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UNE’s new website wins Merit Award
UNE's new web site recently won a Merit Award from the 21st Annual Admissions Advertising Awards for its redesign and navigation. Communications and Admissions staff, along with members of the Website Implementation Committee, worked with a company called LiquidMatrix (now part of Datatel) to redesign and implement the new user-interactive website. The entire process took over a year.

Media Services staff's documentary on UNE/Biddeford communities featured in Journal Tribune feature
The Journal Tribune on March 15 published a feature on a new video project by UNE Media Services staff that is exploring the relationship between the UNE community and the people of Biddeford. The Journal Tribune story follows and interviews Senior Media Specialist Kari Wagner, Media Services Director Holly Haywood, and student Ashley d'Entremont '07, who were interviewing Biddeford residents for the documentary. The documentary is trying bridge the gap between the communities.  "Human beings, when you talk to them one on one are so powerful," Hayward says, "it dispels any myths you might have." The documentary team (which also includes Andrew Golub, vice president for information services; Colleen Rost-Banik, Multicultual Services adviser, Greg Murphy, chair of the Creative and Fine Arts Department; and student Anthony Bellantuono '06) hopes to have the video ready for a Biddeford viewing in the fall. More UNE in the News

Sociologist Alexandra Campbell quoted in story on Myspace.com
The Journal Tribune (Biddeford) quoted Alexandra Campbell, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology, in a March 18-19th story on high school students social networking on Myspace.com. Campbell, who has researched Internet cultures, said that Myspace is interesting in what it is showing us about a form of virtual communication that she calls "self-authoring." Self-authoring allows creative control, which can feel liberating. More than anything else, she said, Myspace is about socializing. "I think we have a yearning for social interaction, we have a need to communicate with others. More UNE in the News


Medical student in dual D.O.-Ph.D. program receives AMA grant for arthritis pain research
University of New England medical student John Lowery recently received a highly competitive grant from the American Medical Association to help fund his research into safer and more efficient pain treatments for arthritis sufferers.
 
Lowery, who has completed his second year at UNE’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM), is now working on his Ph.D. research as the first candidate in the Combined D.O./Ph.D. Program with the University of Maine-Orono. The dual degree program emphasizes biomedical research. 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.


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

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.

UNE Outing Club presents Paddling Picture Show Series
On Monday, March 27th, the UNE Outing Club will sponsor the Paddling Picture Show Series in Alfond 113 on the University Campus at 8:30 p.m.

The Paddling Picture Show Series is an annual film series featuring paddling films made by Maine paddling and outdoor recreationalists. The program will feature four films and one multimedia presentation - all about paddling - and mostly about Maine. It is presented by No Umbrella - Maine's Offbeat Outdoor Paper and brought to you by several Maine outdoor businesses and organizations that will provide free gifts and refreshments.

This event is for everybody: seasoned paddies who are jonesing for some visual stimulation, and, newbies who want to learn a little more about paddling before they take the plunge.

The filmmakers are from Maine and the Northeast and the content ranges from whitewater kayaking to canoe racing. Many of these films have never been shown to the public before.

There will also be information available at the event about paddling programs in Maine, including the intercollegiate canoe/kayak racing series, paddling clubs, the proposed Whitewater Park in Skowhegan, how to become a Maine rafting guide, great student paddling programs, plus information on how to get your outdoor writing and photography published.

For more information, contact Anthony at abellantuonio@pipeline.une.edu

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:

Tuesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m.
African Day
Location: Multipurpose Rooms, Campus Center, University Campus
Featuring UNE’s African drumming class – and some savory African finger foods!
A complete list of events in this series

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:

Wednesday, March 29 at noon
Spotlight on Taiwan
Presented by Professor Susan Hillman
Ketchum Library, St. Francis Room, University Campus
FMI: 207-602-2461
Lunch will be served.
A complete list of events in this series.

