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Tom Durnford Visits Vichy

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Dr. Thomas Durnford, professor of modern languages

Dr. Thomas Durnford of the Department of Modern Languages just spent two weeks (July 4–15) at Cavilam in Vichy, France, courtesy of a grant from the French Embassy. He attended a program on innovations in the teaching of French. Cavilam is a private institute founded in 1964 by the universities of Clermont-Ferrand and the municipality of Vichy and has become one of the benchmarks of teaching French as a foreign language and teacher training. Dr. Durnford’s grant is one of only three the French Embassy awarded this year in the New England states. While in France, he also continued his Holocaust-related research into the role of the Vichy government during WWII.

AT Students Volunteer at Boston Marathon

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L to R: Scot Ward, Dr. Swiger, Megan Krusinski, Mollie-Jean Burgess, Carrie Begey, and Tom O’Brien.

Dr. Wanda Swiger, coordinator of the athletic training program, and Scot Ward, coordinator of clinical education, took student volunteers from athletic training to staff the Medical Tent/Finish Line area for the Boston Marathon last April. The athletic trainers work with the physicians, podiatrists, nurses, physical therapists on the medical team. The trainers in the finish-line area triage any athlete needing medical attention, to determine the best course of action for the athlete.

KSC Faculty to Participate in Institute on Global Learning

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by Susan Peery

This summer, a team of Keene State faculty members from all three academic schools will participate in “Shared Futures: General Education for a Global Century,” an institute sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to help faculty integrate global perspectives across the curriculum. The institute will be held in Ellicott City, Md., from July 31 to August 5, and will draw faculty from 32 colleges and universities.

During the fall 2011 semester, the core Keene State team will draw in faculty and staff from across campus to implement the goals and strategies developed at the institute. By building a network of educators dedicated to this integrative work, Shared Futures facilitates curricular change and faculty development on campuses nationwide. Through an online social network, the initiative hopes to create new connections between educators and new opportunities for partnership and learning.

Keene State faculty members attending the institute include professors Charles Weed (political science), Margaret Henning (health sciences), Patricia Pedroza (women’s and gender studies), and Rich Blatchly (chemistry). For more information, contact Prof. Weed or visit the Shared Futures website.