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Dr. Ferrucci to Attend International Congress on Mathematical Education

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Dr. Beverly Ferrucci

The National Science Foundation has awarded mathematics Professor Beverly Ferrucci a grant to attend the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) in Seoul, Korea, this summer. ICME is held once every four years and is one of the largest international congresses in mathematical education, serving as a forum for mathematics educators, researchers, mathematicians, and practicing teachers from all over the world to present their latest research and to discuss trends in mathematics education from international perspectives.

A KSC Distinguished Teacher,  Dr. Ferrucci was selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants by a committee of representatives from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, the American Mathematical Society, and the US National Commission on Mathematics Instruction. She will serve as the editor of the Congress’ international research publication that will be published jointly by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America.

Prof Langford Teaches Manhattanville Students about Franco-American Experience

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Students in Professor Andoveloniaina Rasolofo’s French linguistics class at New York’s Manhattanville College, listening to Dr. Langford.

On May 1, French linguistics students at Manhattanville College in New York had their first encounter with Cheshire County’s Franco-Americans, via the wizardry of Skype.

From her office in Morrison Hall, Professor Margaret Langford delivered her interactive PowerPoint lecture, An Invisible Presence: The Franco-Americans in New England (Une Présence invisible: Les Franco-Americans de la Nouvelle Angleterre), to Professor Andoveloniaina Rasolofo’s students and guests at Manhattanville. Dr. Langford explained to her audience how more than 900,000 French-Canadians (Québécois) immigrated to the United States, primarily coming to New England and upper-state New York, from the mid 1800s to well into the 1930s, and that many of their descendants still abide there. Using the Franco-American experience in Cheshire County, New Hampshire as a model, Dr. Langford examined the question: “Why don’t we know more about the Franco-Americans today, despite their significant numbers and contributions?”

“My students and I learned a lot about a topic that is seldom discussed,” explained Professor Rosolofo.

Professor Langford found it “an exhilarating experience!”

Two KSC Profs to Attend Summer Institute in England

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Two representatives from KSC have been awarded fellowships to the first European Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization at the Royal Holloway campus, Egham, Surrey in England, this summer: Dr. Nona Fienberg, who will be moving from her current position as  dean of Arts & Humanities in June to teach in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department, and Economics Professor Patrick Dolenc. This intensive, two-week residential program is designed to broaden the background of postgraduates in Holocaust studies, early career academics, and educators in relevant fields. The curriculum consists of courses, lectures, and seminars taught by leading scholars on such themes as the history of Jews and Judaism in Europe, Holocaust history, the Holocaust in literature and film, and the Holocaust and modern thought.

Dr. Ferrucci Honored for Teaching Excellence (again)

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Dr. Beverly J. Ferrucci

The NH Department of Education recently honored Dr. Beverly J. Ferrucci, professor of mathematics, at a presentation honoring the state’s outstanding educators and schools. The New Hampshire College and University Council selected Dr. Ferrucci for her teaching excellence, particularly for her research in ethnomathematics, the study of how other cultures learn and use mathematics, and her efforts to promote and encourage women to pursue careers in the mathematical sciences.

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James Waller Attends Award for Aung San Suu Kyi

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James Waller, Professor and Cohen Chair for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Professor and Cohen Chair for Holocaust and Genocide Studies James Waller has been invited to attend a dinner at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, on April 18, honoring Aung San Suu Kyi. The Memorial Museum will grant Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for her pro-democracy work in her native Burma, with the Elie Wiesel Award, the Museum’s highest honor.

“I am particularly thrilled to have the opportunity to be present for Aung San Suu Kyi’s award,” Dr. Waller explained. “I think that what is happening in Myanmar/Burma is forcing us to rethink genocide prevention in some fundamental (and very encouraging) ways. Last year at this time, I was telling audiences that Burma was the most likely country in the world to engage in genocide. It really stood on the precipice of mass atrocity, and my standard line was ‘the only surprise is that genocide hasn’t happened yet in Burma,’ because every other risk factor was well in place. Now, just months later, free, democratic elections are on the horizon. It’s really amazing—this most encouraging lesson in genocide prevention is that it’s never too late. As long as a country hasn’t yet reached that falling off point, there’s still hope.”

