ARCHIVES - PSU In the News 2006

• PSU MBA students win Small Business Award competition
  December 28, The Record Enterprise (subscription)
  For their work marketing a high tech beer tap to developing a ski resort master plan, Plymouth State University student teams recently won two first place prizes in the national Small Business Institute© Case of the Year Competition.
• Prof. cited for cultivating environmental awareness
  December 27, The Citizen (subscription)
  PSU Education professor Katy Fralick, one of New Hampshire's leading environmental educators, has been named state Outstanding Project Learning Tree's Educator of the Year.
• Professor named editor of journal
  December 26, The Citizen (subscription)
  The National Association of Social Workers wanted the new Editor-in-Chief for the Health and Social Work journal to be someone with experience in the field. That is why they turned to Dr. Stephen Gorin, Plymouth State University Social Work professor.
• Students send care packages to Iraq
  December 24, The Citizen (subscription)
  For dozens of soldiers in Iraq, Christmas will be a little merrier, thanks to Plymouth State University's Student Senate and dozens of campus and community volunteers.
• Fralick named 'Outstanding Educator'
  December 23, The Citizen (subscription)
  It's said that the best teachers help young people learn how to think, not what to think. That's why a prestigious environmental education organization has named Plymouth State University professor, Dr. Katy Fralick, New Hampshire's "Outstanding Project Learning Tree's Educator of the Year."
• Food and fun for area elders
  December 23, The Citizen (subscription)
  PSU College of Graduate Studies volunteer organizer Heidi Pettigrew said that all of the seniors, volunteers and staff had a wonderful time listening and dancing to the music.

• PSU staff spreads holiday joy
  December 22, The Citizen (subscription)
  Fourteen Plymouth State University employees volunteered at the Plymouth Regional Senior Center Holiday Luncheon on Thursday, serving up meals and plenty of holiday joy.

• UCC Plymouth hosts homeless artist during season of Advent
  December 21, The Record Enterprise (subscription)
  United Campus Ministry Pastor Preston Fuller from Plymouth University's Center for Spiritual Care and Reflection has known Matthew since his days in seminary and was instrumental in bringing Matthew to the attention of Plymouth area ministers and the community.

• 'Mistletoe Over Baghdad' project sends care packages to troops
  December 21, The Record Enterprise (subscription)
  For dozens of soldiers, though, Christmas will be a little merrier, thanks to Plymouth State University's Student Senate and dozens of campus and community volunteers.

• Disaster scenarios discussed in Plymouth
  December 20, The Citizen (subscription)
  The Plymouth State University Rural Health and Wellness with the PSU Center for Rural Partnerships sponsored two speakers on the plan for various disaster scenarios.

• Education, information access top Mellon Foundation award winners
  December 18, NewsForge
  The Plymouth State University received a grant for its work on WPopac, a WordPress-based representation of bibliographic databases, such as library catalogs.

• University system expands student aid
  December 17, Concord Monitor (subscription)
  New Hampshire's university system plans to beef up a program to help New Hampshire residents pay for college.

• Software brings libraries home
  December 15, Citizen (subscription)
  Until now, online searches have not included information from libraries around the world. Thanks to Casey Bisson, information architect of Plymouth State University, this will all change.

• Woman donates ancient artifacts to place she loves
  December 15, The Citizen (subscription)
  "I have always loved Plymouth and the University," said 80-year-old Olga Bowen.

• Blueberry crisp bursts competition at Common Man Apprentice finals
  December 14, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  A classic fruit crisp made with blueberries and topped with vanilla ice cream took the cake in the second annual Common Man Apprentice competition between students at Plymouth State University in Plymouth and St. Anselm College in Manchester, earning a team from PSU top honors in the contest.

• Festival celebrates Beauty and the Beast
  December 14, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  Children from Kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to "Be Our Guest" at the annual Children's Arts Festival presented by the Educational Theatre Collaborative (ETC) on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, from 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. in the Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University.

• Student artwork brings panache to PSU office
  December 14, The Citizen (subscription)
  Who says a University's bursar's office has to be a stuffy, boring workspace? Not the Plymouth State University Art and Art History club, who transformed the PSU Bursar's Office into an art exhibition space with the creation of three large murals...

• Berlin begins taking requests for its future
  December 8, The Union Leader
  The responses on the Web site -- berlinfuture.wordpress.com -- which was produced in collaboration with the Plymouth State University Center for Rural Partnerships, have been thoughtful.

• Lamson Library expands access
  December 7, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  Library Director David Berona has waived the $10.00 annual fee for residents of Plymouth and Holderness, in an effort to provide easier access to the Lamson Library.

