Campus Connections December 2012

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Innovation Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Adopt a Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Library News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Become a PAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Events on Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

DECEMBER 2012

WHATS INSIDE

Student Story: Andres ReyesWritten by Sarah Thomas, English major

Andres Reyes is more than just a signature

ponytail and baseball hat. He graces the

hallways of UNH Manchester with creative

determination and a hunger to help. Whenhe is not working, studying, wrestling, or

writing, Reyes is busy coordinating musical,

artistic, and generally inspiring events forthe UNH Manchester community. Theeditor of the campus creative arts magazine,The Inkblot, Reyes has coordinated severalevents in the name of the increasingly

popular publication. Since last spring, hehas hosted two charity concerts; the springand fall Can Jam concerts (at which twocanned goods were the price of admission)benefiting the New Hampshire Food Bank.The concerts have featured such talentedUNH Manchester students as the guitarwielding singer, Patrick Synan.

Reyes most ambitious and successful eventoccurred in November. He coordinatedan incredible opportunity for poets andother creative writers. With the help of theHumanities Department, Reyes was ableto bring Bruce George, cofounder of DefPoetry Jam, to the third floor auditoriumstage. The social activist, writer, poet,

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and educator who frequently and humblydescribes himself as blessed, spent anentire evening with creatively hungrystudents and community members

elaborating on politics in poetry andconducting a quick writing workshop.George concluded his visit by judging apoetry slam that featured UNH Manchesterstudents Elias Koester and MatthewRichards (as well as Reyes himself, ofcourse!).

A Manchester Central High School alum,Reyes was drawn to the setting of a smallurban campus in his home town. I dighow we all can have that intimacy with theprofessors here as opposed to other collegesand universities. Here, we have a name, not

a number, the senior Communication Artsmajor says. Undoubtedly, Reyes name willbe echoing in the mill building halls for yearsto come with the legacy ofThe Inkblot.

the riverside entrance of the building.

They can still be reached at the samephone number, 603-641-4150 and emailaddresses. The Department email address

is [email protected].

Stop by, say hello to the Admissions staffand check out their beautifully renovatedoffices!

The Admissions staff includes Tom Oetinger, Jane Schoenfeld, Miho Bean, Donna Lukasiak, Deb Bisson-Devost and Roger Illescas (not pictured).


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CAMPUS Connections consists

of contributions from members ofthe UNH Manchester Community.

Writing, Editing, Design &Photography by the Marketing &

Community Relations Department.For more information contact Kim

Wall, [email protected] or 641-4306.

Visit www.manchester.unh.edufor more information about

programs and events.

Share Your News!

Keep our community informed about

the great things happening on and

off campus. Share your news and

information in the February 2012

issue of Campus Connections! Email

information to Kim Wall by Tuesday,

January 22, [email protected].

Campus News

Study Art History Abroad

Art Historian and Adjunct ProfessorAndrew Laurie Stangel will conducttwo intensive one-week culturalexcursions to Europe in 2013:

ROME: Ancient City of Caesars andPopes during spring Break, March

10-16, 2013VIENNA: Europes Gateway to theEast, July 7-13, 2013

These study tours have been speciallyplanned to provide participants theopportunity to learn about peoplesand cultures beyond their horizonand to experience first-hand a closeand personal look at many of the art-historical treasures which form anintegral part of the western historicaltradition.

Each tour is an intensive four-creditUMST 599 course and includesvisits to museums, monuments andhistorical sites, as well as guidedcommentary by Professor Stangel.Interested faculty, staff, family andfriends of the UNH community arewelcome to participate.

For detailed itineraries and coursesyllabi, please contact ProfessorStangel at (603) 774-7308 [email protected].

Campus News

Innovation Exchange

UNH Manchester will host an Innovation Exchange on Saturday, December 8 in an effortto promote STEM Education among high school juniors and seniors. Faculty, alumniand industry professionals will lead an afternoon of interactive, hands-on science andtechnology workshops geared to spark an interest in science, technology, engineering andmathematics.

The day will include a panel discussion with industry leaders from local firms, SilverTech,Dyn, The Elliot and Hoyle Tanner Associates about job prospects in the emergingtechnology fields.