Dr. Waller is also invited to participate as a featured speaker in the Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance luncheon on April 19. Broadcast journalist Marvin Kalb, and Shankhar Vedantum, author of The Hidden Brain, will moderate the luncheon program, which will focus on understanding how the Holocaust was made possible by everyday people. Dr. Waller’s research for his book, Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing (Oxford), will be particularly relevant to the discussion.

Prof. Antonucci Resurrects Basketball History

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About 10 years ago, while he was developing a course at University of Illinois Chicago, Michael Antonucci, associate professor of English and American studies, stumbled upon an old and dusty copy of Frank J. Basloe’s I Grew Up With Basketball: Twenty Years of Barnstorming with Cage Greats of Yesterday, then long out of print. Basloe (1887–1966) was born in Hungary and immigrated as a child with his family to the United States in the late 19th century.

“It’s a great American coming-of-age tale in which a Jewish immigrant becomes (in his words) ‘a toned American’ through the new game called basketball,” explained Dr. Antonucci. “From this perspective, the text gives scholars and students a great snapshot of the US in the early 20th century. Trains, cities, towns, games, work, and the hustle are present throughout the text.” Realizing that the book had real value for his work in American studies at KSC, Dr. Antonucci tried using a pdf copy of I Grew Up With Basketball as a text it in his class. Obviously, that was far from an ideal solution, so he proposed that the University of Nebraska Press reprint the book, for which he wrote a new introduction.
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Remember that Prof Who Changed Your Life?

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Help them get the recognition they deserve: Nominate them for the 2012 Distinguished Teacher Award.

Each year the KSC Alumni Association recognizes an outstanding faculty member, based upon the following criteria: excellence in classroom teaching, encouragement of independent thinking, rapport with students in and out of the classroom, and effective student advising. If you know a faculty member here who fits that bill, send in a nomination. For more information, and a nomination form, visit the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teacher page.

Hurry, the deadline is  4 p.m., March 9, 2012!

Calif. Senate Commends Dr. Waller

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Dr. Jim Waller

Dr. James Waller, Cohen Endowed Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and author of Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide, was commended by the California State Senate at the Third International Conference on Genocide, Negationism, Revisionism, Survivors’ Testimonies, Eyewitness Accounts, Justice, and Memory on November 2–4, 2011.
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Healthy Living After School

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Dr. Karrie Kalich and Dr. Marjorie Droppa, associate professors of health science, have been awarded a $2,000 grant from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation to develop an evidence-based nutrition and physical activity after-school program that combines elements of  the CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) and Early Sprouts initiatives. CATCH is a daily curriculum-based health promotion program designed to encourage physical activity and healthy food choices among children from preschool through grade 8. The Early Sprouts program encourages preschool children to enjoy healthy eating by involving them in planting, raising, harvesting, and cooking organic vegetables. Drs. Kalich and Droppa hope to develop a model that combines aspects of these two programs into something that after-school staff can use to provide  effective nutrition and physical activity for their charges. The developed model will be pilot tested at the Parks and Recreation Center in Keene, New Hampshire.
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Prof. Sandy Publishes “Containment Theory”

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Kirsti Sandy

Associate Professor of English Kirsti Sandy’s nonfiction essay, “Containment Theory” is featured in the Nov. 28 issue of  Freshly Hatched, the online journal of Freerange Nonfiction, a New York City reading series and storytelling collective. The series is a New York Magazine  “Critic’s Pick”  and has been praised by Electric Literature as “the best nonfiction reading series.”
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Prof. Davis-Kelly Has the Scoop on Pumpkin Carving

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With the great Pumpkin Lobotomy and Pumpkinfest looming (Oct. 22 and 21, respectively), what better setting to inspire a whimsical childrens book about carving the first pumpkin than Keene? Maybe it’s just natural then that all these jack-o-lanterns have moved Graphics Design Professor Rebecca Davis-Kelly and her husband Kevin to create Scooped: the Forgotten Tale of the First Pumpkin Carving, the delightful story of Professor von Junk, a lonely inventor who longed to also be a poet, painter, musician, and Broadway director. The frustrated von Junk created an audience of jack-o-lanterns to watch his first show, the townspeople caught on, and a wonderful yearly tradition was born! Just in time for Pumpkinfest!

