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DECEMBER 2011

WHATS INSIDE

Student SpotlightOn a scale of one to ten, Id give her anegative seven, says Bill, a resident at PearlManor in Manchester. Im just kidding.Shes great! You owe me one Kathy, headds with a wink and a smile. Many of the

residents would agree with Bill, KatherineWooffhas become a welcomed face at PearlManors activity nights.

Wooff, a senior in the psychology programat UNH Manchester and a Salem High

School graduate, was introduced to PearlManor while taking an adult psychologycourse in spring 2011 with Professor AlisonPaglia. She enjoyed the experience so muchthat she stayed on as a volunteer through

the summer and interned this fall. Hermain project during the fall was to create aWorld War II exhibit featuring the personalstories and photos of residents who servedin WWII.

The WWII exhibit is one of the best weveever had here. The residents really enjoyit, says BJ Roy, social events coordinatorat Pearl Manor. Wooff spent countlesshours interviewing each of the 16 residentswho served in the war and scanning theirphotographs. Among which is Trudy Greig,a nurse who served in the war, and her

beloved wool coat liner. The army greencoat is speckled with now faded company

patches Greig collectedfrom soldiers whoasked her to pray forthem during the war.

Wooff was honored tohave the opportunityto learn about so manygreat veterans. Shesaid, One of the bestparts has been to seethe discussion amongstthe residentsIts beena lot of fun, I love it!She graduates fromUNH Manchester in May 2012.

Pearl Manor is recruiting interns andvolunteers for the spring semester.

Contact BJ Roy if youre interested BRoy@birchhillterrace.com or call 877-819-9666.

M A N C H E S T E R

UNH

PALS Needed

Written by Erin Clark, English major

Being a Peer Assistant Leader (PAL) isbeneficial to anyone who would like to

increase their leadership skills. Not only doPALs help first year students transition intocollege, but they also become more involvedon campus, add useful tools and skills totheir resume, and gain a greater sense ofself-awareness.

I became a PAL because I remember being afreshman. I was excited to finally be in college,but I had no idea what I wanted to do or how

to do it. College, even on as small of a campusas UNH Manchester, seemed intimidatingand anxiety producing. My PAL helped meto overcome the obstacles and gave me theresources I needed to help me to get off on theright foot.

Two years and four successful semesterslater, when I was recommended to becomea PAL, I jumped at the opportunity. Sinceaccepting the position, I feel that I havecontributed to the UNH Manchestercommunity, and have helped students whowere in the same position that I once was.

I have gained an enormous amount ofleadership skills that can help in any career,and I have learned a lot about myself andmy capabilities.

If you have a similar story, or even a totallydifferent experience, and would like tohelp students in any way you can, considerbecoming a PAL. For more information,check out the PAL website, the first yearexperience bulletin board, or email me ateaa62@wildcats.unh.edu.

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Deals & Discounts

Energy DiscountAnyone with proof of enrollmentat UNH (student ID, tuition bill,class registration, etc.) can get a 10%discount on ENERGY STAR qualifiedappliances and electronics at BestBuy Newington, NH. Youll need to

print a discount postcard from UNHsSustainability Academy website.

Museum PassesDid you know the UNH ManchesterLibrary offers free and discountedmuseum passes? Free access togalleries at the Currier Museum of Art;two discounted passes to the Museumof Fine Arts in Boston; discountedpasses to Canterbury Shaker Village;and free passes to the MillyardMuseum. Check out your local libraryfor other great museum pass offers!

Financial Aid News

The Financial Aid Office will be postingprogram scholarships at the start ofthe new year. There is a scholarshipavailable for every bachelors programoffered at the college. The applicantpool is limited to only UNHManchester students, which meanscompetition is limited. Please comeby the Financial Aid Office to pickup an application for your programscholarship and keep and eye on the

financial aid bulletin boards for otherscholarship opportunities as well!

