Fall/Winter 2005 ANE Notes - Alumni and Development

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Antioch New England Graduate School
Fall ’05 / Winter ’06
Vol. 32 No. 2
Extensive Flooding in Keene Was Predicted
— Steve Gregory MS ’05
(continued on page 4)
INSIDE
Water Street in Keene lived up to its name after the October rains.
Beth Kaplin Receives MacArthur Grant
From the President
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Briefly Noted
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Jonathan Kozol
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Eco Books
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Alumna Profile—
David Macy
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Visiting Days and
Information Sessions 8
Notepad for Grads
Alumni News
Photo: Caleb Clark
Last fall’s torrential rains in the Northeast didn’t just focus media
attention on the massive flooding in Keene and the Monadnock Region.
They also shined a spotlight on the Graduate School and a team of
Antioch New England researchers, who for months prior to the October
deluge had coincidentally been studying the vulnerability of Keene’s
storm water drainage network to heavier than normal rains.
“Most graduate students don’t see their theories and assumptions
come to fruition as rapidly as we did,” said Sigurd Spearing, one of
three graduates of ANE’s Resource Management and Administration
program who worked with RMA director Michael Simpson on the study.
Along with Sigurd ’05, other Environmental Studies alumni included
Thomas Crosslin ’05 and Emily Hague ’05. Latham Stack ’84, a principal
of Syntectic International, LLC, was also a member of the research
team.
The group had set out in spring 2005 to examine what could happen
to the drainage system of Keene’s White Brook watershed during the
more intense rainstorms predicted by scientific modeling because of
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Rwanda and neighboring countries are in dire need of locally trained conservation biologists to help protect
one of Africa’s most important ecosystems. And Antioch New England’s Beth Kaplin has been tapped to help do
something about it.
Beth Kaplin, Ph.D., a professor of conservation biology in the Department of Environmental Studies,
authored a winning proposal to the MacArthur Foundation to fund a three-year project to restructure the
curriculum at the National University of Rwanda’s Biology Department.
The project aims to provide staff and faculty at the university with more training in how to research and
teach issues vital to conservation biology and to establish a Master of Science degree in the field of study.
Rwanda is one of five countries comprising the so-called Albertine Rift, a region which is very high in species
richness and has a large number of endemic species—species that are only found in that region of the world.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been compiling lists of these mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,
butterflies, and plants with the aim of promoting their conservation.
As part of the grant, Beth will take an eighteen-month leave from her position at ANE and will relocate to
Rwanda to provide technical assistance in the restructuring. Among other endeavors, she’ll help improve
instruction on techniques for gathering data on wildlife in the field.
The project is something of a homecoming for Beth, who has studied tropical forest ecology in Rwanda since
1990 and has worked closely with the National University.
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Information Session and Visiting Day Schedule, page 10
From the President
We’ve changed our name. Effective July 1, 2006, we’re Antioch University New England. Why would we do such a thing?
The simplest answer: Antioch DNA.
The most celebrated contemporary example of this phenomenon is referred to in Coretta Scott King’s writings about
her experience as an undergraduate at Antioch College, and, very poignantly, in her family’s decision to ask that all
remembrances in her name be directed to the College. Mrs. King wrote in the 1993
edition of her autobiography My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., “Antioch—the total
experience of Antioch—was an important element in preparing me for the role I was to
play as the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., and for my part in the movement he led.”
Other examples of Antioch DNA bear equal witness to Horace Mann’s exhortation:
“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity,” but are entirely
unsung, woven in fundamental yet understated ways into the daily lives and actions of
Antiochians everywhere, across generations.
Here in New England, we celebrate two local heroes who are leaving ANE this year and
whose lives epitomize this same DNA: Jim Craiglow, who retired this year as chancellor
after thirty years service and dedication in a multitude of roles with ANE and Antioch
University, and Mitch Thomashow, who has been appointed president of Unity College in
Maine, also after thirty years distinguished service at ANE.
It isn’t the years of service (in the case of Jim and Mitch) or the notoriety (in the case
of Coretta Scott King) from which we draw inspiration as Antiochians. It’s the tireless
and selfless dedication to winning victories for humanity—in the Civil Rights Movement,
in higher education, and service to local and regional communities, in passionate stewardship
of the environment—and, for all, the mentoring of future generations to in turn go out
and win their own victories.
When our faculty, staff, students, and alumni meet others from Antioch College,
So we’ve Antioch McGregor, Antioch Seattle, Antioch Southern California, University campuses across the country
changed our meet, even for the first time, we recognize some ineffable qualities in each other that reveal at once
that what we share is greater than what our differences might be. So we’ve changed our name, in large
name, in large part to embrace and claim our membership in the larger Antioch family, past, present, and future—all
part to embrace across the land.
Visioning ourselves forward as Antioch University New England, as one era gives way to the next, we
and claim our all rededicate ourselves to winning victories large and small for humanity, guided by our Antioch DNA.
membership in
the larger
Antioch family,
past, present,
and future—all
across the land.
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Best wishes,
Neal King, Interim President
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Briefly Noted
Antioch Disaster Shakti Team
Heads to the Gulf Coast
Just six months after returning from disaster
relief work in the tsunami-stricken region of India,
Gargi Roysircar, professor of clinical psychology
and director of the Antioch Multicultural Center,
is preparing to lead a team of students to yet
another disaster-stricken area, this one closer
to home. Roysircar and clinical psychology
students Anders Goranson, Claire Dunnett,
Stephanie Miller, Alison Roy, Kate Airey, Michael
Brodeur, and Vanessa Partridge will travel to
the Gulf Coast in March to do Disaster Shakti—
translated as empowerment, strength, and
resilience in the face of disaster.
“Despite their sadness, anger, and feelings
of betrayal, there is a lot of resiliency and
optimism in the Gulf Coast people. Their strong
religious and spiritual faith pulls them along,”
said Gargi. “They are caring survivors concerned
about others’ needs. We want to bear witness
to the survivors’ experience of the Katrina and
its aftermath and tell their story.”
While there, Gargi and her team will spend
time with families and children in tent and trailer
cities; go door-to-door assessing the needs of
residents and reporting back to human services
case managers; provide psychosocial activities
for city employees and first responders who
have worked tirelessly since the disaster; and
engage survivors in conversations about trauma
as it relates to disaster, racism, and poverty.
For more information please visit us at
www.multiculturalcenter.org.
Service Learning Summit
Antioch New England was well-represented at
the 2nd Annual Service Learning Summit at
Keene State College in early February. The
event highlighted successful efforts involving
students and faculty from both institutions,
and was organized by Polly Chandler OM ’05,
the academic service-learning coordinator
for both ANE and Keene State.
Presenters included ANEI project director
Paul Bocko ES ’96, who along with Anita CarrollWeldon of the Horatio Colony Museum, provided
an overview of the learning collaboration
between students and the museum. ANE
students created a series of hands-on activities
using elements of the museum collection.
Environmental Advocacy students Brian
Hiatt and Willow Rheault described their work
with clients on two separate projects. Brian’s
project helped to build a sustainable base
for community radio in Keene, and Willow’s
work focused on educating Maine voters about
a statewide ballot sustainability issue.
Whole Terrain
“Celebration and Ceremony”
Celebrate the Most Recent Issue
of Whole Terrain
A nationally acclaimed literary journal
published by Antioch New England, Whole
Terrain’s Vol. 14, Celebration and Ceremony,
features well-known authors such as Janisse
Ray and our own Tom Wessels, as well as
talented new voices. Student editor Brett Thelen
writes, the current issue presents reflections
of a world that is “alive with celebration, and
rich with ritual.” To purchase an issue please
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Second Step Players Dance to a Different Drummer
The Second Step Players are a theater troupe
comprised of funny and daring volunteers who also
have mental health diagnoses. The shows are
written, produced, and performed by the troupe in
order to explore difficulties within the mental health
system, to stigma bust, and to show audiences that
our differences can empower and inspire each other.
Becca Atkins AP ’01 (pictured with pup!) is the
director of the troupe and has found a creative
alternative to express Antioch New England’s message
of compassion and awareness.
