By The Week
 
January 13, 2006
The next issue of By The Week will be published on Friday, Jan. 20, 2006. The deadline for the submission of news items is Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Please send your news items to Barbara Tramontana, BTW coordinator. The Communications Office reserves the right to edit all material for space, style and content. Click here for By The Week archived issues.
 
 
News
 
New UNE president to begin July 2006
UNE has chosen an experienced university administrator, teacher and internationally known researcher to become its new president.

Danielle Ripich, Ph.D.Danielle N. Ripich, Ph.D., of Charleston, South Carolina, will assume the UNE presidency in mid-summer, 2006. Ripich is currently the dean of the College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she is also a professor in the University’s College of Medicine, Department of Neurology. She is internationally known for her child language research.

Ripich will be UNE’s fifth president, replacing Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., who is stepping down after a successful 11-year tenure.
More information.
 
New Director of Athletics Named
Kim Allen of Woodstock, Conn. has been named director of athletics at une UNE Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Barbara Hazard made the official announcement. Allen succeeds Karol’Heureux, who announced in September she is stepping aside as director of athletics but will remain at UNE as assistant director of athletics and head volleyball coach.

Allen has been associate director of athletics at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. since 2001. While at Smith she has been responsible for all facets of administration including day-to-day operations, budget management, event management, and marketing and promotion. Allen has experience with grant writing, having received funding for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Ethnic and Minority Women Internship Programming and Diversity Programming. More information.
 
UNECOM Alum new president of MMC medical staff
Jacquelyne Cawley, D.O.The Maine Sunday Telegram interviewed UNECOM alumna Jacquelyn Cawley D.O. '89, the new president of the medical staff at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She is the first woman - and the first osteopathic physician - ever to hold the position. At 42, she is also one of the youngest presidents ever elected.
Maine Sunday Telegram, Jan. 8, 2006.
Press release.
 
UNE in the News
The UNE website home page has a new feature. It's a link titled UNE in the News, and it appears at the bottom of the News Highlights column.

The home page link takes you to a page with brief summaries and links to recent news and feature stories posted on various media's web sites, such as the Portland Press Herald, the Boston Globe, U.S. News & World Report, etc.

With UNE and its faculty, staff and students in the news so often these days, it's a good way to keep up with some of the highlighted stories.
 
NEASC/UNE Re-Accreditation Process
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC CIHE) is the regional accrediting agency for over 200 colleges and universities, including the University of New England.

UNE has begun the process that will lead to an accreditation visit. Generally, these reviews occur every ten years; UNE’s last one was in 1997 and our next visit is scheduled for March 2007.

Members of the UNE NEASC Steering Committee are:
Andrew Golub, chair
John Langevin
Mike Sheldon
Paulette St. Ours

Please see the following web page:
/neasc/

Here you will find information on:
- The eleven NEASC Standards for Accreditation,
- The UNE Re-Accreditation Timeline, and
- The UNE Standards Committee Chairs.

UNE has already begun work to prepare the self-study document and that work will continue over a period of about two years, with the visiting team coming to campus in March 2007.
 
Nominations for employee of the year are sought
We are seeking nominations for the 2005-06 UNE Employee of the Year Award. Qualified candidates will be individuals who go beyond the call of regular duties and positional responsibilities and have significantly enhanced the quality of life University wide. Typically these efforts are often unrecognized. All employees, except for senior administrators, are eligible for this award.

The recipient of last year's inaugural award was Denise Gendron.

The winner will receive a Presidential Citation Award and a $1,000 check.

Please send your nomination and letter of support to Ricarda Wlodarczak, Office of the President. Deadline for submission will be March 6, 2006. The Review Committee comprised of Denise Gendron, Jan Froehlich, Ray Handy and Ricarda Wlodarczak will then submit their recommendation to President Featherman.
 

Decary Dining Hours
Just a reminder that Decary Dining will be open for lunch from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m., Jan. 3rd to 6th, Jan. 9th to 13th and 17th.

 

UNE Facts
In the "2005/2006 Book of Lists," recently published by Mainebiz magazine, here's how UNE stacks up in Maine...

  • 9th largest college/university (based on undergrad enrollment only)
  • 10th largest nonprofit organization
  • 12th largest employer (the list excludes government employees, so the UMaine system is not included)
 
Events
 
Noam Chomsky and William Anderson highlight UNE's annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Noam Chomksy, Ph.D., world-famous author, scholar, activist and one of America’s foremost public intellectuals, and Dr. William Anderson, a former close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr., highlight the University of New England’s 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration with simultaneous presentations at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006.

Prof. Chomsky’s lecture is titled “Universality of Human Rights: Moral and Legal Basis, Official Doctrine, and the Case of Martin Luther King.” His noontime presentation will be held in the Simard-Pettapiece-Wescott Rooms in the Campus Center on the University Campus in Biddeford.

Also at noon on January 25, William Anderson, D.O., one of the founders of the Albany Movement (at the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement), will speak on “The Past that Foretells the Future in Health Care.” His lecture will take place in Room 205, Harold Alfond Health Center, University Campus, and be video-conferenced to the CHP Classroom (Parker Pavilion) on UNE’s Westbrook College Campus in Portland.