Library News

Library Returns

The staff of the UNH ManchesterLibrary would like to wish all membersof the UNH Manchester communitya restful and happy winter vacation.Just a reminder: before you head offon break, dont forget to return yourlibrary materials! Books, films, and

other items may be returned at theLibrarys Circulation/Reference Deskduring regular library hours. Youcan also return library materials afterhours in our exterior book drop,located in the back of the UniversityCenter building outside the emergencydoor by the Reference Desk.

If you have any questions, drop by theReference Desk or call at 641-4173.

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Campus News

Get Engaged

With a much welcomed break betweensemesters, its a good time to check out theextracurricular activities available to students.Getting involved is not only good for your sociallife; its also good for your resume! You can join aclub, create a club, or become a tutor in the Centerfor Academic Enrichment. There are so many

exciting opportunities on campus.

Campus News

Good-Bye Print CardAlthough Cats Cache has been available for use in vending machines, the bookstore,and the caf, UNH Manchesters Information Technology department is announcing theavailability of Cats Cache for student printing beginning with the Spring 2012 semester.

Cats Cache is a debit account encoded on your UNH Manchester ID card. All ID holdershave a Cats Cache account that can be used as soon as a deposit is made to the accountAlthough we will be keeping a couple of the old UNH Manchester Print Card stationsavailable, starting January 24th, students will be able to use their ID cards. Please considerthis when adding money to your current print card. For more information about CatsCache at UNH Manchester please visit, manchester.unh.edu/campuslife/cats-cache.

Campus News

SIFE in the CommunityThe Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has partnered with a nonprofit organizationcalled More Than Wheels. The organization works with people in need to help them bettertheir credit through new car loans and a Financial Fitness course. They are constantlylooking for ways to reach people in the community and SIFE has volunteered to help themreach out to more people in the greater Manchester area. In their first outreach initiative,SIFE coordinated a Leaders in Faith Breakfast in November to educate church leaders fromManchester, Nashua and Concord areas about More Than Wheels programs.

Library News

Extended Library Hours

As the semester winds to a close, students writing papers and preparing for tests could

probably use some extra time to study. The UNH Manchester librarians are helping out byextending the librarys hours during the finals period. On December 5-8 and December12-15, the library will remain open until 11:00 p.m. to provide students with a quiet space tofinish up class work and get ready for exams.

Library News

Cookie Break

On December 12, take a much-needed rest from studying and drop by the library for ourend-of-semester Cookie Break. Feast on freshly-baked cookies and pastries provided by yourfriendly librarians. The treats will be available throughout the day as long as supplies last.

UNH Manchester Art Club

Brick and Mortar Theatre Group

Class Cats (Dance Team) The MILLians (hip-hop music)

Mills Tones (a cappella quintet) Milling Around (a cappella group)

PanDRUMonium (steel drum band)

InkBlot (creative magazine) UNH ARG (alternate reality games)

Cinema Club

Common Ground (GLBTQA) Guild of Gaming

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Rumor Mill (a secret project)

Student Veterans of America Chapter Veterans and Allies Club

Warmth from the Millyard

American Sign Language Club Politics and Society Club

Students for a Free Tibet UNH Manchester Ballers (basketball club)

Indoor Rock Climbing Club

Indoor Soccer

Clubs currently available to students:

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Rachel Blair Vogt and Carolyn Gamtso,reference and instruction librarians atthe UNH Manchester Library, presenteda poster session at the Annual NHCUC/CCNH Academic Affairs Fall Conference atSouthern New Hampshire University. Theirsession was entitled Speed Databasing:Making Lasting Connections in 10 Minutes

or Less.Deborah Brown, professor of English,was presented with the Outstanding Bookof Poetry Award at the New HampshireWriters Projects tenth biennial NewHampshire Literary Award reception andceremony in November 2011. This is thesecond notable award Professor Brownsrecently published collection of poetry,Walking the Dogs Shadow, has received.

Michael Chandler, associate director ofthe Center for Academic Enrichment,was presented with the 2011 OutstandingContribution to the Learning AssistanceAssociation of New England (LANNE)Award at their October annual conference.

