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EMMANUELLE CHAULET, arts events director, had her article "A Holistic Approach to Acting" published in the Maine Holistic Journal (February/ March 2005).

CHEN GOW HWEI, assistant professor of art, spoke on "A Voice of Cultural Impact: From East to West," at the Chinese New Year Fair, January 29, at Catherine McAuley High School, Portland. At the same fair, LU HSIN-YI, assistant professor of social and behavioral sciences, spoke on "Changing Tradition in Taiwan: Urban Landscape Changes and Reinvention of Cultural Tradition," and CRAIG DIETRICH, professor emeritus of history, spoke on "Islam in China."

ROSEMARY J. CLEARY, assistant professor of social and behavioral sciences, Lewiston-Auburn College, and EVE ALLEGRA RAIMON, associate professor of arts and humanities, Lewiston-Auburn College, presented their talk, "The Visionary and the Volatile: The Promise and Perils of a Values-Based, Socially Responsible General Education Curriculum," to the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities in San Francisco on January 28, 2005.

ELIZABETH ELLIOTT, pre-nursing advising coordinator and instructor of nursing, NOREEN BYRNE VINCENT, lecturer of nursing, PHYLLIS F. HEALY, associate professor of nursing, JUDITH SPROSS, associate professor of nursing, and MARIANNE W. RODGERS, chair and associate professor of nursing, attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader Regional Meeting in Washington D.C., on January 27-28, 2005.

MICHAEL S. HAMILTON, associate professor of political science, is the author of "Mining Environmental Policy: Comparing Indonesia and the United States" which will be published this summer by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. in the United Kingdom, United States, Singapore and Australia.

JANE KIRSCHLING, dean, College of Nursing and Health Professions, attended an American Association of Colleges of Nursing Board of Directors' Meeting in Coronado, Calif., on January 17-19, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader Regional Meeting in Washington D.C., on January 27-28.

MARJORIE THOMAS LAWSON, associate professor of nursing, attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Conference on Pathways to Doctoral Education in Coronado, Calif., on January 18-23, 2005.

VICTOR LIBERI, lecturer of sports medicine, traveled to the United States Olympic Training Center in Marquette, Mich., for one week to work as an athletic trainer with the teams.

MINOR ROOTES, professor of theatre, has a lead role in an independent feature film, "Sundowning," which also stars EMMANUELLE CHAULET and is directed by James Cole, the son RON COLE, professor emeritus of music. The film has been accepted by the 2005 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, Calif., at which it was shown on March 4 and 6. The film's trailer can be viewed at http://gumspirits.com/sundowning.html.

BRIAN TOY, director and associate professor of sports medicine, JAY L. MYERS, instructor of sports medicine, VICTOR LIBERI and TINA CLAIBORNE, assistant professor of sports medicine, presented posters on "Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies Can be Evaluated in the Traditional Athletic Training Setting Following Naturally Occurring Events" and "Implementing an Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program for the Non-Traditional Aged Student" at the bi-annual National Athletic Trainers Association EducatorŐs Conference in Montgomery, Tx., in January 2005.

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