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Faculty & Staff News

This faculty and staff news page is updated each week. If you have UNE faculty or staff news to report, please email  it to Sherri DeFilipp at sdefilipp@une.edu

May 4 - May 10

Marilyn R Gugliucci, Ph.D. has been awarded American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Fellowship status by the AGS Board of Directors. This honor was bestowed on  her at the 2008 Annual meeting of the AGS in Washington D.C. April 30 -May 4th 2008. It recognizes her leadership and advocacy for education and research in medical and social issues effecting elders. AGS is a not-for-profit organization of over 6,700 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The Society provides leadership to healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public by implementing and advocating for programs in patient care, research, professional and public education, and public policy. Dr. Gugliucci is also a fellow of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education and The Gerontological Society of America.

Steven Travis, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, was invited to present a research seminar to the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Ohio State University (Columbus) on May 22.  The presentation is entitled: "Across the Subtropical Tidal Gradient: Restoration Genetics of Seagrass Beds, Salt Marshes, and Mangrove Forests."

Two COM students, Meg Rothman (MS I) and Rob Levine (MS II), presented poster presentations on their research at the AGS meeting. These students were invited to present in the 2008 AGS Presidential Poster session as well as in the AGS Student Poster Session. Both student were recognized in the American Federation for Aging Research Student Luncheon. Levine completed an AFAR Fellowship at Johns Hopkins, Summer 2007; Rothman will begin her Fellowship at Harvard (Hebrew Rehab Center) Summer 2008.

AGS Poster Titles:
Meg Rothman (MS I) -  End-of-life Care  Curriculum In Undergraduate Medical Education:  A Comparison Of Allopathic And Osteopathic Schools (M Gugliucci Co-author)

Rob Levine (MS II) - The Influence of Fatigue on Reported Mobility Disability: Findings from the Women’s Health and Aging Studies.(C. Weiss, P. Chaves, & R Thorpe, Jr. Co authors)

Other COM faculty in geriatrics with the MatureCare group were also in attendance, Bruce Bates, D.O.. Daniel Pierce, D.O. and J.Chase Rand, D.O.

Dr. Ron Deprez, Executive Director, UNE Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research, traveled to Unalaska, Alaska from April 24th to the 28th to facilitate a Strategic Planning Retreat with the board of directors and staff of the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, Inc.  Unalaska, the 11th largest city in Alaska, is a bustling community of about 4,000 residents located along the Aleutian Chain, approximately 800 miles southwest of Anchorage.  Dutch Harbor, located at the center of Unalaska, processes more seafood than any other location in the US. IFHS is the only local provider of primary and acute health care to the population of Unalaska and surrounding islands to the fish processing workers who live in Unalaska up to 8 months a year and to the off-shore employees of fish trawlers and factory ships. Dr. Deprez and Sue Peters, MBA, an expert in health center management and operations, worked with the board and staff to develop critical components of a strategic plan including the mission, vision and focus areas for further development.  They assisted in the development of a common factual foundation to support planning, identified the full range of strategic and financial opportunities for IFHS, and identified service and operational goals and objectives to drive the planning process. As a result, IFHS can move forward to develop new services and re-organize existing services to better meet population needs. This will include the implementation of additional high quality primary care (especially chronic disease care) and expanded access to acute care services.  For more information about IFHS go to: www.ifhs.org

Charles W. Ford, Ph.D., Professor of Health Sciences has been selected to present a paper at the International Conference on Education, Economy & Society in Paris, France in July.  The presentation is "International Nursing Migration and Shortage: Current Data."

Markus Frederich, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, was invited to presented his research at “The State of Marine Ecology in Maine 2008” Symposium at Bowdoin College. His talk was titled “Is AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) a better signal for heat stress than HSP70?”. Dr. Frederich presented recent findings of his research on cellular markers for temperature stress, that involves several undergraduate students and is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Michael Beaudoin, Education Department professor, has had an article entitled "Maximizing Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age"
published in the Winter 2008 (Vol XXIV, No 1) issue of the Journal of Maine Education.