Workshops will include: Explore and Build a Computer

Build and Program Mindstorms Lego Robot

Digital Filmmaking

Exploring Engineering

Fun with Fractals Express Yourself in XHTML

Game Programming in Greenfoot

The event is free and open to high school juniors and seniors. Please feel free to pass alongthe invitation to anyone who may be interested in attending!

Visit manchester.unh.edu/innovation for more information.

Campus News

Winter Benefit Concert

The 4th Annual Winter Benefit Concert, offered by our very own students, will be onFriday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m.

The performance will include special acts by the Classy Cats dance group, Threads ofImagination Puppet Theatre Troupe, Milling Around a cappella, and Mills Tones a cappellagroup from UNH Durham.

Tickets are $3.00 for students, senior citizens (60+), military; $5.00 for other adults; andkids under 5 are free. All ticket sales will go to support the UNH Manchester Warmth fromthe Millyard project.

The event is funded by the Student Activity Fee at UNH Manchester. Guests are invited tobring a nonperishable food item to the event for donation to the NH Food Bank.

For more information, visit www.millingaround.org.

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Campus News

Adopt-a-Family

The fall semester is flying by and the December holidayswill be here before we know it. The Office of HumanResources is once again partnering with the SalvationArmy to Adopt-a-Family for the holiday season. In thepast, the UNH Manchester community has proven tobe extremely generous providing for all of the holidayneeds for one family.

This year, through generous donations from thecollege community, we will be supplying new clothes,holiday toys and a grocery store gift card for a holidaymeal to this years family. The Office of HumanResources is accepting monetary donations through Friday, December 14 to help supportthis years family. Contact Elizabeth Lathrop if you have any additional questions, 641-4332or [email protected].

Campus News

WFMY Exceeds Drive Goal by more than 600!

Eleven students from this falls Introduction toCommunity Leadership course, taught by Ginger Lever,

saw their collaboration with 25 community partnersgenerate well over 3,000 items from the on-campusWarmth from the Millyard (WFMY) clothing drive.

Although the start of the drive was slow becauseof Hurricane Sandy, students responded with newinitiatives to meet the need in New Hampshire. Astudent Sleep Out generated more than $400 and amitten tree generated attention to homelessness andadditional donations from students, faculty and staff totarget specific needs. Media exposure from our partnersat WMUR TV, WZID, WFEA, The Mill, and Hot Hitsgenerated donations from as far north as Campton, NH.

WFMY is a project of the UNH Community leadershipprogram. Students beyond the CSL class supportedthe project. Beth Brideau, UNHs VISTA member,worked with faculty members Patricia Halpin, biology;Tom Birch, economics; and Colleen Sasso, First YearExperience to incorporate the drive in to their courses.

UNH Manchesters Veterans group launched a bootdrive, coordinated by Regina McCarthy and Studentsin Action, to support the needs of Liberty House. TheMoore Center collaborated with the CSL studentsand helped with sorting and delivery of the items tocommunity partners.

Preliminary counts from these statewide initiatives exceed 13,000 items. These donations

are distributed through the partners local communities.

The numbers tell part of the story, but what they dont tell is the power of the experienceitself. Students often report that working on the project remains one of their mostpowerful learning experiences. By taking theory out into the real world, they learn toorganize projects, speak publicly, create media campaigns, share ideas and readingsthrough public discussions and wikis, organize events, handle problems, research issues,respond respectfully to differences of opinion and experience and, a key to all communityorganizing, they learn the Power of the Ask.

For more information, or to get involved in next years program, contact Ginger Lever [email protected].

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Campus News

Women in Science

UNH Manchester hosted the biannualFIRSTWomen in Science andTechnology Forum in November.This years theme, Engineering YourFuture, provided the attendees witha chance to listen, learn, exploreand network to understand how tobe successful, especially as youngwomen, as they move into highereducation and seek rewarding careersin STEM.

The event was attended by over 250high school students, mainly youngwomen, their teachers and mentors,plus over 45 presenters from STEMfields. Keynote speakers includedHelen Greiner, CEO of CyPhyWorksand co-founder of iRobot, andBetty Shanahan, Executive Director

and CEO of the Society of WomenEngineers.

