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DONNA M. CASSIDY, professor of art, professor and chair of American and New England Studies, contributed to the catalog for the Portland Museum of Art show "Monet to Matisse, Homer to Hartley: American Masters and their European Muses."

RAY CHEN, assistant professor of art, had his sculpture, "In Between," included in the Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport this summer.

JANE COOLIDGE, director of University Health Services, ROSEMARY JOHNSON, associate professor of nursing, and MARJORIE THOMAS LAWSON, associate professor of nursing, will be presenting "A Collaborative Partnership: Sharing the Lessons Learned" at the National League for Nursing Education Summit 2004 taking place in Orlando on September 30.

CHRISTINE GALBRAITH, associate professor of law, has been invited to become of member of the "Culture, Society and Intellectual Property" collaborative research network to be based at the University of Buffalo Law School and the University's Baldy Center.

MEL HOWARDS, faculty, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and director of the OLLI Senior Players, was selected to make three presentations at the upcoming Association of Theater in Higher Education conference held in Toronto on July 29-August 1. The presentations are titled: "How to Develop a Senior Theatre Group at a College or University"; "Senior Theatre in Community/Community in Senior Theatre"; and "Techniques and Resources in Senior Theatre."

CRAIG HUTCHINSON, vice president for Student and University Life, has been elected regional vice president of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He will be responsible for the operations of, and chairing the advisory board for, this professional association with 1,000 members from student affairs divisions of colleges and universities in the six New England states.

ERIC JAMES II, financial specialist II, Institute for Public Service Innovation, Muskie School, will co-direct and teach a three-week program at Ursinus College, Penn. during July and August. The program is an intensive ESL/American culture program for Japanese and American students that is run by Ursinus College and Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai, Japan.

KEN JONES, associate professor and director of teacher education, was an invited speaker at the "Rethinking Accountability -- Building State and Local Capacity for Achieving Maine's Educational Vision" conference to be held August 12 in Augusta.

MARK LAPPING, professor of public policy and management and director of the Ph.D. program in public policy and management, presented a paper, "Putting Planning in the Adirondacks in its National Context," at the 11th annual Adiroindack Research Consortium, Saranac Lake, NY. The book Lapping co-authored, "Big Places, Big Plans: Large-scale Regional Planning in North America" will be released by Ashgate Publishers on August 30. In that book Lapping and ROBERT M. SANFORD, associate professor of environmental science and policy, co-authored the chapter "The Beckoning Country: Act 250, Act 200 and Regional Planning in Vermont."

RICHARD LETHEM, lecturer in art, was the subject of the article "On My Father's Painting" written by Jonathan Lethem that appears in the current issue of Modern Painters (Summer 2004).

LEIGH G. MUNDHENK, assistant professor of leadership and organizational studies, had her paper, "Developing Community Minded Professionals Through a Comprehensive Career Development and Internship Program," appear in the Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships, (Vol. 2, No. 37, pp. 7-11). Another article, "Toward an Understanding of What it Means to be Student Centered: a New Teacher's Journal," appeared in the Journal of Management Education (Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 447-462).

ABRAHAM PECK, director, Academic Council for Post-Holocaust Christian, Jewish and Islamic Studies, collaborated on a discussion series at Ocean Park this summer designed for Muslims, Jews and Christians seeking common ground. He moderated a panel discussion at the July 13 symposium.

JAN PIRIBECK, associate professor of art, presented a lecture, "Crossroads of Creativity: Artists & Scientists in the Maine Environment," on July 26 at The Wilhelm Reich Museum Conference Center in Rangeley. Among the artists and scientists whose work she discussed were CAROLYN EYLER, director of art exhibitions & programs for the Area Gallery and Art Gallery, GARY GREEN, assistant professor of art, and REBECCA GOODALE, assistant professor of art.

ALISON REISER, professor of law, gave a public lecture at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station on "Prescriptions for Fisheries Reform: Is Rights-Based Management Compatible with an Ecosytems Approach?" During her visit to Stanford, Alison also met with a graduate class in marine conservation biology.

DEBORAH TUERKHEIMER, associate professor of law, was appointed by Governor Baldacci as one of five members of a newly-established advisory council on the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence.

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