Students are expected to report to classes that are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. or later. All classes scheduled to start before 11 a.m. are canceled for today.

PSU College of Graduate Studies administrative offices will open at 11 a.m., at which time all administrative staff are expected to be at work.

Updates are available online at plymouth.edu or by calling the PSU Alert Line at (603) 535-3535.

Students are expected to report to classes that are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. or later. All classes scheduled to start before 10 a.m. are canceled for today.

PSU College of Graduate Studies administrative offices will open at 10 a.m., at which time all administrative staff are expected to be at work.

Updates are available online at plymouth.edu or by calling the PSU Alert Line at (603) 535-3535.

Curtailed operations will go into effect for employees beginning at 3 p.m., and all non-essential staff may go home.

Updates are available online at www.plymouth.edu or by calling the PSU Alert Line at (603) 535-3535.

Once again, the time has come to submit nominations for the Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award. Annually, we select one faculty member from the graduate programs to be honored with the award at Commencement.

Current full-time or adjunct graduate faculty who have served PSU for a minimum of five years are eligible for nomination. The following faculty have previously received this honor and are ineligible for nomination: Leo Sandy, (MEd/CAGS), Bonnie Bechard (MBA), Gail Mears (MEd/CAGS), Marcel Lebrun (MEd), Gary Goodnough (MEd/CAGS), Meg Petersen (MEd), William Benoit (MBA), Marianne True (MEd/CAGS), Colleen Brickley (MBA), Michael Fischler (MEd), Duncan McDougall (MBA), Julie Bernier (MEd), Warren Mason (MBA), Mary McNeil (CAGS), David Kent (MBA), and L. Michael Couvillion (MBA).

Your reasons for nominating should include some or all of the following criteria:

• Enthusiasm in undertaking teaching and promoting learning
• Significant command of subject matter and exploitation of recent developments in the field
• Keen and sympathetic participation in the guidance and advising of students and in understanding and providing resources for their needs
• Responsiveness to colleague and student feedback on teaching
• Ability to organize course material and present it clearly and imaginatively
• Ability to assess student learning and to provide students with worthwhile (and timely) feedback
• Ability to stimulate curiosity and independent learning in all students and creative work in advanced students
• Evidence of innovation in course design and delivery
• Evidence of leadership and innovation in teaching, including the enhancement of teaching quality in colleagues
• Evidence of work to develop and maximize the quality of a program or project

You may elaborate on one or more of these criteria in order to provide definitive justification for the nomination. Please submit your nominations on or before March 1, 2012.

Thank you for taking the time to recognize and honor one of your colleagues. We value our exemplary instructors and are happy and proud to have the opportunity to publicly celebrate their excellence. Please complete the online nomination form or e-mail your nomination letter to Beth Beaulieu at babeaulieu@plymouth.edu.

Submit Nomination Now!

Regards,

George Tuthill
Interim Associate Vice President
for the College of Graduate Studies

Updates are available online at www.plymouth.edu or by calling the PSU Alert Line at (603) 535-3535.

The films scheduled to be shown this fall are:

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

January 17, 2012, 6 p.m.
Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord

As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. The life of Daisy Bates tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, which culminated in a constitutional crisis–pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself.

Watch the trailer:

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More Than a Month

February 21, 2012, 6 p.m.
Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord

Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. Through this tongue-in-cheek journey, MORE THAN A MONTH investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a “post-racial” America.

Watch the trailer:

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Revenge of the Electric Car

March 20, 2012, 6 p.m.
Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord

By 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back… with a vengeance.

Watch the trailer:

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Hell and Back Again

April 17, 2012, 6 p.m.
Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home – injured physically and psychologically – and build a new life? HELL AND BACK AGAIN that asks and answers these questions with the conflict in Afghanistan as the backdrop. Two overlapping narratives intercut: the life of a Marine on the war front, and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home – creating a realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war.

Watch the trailer:

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Strong!

May 15, 2012, 6 p.m.
Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord

A formidable figure, standing at 5’8″ and weighing over 300 pounds, Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its inevitable end. STRONG! chronicles her journey and the challenges this unusual elite athlete faces, exploring popular notions of power, strength, beauty and health.

Watch the trailer:

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Profile

James Garvin’s work experience has focused on an understanding of material culture, especially that of New England. Working as the curator of a historic preservation organization, as a museum curator, and as an architectural historian and building investigator, he has attempted to understand historical methods and materials of fabrication, the evolution of style, and the most effective means of preserving and interpreting the legacy of the past.

Degrees and Education

• PhD, Boston University
• MA, University of Delaware
• BA, University of New Hampshire
• AS, Wentworth Institute

Research Interests

• History of American architecture
• History of engineering
• Building investigation
• Traditional methods and materials of construction

Awards and Distinctions

• University of New Hampshire, Granite State Award with Donna-Belle Garvin, 2011
• New Hampshire Preservation Alliance Award for leadership in historic preservation, 2011
• Honorary Member, New Hampshire Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 2004
• Society of Architectural Historians, Antoinette Forrester Downing Award for “A Building History of Northern New England,” 2002

Associations, Boards and Committees

• Editorial Advisory Board, New Hampshire Historical Society
• Historic New England Properties Committee
• Honorary member, Strawbery Banke National Council

All on- and off-campus graduate classes have been canceled.

Employees are on curtailed operations, meaning all nonessential staff can stay home.

Call the PSU Alert Line at (603) 535-3535 for up-to-the-minute information on curtailed operations or delayed openings.