UNH Manchester presentersincluded:

Christine Andrews, ProfessionalScience Tutor and Adjunct Faculty

Patricia Halpin, Lecturer of Biology

Roberta Kieronski, AssistantProfessor Emeritus, Mathematics

Catherine Overson, Adjunct Faculty

Alison Paglia, Associate Professor ofPsychology

Sarah G. Prescott, AssistantProfessor of Chemistry

Mihaela Sabin, Associate Professorand Coordinator of the ComputerTechnology Program

Helen Greiner, CEO of CyPhyWorks and co-founder of

iRobot, welcomes participants to the 2012 WISTForum at FIRSTand UNH Manchester.

Community Partners

Londonderry and Merrimack High SchoolsMerrimack Middle SchoolMaple Avenue School in GoffstownHeritage Plumbing and HeatingUNH Advancement OfficeDelta DentalEpilepsy FoundationNashua Soup KitchenArk ChurchChild and Family ServicesFamilies in TransitionCrisis Center of Central NHEaster SealsLondonderry Town HallUNH Durham CSL Program

NH Department of TransportationNH Department of Environmental ServicesSerenity PlaceSeacoast Career SchoolsManchester West High School Chapter

of NH-JAGStanley ElevatorH.A.T.SThe Training StationCampus Compact of NHRSVP


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Psychology Program Explores the Mind/Vision Connection

Written by Melanie Plenda, freelance journalist

Stare at a picture long enough and certainelements begin to change. Things fall away,images appear and disappear seemingly outof and into thin air.

In the world of vision research, saysJohn E. Sparrow, associate professor of

psychology at UNH Manchester, Visualillusions often represent a fascinating sourceof material for experimental investigation.Some illusions can be explained byreferencing the physiological makeup of thevisual pathway, some can be explained byvirtue of our perceptual learning, and some cant be explained at all.

Which is why Sparrow along with three undergraduate students are taking a semester todecipher the illusion of motion-induced blindness, also known as MIB, which describes thephenomena of stationary objects disappearing in the presence of a moving background.

Sparrow uses an example presented by German Psychology professor Michael Bach onhis web site (www. michaelbach.de/ot). In the picture, three stationary yellow dots are

suspended in a field of blue crosses on a black background. The crosses, as a block, movein a circle. At the center of the image is a dot that flashes red and then green. The observeris asked to stare at the center dot. The observer does this, and after about 10 seconds, theyellow dots seem to disappear from the picture.

The funny thing is about this, Sparrow says. Is that its a pretty obvious effect, and mostfolks see it. But we didnt really discover this--the first paper wasnt published on this--until 2001. So its a very new phenomenon and while there have been a few studies done,researchers still dont know why this happens.

But there are some theories, Sparrow says, including the idea that if you stare at anythingover a time it fades away because the cells in your visual pathway get tired. Anotherexplanation is if you overload the system with too much information the system starts toblock out extraneous information.

Sparrow says hes not ruling these theories out, but that there is evidence to suggest thatneither adequately explains the phenomenon.

Using a Wheatstone Stereoscope, a contraption invented in 1838 by Charles Wheatstonethat uses a series of mirrors to project a three-dimensional image, Sparrow and his teamare going to shift the flat image of blue crosses and yellow dots to 3D. Sparrow is hopingby doing this, he and his researchers will discover whether depth perception plays a role increating the disappearing illusion.

Right now, the team is still analyzing the existing, albeit scant, data from previousexperiments. When thats finished, the students will each take turns being the subjectand the experimenter, gather up the data and then hopefully have enough to present at aregional conference in the Spring or even publish a paper on their findings.

Its not clear yet what practical applications the groups findings may hold, Sparrow says, so

at the moment its an experiment for the sake of answering a lingering question.

Sparrows research is just one of the many hands on and innovative opportunities forPsychology students at UNH Manchester. Clinical students have the chance to work withlocal partners such as The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester to get hands onexperience in a medical setting, while developmental psychology students get a chance towork with the local elderly populations through service learning projects. Students workingwith Sparrow get a chance to work with him and on their own independent researchprojects as part of UNH Manchesters New Discovery program.

They get a chance to actually do things hands on, Sparrow says. Thats what my lab is allabout.

Graduate School News

Considering Graduate

School?

December is a great month to beginpreparing your graduate schoolapplication, as many programs withfall start dates have deadlines inthe early part of the year. Adequate

preparation will save you a lot ofstress.

Things to consider while preparingyour application:

What is the application deadline?

What is the application fee? Do I

need to mail it in, or can the fee bepaid online?