Both lectures are free and open to the public.
Press release with more MLK celebration activities
 

UNE 2006 MKL Celebration Service Days
The UNE MLK, Jr. Celebration Committee is planning ahead for UNE's 19th Annual MLK, Jr. Celebration. One component of this celebration involves a focus on service to our community from Jan. 16-31, 2006.

This year we wish to encourage groups such as clubs, campus organizations, academic and administrative departments and residence halls to take the lead in gathering others into service to honor the community building work of Dr. King.

We will begin posting these opportunities with contact information Dec. 20 and continue posting until Jan. 20.

FMI:
Jessica B. Meserve, Coordinator
Citizenship Service Learning Center
E-mail: JMeserve@une.edu
Phone: 207-602-2513
www.une.edu/cas/core/citizenship.asp

 
CHP Seminar: Ethics and Diversity: A Healthcare Challenge
The College of Health Professions is holding a seminar for students, faculty and staff featuring the documentary film The Lost Boys of Sudan, as well as Sudanese civil war refugee/"Lost Boy" - Portland resident Wilfried Plalum, who will speak about his experiences.

The seminar, titled "Ethics and Diversity: A Healthcare Challenge," will also feature a panel discussion regarding the healthcare needs of refugee and immigrant populations.

WHEN/WHERE:
Tuesday, January 17, 2005
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Ludcke Auditorium
Westbrook College Campus
University of New England
716 Stevens Avenue, Portland

WHO/WHAT:

8:00 a.m. - Registration and Coffee

8:15 a.m. - Ellen Beaulieu, Ed. D. - Interim Dean CHP and Denise Bisaillon, Ed. D. - Assistant Dean CHP – Welcoming remarks

8:25 a.m. - Moral Reasoning - John Langevin, Ph.D., Assistant Dean/Student Support

9:10 a.m. - Lost Boys of Sudan - a remarkable documentary film about the harrowing experiences of young Sudanese refugees

10:05 a.m. - Break

10:25 a.m. - Speaker - Wilfreid Plalum - Portland resident and Sudanese civil war refugee

11:00 a.m. - Panel Discussion and Q&A - the challenge of understanding the healthcare needs of refugee and immigrant populations

11:45 a.m.- noon - Wrap-up and Evaluation

Noon - 1:00 p.m. - Dean's luncheon - generously provided by the CHP Dean's office - participants are encouraged to continue discussion through lunch

Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length critically acclaimed documentary by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America.

Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia.

For more information on the film: http://www.lostboysfilm.com/publicity.html

 
Creative Writing Workshop Scheduled
The Maine Women Writers Collection at UNE will host "A Gathering of Writers" -  an eight-week series of creative writing workshops held at the MWWC in the Abplanalp Library on the Westbrook College Campus in Portland, starting on January 17, 2006.

The workshops are open to men and women with all levels of creative writing experience and will run on Tuesdays, 6:00-8:50 p.m. from January 17 – March 7, 2006. The fee for the entire series is $135. Enrollment is limited to fifteen people.

Each writing workshop will be inspired by the heritage of Maine women writers such as May Sarton, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Sarah Orne Jewett. But the true focus of the workshops will be on creating a supportive community of writers and using a variety of prompts to foster the development of a writer's own individual voice.

For more information or to register, view the website at www.une.edu/mwwc or contact David Kuchta.
 
CHP Programs for 2006

I˛H˛ Film, Dinner and Discussion Series 2006:

Juvies
Tuesday
January 31, 2006

Facilitators:
Profs. Shelley Cohen Konrad and Jane O’Brien

A riveting look at a world most of us will never see: the world of juvenile offenders. The film offers no easy answers, but it will make you think long and hard about what democracy and justice really mean.

Dinner/film event will be held from 5:15 – 8:00 PM in the CHP Lecture Hall, WCC.

Please RSVP for dinner by Jan. 26: Contact Tenzin at TDawa@une.edu or call 221-4521. All walk-ins welcome for film.

CHP, I˛H˛ Seminar: “Dynamics and Development of Interdisciplinary Teams”

Wednesday February 1, 2006
12:00-2:00 p.m.
CHP Lecture Hall, WCC

Facilitators:
Nancy MacRae (OT) and Anne Summer (PA)
With Laura Corbett (PA), Carl Toney (PA), Joseph Wolfberg (PA), E. Rudenberg, Larry Orme (DH)

A relevant readers' theater presentation will lead off this series on team dynamics and development and communication principles. Involved professions will describe the domains of their practice as it relates to elders.

The Seminar will be held from 12:00 to 2:00 PM in the CHP Lecture Hall, WCC.

 
People
 

Steve Zeeman, professor, Department of Life Sciences, is coauthor of a paper "Distribution of foraging shearwaers relative to inner front of SE Bering Sea" with J. Jahncke, K.O. Coyle, S.I. Zeeman, N.B. Kachel, and G.L. Hunt, Jr. in Marine Ecology Progress Series, 305:219-233.

Steve Zeeman has also received a continuation grant for the Joint NASA-University of New England Remote Sensing Center, for $248,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


   
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