A little girl stepped on a nail. Suddenly she was surrounded by children dressed as white and red blood cells. Platelets to the rescue. Enemy bacteria defeated. Little girl saved. Science was never as fun as it was for a group of elementary students in Waterville on the day they presented their original plays during ScienceFest, one component of an ambitious outreach program conceived and administered by Colby science faculty. The Partnership for Science Education, now in its sixth year, is a collaborative program among Colby and four local school districts that has won praise from teachers and is credited with bolstering--in some cases, saving--science education for K through12 students.
A Sting Operation
You have to love a guy who gets animated, even passionate, when he talks about jellyfish and sea slugs. And Colby biology students do love Associate Professor of Biology Paul Greenwood. "He's always throwing in a joke, and his enthusiasm is contagious," said Christopher Sullivan '97, who's had Greenwood for three courses.
Phyllis Mannocchi (English) was honored by the Maine Woman's Fund for her work in feminist education. Mannocchi's course Female Experience in America was credited for
"giving birth, over the past 10 years, to hundreds of young
feminists.". . . Howard Koonce (English, emeritus) won praise
for his performance as Willy Loman in a production of Arthur Miller's Death
of a Salesman at the Waterville Opera House in November. Koonce led a cast
that also included Richard Sewell (performing arts). Jim Thurston
(performing arts) designed the set. . . . Elizabeth Leonard
(history) has been offered a contract by Norton Press for a work-in-progress,
tentatively titled Under Fire, Under Cover, For the Flag: Women, Gender,
Nation in the Civil War Military. Norton published Leonard's last book,
Yankee Women. . . . Charles Bassett (American studies and
English) was appointed chair of the American Studies Association's Mary C.
Turpie Award Committee for 1997. In 1994 Bassett was the first recipient of the
Turpie award, which recognizes achievement in teaching and program
development. . . . Jim Fleming (science, technology,
and society) has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the History of
Atmospheric Science Committee of the American Meteorological Society.
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