On April 21, 2008, Sue Stableford, MPH, MSB, Director of the Health Literacy Institute, was selected for one of ten fellowships for Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Health Literacy/Clear Health Communication.  She will be traveling to The Ohio State University College of Medicine in October of 2009 for three days to conduct health literacy workshops for health professions faculty and for the statewide health literacy team. This will be Ms. Stableford’s sixth consecutive year receiving the Pfizer Visiting Professorship.

Anne B. Zill, Director of the UNE Gallery of Art, has a traveling exhibition of photographs by women artists entitled "Women on War," which will be exhibited during the month of June at New York University's Kimmel Center on Washington Square in New York City.  This is its eighth venue around the country since the exhibition was created in response to the Iraq war in 2004.  It will be featured at the National Council for Research on Women's annual conference, June 5-7, called "Hitting the Ground Running: Research, Activism and Leadership for a New Era."

April 27 - May 3

University of New England Honors biology undergraduate student Hannah Mercer '08 was recently awarded the Young  Investigator Travel award from the American Pain Society to attend the society's annual conference in Tampa, Fla., May 8-10, 2008. This travel award is very competitive as the majority of awardees have Ph.D.s and/or medical degrees.

Glenn Stevenson, Chloe Adams, Hannah Mercer, and Jim Cormier

Hannah Mercer's poster is entitled:"Targeting pain-suppressed behaviors in preclinical assays of chronic pain: Effects of varying acquisition duration on osteoarthritis-induced suppression of wheel running in rats," and represents data that she collected to fulfill her Honors thesis in the laboratory of Glenn Stevenson, Ph.D., over the past two years. Stevenson is an assistant professor in the UNE Department of Psychology and studies the psychopharmacology of chronic pain and drug abuse. Accompanying Stevenson and Mercer to the conference will be University of New England students Chloe Adams '08 and Jim Cormier '09, who also contributed substantially to the project.

Additional travel funds for the three UNE students were provided by the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, the Department of Biological Sciences, and an NIH grant to Stevenson.

April 20 - April 26

Maura O'Connor, Director of Learning Assistance Services, is pleased to announce that LAS' tutor training program has earned certification by the College Reading and Learning Association.  The program has been certified for five years at both the regular and advanced levels.  The purpose of this certification program is twofold. First, it provides recognition and positive reinforcement for tutors' successful work from an international organization, CRLA. Second, its certification process sets a standard of skills and training for tutors.  CRLA's International Tutor Program Certification has been endorsed by the National Association for Developmental Education, Commission XVI of the American College Personnel Association, the American Council of Developmental Education Associations, Association for the Tutoring Professional and the National Tutoring Association.

April 13 - April 19

Lori Power, Westbrook College Campus coordinator of Learning Assistance Services, has been named this year's recipient of the Commuter Appreciation Award.  Each year WCC students, faculty and staff are asked to vote for the person whom they consider the most helpful/friendly person on campus.  The WCC Commuter Council, which sponsored the award, presented Lori with flowers, a plaque and a gas card. 

Amy M. Deveau, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics, attended the American Chemical Society National Conference in New Orleans, La. from April 6-10 with student Nancy Costa (Medical Biology, 08') where they presented two posters on ongoing research in Deveau's laboratory spanning the areas of synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry.  Deveau presented the first poster titled "Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Analogs of the mu-Opioid Receptor Antagonist 6b-Naltrexol, and Their Evaluation in In Vitro Opioid Receptor Models" that featured research by students Andrea Pelotte (Biochemistry/Med Bio, 09') and Ryan Smith (UNE-COM, 09') and collaborations with Dr. Richard Rothman (National Institute on Drug Abuse, Addiction Research Center, National Institutes of Health) and Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., (UNE-COM).    The second poster titled "Exploring Green Aqueous Suzuki Coupling Reactions for the Undergraduate Laboratory: The Synthesis of Ethyl-(4-Phenylphenyl) Acetate, A Biologically Active Biaryl With Anti-Arthritic Potential" details ongoing work in the area of chemical pedagogy and highlights efforts to make the organic chemistry lab experiments more environmentally-friendly. This poster was presented by student Nancy Costa and featured collaborations with Andrea Pelotte and UNE organic chemistry lab instructors Joseph Simard and Christopher Syvinski. Both research projects have been supported in the past by CAS and/or University mini grants.  The Naltrexol project has been also supported by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and the UNE-COM Dean's Research Fellowship.

