Senior Lecturer, Paula Cocce represented Curry at the Post Secondary Fair Options Day during the Learning Disabilities Association of America Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, in February 2006. This table top exhibit presented options, beyond High School, that are available to adults with Learning Disabilities. Paula also attended workshops on Metacognitive Skills for Adults with Dyslexia, Strategies for Managing Executive Function Disorder and Reading and Writing Technology.

Dr. Laurie Fox, Educational Therapist, was recently awarded Curry's first Educational Diagnostic Assessment Certificate from the Division of Graduate Studies.

Abby Hafer, senior lecturer in biology, had a research paper published in the journal Sleep, Vol 28, No. 12, 2005 pages 1568-1577., titled Sleep/Wake Patterns Derived from Activity Monitoring and Maternal Report for Healthy 1- to 5-Year-Old Children by Christine Acebo, PhD; Avi Sadeh, PhD; Ronals Seifer, PhD; Orna Tzischinsky, PhD; Abigail Hafer, PhD; Mary Carskadon, PhD.

George Herman, a Senior Lecturer in PAL, had two exhibits in Spring 2006. He was in the 8th Biennial New England/New Talent Exhibit at the Fitchburg Art Museum from March through June and the Artspace Invitational at the Artspace Gallery in Maynard, MA, from March through April. He will also have an exhibit at The Groton School in Groton, MA in Fall 2006. George Herman was named as an "important and influential" person in a survey of Curry College first-year students.

Dr. Lisa Ijiri, Director of and Professor in PAL, presented at two national conferences this year on the topic of Learning Disabilities and the transition to higher education. She led a session at the Independent Educational Consultant's Association's national conference in Philadelphia in November 2005, and presented in February 2006 at the Learning Disabilities Association's conference in Jacksonville, Florida on the topic of "College Success for Students with LD." She and Dr. Susan Pennini, Associate Dean of Academic and

Administrative Affairs, served as keynote speakers at an Educational Forum in Puerto Rico in November 2005; they spoke on the topic of Learning Disabilities in Higher Education to an audience of several hundred educators in attendance. The presentation marked the beginning of a series of consultations around learning disabilities in Puerto Rico. Dr. Ijiri was also a speaker at a forum at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, MA on the topic of Learning Styles.

In April 2006, Associate Professor of Psychology Jack Kahn presented a summary of his sabbatical project in a report titled Three Views on the Crises in Masculinity: Why We Blame Women.

Congratulations to PAL Instructor Patty Kean on the publication of her article, "Fighting Back," in Academe.

Professor Marlene Lundvall Retires

Faculty, staff and friends gathered at the end of the Spring 2006 semester to honor Marlene Lundvall and wish her well in her retirement after 40 years of teaching at Curry College.

At Marlene's retirement party, Dean Fedo remarked, "For many years Marlene's presence has quietly graced this campus; she has steadfastly nurtured Curry students to be better than many ever imagined they could be; she has mentored her departmental colleagues, and offered counsel, wisdom and consolation to the rest of us; and finally she has given of herself unstintingly to Curry without once ever tooting her own horn! And all the while, incredibly, she was producing those magnificent, intriguing, idiosyncratic and truly marvelous artistic creations. She has continued to help us see that life without art is at best only half-a-life; but that life with art is beauty, is order, is illumination and insight, is passion and love."

Dr. Pat Mytkowicz, Coordinator of PAL for Multilingual Students, presented research regarding multilingual college students with learning disabilities at the Learning Disabilities Association of America's annual international conference in Jacksonville, Florida in March 2006.

Assistant Professor of English Dr. Susan Peterson was elected in June 2006 to a two-year term as Member-at-Large to the AAUP Assembly of State Conferences Executive Committee at the annual American Association of University Professors Meeting in Washington, DC. She defeated three highly qualified candidates for the position. Seventy-four delegates, representing 37 states, gave Susan a majority vote over her three opponents who represented AAUP chapters in Virginia, New York and Colorado. The Assembly of State Conferences represents the advocacy (non-union) branch of the AAUP with over 28,000 AAUP members from every state. The Assembly of State Conferences has a $100,000 annual budget to provide constituent services, leadership training and membership building activities.

English Professor Dr. Bill Russo was a guest on Newton Talk in May 2006. The show aired on NEW TV (www.newtv.org); Professor Russo discussed the book MGM Makes Boys Town he co-authored with Jan Merlin.

Marie Saulnier, Assistant Coordinator, PAL, had one of her beautiful quilts on exhibit at the Fuller Museum in Brockton.

Dr. Nancy Winbury presented a workshop on memory functioning and the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML2) to the PAL Faculty and the Educational Diagnostic Center Discussion Group in October 2005. Her presentation was based on exploratory research into neuropsychological assessment completed during her sabbatical in Spring 2005.

Professor Elizabeth Strasser's exhibition "Site" was held at the Bromfield Gallery in April 2006.