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FACULTYHIGHLIGHTS ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTSShown here are: Dr. Kimberly Borges (far left); Dr. Kurt Holzhausen (third from left); Dr. Soraya Cardenas(fourth from left); Dr. Bruno Hicks (behind Dr. Cardenas); Anthony Gauvin (front and center); Dr. MelissaStandley (second from right); and, Brad Ritz (far right).UMFK FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND TEACHING FOR A SUSTAINABLEFUTURE CONFERENCESeven members of the UMFK faculty participated in Teaching for a Sustainable Future, held inFarmington, Maine this past spring, to learn more about service-project learning and incorporatingsustainability. The conference was attended by professors Dr. Kimberly Borges (EnvironmentalStudies), Dr. Soraya Cardenas (Sociology); Anthony Gauvin (Electronic Commerce); Dr. BrunoHicks (Education & Environmental Studies); Dr. Kurt Holzhausen (Psychology); Brad Ritz (Business& Economics); and, Dr. Melissa Standley (English).DR. BUCK PRESENTS ON THE HISTORY OFTHE ST. JOHN VALLEYIn March, Assistant Professor of History and Education,Dr. Paul Buck II, presented on Béatrice Craig’s book aboutthe history of the Madawaska Territory entitled, The Landin Between – The Upper St. John Valley, Prehistory to WorldWar I. The presentation was sponsored by UMFK’s AcadianArchives Acadiennes.Dr. Buck discussed the importance, usefulness, andcontent of Dr. Craig’s book, as well as some general ideason the role of perspective and purpose in the search fortruth in history writing. The presentation was aimed at avery broad audience, both professional historians andhistory buffs, alike.The study of the French language and culture, as well as the history of French speakersthroughout North America has been Dr. Buck’s academic passion since he was a teenager. He isproficient in five languages: English, French, Spanish, German, and Russian, and conversant inWolof, a language widely-spoken in Senegal.FETED IN MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICKLise Pelletier, director of the University of Maine at FortKent Acadian Archives Acadiennes, was a guest at a brunchin honor of the “Personalities of the Week” held in mid-June in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The recognitionevent was sponsored by Radio Canada-Atlantic and L’AcadieNouvelle. Pelletier was “The Personality of the Week” onFrench Radio Canada during the first week of May. The recognitionbrunch was aired on Radio Canada, and was videotapedfor television. Pelletier was interviewed at the brunch,and was in the running for “Personality of the Year.”10 | The Bell TowerDR. SORAYA CARDENASIt was a very busy spring and summer forDr. Soraya Cardenas, associate professorof Sociology.This past summer, she presentedpreliminary results at the Associationfor Environmental Studies and Sciences(University of Vermont, Burlington, VT) onCommunity Characteristics Near the Vicinityof Wind Farms; and, also presented atthe Community Development Society &Rural Sociological Society (Boise, Idaho)on Rural versus Urban Perceptions ofConsumption: Interviews with Women, apaper she wrote with the help of four students:Travis Nadeau, Bridget Hughes,Stephanie Chick, and Shannon Berube,as well as her rural societies class, whichhelped collect the data.Earlier this year, Dr. Cardenas presentedon UMFK’s grant work duringyear one on the Sustainability SolutionsInitiative: Climate Change and EnergySession, in Orono, Maine; participated in aNational Science Foundation (NSF) grantwritingworkshop for the ExperimentalPrograms to Stimulate CompetiveResearch (EPSCoR), at the University ofMaine campus in Orono. Dr. Cardenasalso attended another NSF workshopheld in Orono, Maine: Science: Becomingthe Messenger, along with her UMFK colleague,Dr. Kurt Holzhausen, associateprofessor of Psychology and chair of theNatural and Behavioral Sciences division;and, attended the New England Center forHigher Education’s (NECHE) spring meeting,Engaged Scholarship Think Tank, heldin Lewiston, Maine.And if all those activities weren’tenough to keep her busy, Dr. Cardenasalso chaired UMFK’s Scholars’ Symposiumfor the second consecutive year this pastspring.
FACULTYHIGHLIGHTS ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTSTHE 2ND ANNUALSCHOLARS’ SYMPOSIUMwas held on the last day of classesduring the spring semester. Theday-long event examined globalissues of culture, conflict, andconvergence. The Sports Center(shown here) hosted a studentposter presentations and exhibitsfollowing lunch. Keynote speaker,Dr. Yolanda Broyles-González(inset), spoke to a packed audiencein Fox Auditorium during themorning plenary session.DEAN OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT & STUDENT LIFEEllia Sablan-Zebedy has been named as Dean of EnrollmentManagement and Student Life, effective July 11. She will be responsiblefor providing leadership for, and coordinate support of, UMFK’sefforts for student success.Dean Sablan-Zebedy will oversee the Office of Admissions; theDivision of Enrollment Services, including the Student Success officeand the campus One-Stop Center (Financial Aid, Registrar, StudentSuccess, and Career Planning & Placement); and the Division ofStudent Life (Student Activities, Student Government, ResidentialLife, and Food Services).Before coming to UMFK, Sablan-Zebedy was vice presidentfor Administrative and Enrollment Services at the College of theMarshall Islands from 2009 to early 2011. Prior to that, she wasthe Interim Dean of Student Services charged with strategic enrollment management. During thatperiod, she developed and led the college’s Enrollment Management Committee.She is a 2010 graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Institute for EducationalManagement.NURSES: TRUSTED TO CAREFifty-nine nursing students received nursing pins, signifying their official entrance into the profession,at a ceremony in Fox Auditorium in early May. Faculty, staff, students, family, and friends gathered tohonor the recipients of the Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.Dr. Raymond T. Albert,professor of Computer Sciencesand UMFK’s faculty representativeto the University of Maine SystemBoard of Trustees, was appointedby UMS Board Chair, MichelleHood, as a member of the searchcommittee for the next UMSChancellor. The Chancellor SearchCommittee duties and responsibilitiesstate that the membershipof the Committee shall befour Trustees, one of which shallbe designated as Chair of theCommittee, and one representativeeach from the faculty and studentrepresentatives to the Board.UMS Chancellor, Dr. Richard L.Pattenaude, announced earlierthis year that he planned to stepdown as chancellor at the end ofthe 2011-2012 academic year.The Bell Tower | 11
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