University Campus UNEfied meeting, March 31st
When: Friday, March 31st
Time:  8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Where: St. Francis Room
 
This is a very important UNEfied meeting for University Campus faculty and staff.  UNE will be facing a serious shortage of parking spaces in the fall.   We would like UNE staff to meet to discuss the situation and do some serious brainstorming on how we can create a viable culture that would encourage car-pooling.  Don Clark, Security Director, and Alan Thibeault, Department of Campus Services, will be at this meeting to answer any questions that might arise.
 
The motto of UNEfied is: "What we can’t do alone we can do together.”  Let's see if together we can come up with a solution that will work for everyone.
 
If you have any questions about this meeting or about UNEfied, please contact Glen Ellen Roth at x2258 or Carrie Bogue at x2244 or e-mail us at: geroth@une.edu  or cbogue@une.edu 
 
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.

Art Gallery presents 'Studio Connections: Artists Supporting MPBN' April 2-30th
"Studio Connections: Artists Supporting MPBN" will be on view April 2-30, 2006 at the University of New England’s Art Gallery on the Westbrook College Campus.

An opening reception will be held on Sunday, April 2nd from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

The exhibition features select works of fine art and crafts chosen by a jury of art professionals from the hundreds donated to The MPBN Great TV Auction. More Information

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.

Doc Samuel's Variety Show, April 6th
Don't miss the 31st Annual Doc Samuel's Variety Show on Thursday April 6th at 8:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Gym on the University Campus. If you have any questions, please contact Larissa Bonnet at lbonnet@une.edu.

Shroud of Turin Scholar to lecture at UNE on April 6th
Shroud of Turin scholar and professor of chemistry, Sister Mary Virginia Orna, Ph.D., will discuss “The Shroud and Other Mysteries: Uncovering Traces of the Past through Science” Thursday, April 6, 2006 at noon in the Simard- Pettapiece-Wescott Rooms, Campus Center at the University of New England in Biddeford.

Her lecture, part of UNE’s Core Connections Spring Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.

Archeological chemistry can help scientists and non-scientists alike appreciate our recent and ancient past. Sister Orna will examine several laboratory techniques, including stained glass, uses of atomic absorption on ancient poetry and, in the case of the Shroud of Turin (said to be the winding sheet of Christ), the radiocarbon dating of ancient linen. She will also discuss the present theories surrounding the Shroud, as well as the pros and cons of each argument.

For more information on the Core Connections Spring Lecture Series, please visit www.une.edu/ur/news/corespring06.asp.

UNE symposium to discuss Bush administration's environmental and human health policies, April 10th
"The Bush Administration: Changing Values and Goals for Environmental and Human Health” is the topic of a symposium hosted by the Department of Environmental Studies on Monday, April 10, 2006 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Ludcke Auditorium on the Westbrook College Campus.

This event is free and open to the public.

The purpose of the symposium is to help foster, in a nonpartisan way, critical analysis of the Bush Administration’s environmental and human health policies. Differences of opinion about important policies are to be expected, and the Department of Environmental Studies hopes that a healthy debate will inform people and foster democratic principles and ideals. 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.

Habitat for Humanity Walkathon
The Spring Habitat for Humanity Walkathon is scheduled for Saturday April 15. Registration is open from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Finley Gym on the Westbrook College Campus. The 7.5-mile walk starts and finishes at the gym. A sponsor sheet is available at http://www.habitatportlandme.org/ . For more information, please contact Justin Leblanc at 772-2800.

Harvard scholar Elizabeth Perry to present Featherman Lecture on future of the Chinese revolution April 18th
Harvard professor Elizabeth Perry will present the 2006 Featherman lecture, "Is the Chinese Revolution Dead?," at noon on April 18, 2006 at the Campus Center Multipurpose Rooms at the University of New England's campus in Biddeford. 
 
Born in China and raised in Japan, Elizabeth Perry received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan and taught at the Universities of Arizona, Washington (Seattle), and California (Berkeley) before moving to Harvard University where she is currently the Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government. More Information

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.