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&FACULTY NEWS NOTESCOMMUNICATION■ Dorria DiManno and Jerry Gibbs wereparticipants in a film that won the “Best Useof Character” award in the Providence 48 hourfilm project last August. Professor DiMannoworked as a script developer, and ProfessorGibbs was a co-script writer and served as ascript consultant and production assistant.Professor DiManno’s daughter and son-in-law,Dorria Marsh and Chris Simmons, served asthe leaders of the team.The film, a dark comedy titled “The Lure ofDeath,” is about two buddies who steal a fishinglure from a dead guy waiting to be madeup for a funeral. All films in the contest had touse a character named Monica or MonteCheney who had to be a hairdresser. Theymade their Monica a “Hairdresser for theHereafter” or “Stylist to the Stiffs” and thejudges felt that treatment was the most uniqueuse of this mandate. Other mandates includedusing a pear somewhere in the film and usingthe line, “If you see him again, tell me.”There were more than 50 entries in this year’s“Best of Providence” competition.■ Kirk Hazlett is Director-at-large ofthe Public Relations Society of America'sEducators Academy, and organized andmoderated a panel discussion at SimmonsCollege on September 9, 2008 entitled“Professional to Educator Transition.” Nearlytwo dozen communications professionalsattended this program designed to provideresources to Boston-area practitioners whoseek to enter academia as either adjunct or fulltimefaculty. Workshops such as this helpto facilitate the integration of professionalexperiences into the development of liberalarts college curricula and faculty.■ Jim Mattee helped copy edit the work ofMark Feeney, an arts writer for The BostonGlobe who won a Pulitzer Prize in the categoryof criticism.In Mr. Feeney’s remarks to Jim, he said thatJim had saved him many times catching writingor grammar errors and did it “with suchgraciousness.”ENGLISH■ Andrew Horn was invited by the StrategicResearch and Study Center (SAREM) of theTurkish General Staff to present a paper at the“International Symposium on the MiddleEast: Its Future Among Uncertainties, andSecurity Problems.” The Symposium was heldon June 5 and 6, 2008 in Istanbul.SAREM symposia were attended by all ambassadors/chiefsof mission accredited to Turkey,by representatives of NATO, by historiansand political scientists, and by the assembledTurkish General Staff. Presentations weresimultaneously interpreted into Turkish,French, and English.He also had an article on the connectionsbetween the Lefebvrist movement (a breakawayfrom the Roman Catholic Church) andEuropean Fascism published in the Guardiannewspaper, in London, in February 2009.■ Dr. Allan Hunter’s latestbook, The Six Archetypes ofLove published by FindhornPress in 2008 identifies sixclassic profiles of individualsin love: the Innocent, theOrphan, the Pilgrim, theWarrior-Lover, the Monarchand the Magician and helps answer such universalquestions as ‘What exactly is love?’ and‘How do we find it and how can we keep it?’This book is the next volume after Stories WeNeed to Know; Reading Your Life Path in Literaturealso published by Findhorn Press in2008. Learn more about these publications atwww.sixarchetypes.com.■ Dr. Susan Peterson presented a paper -“Shelley's Secular View of Jesus”- in Assisi,Italy in August 2008 at a conference entitled“The Impact of Worldviews - Secular andReligious - on the Sustainability of Democracies.”The conference is sponsored by theHighlands Institute on American Religiousand Philosophic Thought.■ Dr. Karoline Szatek recently presented apaper entitled, “A Place for Female Power andVoice in England during James I’s Reign” inDr. Katherine Morrison Recognizedas Best Public Speaker onthe Eastern SeaboardFinishes Third inInternational Finals■ Dr. Katherine Morrison was victoriousin the Eastern Seaboard Regional Finals ofthe International Speech Competition ofToastmasters International in Rockville,MD and earned a third place finish inCalgary, Canada in the International Finals!Dr. Morrison had previously advanced afterprevailing at competitions at the club, area,division and district level. She proudlyrepresented Curry College in the finalround of the International Convention inCalgary, Alberta, Canada where she competedwith finalists from regions within theUnited States and internationally.Toastmasters International has over200,000 members in 80 countries and is theworld’s largest non-profit educationalorganization devoted to communicationand leadership development. Dr. Morrison’swinning speech, “Stand Up Again” containedinspiring messages about perseveranceand determination. We applaudher “bronze medal” success in the Augustchampionship and congratulate her on hernoteworthy accomplishment!Dr. Katherine Morrison teaching at Curry College8 Curry College Magazine / Winter 2009
