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March 17, 2006 The next issue of By The Week will be published on Friday, March 24, 2006. The deadline for the submission of news items is Wednesday, March 22. Please send your news items to Sarah Day, 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.
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News  

Local Lawyer and 2 students
join UNE Board
A local lawyer with a strong background in healthcare, an undergraduate sports management student and a graduate physical therapy student have joined the University of New England’s board of trustees.

Karin A. Gregory, J.D., M.P.H, of Fortune’s Rock, Maine; Tim St. John of Leominster, Mass.; and Owen Lennon, of Yarmouth, Maine, were appointed at the UNE board’s late-February meeting.

Attorney Gregory represents healthcare and technology companies, and offers business and financial advice to other entities, including a number of private equity firms. She is also involved with several New England-based nonprofit organizations as an advisor or board member. More information


Call for Papers/Posters/ Presentations/Artistic Exhibitions
University of New England College of Arts and Science’s
Seventh Annual Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Symposium

Location: Cafeteria Function Rooms and Main Dining Room, Decary Hall, University Campus, Biddeford, Maine
Time: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 (8:00 AM to 6:00 PM)

Prize Money for Best Student Presentations in the following categories!
1. $100.00 - for the best oral presentation of original research.
2. $50.00 - for 1st runner-up for best oral presentation of original research.
3. $100.00 - for the best oral presentation of a literature review of a topic (e.g. a standard term paper would fall under this category).
4. $50.00 - for 1st runner-up for best oral presentation of a literature review of a topic
5. $100.00 - for the best artistic exhibit.
6. $50.00 - for 1st runner-up for best artistic exhibit.
7. $75.00 - for the best poster presentation

Faculty: Please share this information with students in your departments and classes. Strongly encourage their participation as presenters and attendees. Also, we are in desperate need of moderators for the oral presentations and judges for all of the above awards. Please let David Sandmire (Ext 2849) know which of these activities you would like to conduct. Evaluation forms will be distributed for the judges.

Students: If you wish to do an oral presentation, poster presentation, or artistic exhibit, please obtain a presentation form from David Sandmire at Ext. 2849 and submit a hard copy of the presentation form to him no later than Friday, April 14.

Creative and Fine Arts Chair Greg Murphy quoted in story on Sea Dogs statue controversy
Greg Murphy, chair of the Department of Creative and Fine Arts, is quoted in a March 13th Portland Press Herald story on a controversy about proposed bronze statues that Sea Dogs baseball team owner Dan Burke wants to install at Hadlock Field.  Murphy said the discourse should not be about whether the proposed sculptures are artistically valid, but about public policy and how the city's public art collection reflects the community. He noted that the debate signals that Portland cares deeply about its art, and he called the discussion both healthy and progressive.  More UNE in the News.

President Featherman appointed to state legislative ethics review panel
The Boston Globe reported that Maine legislative leaders on March 8, 2006 named UNE President Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., to a new panel that will study Maine's ethics rules applying to lawmakers and recommend possible changes. Democratic leaders said earlier this session that ethical breaches at the federal level prompted the Maine review. House Speaker John Richardson and Senate President Beth Edmonds said the panel will review rules and laws that are not campaign-related. A final report is due in December. President Featherman is stepping down from her UNE presidency June 30th after an 11-year tenure. More UNE in the News.

Nominations for Undergraduate Awards
Please remember to submit your nominations for the following undergraduate awards:

Jacques Downs Award for Academic Excellence
Sophomore Academic Excellence
Junior Academic Excellence
Community Service Award
Student Leader Award
Academic Department Awards

For the major University awards we indicated a firm deadline of March 24. If you are planning on submitting nomination(s), it would be very helpful if you would send the name(s) to Linsey Pilon as soon as possible, even if you haven't completed your letter and/or nomination form. She'll be able to send the award profile form out to the student(s) to ensure the student has ample time to provide good information to the Awards Committee for their selection process.

Events

International Spotlight Series set for spring
The Spotlight Series features areas throughout the world where people from the UNE community have lived, traveled, and studied. The next  is:

Thursday, March 23 at noon
Spotlight on Israel
Presented by Professors Kash Dutta & Amy Lippmann
Ketchum Library, St. Francis Room, University Campus
FMI: 207-602-2461
Lunch will be served.
A complete list of events in this series.

175th Anniversary Convocation
The University is celebrating a 175th Anniversary to commemorate the inception of Westbrook College, its charter and a long-standing tradition of educational excellence.

To mark this milestone, a 175th Anniversary Convocation will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Eleanor de Wolfe Ludcke Auditorium on the Westbrook College Campus. This ceremony will feature a proclamation from Portland Mayor James Cohen, remarks by Congressman Tom Allen and comments from President Featherman and Board of Trustees Chairman Vincent Furey.