Betsey Gray, M.S.W., LCSW and Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D. presented at the UNE Community Day: An Aging Generation. The event was held on April 5, 2008 at the Northern Maine Community College Edmonds Conference Center in Presque Isle, Maine. Dr. Gugliucci provided the keynote session titled: "The Aging 'Loco'motion: You can’t be idle on a moving train!"  She also presented a workshop entitled: Living as an Elder: Students’ Experiences Residing in Nursing Homes. Ms Gray presented a workshop titled: "Addressing Hidden Issues: (Sexuality, AIDS, Substance Abuse etc.)." The day’s event was attended by UNE social work students and community leaders that provide services to older adults in northern Maine.

Ali Ahmida, Ph.D., chair of the Political Science Department, was invited by the African Studies Program at University of Kansas, Lawrence, to give one of four distinguished talks as part of a seminar on Culture and Events in North Africa, Spring 2008.  Ahmida's talk was on "The Sahara as a Contested Space: Two Cases from Libyan History" was presented April 10, 2008.

Beth Moyer, occupational therapy faculty member, and Kelly Cowan, OT junior student, presented an overview of UNE OT research on Parkinson's disease to the 6th Annual Parkinson's Awareness conference held in Freeport, Maine, on Friday April 11.

Markus Frederich, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, presented his research at the Benthic Ecology Conference in Providence, RI. His talk titled “AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the rock crab, Cancer irroratus: an early indicator of temperature stress?” was co-authored by his post doc Jennifer Jost, Ph.D., and two of his undergraduate students, Michaela O’Rourke and Christina Bucicchia. Dr. Frederich presented recent findings of his research on cellular markers for temperature stress, that is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Megan Chase, undergraduate student, medical biology, presented her research as a poster at the Benthic Ecology Conference in Providence, RI. The poster was co-authored by honors student Emily Zimmermann, undergraduate student, marine biology, and their two advisors Phil Yund, Ph.D., director of the Marine Science Center, and Markus Frederich, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology. Emily started the project on “the physiological basis of thermal stress in color morphs of the intertidal snail Nucella lapidus” as an honors project. Megan contributed to this project while Emily spent one semester abroad on Wales, England.

April 6 - April 12

Bill Paterson, M.Ed., C.P.E., Substance Abuse Prevention Project director at the Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition, a Program of the Division of Community Programs of the Osteopathic School of Medicine, was an organizer and presenter recently at the Old Orchard Beach “Communities for Children and Youth’s”  Call to Action Meeting to Prevent Underage Drinking.  His presentation on the Impact of Media on Underage Drinking followed a keynote speech by Attorney General Steve Rowe and comments from a panel of experts in the community. The program, geared for parents, attracted a wide variety of community members, including students from the high school, was co-sponsored by the Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition and the Old Orchard Beach School System. The Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition, located in COM in the Division of Community Programs, promotes education and supports activities that prevent tobacco use and substance abuse while promoting health eating and physical activity. Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition works with the communities of Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Arundel, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Dayton, Buxton and Hollis.

Cathrine Frank, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, presented on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities in Berkeley, CA. Her paper, called "Prying Eyes: Inside the Victorian Criminal Character," considered the "strange case" as a legal case that raises questions about the relationship between literary and legal narratives about character: individual character, professional character, and changing concepts of agency and responsibility at the end of the Victorian era.

Beth Moyer, occupational therapy faculty member, and  Erin Herlihy-Faherty, UNE OT senior, presented a workshop on Implementing an Evidence-Based Parkinson's Disease Program Based on Motor Control/Motor Learning  to the Maine Occupational Therapy Association in Orono on Saturday March 29, 2008.

