Higher Learning

Brett Mongeon, coordinator of UNH’s Off-Campus & Commuter Student Services, was recently elected to the directorate board of the American College Personnel Association’s Commission on Commuter and Adult Learners.

American College Personnel Association (ACPA) is an organization for Student Affairs Professionals. Headquartered in Washington, DC at the National Center for Higher Education, it is the leading student affairs association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery.

Just last year Mongeon was selected by the association’s Commission for Commuter Students and Adult Learners as the recipient of its award for an Outstanding Commuter/Adult Learner Perspective by a Student Development Professional (less than five years).  (03-22-06)

Paula DiNardo, coordinator and prelaw advisor of State and National Exchange Programs and The Washington Center Internships, has been selected to receive the national 2006 Liaison of the Year Award in recognition of her dedication and support of The Washington Center. The center cited DiNardo’s efforts to recruit, screen, monitor and debrief participating students, and her “wholehearted commitment to ensure access of qualified students to this significant life-changing opportunity.” DiNardo will receive the award April 10, in Washington, D.C.   (03-08-06)

Stacia Sower, COLSA professor and interim associate dean, delivered the prestigious Howard A. Bern Lecture at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) conference in Florida in January. Sower spoke about "Insight into the molecular evolution of gonadotropin and its receptor in the hormonal regulation of reproduction."  (02-22-06)

Prancing Paintings; the Romance of the Sleigh, a study of sleighs and sleighing in America by Nancy A. Lindley-Gauthier, program support assistant, UNH Advising and Career Center, is being published as a special issue of Carriage Driving World magazine. Lindley-Gauthier completed the work as part of her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. (02-09-06)