Does the program have testrequirements? Have I scheduled the

exam with enough time to get the

scores reported by the deadline? DoI need additional preparation time?

Who will write my letters of

recommendation? Have I provided

my recommenders with the properforms and deadlines?

Are there other requirements

special essay questions, writingsamples, etc?

Find out more about applying to theUNH Graduate School by attendingone of our Spring Information

Sessions. Visit gradschool.unh.edu/manchester for more information.

Campus News

Interested in Law School?

UNH Prelaw Advising presents a visitwith the Dean of UNH Law, JohnBroderick on Monday, Dec 3 at 3:00p.m. in MUB 330.

Come meet Dean John Broderick andlearn more about the University ofNew Hampshire School of Law. Hear

what he has to say about the state oflegal education, law school admission,and the opportunities offered at UNHLaw in Concord, NH.

The event is free and open to thepublic. Coffee and light refreshmentswill be served.


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Campus News

Study Away

UNH considers study abroadto be an important educationalexperience, enriching both personallyand professionally, and crucial inpreparing the new generation ofdecision makers for the challenges ofthe global world. UNH Manchesterencourages all students who meet theeligibility requirements to expandtheir horizons beyond the campusfor a summer, winter, semester oracademic year!

From countries like Italy, NewZealand and Ghana to areas acrossthe United States such as the U.S.Virgin Islands and Colorado growingnumbers of UNH Manchesterstudents are learning firsthand aboutother states, countries and cultures.

For more information or to beginplanning your study away experience,contact Marisa Forti at 641-4170 [email protected].

Campus News

Three-Week Courses

This January the college will onceagain offer a three-week term. Aperfect opportunity to catch up oncredits! Students will be able to takefour-credit courses, up to three-weeks

inlength, from January 2-18, 2013.Visit the Registration Office or thecolleges website for the latest list ofcourses being offered.

BusinessBUS 675 Organizational CommunicationsBUS 675 Introduction to Derivative Securities

Communication ArtsCA 502 Image and SoundCA 520 Spc Top/Applied Communication

Computer Information SystemsCIS 698 SpcTop/Digital Forensics

EducationEDUC 500 Exploring Teaching

EDUC 741 Exploring Math with Young ChildrenEDUC 751A Educ Exceptional Learners: Elem

EnglishENGL 595W Lit Topic/Great Short Stories

HistoryHIST 595 Exp/The Salem Witch TrialsHIST 595 Exp/History & American Foodways

Library News

Extended Hours at the UNH Manchester LibraryAs the semester winds to a close, students who are writing papers and preparing for testscould probably use some extra time to study. The UNH Manchester librarians are helpingout by extending the librarys hours during the finals period. On December 3-6 andDecember 10-13, the library will remain open until 11:00 p.m. to provide students with aquiet space to finish up class work and get ready for exams.

Frazzle-Free Finals at the Library

Finals are fast approaching, and to help students keep from stressing out the UNH

Manchester Library is hosting Frazzle-Free Finals week. Starting Monday, December 3,students can participate in a number of events and giveaways designed to help them make itthrough finals without getting frazzled!

Here is what will be going on during Frazzle-Free Finals:Week One: December 3-7

1. Monday, December 3: Snowflake Wishing Wall:Visit the librarys information desk to share yourspecial wish for finals and to post your snowflake onour wall.

2. Tuesday, December 5 and Thursday, December 6:Feeling like a Ball of Stress? Stop by the librarys

information desk to pick up your own snowflake

stress ball.Week Two: December 10-14

1. Monday, December 10: Its time for the librarys popular Biannual Cookie Break, locatedat the information desk. Drop by to enjoy goodies baked by your very own librarians.

2. Tuesday, December 11: Warm up at the information desk with Hot Cocoa and Mulled Cider.

Community Spotlight: Hot Cocoa and a Good BookThe staff of the UNH Manchester Library would like to wish all members of the UNHManchester community a restful and happy vacation.

Remember, winter break is a great time to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and agood novel. Check out the librarys display case during the month of December for somesuggestions of books to read on long winter nights.

Financial Aid News

Program Scholarships available in December

The fall semester is almost over! Youre almost there! But as you begin wrapping up thoselast few papers and prepping for those finals, try to find some time to start thinking aboutjust one more essay a scholarship essay!

