February, 1982 College of the Atlantic Nonprofit Organiz. Bar Harbor, ME 04609 U.S. Postage Paid Bar Harbor, Me. Permit #47 COA News New President Selected The selection culminated a four-month long presidential search by a committee composed of trustees, students, faculty and staff members. Over 140 well-qualified applicants and nominees were considered for the position. Six were brought to the campus for two-day interviews. Dr. Swazey attracted the committee's attention with her interdisciplinary background and administrative/teaching experience. Currently the Executive Director of Medicine in the Public Interest, Inc., a health policy research organization in Boston, Mass., she is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Her professional career has been devoted to an understanding of the relationship between science and human values. A 1961 graduate of Wellesley College, Dr. Swazey received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in the History of Science in 1966. She has published nine books in the biomedical field including The Courage to Fail: A Social View of Organ Transplants and Hemodialysis which received Honorable Mention in the American Sociological Association's C. Wright Mills Award. In 1979, she was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine-National Academy of Sciences. A warm, energetic woman, Dr. Swazey said that the unique combination of people and resources at the college and Dr. Judith Swazey Kane Photo the open, informal atmosphere "sold her on the job." She and her husband Peter together with their two children, Elizabeth, A new era will begin for College of the Atlantic on July 14, and Peter, Jr., 11, plan to move to Mt. Desert Island in 1, 1982 when Dr. Judith Swazey, 42, of Winchester, Mass. early summer. succeeds Edward G. Kaelber as the college's second presi- The move will be something of a homecoming for the dent. Swazey family. Peter is a native of Bucksport, Maine and Thomas S. Gates, President of the Board of Trustees descended directly from the Cunningham family of Bar and Robert Kanzler, Chairman of the Presidential Search Harbor. The college holds a scholarship in remembrance of Committee announced Dr. Swazey's selection January 19 Albert Cunningham, a cousin of Peter's father. Peter is following a meeting of the Board in New York City. president of Enduro Plastics Co. in Wakefield, Mass. New Faces Mari Thomas of Lubec taught a course in calligraphy. A At a meeting of COA trustees held in New York City free-lance artist, Mari has taught calligraphy at the University on January 18, Mrs. Roger (Nita) Milliken was elected to of Maine, Machias. serve on the Board of Trustees. A summer resident of A course in Emergency Medical Technician Training Northeast Harbor, Mrs. Milliken is the sister-in-law of another was also offered by David Gold of Biddeford, Me. David is Board member, Mrs. Frederic E. Camp. Her husband, Roger, an industrial safety consultant in Portland. is President of Milliken & Co., Spartansburg, South Carolina. Alumni Dr. Paul DuBois is the most recent addition to the full- time faculty at COA. A graduate of the New School for Linda St. Onge was featured in the Quebec-Labrador Social Research in New York City, Paul received his Ph.D. in Foundation Fall Newsletter for her work as Community Business and Public Administration from Cornell University in Services Supplementary Education Intern during the spring 1977. Before moving to Bar Harbor in December, he was a and summer of 1981. With guitar in hand and dressed as a professor of Public Administration at Tennessee State clown, Linda entertained and taught drama to over 2,000 University. At COA, he will teach courses in public policy, children in 18 schools along the Newfoundland Straits of Belle administration and political theory. Paul and his wife Kristy Isle. Describing her experience Linda wrote: "In an have three children: Kara, 13, Jonathan, 11 and Caleb, 6. environment so harsh with cold realities of rock, ice, and In addition to the regular faculty, six local and visiting pounding surf, these children are forced to grow up before instructors taught courses at COA during the one-month their time. There is little space for dreams and fantasies for Winterim term. Steve Alsup of Bar Harbor taught simply being children. In the weeks I spent with them I tried blacksmithing. Self-employed as a blacksmith on Mt. Desert to help them rediscover their own inner creativity and to Island since 1977, Steve has worked for Old Sturbridge appreciate even the simplest aspects of their lives." Village in Massachusetts. John March was the author of seven feature articles in Robert Phipps, also of Bar Harbor, taught a course in the Class of 1956, 25th year reunion issue of the Harvard watercolor painting. Bob has a Masters of Fine Arts degree Business School Bulletin published in October, 1981. John from Boston University and has taught painting and drawing has been living in Boston and working for the Bulletin for the at Harvard College, Marlboro College, Boston University and past year. the University of New Hampshire. A 1981 COA graduate, Rachel Snow, taught a course Craig Kesselheim received his M.Ed. in science at in Women's Strength Training. Rachel is a member of the Bridgewater State College and now teaches junior high school National Women's Lightweight Rowing Team that won gold science in Evanston, Wyoming. medals in 1980 and 1981. Robin DeJong of Gouldsboro, Me., taught