Immediately following the Ceremony, a campus community luncheon will be provided in the Finley Recreation Center. The luncheon is open to all students, faculty and staff at no cost.  We hope you will join the University community on the 22nd to celebrate this very important occasion! Visit the 175th Anniversary website.

Fulbright Scholar grants competition open
Good news—the competition for the 2007-2008 round of Fulbright Scholar grants has opened.  The application deadline for the traditional Fulbright Scholar program is August 1, 2006.

You can find details on the new awards, check eligibility guidelines, and download materials at http://www.cies.org/.  Copies of the awards catalogue will be sent to you later this month.  Fulbright Scholar Programs are funded by the U.S. Department of State.

Doc Samuel's Variety Show
Are you talented? Do you and your friends have a skit that you would like to showcase? We are looking for a variety of talents ranging from singing and dancing to funny skits and juggling for the 31st Annual Doc Samuel's Variety Show. If you are interested in being involved with the Variety Show please email Larissa Bonnet at lbonnet@une.edu no later than Wednesday, March 22. The date of the show is Thursday April 6th.

March into May
The UNE HealthWISE Committee has joined March Into May and you are invited to participate. It is a ten-week, motivational, physical activity program that kicks off March 13th and ends May 19th. By increasing physical activity, you can reduce stress, manage or lose weight, improve heart health, increase energy, and much more. Here is how it works:

As a March Into May participant you will
· look at current level of physical activity and set a 10 week goal
· complete activity log
· record daily activity
· complete ending evaluation
· receive weekly tips on physical activity and nutrition
· qualify to win prizes.

Don’t wait; there is no better time than now to be good to yourself. Complete your on-line registration by visiting http://www.marchintomay.org/ and clicking on participant registration, or by contacting Robin Sanford rsanford@une.edu if you want to participate and log your activity in a paper format.

5 Continents in 5 Days Series
“5 Continents in 5 Days” is a student collaborative programming initiative that explores the cultures of UNE students. The next event is:

Thursday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Central & South American Day
Come learn to salsa dance!
Location: Cafe Function Rooms, University Campus
Sponsored by Multicultural Services, Diversity Club, Latin American Studies Association, and Discover!
A complete list of events in this series

Experience UNE Days
The Admissions Office would like to announce the dates for our Spring 2006 Experience UNE Days. These student programs will provide opportunities for prospective students and their families to meet UNE administrators, current students, faculty and staff in an interactive environment.

Dates: Saturday, March 25, 2006 and Sunday, April 9, 2006

Preliminary Schedule
7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m.- 9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:30 a.m.- 10:50 a.m. Session I
11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Department Fair
1:10 p.m.- 2:20 p.m. Session II
2:25 p.m.- 3:35 p.m. Session III

Please direct any questions about the day or any questions from incoming students to either Pete Heeley or Janicanne Shane in the Admissions office.

Art Gallery to host student and faculty exhibition

Lacaya Hoyt, untitled

The First Annual Student and Faculty Exhibition will be on view March 9- 26, 2006 at the Art Gallery on the Westbrook College Campus, Portland. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 9th from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

This exhibition marks a new era in the development of the Visual Arts at the University of New England. Works of art in a variety of media by students in the University’s art courses, as well as works by faculty, will be mounted in the gallery.  Art Gallery website.


Faculty panel: "Women in the Biological, Physical and Environmental Sciences"
In observation of Women's History Month, the University of New England's Women's Studies Program presents a panel discussion by six UNE faculty members about their experiences as women scientists on Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at noon in the St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, University Campus. More information.

Make-A-Wish Faculty/Staff v. Students Basketball Game
On April 2nd at 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Gym on the University Campus, there will be a faculty/staff v. students basketball game to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The entry fee is $5.00 to play and there will be prizes for the winning team. Bring your children, as there will be an activity, coordinated by Rick Dubay, during half time.
 
For more information or to register, contact Rebecca Richards at rrichards@pipeline.une.edu.

UNE Authors and Notes Series
"UNE Authors and Notes" - a series of talks and readings by University of New England faculty highlighting their writing and books - will be held this spring 2006 at the University Campus.

The third in the series will be:
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, noon, St. Francis Room, UC
Richard LaRue, D.P.E., Professor and Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Performance
Jane O'Brien, Ph.D., OTR/L, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
More information.

CHP Annual Spring Symposium: Dealing With Disaster
The College of Health Professions will hold its 5th annual spring symposium titled “Dealing with Disaster: What is your responsibility as a Health Care Provider” on Thursday April 13, 2006 on the Westbrook College Campus.