• PSU honors student soldiers
  December 7, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  In a tradition that goes back to the first Gulf War, staff at Plymouth State University have honored student soldiers called to active duty by posting their names in a public space in the university administration building.

• LC Records Go Free, as Catalog Meets Blog in New Plymouth State Project
  December 6, Library Journal.com
  Casey Bisson, information architect at Plymouth State University (PSU), NH, was presented with a $50,000 Mellon award for Technology Collaboration.

• Library Collections Could Soon Be on the Web
  December 5, NH Public Radio
  PSU won the 50 thousand dollar prize thanks to the work of Casey Bisson who has a joint appointment with PSU's library and it's Information Techonology department.

• PSU honors retirees
  December 4, The Citizen (subscription)
  Eight distinguished retirees and several dozen longtime employees were honored at the 2006 Recognition Reception ceremony November 29 at Plymouth State University.

• Plymouth's sixth-graders learn all about chemistry
  December 3, The Citizen (subscription)
  Marguerite Crowell and Anil Waghe of PSU's Chemical, Earth, Atmospheric and Physical Sciences department were in the school celebrating National Chemistry Week, sponsored by the American Chemical Society.

• Current exhibits at PSU's Karl Drerup Art Gallery
  December 1, The Citizen (subscription)
  Many exhibits are planned at the Karl Drerup Art Gallery on the campus of Plymouth State University through the end of December.

• PSU spearheads efforts to develop riverfront recreation
  November 30, The Record Enterprise (subscription)
  Representatives from the Plymouth State University Center for the Environment generated a lot of discussion.

• Four ensembles slated for concerts at PSU
  November 30, The Record Enterprise (subscription)
  Performances by four Plymouth State University student ensembles take the chill out of December at PSU.

• PSU helps increase awareness of hunger
  November 20, The Citizen (subscription)
  In observance of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, students at Plymouth State University have worked to publicize the problem that exists throughout the state and the country.

• PSU students help bring Thanksgiving to seniors
  November 17, The Citizen (subscription)
  Plymouth State University student volunteers donated their time to bring the holiday spirit of a Thanksgiving dinner to the Plymouth Regional Regional Senior Center Thursday.

• The Blue Room by Plymouth State Theatre Nov. 16–19
  November 16, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  The Blue Room, adapted by David Hare from Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen, will be presented by the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University Nov. 16-19.

• Laconia students learn about hunger and homelessness
  November 15, The Citizen (subscription)
  The Key Club's Hunger and Homelessness Week was based on a similar event happening this week at Plymouth State University, of which Laura Brusseau is an alumnus.

• Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
  November 15, NH Public Radio
  Plymouth State University's Theater Department exposes their production of The Blue Room (an adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 work, Reigen).

• Dishing up a winning dessert
  November 14, The Citizen (subscription)
  In a tasty combination of classroom lessons and entrepreneurship, a dozen Plymouth State University student teams are competing to win a contest to create a new dessert for New Hampshire's Common Man family of restaurants.

• PSU offers services to war veterans
  November 9, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  The war veterans group is offered by PSU's Counseling and Human Relations Center, which hopes to provide war veterans, especially those attending PSU, with stress management and coping skills, and support in readjustment to civilian life.

• Passport day at PSU
  November 9, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  Plymouth State University and the Plymouth Post Office will be hosting a Passport Day on Wed., November 15 from 10am to 2pm at the Lamson Library on Highland St. in Plymouth.

• High School Musicians at PSU All New England Band Festival
  November 9, Record Enterprise (subscription)
  The annual All New England Band Festival, featuring 175 high school musicians, will culminate in a performance at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, at the Silver Center for the Arts on the Plymouth State University campus.

• PSU hosts event honoring women academic leaders
  November 7, The Citizen (subscription)
  The New Hampshire Women in Higher Education Leadership Network is sponsoring a reception honoring the women presidents of New Hampshire's institutions of higher learning

• Soldiers' film gives glimpse of Iraq war
  November 5, The Citizen (subscription)
  National Guard Sgt. Steve Pink (former PSU student) was deployed to Iraq. While he was there, he and 10 others volunteered to film their experience. Since his return, that video footage was made into a film, and it has won several awards, including Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival and at the Britdoc Film Festival.

• Debut novel of Plymouth State University faculty member is getting noticed
  November 3, The Citizen (subscription)
  The debut novel of Plymouth State University faculty member Katherine Min is making its mark in literary circles.

• Scaring the daylights out of 'em
  October 31, The Citizen (subscription)
  Kelly Bennett and her friends in the Plymouth State University Gaming and Anime Clubs provide bloody scares during Sunday night's 'Asylum' haunted forest in Swasey Park

• Trick-or-Treat activities at PSU
  October 30, The Citizen (subscription)
  At Plymouth State University Sunday night, it was a time to get to know the college community as well as participate in the typical trick-or-treat activities.