Annie Donahue was awarded theAnn Geisel Award of Meritby the NewHampshire Library Association inNovember. Donahue is the Director ofthe UNH Manchester Library, AssociateProfessor and Chair of the HumanitiesDivision.

Working withAnnie taught me

that we have a lotto share with notonly our patronsand students,but our peersas well, wroteone nominator.Annie is aperfect exampleof a NH librarianwhose love of knowledge and teaching hasimproved our library community.

Donahue also recently wrote a report

on UNHs Center for InternationalEducations Faculty Travel Reportswebpage summarizing her summer 2011travel to England and Scotland to presenta paper at a conference at the University ofYork in England and to explore the Celticconnections on the Isle of Iona in Scotland.

Jack Hoza, associate professor and directorof the sign language interpretation program,wrote a chapter in the newly published bookDiscourse in Signed Languages (released in

November, 2011).This is the 17thvolume in theSociolinguistics inDeaf CommunitiesSeries publishedby GallaudetUniversity Press,

and featureschapters written bynoted linguists anddiscourse analysts from around the country.His chapter is titled The discourse andpoliteness functions of hey and well inAmerican Sign Language.

Ginger Hobbs Lever successfullydefended her dissertation in Novemberand completed the requirements for anEd.D. from Plymouth State University.The study, Relationships, relevancy, andvalue: assessing community partners

perceptions ofengagement withhigher educationexplored thenature of campus-to-communitypartnershipswith communitystakeholders whohad been involvedin engagementactivities such as service learning, civicengagement, and engaged scholarship.Surveys, interviews, and a document reviewwere used to collect data.

Theresa Lynch, adjunct professor inthe history program, contributed to aDemocracy Now news report in Septemberentitled 40 Years After Attica Rebellion,New Tapes Reveal Nixon, RockefellerPraised Deadly Crackdown. She wasinterviewed for a story by the New YorkTimes, Rockefeller on the Attica Raid,From Boastful to Subdued, by SamRoberts. She was a guest panelist atHamilton College in September where she

participated in a discussion entitled, Attica!1971-2011 Reflection, Re-Assessment, andthe Prison Today. She also attended the 40Years After the Attica Uprising: LookingBack, Moving Forward conference inthe September and participated in a panelentitled, Attica, Prisons, & the Media.

Thirty years ago Fred Metting, professor ofEnglish, wrote a series of major grants forthe Dimond Library at UNH Durham. Thegrants began the Humanities Programming

Service, a program funded by the NewHampshire Humanities Council. TheProgramming Service, now namedHumanities to Go, won the 2011 NHAdvantage Award from the NH Businessand Industry Association.

Melinda Negron-Gonzales, assistantprofessor in the politics and society

program, gave a talk entitled, Turkey andthe Arab Spring: Building Civil Society andSoft Power, at UMass Lowell in November.

Jack Resch, professor of history,hasbeen designated as the Lead Scholar for astate-wide program, Making Sense of theAmerican Civil War, a joint project of theNational Endowment of the Humanities,the New Hampshire Humanities Council,and the American Library Association. Thepublic programs will occur in spring 2012.

Mihaela Sabin, associate professor and

coordinator of the computer informationsystems program, co-presented at theannual National Outreach ScholarshipConference in Lansing, MI in October. Hersession was titled, Defining a 21st CenturyCommunity-Engaged Research University.

Sabin participated in the Special InterestGroup in Information TechnologyEducation (SIGITE) Conference inOctober, held at the U.S. Military Academyin West Point, NY. She presented a paperentitled, Free and Open Source SoftwareDevelopment of IT Systems, and served on

the panel: Free and Open Source Softwarein Computing Education.

In December she will offer the workshopComputational Thinking with Games andSimulations using Greenfoot at the ChristaMcAuliffe Technology Conference inManchester at the Radisson Hotel and ExpoCenter of New Hampshire. The workshopis aimed at middle- and high-schoolteachers of introductory programming.