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Keene Flood
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The team stressed
global climate
that need during a
change. They then
presentation of
extrapolated their
their findings to
findings over the
select city council
larger Keene storm
members and
water drainage
planning officials
system.
October 5. Little
Well before the
did they know that
October floods, the
three days later,
team concluded
Mother Nature
that the concrete
would unleash a
culverts that
tempest on Keene
channel storm
and much of the
water runoff within
Northeast that
the watershed were
would serve as a
not designed to
The
Woodland
Cemetery
on
the
East
Side
of
Keene,
a
favorite
jaunt
for
many
local
students,
got
its
fill
of
river
overflow.
real-life test of
accommodate the
their hypotheses.
increased rainfall
On the morning of October 8, menacing skies let loose a steady,
predicted under climate change models and could lead to flooding and
driving rain that during the course of the next twenty-four hours
culvert failures. The climate modeling the team used for the study
dumped eleven-and-a-half inches of water on Keene and the
predicted average rainfall totals could increase between 10 and 30
surrounding area.
percent over the next several years in Keene and the surrounding region
A swollen river north of Keene swept away houses and left seven
because of increasing greenhouse gas accumulations.
people dead. The driving rains also washed out several roads,
“There is a certain irony in telling someone that they have the potential
including a stretch of Route 9 between Keene and Stoddard that left
for a problem and then have that problem occur,” researcher Thomas
much of the low-lying portions of Keene under several feet of water.
Crosslin said, although he noted the storm of October 8 and 9 was a freak
“I looked outside and saw that half my street had turned into a
occurrence beyond what even the climate change models predicted.
pond,” said researcher Emily Hague, who lives near Keene’s Central
In a twenty-one-page report, Crosslin and the other researchers
Square. She contacted fellow researcher Sigurd Spearing, and together
warned Keene officials that they needed to make drastic improvements
they toured the study area to survey the damage.
to the city’s culvert system to avoid damage to public and private property
Most of the culverts held up to the storm’s fury, but one on
brought on by heavier than normal rains. Their findings showed that at
Whitcombs Mill Road over White Brook failed, causing extensive
least 30 percent of the culverts in Keene were vulnerable to flooding with
flooding and bank erosion. The road behind the narrow bridge over
the heavier rains predicted and also because of increasing development
the brook also buckled.
of open space in the city.
“People were canoeing to their homes,” Sigurd said. “It was surreal.”
Michael Simpson launched the study in February 2005 after attending
Word of the ANE study caught the attention of newspapers in Keene,
a speech by James Gustav Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry and
Boston, and Concord and was eventually distributed nationally by the
Environmental Studies and author of Red Sky at Morning: America and the
Crisis of the Global Environment. In his speech, Speth argued that more
Associated Press.
needs to be done at local, state, and national levels to educate Americans on
The researchers hope their study will serve as a wake-up call to city
the dangers posed by greenhouse gas accumulations in the atmosphere.
planners in New England and elsewhere that the time is now to begin
“Responding to global warming requires a higher level of citizen
shoring up municipal infrastructure in advance of the more intense
scientific education because the problem is not ‘in your face’ on a daily
weather predicted by global climate change models. “The professional
basis,” Michael said. “In essence, as other academics and advocates
community historically has taken a “wait-and-see” approach rather
are focusing on reducing future emissions that exacerbate climate
than actively preparing for climate change,” the team wrote.
change, the culvert study was to emphasize the need to have parallel
“However, this wait-and-see approach is no longer tenable.”
efforts to prepare and plan for the ramifications of past emissions,
Added researcher Emily Hague: “Clearly, planning and climate science
whose impact will be experienced over many decades to come.”
need to go hand-in-hand from this point forward.” s
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Fiery and Funny, Author Jonathan Kozol
Speaks at Antioch New England
— Sam Samuels
“Segregation is back,” said best-selling author, educator, and activist
Jonathan Kozol on Thursday, November 17, to an audience of about
seven hundred Antioch New England students, faculty, staff, alumni,
and Monadnock Region community members who had gathered in the
auditorium of Keene Middle School for a public lecture hosted by ANE.
“With a vengeance.”
It was an evening that was sometimes enraging, sometimes hilarious,
and always enlightening. Kozol came to Antioch New England as part of
an Antioch University-wide visiting lecture series. Earlier, he had given
talks at Antioch campuses in Southern California and Seattle, and he
will speak at Antioch College in the spring.
His visit to ANE was an eye-opener. In the course of ninety minutes,
Kozol presented a searing, painstakingly researched attack on poverty
and racial division in inner-city schools, the American system of paying
for education through property taxes, our president, the low value
America places on minority children, and the No Child Left Behind Act.
Kozol is the author of numerous books on the inequalities of the
American educational system. His newest book, The Shame of the Nation:
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, is the product of his
many visits to more than sixty public schools in America’s inner cities.
In classroom after classroom, Kozol sees the same three disturbing trends.
First, he observes that American schools are more racially segregated
now than at any time since 1968. Second, the separation by race has
been accompanied by a huge separation in funding. And third, Kozol
decries the effects of what he calls “No Child Left Untested.” With so
much pressure on teachers to pump up their students’ test scores,
Kozol sees no time left in the school day for beauty, for laughter, or,
in his view, for true education.
In the midst of this strong criticism, Kozol maintains a powerful sense
of humor and of hope. A self-proclaimed product of the 60s, he believes
that if enough people act together they can create a positive change.
He predicts that the next ten years will witness a second civil rights
movement, this time focused not in the Deep South but in New York City.
“History is not like some weather system that comes down out of
Canada,” he remarked. “History is what you do in the morning about
the beliefs you held the night before.”
Peppered throughout his talk were many anecdotes, some joyous
and some downright funny, about the many children he has met.
Kozol recounted a visit to an elementary school in the Bronx along
with his long-time friend Fred Rogers, of public television’s Mr. Rogers’
Neighborhood. The school was in an area of intense poverty and crime,
and the faces of the children were 100 percent African American. When
one of the youngsters spotted Mr. Rogers, he flung out his arms, ran
full-speed toward his television friend, leapt into the air to embrace
him, planted a kiss on his forehead, and said: “Mr. Rogers, welcome
to my neighborhood.”
The day after Kozol’s public lecture, he returned to the ANE campus
for a full day of workshops and talks with smaller groups within the
campus community, concluding in the evening with a modified version
of his public lecture, shortened to allow for more questions.
Jonathan Kozol presented a researched attack on poverty and
racial division in inner-city schools, the low value America
places on minority children, and the No Child Left Behind Act.
That final talk had a special surprise. Among the approximately
seventy members of the Antioch community in attendance was Lyonel
Tracy, New Hampshire’s Commissioner of Education. Tracy took a
front-row seat. When question and answer time arrived, Kozol invited
Tracy up to the front of the room to field questions as a team.
“Jonathan Kozol has been one of my best friends for thirty years,”
Tracy said. “But he only found out about it tonight.”
Tracy told the story of his being a rookie school teacher in rural
Maine when he read and became inspired by Kozol’s first book, Death
at an Early Age. Shortly after that, he learned that Kozol would be
speaking about an hour away. The young Tracy jumped in his car and
headed toward the lecture, only to be stopped when his car struck a
deer. By the time the police arrived on the dark, deserted stretch of
country road, Kozol’s lecture was already half over. Tracy had missed it.
For the last thirty years, Tracy has been waiting for another chance
to hear his idol speak. So when he received the invitation from Antioch
not only to attend the talk, but also to take part in a private dinner
with Kozol, it was the answer to a lifelong wish.
“He’s still got that fire in the belly,” Tracy said.
As ANE Interim President Neal King said when introducing Kozol,
“He has the soul of a poet, the heart of a child, and the mind of a scholar.”
For the approximately one thousand people who heard Kozol speak
during his two days at ANE, all three were in evidence. s
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Kaplin’s MacArthur Grant
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park wardens to senior wildlife
“This work is a culmination
managers. One of the main reasons
of many things I have been
for the shortage has been the
thinking about in recent
nation’s lack of opportunity to
years, including conservation
specialize in conservation biology
education and biodiversity
at the undergraduate level or to
conservation in the Albertine
pursue graduate studies in this
Rift. Needless to say I am
field. The National University of
both thrilled and overwhelmed
Rwanda's Biology Department,
at the prospect!”
for example, devotes less than
Chairperson of ANE’s
five percent of its curriculum to
Department of Environmental
conservation biology.