• For certain, he's Ray Burton
  October 29, The Concord Monitor
  Executive Councilor Ray Burton at the dedication of Langdon Woods, a new student residence at Plymouth State University.

• PSU athlete receives LEC weekly honor
  October 24, The Citizen (subscription)
  A freshman forward on the Plymouth State University field hockey team was recognized by the Little East Conference Monday after leading the Panthers to a pair of key conference victories last week.

• Some rain, lots of wind make for rough night
  October 21, The Union Leader
  At Plymouth State University, a fire broke out about 5 pm at an attached barn at Holmes House, likely caused by a lightning strike, fire officials said..

• Coburn brings campaign to students at PSU
  October 20, The Citizen (subscription)
  On Friday afternoon, Jim Coburn brought his campaign for governor to Plymouth State University.

• Plymouth State teacher becomes a student
  October 20, The Citizen (subscription)
  Associate Professor of Education Lynn Davis collaborates in a joint research project focused on reading comprehension.

• Art, environment and community link PSU programs
  October 19, The Citizen (subscription)
  The two weeks of Art, Environment and Community exhibitions and events will highlight opportunities to renew connections with the local environment, and talk about the implications of decisions that ultimately impact the environment.

• Plymouth State to study acid rain
  October 18, The Boston Globe
  Have federal air pollution laws really reduced acid rain in the Northeast? (New Hampshire's) Plymouth State University has just gotten a big grant to try to find out.

• Senior group looking ahead to age boom
  October 17, The Concord Monitor
  About 100 seniors and almost-seniors gathered at Plymouth State University yesterday to discuss how to urge state leaders to prepare for an approaching age boom.

