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presented on Reflective Practice at their nationalconference in San Diego this fall. Dr. Fox isan Associate Professor in Curry’s PAL programand is the Greater Boston Association ofEducational Therapists’ Study Group Leader.■ Dr. Susan James received the Mary AnnGarrigan award from the Theta-at-LargeChapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.She also co-edited the third edition of NursingCare of Children: Principles and Practice publishedby Elsevier.■ Dr. Susan LaRocco received the Memberof the Year Award from the American Assemblyfor Men in Nursing at their 31st annualconference held in Portland, Oregon. She isthe only woman to have received this award.During her four years on the Board of Directors,she worked closely with the web masterto initiate the AAMN web site. She is afrequent contributor to Interaction, theAssembly’s quarterly newsletter, and haspresented at the conference in 2003 and 2006.Dr. LaRocco was also instrumental in creatinga new brochure for the organization. She nowserves on the nominating committee.The Division of Nursing is pleased toannounce that Dr. Susan LaRocco has earnedthe designation of Certified Nurse Educatorafter successfully completing a certificationexamination developed and administered bythe National League for Nursing.Dr. LaRocco presented Hear Our Voices: MenDiscuss Their Careers in Nursing at the EasternNurses Research Society annual conference.She also received the Curry College Researcherof the Year Award.■ Michelle McMahon, Assistant Professor ofNursing, received the Tufts Health Plan NurseScholar Award for the 2008-2009 academicyear. This $10,000 scholarship given in conjunctionwith the Massachusetts HospitalAssociation (MHA) and the MassachusettsDepartment of Higher Education (MDHE)was granted to clinical nurses enrolled in doctoralnursing programs within the Universityof Massachusetts system, to address the nursingshortage by supporting the academicendeavors of Ph.D. candidates committed toteaching nursing in Massachusetts.L to R: Rob Smid, Les Muray, Susan Peterson, and John Hill in front of the temple of Minervain the central square in Assisi, while in Italy for the Impact of Worldviews conference.■ Maureen Murphy was elected to the CurryCollege Faculty Counselor position of theTheta-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta TauInternational.■ Dr. Elinor Nugent had a poster presentationtitled Implementing Changes in EducationalStrategies Based on Orientation Experiences ofthe New Graduate at a conference on CapeCod called Smooth Sailing: The Transition fromNew Graduate to Practicing Nurse.■ Eileen O’Connell, a Schweitzer Fellow-For-Life, is a member of the committee thatwill select the 2009-2010 Fellows.The Program, in the tradition of Nobel Prizelaureate Albert Schweitzer, promotes compassionand service in health care professions.Members of the fellowship include majormedical schools, nursing programs, and alliedhealth professionals.She was also an invited speaker at the AmericanCollege of Nurse Midwives (ACNM)2008 Annual Meeting on the topic of HolisticHealth and Healing.Nursing faculty members are frequently askedto review textbooks that are approaching publication.Eileen O’Connell was a reviewer ofthe research textbook Nursing Research, byauthors Polit & Beck (2008). The book ispublished by Lippincott, Williams andWilkins.■ Eileen O’Keefe was inducted into SigmaTheta Tau International as a communityleader.■ Barbara Pinchera received The Promise ofNursing for Massachusetts Regional FacultyFellowship from the Foundation of theNational Student Nurses Association.PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION■ Dr. Bette Manter presented a paper onJosiah Royce at an International Conferencehosted in Poland in June.■ Dr. Les Muray published hisbook Liberal Protestantism andScience (Westport, Connecticut:Greenwood Press, 2008)and his 51st article: “PoliticalTheory,” in Michel Weber andWill Desmond, Editors, Handbookof Whiteheadian ProcessThought, Volume 1 (Frankfurt: ontos verlag,2008) pp.459-469. Professor Muray also presenteda paper - “The Democratic Legacy ofImre Nagy: The Snagov Political Memoirs” -in Assisi, Italy in August 2008 at a conference10 Curry College Magazine / Winter 2009