Hahna Patterson, M.A., clinical counselor, was a guest speaker at the 2008 Maine Counseling Association’s annual conference at Samoset Resort on March 31, 2008.  His presentation “Teen Depression: Recognizing the Symptoms and Taking Action” reviewed the most recent research on diagnosing and treating teen depression.  Attendees learned how to differentiate normal teen behaviors and attitudes from those meeting the criteria for depression along with targeted treatment strategies.

March 30 - April 5

Three Nursing Department faculty members made presentations at the Technologic Innovations in Nursing Education Conference held at Crowne Plaza Hilton Head Island Resort March 26-28, 2008. Cynthia Morris, M.S., B.S.N, RN, the Clinical Simulation Program coordinator, spoke on “Simulation Stories to Inspire, Educate and Enlighten Students."  Jennifer Morton, M.S., M.P.H., B.S.N., and Dawne Marie Dunbar, RN, B.S., M.S.N./Ed., gave a presentation titled “Enhancing Student Development: A progression Approach to Simulation." 

Cliff Roberson, M.S., CRNA, and Nina Turcato, D.N.P., CRNA, from the School of Nurse Anesthesia, presented on simulation at the New England Assembly of Nurse Anesthetists. Nina and Cliff shared experiences, data and video excerpts with their “Simulation in Anesthesia” presentation.

Todd Dadaleares, operations manager and patient simulator technician, Clinical Simulation Program, will be presenting at “Beyond the Limits”- an  EMS-focused conference at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Sandusky Ohio from May 8-10th. The event is being put on by EHOVE. Todd will be speaking on what it takes to start up and run a high fidelity simulation lab. The talk focus on the growth the UNE College of Health Professions' program has gone through and what the Clinical Simulation Program has learned along the way.

Leslie Ingraham, M.S., director of Continuing Medical Education, has earned the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation from the Convention Industry Council. This prestigious credential is recognized throughout the meetings, conventions, and exhibitions industry and demonstrates Ingraham's expertise in meeting management. Ingraham was among 393 professionals worldwide who passed the certification examination February 2, 2008. The CMP designation, established in 1985, was designed to increase the professionalism of meeting managers in all sectors of the industry; recognize and raise industry standards; and increase the value of these practitioners to their employers and individuals to whom their services are provided.

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., professor and chair of the English Department,  was a guest at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  He met with students and faculty and lectured in several English and Political Sciences classes, visited one of the world’s top four collections of William Faulkner’s books and documents, and gave a public lecture titled “Dialogue of Heretics.”  He was also interviewed by historian Chris Schnell for "Going Public," a program of Southeast Public Radio, KRCU. The show is scheduled to air in the near future.

March 16 - 22

UNECOM team traveling to China Medical University
Jacquelyn Cawley, DO, interim dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ron Deprez, Ph.D., MPH, executive director of The Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research and India Broyles, Ed.D., associate professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine are traveling to Shenyang, China on March 22-27 to meet with officials at China Medical University (CMU). The purpose of the meetings is to discuss possible collaborations between UNE and CMU.  This meeting comes as a follow-up to meetings held at UNE in 2005 with a number of Asian medical schools.  CMU has been charged by the Chinese Government to oversee the revitalization of the Barefoot Doctor Program. During the Shenyang visit the UNECOM team will share medical education, quality improvement and research in primary care. Student and faculty exchange opportunities, education opportunities, and how UNECOM might assist CMU in the implementation of barefoot doctors program especially education and training in the care of patients with chronic health conditions will be explored.  The philosophy of Barefoot Doctor Program is similar in many ways to principles of osteopathic medicine.  It views the body as a whole integral unit.  The members of the COM team traveling to China hope to strengthen UNE’s international alliances through this visit.

Charles Tilburg, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics, spent a week (March 8-March 14) in Busan, South Korea working with scientists at the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) of Korea.  While in Korea, he presented a seminar entitled "Physical Controls on Residence Time of Gamak Bay, Korea" at NFRDI on March 9 and at Pukyong National University on March 10.