Studies, Mitch Thomashow,
To help change that, Beth
said “Beth’s excellent research,
leaves for Rwanda at the end of
teaching, scholarship, and
February and will remain based
networking in tropical
there until Fall 2007, when she
conservation biology have
resumes her position at ANE.
established her as an
During the leave, however, Beth
international expert. Her
will continue working with the
MacArthur grant, designed to
Master’s students she advises and
build conservation biology
the Ph.D. candidates on whose
programs in Rwanda, reflects
Dr. Beth Kaplin (second from left) will collaborate with Rwandan colleagues from the
dissertation committees she
this fine effort. We expect it National University to restructure curriculum in the biology department.
serves. She will also maintain a
to spawn many opportunities
role with the Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation and will
for student and faculty exchanges in the months and years to come.”
return to Keene each summer to teach the Ph.D. Dissertation Seminar.
The MacArthur Foundation chose to fund the project to help stem
The Department of Environmental Studies will be hiring a one-year
the current shortage of locally trained conservation biologists in
replacement to cover her ecology and conservation biology courses.
Rwanda. Although the government of Rwanda has made wildlife
Antioch New England Graduate School wishes Beth the best of luck
conservation a top priority, it’s had difficulty recruiting qualified
in her new pursuit. s
local conservation biologists to fill positions ranging from national
Black, White, and Green All Over
It all started with a simple message in FirstClass asking a simple question—what do
Antiochians consider the top eco books? From Rachel Carlson’s Silent Spring, Desert Solitaire
by Edward Abbey, and The Control of Nature by John McPhee, to Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, weeks and
weeks went by and the responses just kept on coming. When all was said and done a diverse
list of some one hundred books had been offered as among the best and most influential ecocentered books published.
Some Eco Selections (in no particular order):
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Practice of the Wild, Gary Snyder
A Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey, Jane Goodall
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman
Please visit antiochne.edu/news for the full list of books submitted as top eco books.
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AND CHANGE
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professionals who seek rigorous
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Dreamer, Builder, Fixer, Caretaker, David Macy ’00
— Paul B. Hertneky
Rarely does a can-do guy wear the label of
After three years at Djerassi, Macy leapt at
idealist. Practicality often brings dreamers
an opportunity to become resident director at
down to earth and limits their vistas, or it tests
MacDowell. He’s still pinching himself. “I’m so
their mettle. When David Macy O&M ’00 talks,
happy it worked out. It got us back east (nearer
he can make conceptual leaps that leave a
to family), and it’s a great place to work. I think
listener panting to catch up. As the resident
this [today’s] staff is the best that MacDowell
director of the MacDowell Colony, the nation’s
has ever had.”
oldest artists’ retreat, in Peterborough, New
But he had a rocky start at the Colony.
Hampshire, Macy’s way of thinking and speaking
Controversy swirled around the departure of his
follows the way art is often made—by bringing
predecessor, and, he says, “I had a hard time
visions into the material world.
understanding the culture of the organization.
Macy recalls how he brought his Antioch
And, I was young in comparison to the rest of the
education straight back to the office.
staff, in age and experience. It was hard to be a
“Sustainability, for instance, was great to
catalyst for positive change. I thought I knew a
talk about. I could have a conversation with
lot about running an artists’ residency program,
somebody that was not about taking on a
but felt tenuous about my leadership skills.”
David Macy ’00 (O&M) dances between the
big project that would knock their life out of
That’s when he discovered ANE. “The Antioch
esoteric realm of art and the demands of the
renowned MacDowell Colony.
balance, putting them in a defensive position,
program was seamless with my work. Every paper
or forcing them to over-commit. Instead, we’d
I wrote, all the problem-solving that I studied
talk about how to look at an additional project so that we could
and presented at Antioch was taking place in my office at MacDowell.”
sustain it ourselves, and how to manage it to really thrive.”
In addition to the sustainable approach toward management, he found
Get him talking about two-ton sculptures made of six-penny nails
a professional peer group at ANE, one he thought had been sorely
that somehow evoke whipped cream, and how to get them on a truck,
lacking. “In working with peer groups at Antioch I realized that this
and you’re really in for a ride. Caught up in exploring the abstract
was the way I wanted to be engage with my staff at MacDowell—
and the seemingly impossible, David breaks down in giggles. His job
a realization that continues to be helpful to this day.”
allows him, and requires him, to dance between the esoteric realm of
Although his position demands that he make speeches, public
art and the demands of managing a large staff, and four-hundred
appearances, and interact with a constantly rotating population of
acres of land dotted with thirty-five buildings, and an operation that
artists, Macy, now the father of four-year-old Rowan, craves time for
serves artists continuously, 365 days a year.
family and his own solitude. In that way, he reflects the mission of
Looking into Macy’s past, offers a few glimpses of a dreamer-doer
the Colony. The world-renowned institution has been the subject of
life unfolding. Fascinated by the way things work, he majored in
television dramas and acknowledged in the pages of books and musical
biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve. But he soon took an
scores and film credits, but it functions quietly, tucked away in the woods.
avid interest in religion, psychology, and art. “Understanding myself
Recently, however, Macy has found himself in a media storm. After
and understanding why other people behave the way they do seemed
a century of exemptions, the town of Peterborough has decided to levy
much more interesting than the co-efficient for determining how
property taxes on the Colony. The move follows a growing trend among
rapidly a piece of plastic will crack,” he said.
cash-strapped municipalities throughout the U.S., simultaneously
Rebecca Rothfusz, who would become his spouse, studied modern
squeezing and endangering nonprofits. MacDowell has drawn the line
dance in Cleveland, and the two of them longed for new horizons.
and will fight the town in court. Now, on NPR and in Associated Press
He went to art school, and waited tables for a while. Then, true to
news stories, Macy finds himself asking tough questions of society.
form, they set their sights on California.
“Do we want to honor the tradition in this country to encourage the
Macy finally landed at Djerassi Resident Artists Program, a retreat
promotion of arts, or are we just about the bottom-line? Do we not
patterned after MacDowell, and he fell in love with the mission. “I
have any shared values about the arts and literature?”
thought it was fantastic that an organization was established to give
In a way, he’s been preparing those lines for a long time. He seems
time and to clear a space for people who were really passionate about
the perfect sort of man to be asking the questions, one who, every
doing exactly what they envisioned. I couldn’t believe that somebody
day helps artists, donors, volunteers, and co-workers figure out how
had come up with that and I was part of it,” he says.
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Spring 2006
Visiting Days & Information Sessions
Greetings, Antioch New England community members.
Many of our students report that they first discovered Antioch New England Graduate School through students,
faculty, staff, and alumni. I wanted to share this semester’s visiting day and information session schedule with you.
Beginning graduate school is a big undertaking, so your recommendation as an ANE community member means a
great deal to prospective students. If you know anyone who is considering graduate school, please pass on this
information. You may also direct any prospective students to Antioch New England by sending them one of our new
electronic postcards, available on the website at www.antiochne.edu.
As always, thank you for your ongoing support of Antioch New England.
Leatrice Johnson
Director of Admissions
Master’s Programs
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
VISITING DAY: Tuesday, April 11, 8:30 AM - 3 PM
EDUCATION
Experienced Educators
VISITING DAY: Saturday, March 11, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM (in Springfield, VT)
INFORMATION SESSIONS: Wednesday, April 5, 3 PM (in Saco, ME), Wednesday, May 3, 4 PM (in Keene, NH),
Wednesday, May 10, 3 PM (in Pembroke, NH)
Integrated Learning (Elementary Education )
VISITING DAY: Friday, April 7, 9 AM - 3 PM
Waldorf Teacher Training
VISITING DAY: Friday, April 14, 9 AM - 3 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
VISITING DAY: Friday, April 21, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT
VISITING DAYS: Saturday, March 11, 10 AM - 2 PM, Saturday, April 29, 10 AM - 2 PM
DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
VISITING DAYS: Friday, March 31, 2 PM - 6 PM, Friday, April 28, 2 PM - 6 PM
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
VISITING DAY: Monday, April 24, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Certificate Program
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
VISITING DAY: Saturday, April 1, 9 AM - 1 PM
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Development News
Alumni Relations News
Annual Fund
Antioch-wide Alumni Gathering in Seattle
In February, Antioch alumni from New England, Seattle, Santa Barbara, and Yellow Springs gathered
for a luncheon and a two-hour guided walk on the 255-acre nature preserve of Island Wood, a premier
outdoor learning center located on Washington’s scenic Bainbridge Island. Thirty Antiochians enjoyed
the afternoon. This was the first step toward creating a lively Antioch network in the Seattle area.
