Posts Tagged ‘College of the Atlantic’
Workforce Expert Tucker, Former Prez Candidate Hart, Vt. Sen. Sanders Among Upcoming Speakers on NE Campuses
by John O. Harney
April 2, 2013
Marc Tucker, president and CEO of the National Center on Education, will speak on “What It Will Take for the United States to Match the Performance of the Nations with the Best Education Systems," at College of the Atlantic's Deering Common Campus Center on Friday, April 5 at 3 p.m.
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Dan Gillmor, an international ...
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Gov. Malloy, Sen. Kerry, Victoria Reggie Kennedy Among Newly Announced NE Commencement Speakers
by John O. Harney
March 13, 2012
American writer, commentator and bioethicist Ruth Levy Guyer will keynote Southern Vermont College's 85th commencement on Saturday, May 12. Working as a consultant for the President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Guyer is developing a guide for the commission's recent report on unethical experiments conducted by U.S. Public Health Service researchers in Guatemala ...
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Spring Peepers: NE Campuses Begin Naming Speakers for Commencement
by John O. Harney
February 28, 2011
It's happening again: New England colleges and universities are assembling the academics, business gurus, heads of state and, of course, celebs, who make the region's spring college commencements the world's best regional lecture series. Some stars of this year's commencement season so far (in order of appearance) ...
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Marc A. Nivet, the chief diversity ...
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UConn Names Female Leader; Two Green Champions Depart NE Presidencies
by John O. Harney
December 21, 2010
The University of Connecticut appointed Susan Herbst as its first female president. Herbst was executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University System of Georgia and, before that, acting president of the State University of New York at Albany. Her brother, Jeffrey Herbst, is president of Colgate ...
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NE Campuses Wearing Green on 2011 College Sustainability Report Card
by Christine Cassis
October 26, 2010
The College Sustainability Report Card 2011 is out today, revealing the profiles of 322 schools and their sustainability policies. The fifth edition of the report by the Sustainable Endowments Institute assesses 52 indicators, ranging from green initiatives to recycling programs, and uses an A to F letter-grading system to evaluate different colleges and universities nationwide.
Some ...
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As Leaves Change, So Do College Officials
by Shoshana Akins, Christine Cassis and John O. Harney
October 20, 2010
College of the Atlantic President David F. Hales announced he will retire at the end of the academic year. During his tenure, the college became a carbon-neutral institution, expanded its faculty and diversified its academic programs. A search for a new president is underway for the 2011-12 academic year.
Suffolk University President David Sargent, whose ...
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New Chiefs of NH Community Colleges, Connecticut Regents, COA, Maine Think Tank
by John O. Harney
August 23, 2011
J. Bonnie Newman, the former interim president of the University of New Hampshire, was named interim chancellor of the New Hampshire Community College System, succeeding Richard Gustafson, who is retiring as chancellor of the seven-campus system. Newman was executive dean of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, an assistant to President George H.W. Bush, president ...
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