Ronald R Deprez, Ph.D., M.P.H., executive director, UNE Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research (CHPPR), Jean Mellett of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS), and Sue Peters of the CHAMP program of New London, Conn. presented at the Association for Community Health Improvement’s annual conference, Spring Training for Health Champions in Atlanta, Georgia, March 5-7.  Dr. Deprez led off with a presentation of the methods used to successfully conduct and follow-up on community health needs assessments (CHNA). The presentation was based on 17 years of experience conducting dozens of CHNAs in communities from Maine to Alaska. Ms. Mellett and Ms. Peters spoke on follow-up strategies and actions taken by their respective communities following two recent assessments completed by CHPPR, one in rural Maine and the other in an urban county in Connecticut.

Several components were covered in this session that are key to CHPPR’s unique assessment process including the use of rapid assessment tools and indicators that help (a) identify priority health service needs in populations, (b) assess the current delivery system and programs, (c) determine capacity for best practice improvements, (d) evaluate the quality of prevention, detection and management services for chronic health conditions and, (e) determining barriers and strategies to moving forward collaboratively. 

During his presentation the audience had an opportunity to (1) Understand prerequisites, methods, data and process to conduct a successful CHNA; (2) gain an understanding of approaches to collaborative follow-up to CHNAs; and (3) build expertise on best practice programs addressing access and chronic care needs of populations.

March 2 - March 8

India Broyles Ed.D. (COM) Evelyn Schwalenberg D.O. (COM), Benjamin Boh (MS2 COM), and Jean Reagan (COM) showcased the work of COM students and faculty at the Biddeford Free Clinic through a poster and a paper presentation - SugarBusters, Better Breathers and More:  Medical Students Bring Family Medicine to a Community Free Clinic - at the annual conference of the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine in Portland Oregon, Jan. 25-27, 2008
 

Jane O'Brien, Ph.D, OTR/L, Occupational Therapy Department had her research recently published in the Journal of Motor Behavior.  Amita Mittal, Mathematics Department, was also author author on this study. This study examines the visual, auditory and vibrotactile reaction time responses of children with and without DCD using the Lafayette O'Brien Reaction Time system (LORT) designed by O'Brien. The article reference is:  O’Brien, J., Williams, H., Bundy, A.,Lyons,J., & Mittal, A. (January, 2008). Mechanisms underlying coordination in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder, Journal of Motor Behavior, 40, 43 – 61. 

Greg Shambarger, assistant director of Orientation and Student Involvement, co-hosted the National Orientation Directors Association Region IX Conference, “Lighting the Way” this past weekend, Feb. 29th through March 2nd at the Eastland Park Hotel.  The conference welcomed more than 200 students, faculty and staff from more than 50 colleges and universities from around New England, New York, and the Maritime Provinces.  At the conference, Greg received the NODA Region IX Outstanding Orientation Professional Award.
 
In addition, orientation advisors, Elizabeth DeGrandpre ’10 and Sarah Cooke ’09 presented at the conference, and their program, “Welcome to the Theme Park: Enjoy the Ride,” about developing orientation themes, was awarded “Best Presentation for Students.”

February 24 - March 1

On Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, Anouar Majid, professor and chair, Department of English, gave a talk titled “The Age of Terror” for the University of Minnesota’s American Studies’ program colloquium series on “The War on Terror.”  He was also invited to join a university-wide committee to help organize an international conference in September 2009. On Tuesday, he gave a public lecture titled “Being Muslim in America” at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.  Throughout his stay, Majid was hosted by faculty, staff, students, and leaders of the local Muslim community. He was interviewed by Minnesota’s All Things Considered and by a local PBS program.

Susan McHugh, assistant professor of English, has published an essay in Literature and Medicine, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal devoted to exploring connections between literary and medical knowledge and understanding.  McHugh’s essay “Flora, Not Fauna: GM Culture and Agriculture” analyzes narratives of genetically modified potatoes in contemporary American fiction, and it appears in a special issue of Literature and Medicine that focuses on genomics in literature, visual arts, and culture.