The Annual Fund is on its way to being
the biggest in several years, both in alumni
participation and dollars! We are very
honored to report that there have been
many first time donors this year as well
as many who have renewed their support
after several years away. If you have not
yet made your gift you can do so online at
www.antiochne.edu/alumni/giving.cfm
Norman Wilson Scholarship
Attendees of the Antioch-wide gathering: Susan Hager-Smith SS ’70, Kristin Poppo ES ’89, Jane Alynn LA,
and Sam Samuels ANE director of Development. Following the event, alumna Pamela Moore ES ’95 expressed,
“In true Antioch fashion, it was a memorable event that stirred that certain fire in the heart, through simple
connection of kindred spirit.”
Applied Psychology
Over forty DMT alumni and students attended a reception in Nashville, Tennessee during the annual
ADTA conference in October. Alumni of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program also enjoyed a
reception this fall at the annual AAMFT conference. Plans are already underway for alumni receptions
at these two events in the fall of 2006. ADTA is in Long Beach, California and AAMFT is in Austin, Texas.
Clinical Psychology
Gatherings are being organized in the Boston, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut areas.
Watch for your invitation.
Education
The Department of Education launched the Antioch Center for School Renewal this fall for service
to schools and educators. Check out the website for upcoming professional development
opportunities at www.antiochne.edu/acsr. The Waldorf Teacher Training Program will gather for
a reunion July 1 at the High Mowing School. Waldorf alumni, watch the mail for your invitation!
Environmental Studies
Fred Taylor will again be leading alumni on two weekend retreats. His popular Cape Cod trip will be
held April 21-April 23 during Earth Week, and is limited to fourteen participants. Later, he and
John Mosimann will lead a forest camping trip July 28-30 which is limited to twelve participants.
Tom Wessels is making plans to meet with alumni across the country during his upcoming book
tour for The Myth of Progress and the Laws of Sustainability. Watch for invitations to these events!
Organization & Management
Alumni gathered in early winter in Burlington, Vermont, and in Hanover and Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. Those attending reconnected with classmates and department chair Steve Guerriero ’88
who reported on programs and projects. Watch for future gatherings in your area. If we don’t have
your updated email address on record, be sure to send it to [email protected] so you will
receive the new O&M newsletter planned for a March release. s
We are only $18,000 away from the goal of
$100,000 to fully endow the Norman Wilson
Scholarship Fund. Created and named by
Heidi Watts, faculty emerita in the Department
of Education, the Norman Wilson Scholarship
will promote diversity by supporting students
of color. To make a gift to this fund, please
contact the Office of Development or director
Sam Samuels at 603.357.3122 ext. 281 or
[email protected].
The Glen Maples Society
The Glen Maples Society has been
established to secure Antioch New England’s
future through planned giving. Please let
us know if you have included Antioch New
England in your estate plans, or if you would
like information about how to do so. You can
email us at [email protected] and
request our Ways to Give brochure, or call
Sam Samuels at 603.357.3122 ext. 281
Glen Maples Society
Anonymous (1)
Donald D. Davis, friend
Glenn J. Kaufman, AP ’80
Margaret J. MacDonald OM ’98
Jason Roth AP ’76
Joan G. Saunders OM ’92
Dr. Barbara Toner Psy.D. ’98
Heidi Watts, Faculty Emerita
Peter S. Wellenberger ES ’82
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Alumni News
Applied Psychology
Anna Aasgaard, M.A. ’98, writes that her marriage
and family therapy practice is thriving at Well &
Beyond in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Susan J. Anderson, M.A. ’99, is a fourth-year
doctoral student at University of St. Thomas in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently doing her
internship at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
and working on her dissertation.
Jordan Crane, M.A. ’85, was named human resources
director at Devine Millimet, a law firm with offices in
Andover, Massachusetts and Manchester, Concord,
and North Hampton, New Hampshire. She directs
recruitment of legal and support staff, employee
relations and benefits, and training programs.
Calvin C. Frost, M.A. ’84, has opened his private
practice, Calvin Frost Counseling. His office is on the
second floor of the Junction Market Place in White
River Junction, Vermont. He has particular interest
in substance abuse counseling, stress and anger
management, and helping victims of domestic
violence and sexual abuse.
Suzanne Hastie, ADTR, M.A. ’91, has written a
chapter on The Kestenberg Movement Profile in
the Creative Arts Therapies Manual: A Guide to the
History, Theoretical Approaches, Assessment, and
Work with Special Populations of Art, Play, Dance,
Music, Drama, and Poetry Therapies, edited by
Stephanie L. Brooke, Ph.D.
Karen Kelley, M.A. ’93, has opened a private practice
in Kingston, New Hampshire to serve adolescents and
adults. Karen specializes in helping people heal from
trauma and recover from chemical dependency.
Tom MacLachlan, M.A. ’76, celebrated his twentyfifth year as faculty at North Shore Community
College in Danvers, Massachusetts. He is the founder
of the school’s human services and gerontology
degree program.
Suzy (Rossol) Matheson, M.A. ’03, announced the
debut of her daughter Julianna Elizabeth, born
July 24, 2005.
Shannon Murdoch, M.A. ’01, met up with her cousin
and friend Deborah A. Clark, M.A. ’01. Deborah has
Antioch interns at her site each semester. “We don’t
hear from our ’99-01 group though, so write people!
Hope everyone is as healthy and happy as we are.”
Colleen E. Murphy, M.A. ’03, is now licensed in
Vermont. Recently relocating back to New England,
she is a therapeutic case manager for Washington
County Mental Health.
Robert Nichols, M.A. ’02, provides individual and
family therapy at Family Services of Central
Massachusetts, forensic mental health services
in the Massachusetts correctional system, and
substance abuse services in Worcester.
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Jocelyn Shaw, M.A. ’05, is working at Sloan Kettering
Memorial in New York City with dance/movement
therapist and ANE DMT supervisor Suzi Tortora. Suzi’s
work was featured on an ABC-TV News report “Dance
Therapy to Help Sick Kids” and demonstrated the
effectiveness of dance therapy when combined with
traditional medicine. Jocelyn was shown working
with the children who are recovering from cancer.
Jeffrey Spiegler, M.A. ’95, is in private practice and
teaches Introduction to Psychology at the New
Hampshire Community Technical College in Keene.
Jeffrey’s practice primarily involves treating trauma,
phobias, pain, grief, addictions, and personal
performance issues. He is trained In Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Level II.
“The developmental leaps I observe when the
traumatic memories are diffused are miraculous.”
Jeffrey is also a full-time dad to three children.
You can email him at [email protected].
Jean T. Tacy, M.Ed. ’82, is enjoying retirement with
her two Siamese cats. She keeps up with Antioch
news and says her ANE experience was one of the
most valuable and meaningful in her life.
Carin L. Torp, M.A. ’95, was awarded the 2005 Dr.
James Meath Award from Monadnock Family Services
in Keene, New Hampshire. Awarded annually to the
staff person who personifies clinical excellence,
Carin was chosen for her ability to establish rapport
with clients and their families, and to help them
to undertake or deal with change; her ability to be
a good advocate for her clients, and her ability to
be flexible and creative in finding ways to provide
services.
