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ALBERT BEAN, director of athletics, gave a presentation on character and gratitude to the student body of the Goodwill-Hinkley School. Bean also took part in a panel discussion at the NCAA Convention in Orlando, on the topic of "Building Trust Between Student-Athletes and University Administration.” He gave a presentation on “trust gap” in college athletics and how to create an environment that promotes trust among all constituencies, at the Life Skills Continuing Education Conference in Long Beach, California, on February 11.

C. GEORGE CAFFENTZIS, associate professor of philosophy and honors, is having his book, “Exciting the Industry of Mankind: George Berkeley’s Philosophy of Money,” published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in June. His article, “The International Intellectual Property Regime and the Enclosure of African Knowledge,” appeared in “African Visions: Literary Images, Political Change and Social Struggle in Contemporary Africa” (Greenwood Press, 2000, pp.7-14). Another article, “Marx, Turing Machines and the Labor of Thought,” appeared in the autumn 2000 issue of the Maine Scholar. At the Scholars at Risk Conference, held at the University of Chicago last June, Caffentzis presented, “Scholars at Risk from Structural Adjustment.” He presented “Executionism and Socialist Legality,” at the 12th annual conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists, in Havana last June. In July, he presented “Reflections on the Anti-globalization Movement: Cycles and Crises,” at the Global Capital and Global Struggles Conference held at the University of London. In December, he presented “The Death Penalty and Strategies of Globalization,” at the Radical Philosophy Association session at the American Philosophical Association-Eastern Division annual meetings held in New York City.

LUISA S. DEPREZ, director of the Women's Studies Program and associate professor of social welfare, has been awarded the annual Feminist Scholarship Award by the Council of Social Work Education's Commission on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work for a paper she co-authored, "Something Worth Fighting For: Higher Education for Women on Welfare," which focuses on the Maine Parents as Scholars program. She and her co-author have also been named NCAL Fellows by the National Center on Adult Learning for 2000-2001, enabling them to continue their work on women, welfare, and higher education.

DUSTY DREW, instructor in physical education, was named president of the Standish Kiwanis, and was asked to work on the committee to review the Standish Town Charter. He also was responsible for coordinating the Standish Family Fun Day.

KATHLEEN A. EARLE, research professor, Institute for Child And Family Policy, Muskie School, had her article, "The Value of Secrecy," published in the fall 2000 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, REFLECTIONS: Narratives of Professional Helping, (pp. 64-69). This article resulted from research funded by grants from the USM Faculty Senate and the Maine Humanities Council. She has published “Child Abuse and Neglect: An Examination of American Indian Data” (Seattle: Casey Family Programs, 2000), which is available from the Institute for Child and Family Policy.

ED FLAHERTY, lecturer in physical education, made presentations to the following organizations: Portland Schools Coaching Symposium on September 29, Boise Cascade Employees, on November 22, and Sigma Nu Alumni Chapter, on November 29.

SCOTT HARRIS, assistant professor of music, will present a preconcert lecture for the Portland Symphony Orchestra in April.

TARA HEALY, assistant professor of social work, received honorable mention for the James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award at the Gerontological Health Section’s award ceremony at the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) annual meeting last November for her paper, “Ethical Tensions Related to Social Workers’ Evaluation of Community-Dwelling Elders’ Decisional Capacity.” The paper was later presented during at the 128th APHA annual meeting in Boston. Also in November, she presented a paper, “Levels of Directiveness in Home Health Care Practice,” at the Gerontological Society of America 53rd annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

DAVID B. JONES, associate professor, recreation and leisure studies, was elected for a three-year term to the board of directors of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society (NTRS). As a board member, he has also assumed the role of tri-chair for the NTRS Internship and Practicum Committee. He recently attended the NTRS Mid-Year Legislative Session in Washington, D.C., where he advocated for professional issues and met with the congressional delegation.

RICHARD MAIMAN, professor of political science, has co-authored a book to be published this summer by Oxford University Press, titled “Divorce Lawyers at Work: Varieties of Professionalism in Practice.” Maiman has recently been given a continuing appointment as a visiting fellow at the Essex University Human Rights Centre in Colchester, England.

PETER MARTIN, professor of music, was guest conductor of the West Virginia University Wind Symphony and conductor of the West Virginia University Honor Band in February. During the summer of 2002, Martin will conduct concerts throughout Europe with the American Musical Ambassadors.

TED REESE, wrestling coach, was a special guest of the USA Wrestling Coaches Association at the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney, Australia.

STEWART K. SANDBERG, assistant professor of geosciences, and USM students MICHAEL A. ROBINSON and MELISSA D. KIRKPATRICK, co-authored “Using Transient Electromagnetic Soundings to Map the Thickness of the Gray Delta, Maine, and Correction of Data Using Coil Calibration to Improve Resolution.” Robinson will present the paper at the 36th annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America to be held March in Burlington, Vt.

GEORGE SHALER, evaluation specialist, Institute for Public Sector Innovation, Muskie School, is serving on a national technical advisory panel assisting the Research Triangle Institute in developing a national evaluation plan for (U.S.) Bureau of Primary Health Care's Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Initiative, which provides funding for more than 100 school-based health centers across the country.

DONNA M. SOMMA, budget analyst, Finance and Administration, became a member on the board of directors for the Helen & David Libby Homes for Girls, Inc. last January. The organization’s goal is to develop a boarding home for girls.

WAYNE ST. PETER, women’s tennis coach, was invited by the USTA to be a special guest clinician at the Sands Nigal in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in February.

GEORGE TOWLE, lecturer in physical education, took part in the Iten (Kenya) Training Camp for 75 elite junior runners last December.

KIM TURNER, assistant athletics director, gave a presentation on civility to 250 student-athletes from the Western Maine Athletic Conference. She also gave a presentation on hazing and civility to 40 parents from Wells High School.

DAVID WAGNER, professor of social work and sociology, has been interviewed on NPR affiliates in Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin recently on his book “What's Love Got to do with it? A Critical Look at American Charity.” He has also been quoted on the future of nonprofits in the Cox Newspapers (including the Atlanta Journal Constitution), and on the elections and the nonprofits in the Baltimore Sun. He also has been asked by Los Angeles NPR to talk on "faith based" charity.

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