February 17 - 23

Karen Pardue, M.S., RN, CNE, associate professor and assistant director of the Department of Nursing, conducted a day-long faculty development conference for the Missouri League for Nursing on Friday Feb. 22, 2008.  The topic of the conference was: "Moving Beyond Lecture:  Principles and Practices of Active Teaching."

Lance Tibbetts, grounds manager, Sodexho Campus Services, was the subject of a four-page interview in the March 2008 issue of SportsField Management in which he talks about his career in ground and turf management.

Jeff Nevers, recruiting specialist in Career Services, has been designated by the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers as a public relations liaison for the Professional Development, Small Colleges, Newsletter and "Lone Ranger" (single staff member) committees. In these roles he will provide strategic media, marketing and public relations guidance to member career services offices.

If you are glancing through the March 2008 issue of the national magazine More, you will run across a large photo of Kathleen Taggersell, director of marketing and communications, who was profiled in a story titled "Firsts after 40, My First Touché." Taggersell, who became a fencer after her daughter took up the sport, discusses her passion for fencing and her aspiration to participate on a more competitive level.

February 10 - 16

Michael Beaudoin, professor of education, has been invited as a visiting scholar at the Consorcio Clavijero in Jalapa, Mexico, where he will spend the next two months as part of his sabbatical.  The Consortium of 64 instututions develops and delivers distance education courses and degree programs across Veracruz state. Michael will collaborate with staff there on various distance education activities and research studies.

Jim Cavanaugh PT, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, recently participated as a speaker in two educational sessions at the national Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) of the American Physical Therapy Association, held February 6-9, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.   Both sessions were conducted in his capacity as an associate editor of the Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy (JNPT).  The first session was a panel discussion geared toward prospective JNPT authors and manuscript reviewers.  For the second session, Jim moderated a round table discussion regarding JNPT multimedia technology.  This year, CSM had a record attendance of over 7,000 individuals from across the country.

“The Postcolonial Bubble,” a slightly modified version of a chapter in Anouar Majid’s latest book, A Call for Heresy, was recently published in The Postcolonial and the Global, an edited volume bringing together prominent scholars in the humanities and social sciences.  Majid’s chapter highlights the devastating effects of capitalism on global cultures and why Islamic extremism alone doesn’t explain the rise of violence worldwide. Majid is professor and chair of the English Department.

Anouar Majid also gave a talk titled “Speaking Against the Present:  How Jews and Muslims Can Talk to Each Other” at the Etz Chaim Synagogue in Portland on Friday, February 8, 2008.   Majid’s talk is part of a series including appearances by Steven Rowe, Attorney General for the State of Maine and Michael Brennan, Democratic Candidate for Maine’s 1st District in Congress.

Associate professor of philosophy David Livingstone Smith's paper "Interrogating the Westermarck Hypothesis: Limitations, Problems, and Alternatives" has been published in the current issue of the MIT journal /Biological Theory/ (Vol. 2, No. 3: 307–316).

February 3 - February 9

The UNE Department of Health and Wellness Education was recently featured in the National Student Affairs Best Practices for Creating and Promoting Comprehensive Student Wellness Report.  This report "provides fresh, innovative perspectives that can be used as models on college campuses".  Featured items included the Resident Advisor Programming Menu and the UNE Student Fitness Challenge that were submitted by Amy Langevin, M.A., Health and Wellness director.

Maria Aguilo Seara (MS-I/II) was awarded a T-32 pre-doctoral research award in aging from Harvard Medical School. Student physician Aguillo-Seara is the first DO student to receive this award at Harvard and will be conducting research at Beth Isreal Deaconess Hospital in Boston for 8 weeks beginning April 2008. Her research will be on delirium following hip fracture surgery in older adults. 