I know I know, the last thing you want to think about during the holiday break is writing apaper, but this could be one of the most valuable papers you could write! When else wouldyou have the opportunity to earn up to $1500 for 2-3 hours of work?

In December, the Financial Aid office will begin posting our institutional programscholarships as well as other exciting scholarship opportunities like the Study Abroad,Makris and Enrichment scholarships!

At UNH Manchester, each Bachelors program from English to Engineering, offers aprogram scholarship and awards a student or students in the department a generous award.You can find the scholarship applications and information in the Financial Aid office andonline beginning in December.

For more information or questions on the various scholarship programs, please contactus. Were here to help you make your college experience as affordable as possible and asalways FILE YOUR FAFSA! (by March 1st)

The Financial Aid office is located in the Student Services Suite, room 270 or you cancontact us by calling 603.641.4189 or by emailing [email protected].


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Campus News

MSIT Student Profile

Written by Erin Clark, English major

When you first meet Alex Scripcenco, you might be hardpressed to find a hint of an accent behind his excellentEnglish. But for this graduate student, English is a secondlanguage after Russian and followed by conversationalRomanian. Language barriers are just a small sample ofchallenges this student faces, but he is overcoming these

challenges and taking full advantage of the opportunitieshere at UNH Manchester.

Scripcenco is in his second semester as a graduate studentand is studying to get his Masters of Science in InformationTechnology (MSIT). After moving to the states fromMoldova, Scripcenco applied to the new program in2011 because his engineering degree is not recognized inthis country. He was hoping to gain a good educationalbackground, and had heard good things about UNHManchester.

Scripcenco is currently working full time as a technical consultant for Sprint and takinggrad classes part time. Someday he hopes to start his own business in IT consulting, but

he hopes to work for a large company to gain experience first. Scripcenco chose thisfield because its all about connecting, and where education is such a huge investmentnowadays, he wanted to be sure that what he was studying would be relevant now as well asten years from now. Already, the field has developed tremendously since he graduated, andat times it can be challenging to catch up.

Despite the challenges, he is happy to be here and working hard. When I asked what themain differences were between the education here in America and back in Moldova, hesaid back home, everything is much more traditional. Here, there are so many resourcesavailable because of the internet. Everything is online, and you have more of a choice inwhat you can study here, once again proving how great the resources and opportunities areat UNH Manchester.

Campus News

Why Become a PAL?

Working as a Peer AssistanceLeader (PAL) for the FirstYear Experience Office isa great option for manytalented students. PALshave a multitude of tasksthat begin at Orientation.Their primary responsibilityis mentoring 10-15 newstudents in First YearSeminar.

As a PAL, you: Meet and help your fellow UNHM first year students make the transition to college.

Flexible hours and earn competitive hourly pay that rises with increased levels of

training and evaluation

Build your resume for work in any field

Improve your own interpersonal and leadership skills

Receive close mentoring and build a network with UNH Manchester professional staff

and faculty

Find out more by contacting the First Year Experience Office located in the StudentServices Suite on the second floor, or email [email protected].


Campus News

National Undergraduate

Research Conferences

Accepting Submissions

Applications are being acceptedthrough December 4, 2012 for the27th Annual National Conferenceon Undergraduate Research at the

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse(UW-La Crosse).

Undergraduate students who haveparticipated in research, or otherforms of scholarly, creative or artisticwork, may submit an abstract toNCUR for possible acceptance andpresentation. For more information,visit http://www.cur.org/ncur_2013/

UNHs Hamel Center forUndergraduate Research can providesome financial support for conference

registration and travel expenses forstudents whose abstracts are accepted.Students will be responsible forlodging and meals.

If you have questions about theconference or possible HamelCenter support, please feel free tocontact us at the Hamel Center: 209Hood House, (603) 862-4323. Moreinformation is also available online,www.unh.edu/undergrad-research.

Campus News

14th Annual URC

The Undergraduate ResearchConference (URC) is a celebration ofacademic excellence at the Universityof New Hampshire. In 2013, theURC celebrates its 14th year. Thepresentations showcase the resultsof students scholarly, engaged,and creative research in over 20professional and artistic venues at bothcampuses (Durham and Manchester).

UNH Manchesters URC events:

Tuesday, April 23 - Oral PresentationsWednesday, April 24 - PosterPresentations

Thursday April 25 - Cinema Arts Day

Friday, April 26 - ET SeniorProject Presentations & CIS PosterPresentations

Speak with your faculty advisor aboutparticipating in this years URC.