Judy Sharkey, associateprofessor and associate

director of teachereducation, was presentedwith the UNH EducationDepartments KimballAward, the departmentshighest achievement.Through the generosityof Roland and CharlotteKimball, each year theDepartment of Education awards a facultymember the Kimball Faculty Fellowship fortheir leadership in education.

Faculty and Staff News

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PUBLIC EVENTS

on campusThe events listed are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Please contact Kim Wall for more information, kim.wall@unh.edu.

Visit our website for more information about these or future events.

Thursday, December 1

11:00-1:30, Third Floor | First Year Seminar Showcase

Tuesday, December 6

4:00-5:00, Auditorium | ReceptionA reception for students who graduated in September and those graduating in

December 2011.

4:30-6:00, Rooms 354, 356, and 358 |STEM SymposiumStudents in several STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) courses

here at UNH Manchester will be presenting their semester long projects.

6:00 p.m., Auditorium | Global EconomyDr. Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace at

Harvard University and co-author of the new bookLost Decades:The Making of Americas Debt Crisis and the Long Recoverywill

explore the political, economic and global roots of the 2008financial crisis, when the United States had become the biggest

international borrower in world history.

6:30 p.m., 286 Commercial Street | UNH Graduate SchoolManchester Campus Information SessionsThe information sessions are free and open to the public. Please RSVP to: unhm.

gradcenter@unh.edu or 603-641-4313.

Wednesday, December 14

6:30 p.m., Auditorium | Film Screening, LionessHow did five female Army support soldiers end

up fighting alongside the Marines in some of

the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the

Iraq War? Directors Meg McLagan and DariaSommers give an intimate look at war through

the eyes of the first women in U.S. history sent

into direct ground combat, despite a policy

that bans them from doing so.

View events on campus by visiting the Universitys online calendar.Is there an event you would like to add to the Universitys online calendar of events?

Visit manchester.unh.edu/campuslife/events and submit your event.

Share Your News!

Keep our community informed about the great things

happening on and off campus. Share your news and

information in the February 2011 issue ofCampus

Connections! Email information to Kim Wall by Friday,

January 20 at Kim.Wall@unh.edu.

CAMPUS Connections consists of contributions frommembers of the UNH Manchester Community.

Writing, Editing, Design & Photography by the Marketing& Community Relations Department. For more information

contact Kim Wall, kim.wall@unh.edu or 641-4306.

Visit www.unhm.unh.edu for more informationabout programs and events.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFor more information, visit

manchester.unh.edu/campuslife

Thursday, December 1

11:00-1:30, Third Floor | First YearSeminar Showcase7:00 p.m., Auditorium | Classy CatsDance ShowCome and join the groups Classy Catsas they celebrate the winter with style.

Tickets are $3 for Students, Seniors (60+)and Military and $5 for Other Adults.Children under 5 admitted free (needto have a ticket). To reserve your tickets,email unhm.studentactivities@unh.edu.

Friday, December 2

6:00 p.m., Auditorium | Winter ConcertCome and join the groups MillingAround and PanDRUMonium as they

celebrate the winter with style andmusic. Tickets are $3 for Students,Seniors (60+) and Military and $5 forOther Adults. Children under 5 admittedfree (need to have a ticket). To reserveyour tickets, please email tickets@millingaround.org.

8:00 p.m., Auditorium | Winter Concert

Monday, December 5

12:00-4:00, First Floor Lobby | MassageTherapistsRelax with a massage before finals.

Tuesday, December 6

3:00-6:00, Grotto | Mocktails: Non-alcholoic Mixers

4:00-5:00, Auditorium | ReceptionA reception for students who graduatedin September and those graduating inDecember 2011

Wednesday, December 7

3:00-6:00, Grotto | Mocktails: Non-alcholoic Mixers

6:30 p.m., Auditorium | Cinema ClubFilm Viewing

All events funded by your Student Activity

Fee and are subject to change.