Sara S. Watters, M.A. ’03, presented a workshop
at the 3rd Annual Wilderness Therapy Symposium
at Naropa University last September entitled,
“Everyday Wilderness Therapy for Psychiatric
Clients.” She is a senior clinician at Windhorse
Associates, Inc. in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Clinical Psychology
Edouard A. Carignan, Psy.D. ’01, will leave his
position at the Philbrook Children’s Center in
February 2006 for one with Riverbend Counseling
Associates in Concord, New Hampshire. A family
systems therapist, he sees mostly adolescents with
behavior problems. On a personal note, Ed informs us
that he is currently enjoying his life as a grandfather
and is expecting his fourth grandchild.
Carmela J. DeCandia, Psy.D. ’99, is now vice president
of programs for St. Mary’s Women and Children’s
Center in Massachusetts. In this newly defined role,
Carmela will over see the management and operations
of the agency’s residential, educational, training,
healthcare, and clinical programs. Carmela has
dedicated herself to supporting vulnerable children
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and families and providing them with the highest
quality of care. She is currently a member of the
adjunct faculty at Lesley University's master’s
program in counseling psychology.
Ellen E. Ford, Psy.D. ’02, has joined the staff at
Associated Counselors and Psychotherapists in
Lowell, Massachusetts. Ellen’s specialties include
working with people who have suffered some form
of violence or sexual abuse, as well as people who
have problems with mood, anxiety, substance
abuse, or eating disorders.
Denise Lamothe, Psy.D. ’89, author of the popular
book The Taming of the Chew: A Holistic Guide
to Stopping Compulsive Eating (Penguin 2002)
has expanded her clinical practice to include
professional speaking and writing. “With so many
millions of people concerned about their weight
and health, this is the prime time to suggest a
speaker on emotional eating.” For more information
visit www.deniselamothe.com.
William J. McCann, Psy.D. ’93, has moved from
Vermont to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He
is the director of Behavioral Science Education
and assistant professor at the Department of
Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, and clinical assistant
professor in the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Medicine. He is also serving part-time
as consulting associate professor with the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham.
Cay McDermott-Coffin, Psy.D. ’04, is opening a
private practice in Bedford Hills, New York and will
provide psychological assessment and testing services
and career and educational consulting services.
Melissa Rotkiewicz, Psy.D. ’04, has recently accepted
a position as the director of assessments at
Counseling and Assessment Services (CAS) at the
University of Massachusetts-Amherst. CAS is the
only place on campus of almost thirty thousand
students that evaluates learning disabilities and
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. She
coordinates those assessments and supervises three
pre-doctoral interns in their APA-approved internship
in psychology. She also works with the UMass Police
Department, conducting the psychological evaluations
that all of their police officer and cadet candidates
must pass in order to be hired.
Education
Ellen Edson, M.Ed. ’84, used her love of traditional
American music and her talent at playing the
guitar, dulcimer, autoharp, and banjo to captivate
and teach children at the Winchester Elementary
school in New Hampshire this fall, as was featured
in a local news article. Ellen is an early childhood
administrator for the Pioneer Valley Regional
School District. Each year she puts on about
twenty performances for various local libraries,
schools, and family programs. She has begun work
on a second CD which she hopes to have by the
end of the year. www.ellenedson.com.
Margaret W. Farwell, M.Ed. ’77, celebrated her
50th wedding anniversary with husband Norman.
Greetings were received from the President and
Mrs. George Bush and Senators Judd Gregg and
John Sununu as well as from family and friends.
They have three children and three grandchildren.
Nancy K. Flasher, M.Ed. ’99, is still out on the tip of
Cape Cod where she teaches an independent studies
course at Provincetown High School. She writes that
it feels like that time in her life to wonder “What’s
next?” She would love to hear from her classmates.
Hans C. Friedly, M.Ed. ’91, returned to curative
education (special education) after teaching at
Waldorf Schools in Arizona and working in a small
Camphill Community in Berlin. Now he is teaching
Eurythmy to special needs students in a Waldorf
school north of Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany.
William Gamard, M.A.T. ’71, published a book of his
translations from Persian: “Rumi and Islam” (2004).
His website has more of his translations from the
works of Jalaluddin Rumi, the 13th century Muslim
mystical poet: www.dar-al-masnavi.org. William
is a psychologist (Ph.D. 1986, California Institute
of Integral Studies, San Francisco) at a state facility
for developmentally disabled adults in California.
Lois R. Horan, Waldorf Cert ’05, was hired as the
on-site director for a new daycare center at Conval
High School to be run by Pine Hill in Wilton, New
Hampshire. Lois will oversee thirty to forty children.
Ashirah J. Klein, M.Ed. ’02, just moved to
Philadelphia to be with her fiancé. She is currently
looking for teaching positions in the area.
Jennifer E. Nelson, M.Ed. ’97, was hired by the
Wellspring School in Chelsea, Vermont as a first grade
teacher. A former class teacher at the Upper Valley
Waldorf School, she has run a Waldorf daycare and
preschool in her own home in South Strafford, and
has taught recorder and flute classes for many years.
Steven Rohrbeck, M.Ed. ’97 and wife Beth Rohrbeck
M.Ed. ’97, have completed their sixth year teaching
overseas in international schools. They’ve worked
in Senegal, Malaysia, and are now in China where
they teach at a small school in mainland China
(Shekou), about a 45-minute ferry ride from Hong
Kong. Steve is currently teaching fourth grade.
They have two great little girls and return home
each summer to visit family and friends.
Bret E. Schacht, M.Ed. ’05, was hired by the White
Mountain Waldorf School in Conway, New Hampshire
as a second grade teacher. His experience working
with children includes teaching English as a Second
Language to first through sixth graders in Daegu,
South Korea, as a daycare volunteer in Winchester,
in a residential treatment center, and leading a
Big Brother/Big Sister program.
Jennifer Steckler, M.Ed. ’03, was hired by Wellspring
School in Chelsea, Vermont where she teaches in
the school’s nursery and kindergarten program and
leads the Morning Garden Parent-Child program.
Environmental Studies
Peter Alexander, M.S. ’04, has been working with
Brattleboro Climate Protection which partnered
with two local banks to offer Vermont homeowners
reduced-rate loans for repairs and upgrades to
increase energy efficiency or drop consumption.
The pilot program rewards homeowners for using
less energy. Peter first thought of the proposal
while working on an energy efficiency program in
New Mexico.
Stephanie B. Brearton, M.S.T. ’89, wrote in to say
her ANE education helped move her along a Bohemian
journeying: “toward soulful stewardship I go, by
stairs sometimes, or riding a magical mossy carpet
at those synchronistic moments.” As a volunteer
and staff member in her Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship, she is called to lead worship in the UU
Ministry of the Earth (Green Congregation) group,
and lead worship services to share this journeying.
A recent service she led “R.E.C.I.P.E. for a Tree”
invited her congregation into an intimate creative
relationship (“Religious Elan-vital”) Conceiving
Idol Personification—toward what is efficacious
for a tree. Activism through this channel enables
Stephanie to live out the values of earth ministry.
Martin Castriotta, M.S. ’02, is one half of Digging
Roots, which creates educational experiences that
connect the heart to the landscape. He has organized
festivals, mask workshops, and school programs in
New England for the past five years. He has also
performed in parades and produced small puppet
theater productions with the troupe, The Registry
of Fools. He is a teacher at Gateway School in
Springfield, a public school for special needs children.
Gregg A. Cohen, M.S. ’00, has been promoted to
senior environmental analyst at Dufresne-Henry
engineering firm in Portland, Maine.
Chris Covel, M.S. ’02, was spotlighted in
The Cabinet Press in his award-winning
documentary, Heavy Metal, A Mining Disaster
in Northern Quebec, which chronicles
the Canadian government’s cover-up of
pollution that threatens the health and
culture of a Cree community. Chris was
instrumental in uncovering “the worst
contamination problem” he’d ever seen.
You can view the story at www.cabinet.com/
headlines/2005/cab11.10.05-2.html
Elizabeth S. Fletcher, M.S. ’83, still keeps her
hands in art and the environment and had a solo
exhibition at Conant Gallery in Groton, Massachusetts.
She reports that she is working with wonderful
people to protect area land as a member of the
Mason New Hampshire Conservation Commission.