Rob Levine (MS-II) and Meg Rothman (MS-I) received notification that they have been selected to present their research at the American Geriatrics Society Presidential Poster Session at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting. Abstracts receiving the highest scores through the peer review process are included in the Presidential Poster Session. Student physician Levine conducted his research as an American Federation for Aging Research Fellow that he was awarded for the summer of 2007 at Johns Hopkins Medical School; Student Physician Rothman conducted her research to complete her master's degree requirements at Boston University (2007).

Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., director, Geriatric Education and Research, is the research mentor for these medical students and also served on Ms Rothman's Thesis Committee at BU.

January 27 - February 2

On March 7, David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy and religious studies, will give a presentation on "The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and War" as part of the University of Southern Maine's biology seminar series.

The Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce installed its new officers on Jan. 24, 2008. James Breyley, Ph.D., chair of the UNE Department of Business and Communications, is the chamber's first vice chairman.

January 20 - 26

Diversity & Democracy, a periodical published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to “support academic leaders and educators as they design and reshape their diversity programs, civic engagement initiatives, and global learning opportunities to better prepare students for principled action in today's complex world,” is featuring Anouar Majid’s essay “Educating Ourselves into Coexistence” as its lead article in the current (Winter 2008) issue. Majid’s article was first published by the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2002 and was republished as the lead article in the September 2002 edition of Education Digest and in college textbooks.  The article from Diversity & Democracy is available online. Majid is professor and chair, Department of English.

Norma J. Charette, director of Conference Services has been elected as director elect of the Region 12 Association of Collegiate Conference and  Events Directors-International (ACCED-I) .   This position is a two-year term that provides leadership/strategic focus to approximately 350 colleagues located in the greater Northern New England region.  As part of a new initiative implemented in November 2007, this position is also responsible for drafting new training programs geared for  current and new incoming ACCED-I members. Because of this appointment, UNE will host the 2007 Regional ACCED-I Conference on it's UNE campus in November 2007 as well as co-host the upcoming 2008 National ACCED-I Conference to be held in Boston in March 2009.

January 13-19

Associate Professor of Philosophy David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., is one of 50 scholars invited to participate in an interdisciplinary workshop on Security and Human Behavior at MIT in June/July, 2008.  Participants include economists, psychologists and security experts, including Dick Clarke, who was terrorism adviser to Presidents Clinton and Bush.

Five members of the UNE Institutional Assessment Committee have published an article titled "Improving Institutional Effectiveness: Description and Application of an Implementation Model" in Planning for Higher Education, January 2008, which is published by the Society for College and University Planning. The authors are Michael R. Sheldon, associate professor and director of the Department of Physical Therapy; Andrew J. Golub, dean of library services; John R. Langevin, assistant dean of students for Student Support Services, the director of counseling services, and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology; Paulette A. St. Ours, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences; and Barbara J. Swartzlander, director of library public services. PDF of the article.

January 6-12

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of English, will be giving a public talk titled "Dangerous Monologues" at Florida Atlantic University this Sunday, January 13, 2008,  at 4 p.m.

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, was recently invited by the United Nations Development Programme to serve on committee of six scholars to evaluate educational performance in five Arab countries. The countries are Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.

Maine Chief Justice Leigh Saufley appointed Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., M.S.W., assistant professor, UNE's School of Social Work, to the Family Law Advisory Commission an important group that advises the state on family law issues.

Megan Grumbling, a writing specialist with Learning Assistance Services, was recently awarded one of the The Poetry Foundation's two 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships. Among the largest awards offered to aspiring writers in the United States, each Lilly Fellowship carries an award of $15,000 to help the recipients continue their study and writing of poetry. Grumbling's poetry has recently appeared in Saranac Review, Indiana Review, Passages North, The Southern Review, and Poetry. The Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1989 through a national competition. The winners can use the $15,000 grant to further their studies however they wish. The Poetry Foundation in Chicago is publisher of Poetry magazine. http://poetryfoundation.org/foundation/release_101507.html

Michael Beaudoin, Education faculty, has had published an article entitled "Dissecting the African Digital Divide: diffusing e-learning in sub-Saharan Africa." in E-Learning, Volume 4, Number 4, 2007. 

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