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Faculty & Staff News

Michael Chandler,associate director ofthe center for academicenrichment, was votedin for a third two-year term as treasurerand membershipcoordinator of the

Learning AssistanceAssociation of New England (LAANE).

Michael Contarino, associate professorand coordinator of the Politics andSociety Program, andMelinda Negron-Gonzales, assistantprofessor, contributea chapter titled,The InternationalCriminal Court andthe Responsibility toProtect, in the book

Gentian Zyberi,ed., AnInstitutional Approach to the Responsibilityto Protect, Cambridge University Press.

Michael Contarino, associate professorand coordinator of the Politics and SocietyProgram, was interviewed by WBZ-Boston,Channel 4, regarding the election in NewHampshire.

Jeffrey Klenotic, associate professor,contributed an essay titled, From Mom-and-Pop to Paramount-Publix: Selling theCommunity on the Benefits of National

Theater Chains, in the bookWatchingFilms: New Perspectives on Movie-Going,Exhibition and Reception. The book is acollection of essays edited by Albert Moranand Karina Aveyard.

Ginger Hobbs Lever,director of marketing& community relationsand adjunct facultymember in thecommunity leadershipprogram, presentedExperiential learningand communitypartnerships: NH Lions Clubs and Warmthfrom the Millyard to members of NH LionsClubs in Zone 1A. NHs 88 Lions Clubs havebeen partners in UNH Manchesters WFMYproject for three years and helped raiseawareness of social justice issues and theprinciples of civic engagement. She was alsoa guest on WZIDs Eye on New Hampshirepromoting the launch of the 2012 student-led WFMY project.

Regina McCarthy, assistant dean ofacademic student services, was elected toa second two-year term as President of theLearning Assistance Association of NewEngland (LAANE).

Regina McCarthy,assistant dean ofacademic studentservices, andMarisa Forti,

academic counselor,were members ofthe steering committeefor the inauguralAccess, Leadership,and Empowerment Conference hostedby the NH Multicultural StudentsAffairs Consortium (NHMSAC) inNovember at Southern New HampshireUniversity. Forti and McCarthyare members of NHMSAC, which gives

voice to underrepresented students andtheir allies and serves as a clearinghousefor the outreach, retention, support,enrichment, and advancement of studentsfrom underrepresented groups on ourNew Hampshire college and universitycampuses.

Jack Resch,professor of history,was interviewedfor a podcast byActiveHistory.ca, awebsite that connects

the work of historianswith the public. Theorganization is basedin Canada. The topicwas the American perspective of the War of1812 and it was included in their HistorySlam series of podcasts.

Additionally, Professor Resch has beeninvolved in several community programs.He served as the featured speaker for thefive-part series this fall in Littleton onthe Civil War sponsored by the AmericanLibrary Association and New HampshireHumanities Council (NHHC). He wasthe Project Humanist for the three-partCrossroads documentary film anddiscussion series sponsored by the WorldAffairs Council and Red River Theater.He was a facilitator at the symposium,Constitutionally Speaking, sponsored bythe NHHC, NH Supreme Court Society andUNH Law School. His chapter, Revolutionas a Peoples War, was reprinted in aspecial edition of the Hungarian Journal of

English and America Studies at University ofDebrecen where he was a Fulbright Scholar.Resch also continues to be a peer reviewerfor applicants for Fulbright Fellowships.

RosanyiRivera,seniorin communicationsarts, and ColleenBolton, academic& career counselor,co-facilitated aworkshop at theAccess, Leadership,and EmpowermentConference titled,Higher Educationas a Path to Success:Learning from ourMentors. Riverashowed the videoshe created as part

of her internship inthe Office of Minority Health and RefugeeAffairs. Rivera and Bolton led a discussionon impediments and support systemsimpacting college attendance and retentionfor minority students.

Dot Sherman, adjunct instructor ofcomposition, was presented with theLearning Assistance Association of NewEngland (LAANE) award for OutstandingService to Developmental Students attheir annual conference in October. Shewas recognized for her passion in serving

students and for her ability to transformher students to scholars. Sherman teachesIntroduction to College Composition andReading and First Year Writing at UNHManchester. Sherman is a UNH Manchesteralumna, was the English program awardrecipient the year she graduated, aMaster tutor in the Center for AcademicEnrichment, and now is a member of ouradjunct faculty. Sherman also is adjunctfaculty at Rivier University.