Susan Hale-de Seve, M.S. ’92, following an accident
eleven years ago that resulted in a traumatic
brain injury, Susan has again found work in the
environmental field, the Statewide Program of
Action to Conserve the Environment (S.P.A.C.E) at
the Forest Society in Concord, New Hampshire.
Steve Ivas, M.S. RMA ’86, principal with Ivas
Environmental of Norwell, Massachusetts writes
to share that his business is meeting both his
lifestyle and career goals.
Christopher J. Mattrick, M.S. ’92, is the senior
conservation programs manager for the New England
Wild Flower Society (NEWFS) based in Framingham.
Christopher directs the activities of the Society’s
Plant Conservation Volunteer Corps, is a member of
the New England Plant Conservation Program, and
is involved in the management of endangered and
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invasive plant species throughout the region. He
serves as the survey coordinator for the Invasive
Plant Atlas of New England. He was a featured
speaker on invasive plants presented by the Mystic
River Watershed Association “Alien Invasions: A look
at New England’s Invasive Species.”
Thomas F. Good, M.S. ’96, is an
assistant professor in the general
education department at the New
England Institute of Art, teaching
environmental science, human
anatomy and physiology, and
physical science/visual media to
non-science majors. He stands here
with students from his Environmental
Science classes during an October
field trip to the Boston Nature
Center, a Massachusetts Audubon
sanctuary.
Ralph Pope, M.S. ’03, was the first to present
in a talk series in Nelson, New Hampshire where
residents share their jobs and hobbies. He focused
his discussion on “Lichens of Nelson.” An adjunct
professor of New England flora at ANE, Ralph led
a lichen foray around the Harris Center grounds in
Hancock followed by a slide presentation about
alpine zone lichens and lichen ecology. Pope is a
Harris Center board member and author of Lichens
above Treeline, Field Guide to Alpine Zone Lichens
of the Northeast.
Charles D. Saulnier II, M.S. ’90, the head of the
environmental science, department at Essex
Agricultural and Technical School, was named
Educator of the Year during Essex Aggie’s Massachusetts
Envirothon. The school gave Charles the opportunity
to create the department six years ago, and the
freedom to develop his “expeditionary learning”
model. He is the first winner of the Massachusetts
Envirothon Educator of the Year Award.
Christine L. Schadler, M.S. ’95, a coyotes and
wolves specialist, presented “Coyotes, Wolves and
Humans: or You Can’t Always Get What You Want
(But you get what you need)” in August as part of
a free lecture series by the Friends of the Randolph
Public Library in Vermont. She taught for ten years at
the University of New Hampshire in the Department
of Natural Resources where she was recognized three
times for teaching excellence. She is working on a
book, Coyote Nation, featuring the eastern coyote.
Aaron Schneider, M.S.T. ’77, wonders if there are
other ES students from circa ’77 that remember
the PR/Virgin Islands field trip based at his house
in Punta St. Jacinto. If so, he’d love to hear from
you at [email protected].
Sietske A. Smith, M.S. ’03, and her family have moved
overseas to be with her husband’s family in England
where she pursues teaching and environmental work.
Rachel Van Houten, M.S. ’03, a science educator
at the Montshire Museum of Science, co-authored
the article “Student Researchers: An Environmental
Science Symposium” published in Connect: Teacher’s
Innovations in K-8 Science, Math and Technology.
The article focused on the Environmental Detectives
curriculum, a project emphasizing student-designed
investigations related to environmental toxicology
research—a unique collaboration between the
Montshire Museum, Dartmouth College, and five
middle schools in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Jeff Wallner, M.S.T. ’86, recently accepted a
year-round position at Saguaro National Park
after ten years of seasonal interpretive work at
Saguaro (winter) and Mesa Verde and Black Canyon
National Parks (summer). His earlier book Cape
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Cod Wild Flowers: A Vanishing Heritage was
re-published by University Press of New England.
Wendall Waters, M.S. ’03, is a landscaper in Ipswich,
Massachusetts. She recently published an article
in the local paper called “Ipswich snails, their lives,
and my own” which covered her work of tracking
snails to study the possibility of whether they form
lasting social bonds.
Organization & Management
Michael L. Borsari, M.H.S.A. ’95, recently graduated
from the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover
with a Juris Doctor degree.
Arthur H. Burbank, M.H.S.A. ’78, has been enjoying
retirement for a year and a half. Before that he and
his wife put their son through Cornell and MIT for
chemical engineering. Arthur can’t believe his son
was a three-year old when he enrolled at Antioch.
Patricia A. Sorento, M.Ed. ’91, is the director of
health information management at Alice Peck Day
Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Sorento spent more than twenty years at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center in various health
information positions, most recently as manager of
record services in the medical record department.
Nicole Wilkinson, M.Ed. ’02, has moved to New
England. Nikki was appointed middle school
director for Thayer Academy in Braintree,
Massachusetts. She loves the area, loves the
people, and is thrilled to be so close to family
and friends. She encourages classmates to get
in touch at [email protected].
Jeffrey B. Wood, M.Ed. ’75, says you just can’t
get away from New England, even when you’re in
California! His work in California at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies was scheduled to be
run by Middlebury College, Vermont in January 2006.
Irene Dickinson, M.S. ’94, is an adjunct faculty
in the M.B.A. program at St. Joseph’s College of
Maine, in Standish where she teaches business
dynamics and theory. She has remarried former
husband Craig. First married in 1970, she quotes
Bossuel. “The heart has reasons that reason
doesn’t understand.”
Gayle L. Gifford, ACRFE, M.S. ’99, is pleased to
announce the release of her newest book in May,
How are we Doing? A 1-Hour Guide to Evaluating
the Performance of Your Nonprofit Board by
Emerson & Church Publishing. Gayle also is a
regular columnist on nonprofit governance and
fundraising for Contributions Magazine.
Martha S. Jacobs, M.S. ’86, appeared in the
Spotlight on New Businesses of the Valley Business
Journal for her consulting firm, Systems In Sync.
Her firm provides strategic planning and consulting
services for educational and nonprofit organizations
applying a systems thinking approach. Martha
has been teaching and consulting for the past
seventeen years. www.systemsinsvnc.com.
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Sally S. Tremaine, M.H.S.A. ’92, was
appointed to director of corporate and
foundation relations at Quinnipiac University
in Hamden, Connecticut. Sally is responsible
for the cultivation and development of gifts
and grants for institutional initiatives.
In Memoriam
Leslie A. Cobb, M.A. ’96, (AP) Mont Vernon, New
Hampshire, 77, died of cancer in April 2005. He
served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean
and Vietnam Wars. Leslie valued higher education
and spent a career as an electrical engineer.
He completed his Master’s Degree in Counseling
Psychology at age 70.
James S. Farr, M.Ed. ’86, (ED) died in December
of 2004 in Claremont, New Hampshire. He was a
science teacher at Gilford Middle-High School.
He attended Williams and received his bachelor’s
degree at Carleton State College in 1966. He is
survived by his wife, son, and two grandchildren.
Jeffrey S. Hale, M.S. ’03, (ES) one of three originators
of Davis Square’s Someday Café, passed away in
September after a seven-year bout with leukemia.
He was 36. Long time friends best remember the
sunshiny, happy attitude that he had even on rainy,
grumpy, Monday mornings at 5 a.m., the time he
regularly opened the coffee shop for business. Born
in Bellevue, Washington, Jeff came to Boston at
23-years-old to draw the early 90s Seattle coffee
craze to the Boston area. He was highly involved
with environmental economics and the concept of
bio-diesel.
MaryAnn B. Smith, M.A. ’91, (AP) age 63, of
Norwich, Vermont died in February after a long
struggle with congestive heart failure. She was
born in Ohio and attended the Toledo School of
Nursing before coming to Hanover to work at
Dick Halls House where she met her husband,
Barry Smith, M.D. She subsequently worked as
an operating room nurse, a school nurse in
Norwich and after earning her master’s degree,
and as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Gifford
Memorial hospital until her heart disease forced
her to retire. MaryAnn was a member of the Norwich
Congregational Church. She loved her children, the
community of Norwich, the Upper Valley, her gardens, skiing, cooking gourmet meals, and the
beauty of the earth. Despite a long history of
heart problems she was an avid skier.