a course in In addition to her planning work in southern Maine, Sally fine carpentry. A native of the Netherlands, Robin was taught Morong has started her own business called Downeast the woodworking craft by his father, a Dutch Guild master. Editorial Service which provides proofreading, editing and He has lived in the U.S. since 1976. rewriting services. Popcorn Anyone? Honors COA's Director of Financial Aid, Ted Koffman, was recently elected President of the Maine Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. The association which has 26 member colleges, universities and vocational-technical schools provides a resource for information on post-secondary school financial aid. It also works with state legislators to improve the effectiveness of federal financial aid programs and promotes standards of professional preparation. Albie Smith, COA's Vice-President for External Affairs, was honored November 8, 1981 by the Town of Yarmouth, Me. for his public service to the town. A resident of Yarmouth and Headmaster of North Yarmouth Academy before coming to COA, Albie served on the Yarmouth Planning Board, the Main St. Reconstruction Committee, the Chamber of Commerce and the Yarmouth/Cumberland Cable TV Regulatory Board. He received the Yarmouth Public Service Appreciation Award. Performing Arts COA music instructor and concert pianist, Flora Kuan, has coordinated two concerts this year to benefit the college music fund. On Sunday, December 6, Flora and Masanobu Ikemiya of Blue Hill performed a concert for four hands on the piano at St. Saviour's Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor. A second concert featuring the Colorado Quartet will be Kane Photo presented at the college on February 15. When Ed Kaelber arrived for work on December 15, he Students in a performing arts workshop at the college discovered what appeared to be an office filled with popcorn. received widespread acclaim for their performance of Closer scrutiny revealed that "the Jesters," a group of campus "Godspell," December 5 and 6 in the COA auditorium. pranksters, had carefully covered the lower half of Ed's office Poets Bill Carpenter and Paul Nelson gave a joint with a plastic sheet and then layered it with popcorn. The reading of their work Thursday, December 10 in the Turrets. office disguise disappeared later in the day just as Bill teaches writing and literature at COA. His book, The mysteriously as it had appeared. Only a small box of popcorn Hours of Morning, received a national award for poetry. Paul was left behind as a souvenir. Nelson teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Ohio University. Kane Photo Auditorium Plans Unveiled Plans for a new auditorium at COA were unveiled for summer speaker series last year had to be turned away due to the trustees on January 18 in New York City. Designed by fire code restrictions and lack of space. Once completed, the former COA faculty member Roc Caivano, the building facility will also provide a much needed community gathering incorporates numerous architectural features of other buildings place for large groups on Mt. Desert Island. on campus. The college has launched a campaign to raise $900,000 The 100' x 64' structure can accommodate 382 seats in for the new project. The estimated cost of the building is a large first floor hall which has a stage at one end and an $650,000 with an additional $250,000 for endowment to audio-visual center at the other. A partial second floor over maintain the structure. the west end of the building adds additional space for class The auditorium will be constructed on the site of "the and meeting rooms. cottage" between the main access road to the college and the A new auditorium has been at the top of a list of Turrets driveway. The cottage will be torn down and its building priorities for several years. The student body has foundation incorporated into the new building. Ground- outgrown the present auditorium and audiences for the breaking will begin as soon as funds can be raised. Student Profile his findings to the Hancock County Planning Commission and several other local government groups. At the end of one meeting, the members commented that Glen's presentation had been more informative than studies for which they had paid $6,000. According to Glen, the most important lesson he learned from his senior project was that "to be right is sometimes irrelevant. I realized that in community politics you spend more time convincing people to do something than figuring out what to do," he said. "I also learned some hard lessons about the media and local politics." But the experience confirmed Glen's interest in planning as a career. When he graduates from COA in June, he plans to attend graduate school in city and regional planning. Back to the 10-10-10 Following a vote of the All-College-Meeting in Novem- Glen Berkowitz Kane Photo ber, COA will return to a trimester calendar in the fall of 1982. The college switched from a 10-10-10 system to its current 14-4-14 calendar in 1978. If you want to know just about anything about Mt. The decision to reinstitute a trimester system was based Desert Island's solid waste disposal problems, you can ask on a belief that the change will permit better sequencing and a Glen Berkowitz. A COA senior, Glen has been studying the greater variety of courses. The 10-10-10 calendar also island waste disposal problems as his senior project. provides an easier framework for sabbaticals