Rachel Olson, professional math tutor inthe CAE and a math and science tutor atMt. Ida College, presented a well-attendedand well-received session titled, Theres aStrategy for That! Show Students THESEStudy Skillsat the annual LearningAssistance Association of New England(LAANE) conference.

Margaret Pobywajlo, adjunct instructorat UNH Manchester, coordinated vendorsand exhibitors for the annual LearningAssistance Association of New England(LAANE) conference.


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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

For more information, visit

manchester.unh.edu/campuslife

Monday, December 3

12:00-4:00, Grotto | Mocktails: Non-Alcoholic MixersRelax with a drink before finals. Anybody

want a Roy Rogers or a Shirley Temple?

These alcohol free drinks ease your mind

perfect for the week before finals!

Tuesday, December 4

12:00-4:00, Grotto | Mocktails: Non-Alcoholic Mixers

Wednesday, December 5


Thursday, December 6


Friday, December 7

10:00-2:00, Grotto | Free Gift Wrapping(Donations Accepted)

7:00 p.m., Auditorium | Winter BenefitConcert

To reserve your tickets, please go to http://

manchester.unh/edu/arts.

Monday, December 10

All Day, Caf | Free Coffee for Finals WeekFree coffee for undergraduate students

during the week of finals! Stop by the caf

for a free hot chocolate or coffee courtesy

of the Student Activity Fee.

Tuesday, December 11

All Day, Caf | Free Coffee for Finals Week

Wednesday, December 12




Friday, December 14


Monday, December 17

10:00-2:00, Grotto | Free Gift Wrapping(Donations Accepted)

on campus

PUBLIC EVENTSon campus

The events listed are free and open to the publicunless otherwise noted. Please contact Kim

Wall for more information, [email protected]. Visit our website for more information about

these or future events.

Tuesday, December 4

4:00-5:00 p.m. Rooms 356 & 358 | Science SymposiumCome by and see projects in the areas of green chemistry, genomics, and other

topics from students in several courses including senior capstone experiences in the

Biology program.


11:00-1:30, Auditorium | First Year Experience ShowcaseAll are invited to look at the work of our students in first year seminar. Students will

be present to share their projects and experiences.

Friday, December 7

7:00 p.m., Auditorium | Winter Benefit ConcertTo reserve your tickets, please go to manchester.unh/edu/arts.

Saturday, December 8

9:00-2:00, Pandora and University Center | Innovation ExchangeUNH Manchester will host an Innovation Exchange on Saturday, December 8 in

an effort to promote STEM Education among high school juniors and seniors.

Faculty, alumni and industry professionals will lead an afternoon of interactive,

hands-on science and technology workshops geared to spark an interest in science,

technology, engineering and mathematics.

Visit manchester.unh.edu/innovation for more information.

Winter Closures

Imagine dragging yourself out of bed, driving on slippery roads only to find the doorslocked when you arrive to school. This is probably not your idea of a very good day!Become familiar with the Universitys winter closure procedures so you can stay in bedinstead.

First, its important to note that UNH Manchester closures are made independently ofDurham. Decisions about morning operations are made by 6:00 a.m., and decisions aboutevening operations are made by 3:30 p.m.

If there is a decision to close or to delay opening, a recorded message will be on the UNHManchester Information Line (641-4100). If we are open, the message on the informationline will state that UNH Manchester is following its normal operating schedule. Closing

and delay information can be heard on the radio stations noted below and on WMURtelevision. In addition, a message will be posted to the UNH Manchester website. (Closureinformation will NOT be posted on social media sites.)

You may also receive a text or email message through the UNH Manchester Alert-RoamSecure System. If you have not yet signed up to receive text messages about curtailedoperations, go to alert.unh.edu to register your email address, pager, cell phone, orBlackberry.

Please be sure that the information from radio or television refers to UNH Manchester.

WMUR, Channel 9 television; WOKQ, 97.5 FM; WZID, 95.7 FM; WFEA, 1370 AM;

WMLL, 96.5 FM; WGIR, 610 AM and 101 FM; and WJYY, 105.5 FM

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Campus Connections December 2012