Michael St. John, M.Ed. ’89, (ED) died at home
surrounded by family and close friends, losing a
battle to lung cancer. He was one of the original
master teachers in the ANE Critical Skills program,
and an important contributor to the Critical Skills
Classroom model. Mike made an impact in the
field of education.
Anne H. Stanley, M.Ed. ’84, (ED) 55, died in
September of 2005, in Burlington. Survived by
her husband and son, she was a much-loved and
respected teacher at Mt. Holly School. s
Donna T. Verschueren, M.Ed. ’03, (OM)
Donna T. Verschueren, M.Ed. ’03, (OM) former administrator of the O&M Portsmouth site, died of pancreatic
cancer in October of 2005. Donna was raised in Whitney Point, New York and received her B.S. from SUNY
Oneonta. She served in the Peace Corps in the Philippines and worked in many fields including teaching,
accounting, and college administration. She was a member of South Church in Portsmouth and sang in Voices
of the Heart, an all-women’s choir. Donna was a student of life, constantly expanding her wealth of ideas
and interests. She was passionate about the arts, the outdoors, and international travel and experience,
taking every opportunity to reach out to the international community. She was an extraordinary friend, a
dedicated educator, and gifted humanitarian. Donna was an exemplar of what it means to dedicate one’s
life for the improvement of all. The department and Donna’s family are discussing how best to honor Donna’s
work and spirit at Antioch and we will let you know when a memorial fund has been established. We will miss
her very much.
Comings & Goings
Warm Welcomes
Abigail Clark is working part-time in the ANE library while completing her master’s
degree in library and information science at Simmons College in Boston.
Abby lives at the Boston University Sargent Center in Hancock where she
thoroughly enjoys the surrounding seven hundred acres of woods and trails.
Caleb Clark started creating web media when the web began and worked as
a webmaster, online community manager, and freelance writer until 1999
when he received a master’s degree in educational technology from SDSU.
In the years since, Caleb has worked as a technology manager and is now
Antioch’s access services supervisor.
Emily Mason, ANE’s library assistant, is a recent graduate of the Environmental
Advocacy and Organizing Program here at Antioch. She is pleased to be
paid at last for the long hours she spends in the library. She has a cat, a
commitment to the democracy movement, and excels at ping pong.
Pamela White, administrative assistant in the Office of Alumni Relations
and Development, moved to the area with husband Warren Hammack.
Together they ran a professional theatre company in Kentucky for
twenty-five years. She is happy to return to her New England roots.
Besides being Antioch New England’s administrative assistant in the Office
of Financial Aid, Suzanne Whittemore is a co-chair of Swanzey Open Space
Committee and a board member of the Historical Society of Cheshire
County. Suzanne retired from Keene State College after eighteen years.
She enjoys her family, gardening, biking, reading, and practices Reiki.
Fond Farewells
Renée Fortner is leaving her position as assistant director of communications
after three years. She will be focusing on 2-year-old Jonas and 3-monthold Ava, and on her full-time UMass master’s program in public health
and epidemiology. She will be missed terribly!
Loribeth Robare has departed from ANE in order to return to being a full-time
mom. She is very involved in the local schools and is a Girl Scout leader
in Walpole, New Hampshire. She is very creative with textiles and we may
still see her at local craft fairs. Good luck, Loribeth!
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ANE in the News
Joy Ackerman, ES Ph.D. ’05 academic director
of the ES Master’s program and director of
the Individualized program, received her
Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from
Antioch New England in November. Joy
was also published in a special issue of
Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary
Culture on Rhetorics of Place with “A
Politics of Place: Reading the Signs at
Walden Pond.”
Antioch New England Institute (ANEI),
a non-profit consulting and community
outreach arm of the Graduate School, is
spending nine months on land-use planning
support and technical assistance to the
communities affected by the expansion
of Interstate 93. ANEI also co-hosted the
first annual Community Engagement
Training Workshop at Bear Brook State Park
with the Student Conservation Association
last October. The workshop focused on
developing leadership, project management,
and communicative skills.
Kay Delanoy, ES ’93 practicum coordinator
in Environmental Studies, was cited in the
Summer 2005 issue of the Population
Connection’s quarterly magazine, The
Reporter, in an article titled “Population and
the Environment: Between a Rock and Hard
Place in the Granite State.” Kay expressed
concern with the expanding population
considering the earth’s finite resources.
James Fauth, assistant professor and director
of the Center for Research on Psychological
Practice, Department of Clinical Psychology,
published two articles in 2005. One article,
“The In-Session Self-Awareness of Therapist
Trainees: Hindering or helpful?” appeared
in the Journal of Counseling Psychology.
The second article, “A Psychotherapy Process
Study of Therapist in Session Self-Awareness,”
can be found in Psychotherapy Research.
William Halikias, Psy.D. ’89 senior associate
faculty, Department of Clinical Psychology,
was published in Clinical Interviews for
Assessment and Intervention Planning
published by Guilford Press in 2005. The
chapter was titled “Assessing Youth
Violence and Threats of Violence in
Schools: School-Based Risk Assessments.”
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Bill also presented a workshop for Vermont
Psychological Association called
“Psychological Assessment of the Juvenile
Offender: Dangerousness and Criminal
Responsibility Evaluations of Children and
Adolescents” in November 2005.
Susan Hawes, associate professor and and
director of information systems and
accountability research, Department of
Clinical Psychology, published “Dialog Across
Differences” in R. McNair’s Working for
Peace: A Handbook of Practical Psychology.
Beth Kaplin, academic director of the doctoral
program and core faculty, Department of
Environmental Studies, was invited to join
the Editorial Board for the journal Biotropica
for a 3-year appointment. Biotropica is
the journal of The Association for Tropical
Biology and Conservation. The journal
concentrates on ecology, conservation, and
management of all tropical ecosystems.
Susan Loman, director, Dance/Movement
Therapy program, Department of Applied
Psychology, was highlighted in the Keene
Sentinel on Saturday, September 10, 2005 for
her innovative work in the field. The article
acknowledged that Susan is the foremost
expert in the Kestenberg Movement Profile
(KMP), an assessment method used to
translate movement patterns of the body
to reveal information about a person. In
2005, Susan presented KMP in Tennessee,
and in Italy and Germany.
Janie Long, director, Marriage and Family
Therapy program, associate chairperson,
Department of Applied Psychology, authored
the chapter “Lesbian and gay couples
therapy” which will appear in The State of
the Art of Couple Therapy to be published by
The Haworth Press. Janie also co-authored
a paper titled “Sexual identities and HIV
risk among Mexican American adolescents”
which she presented at the 2005 National
Conference on Family Relations in Phoenix,
Arizona this past October.
Anne Prouty Lyness, MFT director of clinical
training, Department of Applied Psychology,
is the editor of a book currently in press
called The Politics of the Personal in Feminist
Family Therapy: An International
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Examination of Several Family Policy Issues
that will be published by The Haworth Press.
She co-authored a chapter with her husband,
Kevin Prouty Lyness, associate professor
and MFT director of research, Department
of Applied Psychology, titled “Feminist
issues in couple therapy” which will appear
in The State of the Art of Couple Therapy
to be published by The Haworth Press. In
addition, Kevin presented Family functioning,
differentiation, and identity development
at the Annual Conference of the American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,
Kansas City, Missouri last October.
Donna Mellen, core faculty, Department of
Organization & Management, facilitated a
workshop on “Developing Human Resources”
for the New England Institute of Addiction
Studies Leadership Institute in Hartford,
Connecticut and in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire in December 2005.
Roger Peterson, professor and chairperson,
Department of Clinical Psychology, presented
“Cultures in Education and Training” at
the Epistemological Diversity in Psychology
symposium at the American Psychological
Association Educational Leadership
Conference in Arlington, Virginia this past
September. In January he co-presented
“Toward Meaningful Broad and General
Education for Clinical Psychologists” with
ANE graduate student Margaret Ober at
the Midwinter meeting of the Council of
University Directors of Clinical Psychology.
He was also the NCSPPP representative at
the American Psychology Association
Accreditation Summit last year.