Aberdeen, Scotland. The 12th InternationalConference on the Literature of Region andNation included talks by scholars from Japan,South Africa, Europe, and the United States.Dr. Szatek’s speech was on women and theirinfluence on theatre crowds during the reignof England’s James I (1603-1625).LIBRARY■ David Miller is the recipient of this year’sNETSL Award for Excellence in TechnicalServices. This award is from the New EnglandLibrary Association and specifically from theNew England Technical Services Librariansection (NETSL).David received this award in recognition of hiscontribution to the field of library technicalservices. David’s contributions to the field arewidely known through his publications,service, and innovations in practice. Thisaward consists of a beautiful certificate, whichwill be in display in his office. David receivedthis award during NETSL annual meeting onApril 4, 2008 in front of more than 250 librariansfrom around New England.FINE AND APPLIED ARTS■ Laurie Alpert continues to be a prolificexhibitor. She was one of five BromfieldGallery artists featured in the “Rara Avis” showin July 2008 and had work in an exhibition atthe Art Complex Museum in Duxbury in September2008 which featured 27 New Englandand New York artists’ works in book form.Laurie also had work in the National JuriedMonotype/Monoprint Exhibition at the AttleboroArts Museum which ran in Septemberand October 2008.Laurie Alpert and Elizabeth Strasser exhibitedwork in the Bromfield Gallery’s AnnualExhibition and South End Open Studiosshows in September. The show featuredcontemporary art from two dozen Bromfieldartists in a variety of media – from printmakingand sculpture to drawing and painting.Laurie Alpert, Iris Kumar and ElizabethStrasser presented work as part of Hyde ParkOpen Studios in December 2008. The festivegathering included music by Doug Koch.Laurie Alpert, Elizabeth Strasser, Iris Kumar,and Randy Garber exhibited work at theBromfield Gallery’s ‘Body and Soul: A Benefitfor Aid for Cancer Research’ in February 2009.■ Efram Burk’s book, CleverFresno Girl, The Travel Writingsof Marguerite ThompsonZorach, 1908-1915 (Universityof Delaware Press, ISBN:978-0-87413-035-5).It is available through theUniversity of Delaware websitewww2.lib.udel.edu/udpress/cleverfresno.htmand via Amazon.com.■ Janice Salvucci presented a paper entitled“Music in General Education: Multiple ArtsModel for Engaged Learning” at the 2008Super Regional Conference combining theNortheast Chapter and Mid-Atlantic Chapterof the College Music Society. CMS is anational organization of college and universitymusic educators across all music disciplines–including performance, musicology, musiceducation, and music in general education.The attendees expressed much interest in thispresentation of active learning strategies andthe integration of the arts in Curry’s corecurriculum Introduction to Fine Arts.NURSING■ Dr. Don Anderson was certified in Medical-SurgicalNursing by the Academy of Medical-SurgicalNurses.Professor Anderson was also inducted as a“Luther Christman Fellow” at the AmericanAssembly for Men in Nursing at the October2008 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.The Society of Luther Christman Fellowsrecognize contributions to nursing made bymen, fund AAMN Foundation scholarships tosupport men in nursing, fund research grantsby the AAMN Foundation in areas of men’shealth and issues of men in nursing. Thefellowship is open to anyone wishing to be aLuther Christman Fellow.■ Dr. Linda Caldwell and Dr. ElizabethKudzma will both be leading Commission onCollegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) teamsin the Spring 2009 semester.■ Dr. Linda Caldwell and Dr. Linda Tenofsky(and G. Luke) published “Creating valueaddedlinkages through creative programming:A partnership for nursing education” inThe Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing.■ Dr. Linda Caldwell, Dr. Susan James, andDr. Elinor Nugent received a grant in theamount of $26,800 from the MassachusettsDepartment of Higher Education. The reviewcommittee for the grant was comprised of individualshighly knowledgeable on issues of nursingeducation, as well as authorities on theworkforce development needs of the Commonwealthof Massachusetts.The selection process was very competitivewith only five schools of nursing receivingPhase 2 funding.The grant allows collaboration with a practicepartner, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center/SeniorLife in Roslindale, MA, and two educationpartners, Quincy College and Cape Cod CommunityCollege. The discussion, analysis andcollaboration with the partners will be used torevise curriculum of the RN-BS program atCurry College. Our goals are to eliminateduplication of content among programs and toprovide a seamless transition for registerednurses from AD to BS and from BS to theClinical Nurse Leader MSN program at Curry.Initial discussion with the partners has resultedin preliminary identification of competenciesthat are present in the associate degreecurriculum and the RN to BS program, as wellas competencies that need to be developed.■ Dr. Linda Caldwell, Michelle McMahon,Cathleen Santos, and Dr. Linda Tenofskyattended the Baccalaureate Nursing Conferencein San Antonio in December. The conferencewas focused on Integrating Technologyin the Nursing Curriculum. Dr. Caldwellhas served on the planning committee for thepast two Baccalaureate Conferences sponsoredby the American Association of Colleges ofNursing.■ Dr. Laurie Fox’s article, titled Recognizingand Treating Executive Functioning, was publishedin the Winter 2008 Journal of the Associationof Educational Therapists. She alsoWinter 2009 / Curry College Magazine 9
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