey and the Arab Spring: Building Civil Society and Soft Power,” at UMass Lowell in November.

Tom oetinger joined the college in September 2011 as an Assistant Director of Admissions. He previously worked in Admissions and taught business courses at Granite State College. Before entering the field of college admissions, Oetinger completed a 30 year career in police service in Philadelphia, PA and later Laconia, NH where he served as Chief of Police from 2002 through 2007. He holds an M.A. from Notre

Dame College in Theology (Social Justice) and a B.S. from Granite State College in Criminal Justice Administration. 

Jack Resch, professor of history, chaired a session at the annual conference of the Society of Historians of the Early Republic in July, in Philadelphia, PA. The session was titled “States of Disability: Invalid Pensioners, Citizenship, and Public Policy Formation Before and After Independence.” Resch was also selected to join the American History review panel for the Fulbright program as part of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, and he was appointed for a three-year term to the Fulbright Peer Review Committee.

Resch was also designated as the Lead Scholar for a state-wide program “Making Sense of the American Civil War,” a joint project of the National Endowment of the Humanities, the New Hampshire Humanities Council, and the American Library Association. The public programs will occur in spring 2012.

Mihaela Sabin, associate professor and coordinator of the computer information systems program, co-presented at the annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference in Lansing, MI in October. Her session was titled “Defining a 21st Century Community-Engaged Research University.”

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Group in Information Technology Education (SIGITE) Conference in October, held at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY. She presented a paper titled, “Free and Open Source Software Development of IT Systems,” and served on the panel “Free and Open Source Software in Computing Education.”

In December she offered the workshop “Computational Thinking with Games and Simulations using Greenfoot” at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference for middle- and high-school teachers of introductory programming.

Judy Sharkey, associate professor and associate director of teacher education, presented at the 15th Annual Kimball Lecture in October. Her lecture was titled, “Community-based Pedagogies: Projects and Possibilities in Colombia and the United States.” The lecture was sponsored by the University of New Hampshire’s Department of Education. Additionally, Sharkey was presented with the UNH Education Department’s Kimball Award in 2011, the department’s highest achievement.

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SIFE Team Thinks PinkThe Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team are at

it again – organizing great community events to support local and national causes. Kristen Tejada,

a business major and SIFE team president, said the program offers a unique opportunity for students to get involved and make a positive impact in their local

community. “My teammates and I get to actually make a difference in local businesses, non-profits, and foundations and put to use skills we have developed during our academic careers,” she added.

In their first outreach initiative this year, the SIFE team coordinated a Leader’s in Faith Breakfast in

November to educate church leaders from Manchester, Nashua and Concord areas about More Than Wheels programs. The organization works with people in need to help them better their credit through new car loans and a Financial Fitness course.

SIFE will also host their second annual Pink Tie Ball for the Susan G Komen breast cancer foundation on Friday, February 17. The event will be held at Drynk in downtown Manchester from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and will include a buffet dinner and silent auction. Last year the event raised $3,000 for breast cancer research. Contact Kristen Tejada for more information, kmo239@wildcats.unh.edu.

Winter Reception“There are many important, pressing issues facing us today, and we look to you to help lead us as we move forward,” Interim Dean Sally Ward told students at a graduation reception on December 6. “It is a daunting task, but we know you are up to it,” she added.

Lawrence Prelli, UNH Professor and chair of the faculty senate, and Candice Brown, UNH Graduate School Manchester Campus educational assistant, were among the guests who offered their congratulations to the students.

The reception celebrated the achievements of 121 undergraduate and graduate students who graduated in September and December of 2011. The students are invited back to campus this spring to attend the annual commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 17 in the Arms Lot.

Alicia Prindiville (’11, biological sciences) and Interim Dean Sally Ward