Gargi Roysircar, professor, Department of
Clinical Psychology and founding director
of the Antioch New England Multicultural
Center, was one of the editors and creators
of the book Handbook for Social Justice in
Counseling Psychology: Leadership, Vision,
and Action which was recently published
by Sage Publications. Her book chapters
are “Prevention Work in Schools and With
Youth: Promoting Competence and Reducing
Risks,” “A Theoretical and Practice
Framework for Universal School-Based
Prevention,” and “Counseling Health
Psychology’s Role in the Community.”
Peter Smith, associate core faculty in the
Department of Organization & Management,
was lead trainer for the 3rd Annual Leadership
Institute sponsored by the Addiction
Technology Transfer Center of New England
and state agencies responsible for substance
abuse treatment and prevention. The program
provides leadership skills for emerging
leaders in the field and strengthens the
professional network in the region. Other
trainers include core faculty Donna Mellen,
adjunct faculty Tad Dwyer, ANE alumna
Gayle Gifford, and former core faculty Ann
Driscoll. Peter also co-lead a discussion,
“How Can I Improve my OD Consulting
Practice,” during the January meeting on
Careers and Work In OD, sponsored by the
Massachusetts OD Learning Group in Boston.
David Sobel, ED ’72 director of teacher
certification programs in the Department
of Education, presented on place-based
education at the Tennessee Environmental
Educator’s Conference and Carson-Newman
College in Jefferson City, Tennessee last
September; the Promise of Place conference
in Jackson, New Hampshire in November;
and for a professional development course
for teachers in Waco, Texas in January. He
wrote a chapter, “Exploring the Power of
Solo, Silence and Solitude,” in Visiting
Dreamland, a book published last year by
the Association for Experiential Education.
Fred Taylor, adjunct faculty in the Department
of Environmental Studies, conducted a
weekend workshop “Digging to the Roots,
Riding the Winds” sponsored by the Truro
Center for the Arts at Castle Hill on Cape
Cod. The weekend focused on creativity and
nature explored through writing and clay-work.
Fred also facilitated an eight-week series
in Brattleboro exploring similar themes.
Rachel Thiet, core faculty, Department of
Environmental Studies, spoke at the University
of Vermont last October on “Seeing the
Forest in the Seeds: Agroecosystems as
Areas of Conservation Value.” Rachel also
gave another lecture at Dartmouth College’s
Department of Earth Sciences on “Soil
Microbes and Nutrient Cycling.” She was
published in the journal, Plant and Soil,
on “The Effect of Biological Soil Crusts on
where she presented “Gold & Globalization:
The Case of a U.S. Multinational’s Exploits in
Asia’s Last Wilderness. Abi’s work on Freeport
McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., also was cited
in a New York Times special investigative
series on gold mining. The front-page
article ran on December 27, 2005.
Susan Gentile Ward, ES ’97 associate core
faculty, Department of Environmental
Studies and managing director of CEEonline,
has been working with Gill Elementary School
in Massachusetts to help redesign the K-6
science curriculum, focusing it on local
watershed. Susan worked in conjunction
with alumna Dori Drachmen, and two
Antioch students: Megan Hess and Joslyn
Homberg. In November, Susan facilitated
a workshop for Vermont Academy faculty
titled “Place-Based Education at Vermont
Academy.” Susan also presented “Considering
a Career in Environmental Education” in
January at Williams College.
Mitchell Thomashow, ES ’76 chairperson,
Department of Environmental Studies
and the associate dean for institutional
advancement at Antioch New England,
has accepted the position of president
of Unity College in Maine, a small
environmental liberal arts college that
is pledged to sustainability, community,
service, and experiential learning. He
will be departing from the Antioch
community after thirty years of service.
Mitch will remain affiliated with the
Ph.D. program in an adjunct capacity.
Stayed tuned to the Spring/Summer
issue of ANE Notes for more on Mitch’s
impact at the Graduate School.
Rainwater and Nitrogen Infiltration into
Lake Michigan Sand Dune Soils.”
Ed Tomey, faculty emeritus, Department of
Organization & Management, conducted
strategic planning consultations with several
organizations including Behavioral Health
Sciences, New Futures, New Hampshire
Center for Public Policy Studies, and the
Behavioral Health Association. He also
presented “The Link Between Strategic
Planning and Fund Raising” for Giving
Monadnock, and “The Entrepreneur Takes
Charge of Self, Company, and Relationships”
for Microcredit New Hampshire.
Abigail Abrash Walton, associate core faculty,
Department of Environmental Studies, was
a featured speaker at the Human Rights and
Environment Lecture Series at Trinity College
in Hartford, Connecticut last November
Thomas Webler, academic director of the
Ph.D. program and core faculty,
Department of Environmental Studies,
co-authored “Competing Perspectives on
Public Involvement: Planning for Risk
Characterization and Risk Communication
about Radiological Contamination from a
National Laboratory,” an article in Health,
Risk & Society. He also went to Spain to
present “Reflections on the process for
stakeholder engagement in radioactive
waste management planning in Spain”
for the Forum for Stakeholder Confidence
in Spanish Workshop organized by the
Nuclear Energy Agency in November.
Tom Wessels, core faculty, Department of
Environmental Studies and author of
Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural
History of New England and The Granite
Landscape: A Natural History of America’s
Dome Mountains, led a field walk in
Sandwich Notch for the Wonalancet
Outdoor Club this past August. The walk
focused on looking into past forest
disturbances, both human and natural,
and their effects on plant succession and
wildlife habitat. He led a similar guided
walk around Mill Pond Conservation area
in Walpole last October. s
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Calendar of Events
Friday, April 7 Antioch Center for School Renewal, Coalition of Essential
Schools Spring Forum 2006, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Antioch New England.
For more information call Laura Thomas at 603.357.3122 ext. 364.
Saturday, July 1 Antioch New England Waldorf Reunion, 3 p.m. at the
High Mowing School in Wilton, New Hampshire. Cost: $15 per person.
For more information call Sarah Wilson at 603.357.3122 ext. 355.
Friday, April 21 – Sunday, April 23 Nature Writing on Cape Cod, an ES alumni
weekend retreat facilitated by Fred Taylor, [email protected] for
information.
Monday, July 10 – Friday, July 14 Antioch Center for School Renewal,
Level I Critical Skills Institute, at Antioch New England. Cost: $375 per
person. For more information call Laura Thomas at 603.357.3122 ext. 364
Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30 Antioch Center for School Renewal,
The Courage to Teach (retreats designed for the personal and professional
renewal of school teachers, administrators, and counselors), at the
Merrowvista Educational Center in Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire.
Cost is $375 (room and board inclusive). For more information call
Laura Thomas at 603.357.3122 ext. 364.
Friday, July 28 – Sunday, July 30 Environmental Vision and Renewal
Weekend, ES alumni retreat led by Fred Taylor and John Mosimann (ES ’97).
For more information contact Fred at [email protected]
Saturday, May 6 Antioch New England Commencement Exercises at Keene
Middle School. Participants arrive at 9 a.m. Ceremony begins at 10 a.m.
Saturday, May 6 Antioch New England Institute, Quest Fest 2006,
12 – 3 p.m. at the Horatio Colony House Museum in Keene. For more
information call 603.357.3122 ext. 294.
Monday, August 7 – Friday, August 11 Antioch Center for School Renewal,
Critical Friends Group Coaches Training, at Antioch New England. Cost:
$500 per person (includes all materials and light breakfast). For more
information call Laura Thomas at 603.357.3122 ext. 364.
Monday, August 7 – Friday, August 11 Antioch Center for School Renewal,
The Math and Science Institute, at Antioch New England. Cost: $575
per participant. For more information call Laura Thomas at 603.357.3122
ext. 364.
Saturday, June 3 Antioch New England Institute, National Trails Day,
seasonal maintenance volunteers needed, 1 – 5 p.m. at the Horatio Colony
Nature Preserve in Keene. For more information call 603.357.3122 ext. 294.
For a full schedule of Antioch Center for School Renewal events, visit www.antiochne.edu/acsr.
For updated event listings and more information, visit www.antiochne.edu.
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