• Estrangement haunts 'Secondhand World'
  October 15, Albany Times Union
  Katherine Min, who teaches creative writing at PSU, worked through some of her own unresolved teen angst in writing "Secondhand World".
• Energy efficient dormitory is applauded at PSU
  October 14, The Union Leader
  A new residence hall that will be 60 percent more energy efficient than a comparable size building built today was officially dedicated yesterday.
• Norwich and Plymouth State Accepted To Women's ECAC East
  October 9, USCHO.com
• College Notebook: PSU to celebrate 50 years of soccer next weekend
  October 1, The Union Leader
  Plymouth State University is celebrating 50 years of soccer with a Silver and Gold Weekend.
• Granite Staters are a big part of Plymouth State’s return to prominence
  September 28, The Union Leader
  Paul Castonia and his coaching staff are busy preparing for the Panthers’ next football game.
• Environmentally Friendly Dorm Opens At PSU
  September 5, WMUR.com
  A new residence hall at Plymouth State University was designed with the environment in mind.
• Panthers return to NEFC
  September 3, The Union Leader
  The Plymouth State University football team begins anew with its most experienced squad in recent memory.
• Central principal asks for supplies
  September 21, The Union Leader
  Plymouth State University and others donors help local high school in need of supplies.
• Londonderry teen crowned Miss New Hampshire USA
  September 18, The Union Leader
  Laura Silva, a sophomore at Plymouth State was crowned Miss New Hampshire USA in a ceremony yesterday.
• Japanese Manga in the US
  August 30, New Hampshire Public Radio
  Library Director David Berona joins other guests to discuss Manga, the popular Japanese comic art form has transformed the look of the comic sections at local book stores across the country.
• An American conductor and his love for Vietnam
  August 20, Vietnam Bridge
  Professor Dan Perkins has been invited to conduct many concerts in America and European countries, and has worked for free on many concerts organized by the Vietnam Opera and Ballet Theatre.
• Three tiny ‘planets’ are causing a big bang in the science community
  August 17, Nashua Telegraph (subscription)
  Mark Turski, a professor of science, said the entire process of naming planets has become far too political.
• Plymouth State gets tourism grant
  August 14, The Boston Globe
  The The Institute for New Hampshire Studies has received a grant to continue studying tourism trends in New Hampshire.
• Levels of salt along I-93 in N.H. is focus of study
  August 13, The Boston Globe
  A $500,000 study will tap researchers from Plymouth State University to examine the level of salt in Southern New Hampshire along I-93.
• One mom's educational journey from teacher's aide to Ph.D
  August 6, The Union Leader
  Alumna Lois Knapton took an educational idea, to be a teacher's aide, all the way to a Ph.D.
• North Country motels continue to lure in visitors
  July 30, The Union Leader
  Professor Mark Okrant shares insight and recollections from his book "Sleeping Alongside the Road".
• Shrine Camp Opens July 26
  July 19, Rutland Herald
  Camp opens July 26 at Plymouth State University for the Vermont and New Hampshire football teams as they begin preparing for the 53rd Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl.
• Principal Jepson resigns from Bonny Eagle
  July 13, KeepMeCurrent
  Graduate School alumna Sheila Jepson leaves Bonny Eagle High School to become principal at Deering High School in Maine.
• PSU gets grant for water protection
  July 13, The Union Leader
  Plymouth State University has received a grant to help teach homeowners ways to protect surface and groundwater quality.
• Library hosts underwater archaeology talk
  June 27, The Exeter News-Letter
  Professor David Switzer will take library patrons under water on Thursday, July 13, as part of the summer reading program.
• Getting A Boost in Baseball
  June 14, The Exchange on New Hampshire Public Radio
  Vin Sylvia, Deputy Managing Director of Sports for the New Hampshire Union Leader, Peter Roby, Director of the Center for the Study of Sports in Society at Northeastern University and Dennis McManus, Head Baseball Coach at PSU discuss how the use of steroids in major league baseball has changed the sport and how it impacts young athletes.
• For those who dig NH History...
  May 21, Union Leader
  John Clayton of the Union Leader discusses “The Archeology of New Hampshire”—a new book by associate professor David Starbuck.
• Rugby Women at PSU Head to Nationals
  May 5, New Hampshire Public Radio
  The Women's Rugby team is turning heads. They are headed to California this weekend to play for the Women ’s Rugby Collegiate Division II National Championship.
• Shooting own documentary footage, NE soldiers blaze a path
  May 4, Boston Globe (and other national media outlets)
  Alumnus Stephen Pink and fellow soldiers from New England film "The War Tapes" in the Sunni Triangle with digital cameras packed in their rucksacks. The film recently won "best documentary" at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
• Choral and Symphony
  May 3, The Front Porch on New Hampshire Public Radio
  This weekend, the New Hampshire Master Chorale will present music from Finland. The group's music director and professor of Music, Dan Perkins, explores the roots of Finnish music.
• Silver lining in end of an era for Berlin
  May 1, Union Leader
  Dr. Mark Okrant, professor of geography and tourism and director of the Institute of New Hampshire Studies discusses the future of tourism in Berlin.
• A Place to wrestle
  April 28, Concord Monitor
  The Granite State Wrestling Club, founded by a group of current and former Plymouth State wrestling coaches and high school officials draws dozens of students to learn about the sport.
• Surveillance Since 9/11
  April 18, The Front Porch on New Hampshire Public Radio
  David Mackey, associate professor of Criminal Justice discusses surveillance techniques, applications and privacy issues.
• NH soldier gets Boston start
  April 17, Union Leader
  Alumnus Maj. Rodney Freeman didn't post a qualifying time for today's Boston Marathon, but he'll be at the starting line in Hopkinton wearing an official bib anyway.
• Easton native gets cable sitcom
  March 31, Easton Journal
  Alumna Kerri Louise will be starring in a new sitcom on the WE (Women's Entertainment Network) cable channel.
• Meteorologists say New England could get a big one
  March 26, Boston Globe
  Lourdes Aviles, assistant meteorology professor, joins this discussion on the next big New England hurricane.
• Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl
  March 14, Burlington Free Press
  from the Vermont Notebook: The 53rd annual Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl will be played Aug. 5 at Plymouth State University.
• Michelle's Law
  March 13, NH Outlook
  Vice President of Student Affairs Dick Hage joins a panel discussion of HB37, "Michelle's Law".
• Students back from Dominican Republic service trip
  March 13, Boston Globe
  Eleven Plymouth State University students and two faculty members are back from spending winter break in the Caribbean.
• Rogers’ Rangers and The War That Made America
  March 9, NH Outlook
  Join Associate Professor David Starbuck in this discussion of Robert Rogers and Roger's Rangers.
• Global warming threatens New Guinea paradise-report
  March 8, ABC News (and other international outlets)
  Michael Prentice, a climatologist at PSU, says that temperatures in the highlands of the tropical island were rising far faster than previously thought.
• Underwater vehicle maps ancient Greek shipwreck
  February 6, Spero News
  Professor David C. Switzer is a member of an international team surveying a sunken 4th century B.C. merchant ship and its cargo.
• Connect to Compete
  February 5, MaineToday.com
  President Donald Wharton discusses why broadband internet access in New England is a necessity.
• NH Democrats oppose cuts in federal student aid
  January 30, Boston Globe
  In a telephone conference call organized by the state Democratic Party, Nicholas Gunn a PSU student called on Representatives to oppose the proposed cuts.
• Emerging artists
  January 26, Portsmouth Herald News
  Josh Belanger, a 2002 graduate, has art watchers and galleries talking.