and part-time "I became interested in the problem last summer after faculty appointments. reading articles on solid waste disposal in a local paper," he said. "I wanted a senior project that would help college/ 1982-83 Calendar community relations as well as teach skills about real local problems." Outdoor Orientation trips Glen started work in late August evaluating six different Wednesday, September 15 Fall term begins disposal options open to the island communities. By the end Tuesday, November 23 Fall term ends of the fall term he had produced a 30-page report evaluting Wednesday, December 29 Winter term begins the costs, reliability, acceptability and environmental impact of Tuesday, March 8 Winter term ends each possibility. Wednesday, March 23 Spring term begins As part of his project, Glen regularly attended local Tuesday, May 31 Spring term ends Selectmen and League of Town meetings. He also presented Saturday, June 4 Commencement Briefly Over 50 trustees, staff and friends of the college Over 500 New England solar energy professionals gathered at New York's Century Club January 18 to attended the three-day Sunwards Conference held October celebrate COA's tenth anniversary. Following a reception and 15-17 at COA. The successful event included workshops and dinner, faculty member Bill Drury gave a slide presentation lectures on solar technology. A trade show and architectural on his bird research and its relationship to human ecology. exhibit also facilitated a broad exchange of practical and Arrangements for the celebration were made by trustee design information. Sunwards was coordinated by faculty Robert Blum. member Harris Hyman with the help of students and former COA writing instructor Anne Kozak attended the 71st Maine Office of Energy employee, Judy Berk. Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers in A timely forum examining the economic and social crisis English held in Boston, Nov. 20-25. She participated in in Poland was held on November 12. Speakers included seminars on writing anxiety, revision strategies, technical Polish Labor Task Force representative, Sava Malachowski; writing, cognition and cohesion in writing and cognitive historian, Zophia Maclure; and Bowdoin College German development. Following the convention, Anne attended a two- professor, Steven Cerf. day workshop on sentence combining, a new structural approach to writing. The Admissions Committee has adopted a new policy permitting academically qualified seniors at Mt. Desert Island High School to take courses at the college. Seniors may attend the college for one semester during their final year and Summer Elderhostel receive college credit for up to three courses. This summer COA will again host four one-week As part of a new agreement with the University of sessions of Elderhostel, a vacation/study program for senior Maine, Orono, students taking the summer graduate level citizens. Started in 1975 by a Massachusetts senior citizen, courses offered by COA can receive graduate credit through the program provides intellectual stimulation and physical UMO. Enrollment is limited to one, four-credit course per adventure for those 60 years of age or older. COA is one of summer session. This summer's courses include Alternative hundreds of colleges and convention centers across the Energy, Wetlands Use Policy and Law, Plant Taxonomy and country to host the senior groups. Session dates and course Environmental Chemistry. The summer session will be held offerings include: June 28 - July 23. June 14-20: Maine Coast Architecture, Oceanography, Founding faculty member, Dan Kane, resigned his Nature in the Romantic Era position at the college in December to practice law full time in June 21-27: Maine Coast Architecture, Explorations Bar Harbor. He has joined the firm of Fenton, Griffin, Chap- in Math, Contemporary Psychology man, Smith and Fenton. July 26-Aug. 1: Maine Coast Architecture, Writing Workshop, Contemporary Psychology Faculty and staff members spent a weekend at Nicatous Aug. 2-8: Maine Coast Architecture, Sources of Energy, Lodge on Nicatous Lake, October 9-11, discussing curriculum Writing Workshop needs and academic programs at the college. The weekend Courses are taught by COA faculty members and was the third faculty and staff retreat sponsored by COA. participants are housed in the college housing. The cost of a Subjects discussed included the presidential search, academic one-week session including room and board is $150. For program development, the calendar change, and faculty roles, further information, contact Elderhostel, 100 Boylston Street, responsibilities and morale. Suite 200, Boston, Mass. 02116 (617) 426-7788. УЯОМ Kane Photo Taxidermy Workshop Gillian Arnold puts the finishing touches on an adult placed on exhibit in the natural history museum planned for goshawk mounted during a fall term taxidermy workshop. the auditorium this summer. Gillian was one of six students who worked with local COA has received a number of taxidermic specimens naturalist and taxidermist, Stan Grierson on the natural from local residents who found dead birds or animals in history projects. Other students mounted a snapping turtle, yards, on islands or along the road. The college has a special saw-whet owl, black duck and weasel. Study skins of several license to prepare and store these specimens and welcomes animals were also prepared. The finished specimens will be new additions to its collection.