The all day symposium is open to CHP students and will include speeches by U.S. Senator Susan Collins, President Sandra Featherman and keynote speaker Jonathan Louis Burstein, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. It will also include various breakout sessions and exhibits featuring many medical and disaster specialist teams.

Due to many outside exhibits, parking at Westbrook College Campus will be at a premium on April 13th. Please try to car pool or park on Forest Avenue, Stevens Avenue or the surrounding area.

For more information, or for non-CHP students who are interested in attending, contact Tenzin Dawa at tdawa@une.edu or ext. 4521, or visit the website www.une.edu/chp/symposium.asp for a complete schedule.

Award-winning writer Dava Sobel to speak at UNE
Dava Sobel, award-winning writer of Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, and former New York Times science reporter, will be speaking on two different dates at UNE.

She will speak on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. in the Maine Women Writers Collection (in the Abplanalp Library on the Westbrook College Campus), part of the MWWC's Spring 2006 Event Series.

On Thursday, April 20, 2006, Sobel will also present a lecture at 12:00 p.m. in the St. Francis Room, on the University Campus.  A book sale and signing will take place prior to the lecture at 11:30 a.m.  She will discuss the art and challenges of writing about science and the history of science for a general audience. This lecture is part of the Core Connections Spring Lecture Series focusing on “The Art of Science/ The Science of Art." 

We apologize for the WCC lecture's potential conflict with the WCC Undergraduate Student Award Ceremony, but we hope that those interested will still enjoy the second lecture the following day.
More information.

MWWC to host Fourth International Conference- “Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Then and Now”
The University of New Engalnd's Maine Women Writers Collection will host the Fourth International Conference on Charlotte Perkins Gilman, titled "Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Then & Now," June 15-18, 2006.

The conference will feature a keynote address by American studies scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin; a plenary session assessing the state of Gilman studies today; a play of Gilman's most famous story, "The Yellow Wall-Paper"; two days of academic presentations by conference participants from across the U.S. as well as Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada, and the U.K.; and much more.

Conference events will be held on UNE's Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Avenue, and at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring Street, in Portland. All events are open to the public. More information.

10th Annual UNE Golf Classic
The 10th Annual University of New England Golf Classic will be held on Friday, May 19th at 8:00 a.m. at Nonesuch River Golf Course in Scarborough, Maine. The format is a four-person scramble and the cost is $120 per person. Please come support UNE's Athletic Department by taking part in this year's fundraising Classic.

New to the tournament this year will be a chance to win great hole-in-one prizes from a new car to a choice of airline tickets or a 7-day cruise. All you have to do is knock it in the hole!  To enter a foursome in the Classic, please contact Kasey Keenan at ext. 2555 ASAP.

People

David Prichard, Ph.D., professor of social work in the School of Social Work, and Kerryellen Vroman, assistant professor of occupational therapy at UNH have had a paper titled "Intervening in Acute & Chronic Family Trauma: The Secondary Impact of Trauma on State Child Caseworkers" accepted for the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference to be held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 9-12, 2006.

John Lowery has been awarded a 2006 Seed Grant through the American Medical Association. This prestigious grant encourages medical students and residents to enter the research field by providing funds to help them conduct small basic science, applied, or clinical research projects. John is the first D.O./Ph.D. student at the University of New England. He has completed his first two years of medical school training and is now working on his dissertation research in the labroratory of Edward Bilsky, Ph.D. The seed grant will be used to better understand the mechanisms of chronic pain in osteoarthritis and to test novel analgesics that have better therapeutic profiles than currently available drugs.

Glenn Stevenson, Ph.D., has been selected to receive a Keystone Symposia scholarship to attend and present at an upcoming meeting on Pain Mechanisms and the Development of Analgesics.  He will present work he is doing in collaboration with Dr. Bilsky and several undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Stevenson joined the UNE faculty in the summer of 2005. He currently has a dual appointment as a research assistant professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine and as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology.

Drs. Stevenson and Bilsky, along with their collaborator Steve Negus, Ph.D., at Harvard Medical School, have had an article recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Pain. The article which will appear in the April issue of the journal and is entitled “Targeting Pain-Suppressed Behaviors in Preclinical Assays of Pain and Analgesia: Effects of Morphine on Acetic Acid-Suppressed Feeding in C57BL/6J Mice”.

Dr. Bilsky is also a co-author on another recently published article in Anesthesia and Analgesia. The article, published in the December 2005 issue, is entitled  “Spinal L-type calcium channel blockade abolishes opioid-induced sensory hypersensitivity and antinociceptive tolerance. "