For more information, contact Pixel Publishers, PO Box 712, Keene, NH, 03431

KSC’s Newest Distinguished Teacher: William Seigh

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Prof. William Seigh, a most distinguished teacher

William Seigh, professor of dance, received the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teacher Award during the New Student Convocation ceremonies that a kicked off the fall semester on August 25. The Distinguished Teacher Award recognizes excellence in teaching, encouragement of independent thinking, rapport with students, and effective student advising, and Prof. Seigh is the 41st recipient of this distinctive honor.

Prof. Seigh’s impact on his students, the Theatre & Dance Department, and the campus, has been profound, as the many heartfelt letters from alumni, students, and faculty supporting his nomination for the award attest. He has a rare gift of motivating his students to find the excellence within themselves. Becky Midler ’10 remembered that, as a freshman, a knee injury caused her to give up her dream of becoming a dancer—until she met William Seigh. “He told me I can do anything; if my heart was in it, I could move past the injury. Following our conversation, he enrolled me in my first dance class in more than six months. … He worked with me and kept pushing me to reach my goals.”

Joshua Midget ’07 said that “rehearsals with William were rehearsals for life,” and Valerie Snowdon ’05 explained that “William does not simply teach dance; he creates critically thinking, confident, and motivated young citizens.” “With thorough knowledge of his field and enthusiastic diligence,” noted Shawn Ahern ’10, “William pushes his students far beyond their boundaries and guides them as they explore the unknown.”

What’s the secret to such profound teaching and influence? The inspiring acceptance speech that Prof. Seigh gave during convocation offers insight into his approach and is well worth reading.

Where to Get the Best Hair Care

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Elle magazine in its article, “United States of Style,” has listed Salon Jacqué in Brattleboro, Vermont, (6 Eliot St.) as one of the top 100 salons in the country. And where would the owner of such an award-winning establishment get her remarkable sense of style? Salon-owner Jacqueline Bilodeau is a 1989 graduate from KSC’s Theatre & Dance Department!
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Lynn Richardson's "Inside the Fence," currently on exhibit at the UMF Art Gallery.

Prof. Richardson’s Sculpture in Several Galleries

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Lynn Richardson's Inside the Fence, currently on exhibit at the UMF Art Gallery.

Assistant Professor of Sculpture Lynn Richardson’s work is currently appearing in several East Coast galleries. Prof. Richardson is acutely aware of the impact our modern technological progress has on the natural world, and explores that conflict through her sculpture. “We continually exploit our physical world, pushing the limits through our use of technology, neglecting to see the devastating long-term effects it will have on our environment,” Prof. Richardson explained. “My work is intended to be playful, even humorous, in order to soften the hard reality of the underlying message.” However, she also feels “the urgency to respond to these conflicts from the position of an artist that belongs to a different generation.”

So if you’re out and about over the next month or so, visit any of these galleries to be inspired by this sculptor’s amazing work:

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Prof. Vincent Publishes in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

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Dr. Paul Vincent, chair of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program at Keene State College, published the article “The Voyage of the St. Louis Revisited,” in the current issue (Fall 2011) of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, one of the journals of Oxford University Press.

In 1939, the MS St. Louis, a German ocean liner with 937 German-Jewish refugees aboard, all of whom had landing permits for Cuba, was denied entry into Havana. Following difficult negotiations, the ship disembarked its passengers in Antwerp, Belgium. Some passengers were granted refuge in England, while the others were divided between Belgium, France, and the Netherlands—all destined to come under Nazi occupation a year later. The event was the subject of a 1974 book, Voyage of the Damned, by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, adapted for a film with the same title in 1976. Dr. Vincent delves deeply into the diplomacy associated with the voyage, challenging some widely held suppositions about the incident.
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