Lilea Stockwell gets a warm hug from President Louis Rabineau after receiving her diploma. father wrote in my high school yearbook," said Elena Tuhy. "These words sustained me through my college years." Peter Moon said his degree in human ecology was "the perfect background" in preparing for a business career. "Human COA NEWS Ecology serves as the context in which to frame other disciplines," he said. Andrea Ried read an excerpt from Kahlil Gibran's poem about children from "The Prophet". "As for myself," said ER 1990 COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC BAR HARBOR, MAINE Andrea, "I like to think that no matter what age, we are all bows and arrows. We words of wisdom. The ceremony opened all have the strength to empower each nny 18th with a dance performed by fourth-graders other as well as fly, to give as well as of the Connors-Emerson School in Bar receive freedom." mencement Harbor, choreographed by senior Julianna The senior speakers were followed by Lichatz, their student teacher for the the awarding of honorary degrees in unshine and warmth of a per- semester. And the COA chorus got human ecology to out-going trustee Neva day were reflected in COA's 18th thunderous applause with their "Human R. Goodwin, life trustee Charles Tyson, cement ceremony on June 2. The Ecology Song" written by Kevin Kirby. and keynote speaker Robert Coles. ates, in summery attire, each Several seniors spoke briefly about Moral character was the theme of the a flower along with their diploma, their college experiences. Emily Bracale address given by Coles, renowned child I together as Chairman of the shared some thoughts on student teaching. psychiatrist and Pulitzer prize-winning dward Blair told them, "Seniors, "When knowing is guided by caring and author of "Children of Crisis." Coles told us very proud to be a trustee of caring is informed, the world is a friendlier the story of Ruby, a black child who had f the Atlantic." place," she said. been selected by a federal judge to in- esenting the college's only degree, Brian Hoey said that at COA he had tegrate a public school in New Orleans in r of Arts in Human Ecology, come to realize that "we need people 1960. Despite the abusiveness and threats Louis Rabineau said COA is skilled in thinking and acting through a of the angry townspeople who followed her e open window, the healthy and continuum -- interdisciplinary, holistic sys- to school every day, Ruby prayed that God ense of tomorrow." tems-thinkers and doers -- human would forgive them. "I do it because they graduations are typically filled ecologists." don't know what they are doing," she had c and dance as well as warm "Dare to be wrong," were the words my told him. continued on page 2 1 ontinued from page 1 "Here was someone who had no education and was extremely moral," aid Coles. "In this century of knowledge and technology and Seniors, you make us very achievement, there is still hatred and envy and arrogance and self-impor- ance. Degrees do not necessarily proud to be a trustee of lead to moral lives. Let us remember Ruby." College of the Atlantic. Commenting on the uniqueness and joy expressed in this graduation - Edward McC. Blair ceremony, Coles said "I'll never forget this graduation ceremony with some- Chairman of the Board of Trustees one coming up and saying 'hi.'" Clockwise: Keynote speaker Dr. Robert Coles and trustee Edward Meade. Laura Cohn '88 congratulates Lisa Hammer '90. Flutists Lelania Pryor, Kristie Simko, and Colleen Prentiss accompany the COA chorus. COA student David Lamon/with Connors-Emerson stu- dents Wynter Trip (left), Eric Brewer, and Josh Hodgkins. Dennis Bracale '88 and Emily Bracale '90. Neva Goodwin receives an honorary B.A. in- Human Ecology. COA News is published three times a year. It is circulated to Alumni, Parents, Faculty, and other Friends. Editor: Carolyn Dow Layout : Keith Nolen Goodrich Reporters: Wendy Doherty, Keith Goodrich, Elena Tuhy, and Mike Whitehead. printed on recycled paper PHOTOS BY CAROLYN DOW 2 COA Student Teaches Recycling in Local School Editor's Note- The following is a personal account by Julianna Lichatz'90 of her stu- dent teaching experience. An important part of Human Ecology is putting knowledge into practice. My senior project involved designing and im- plementing an interdisciplinary recycling curriculum. Through implementation I was able to test to see if it was possible to integrate my project into the present cur- ricula of the local school district. Recycling is how you act in the world. It's not an isolated subject. It's a way of being. And when you incorporate it into the natural organization of the classroom, it becomes woven into every subject. It be- comes a year-long study. My project was to take the present science curriculum and incorporate recycling into it. I have been student teaching this spring in Connie Blaney's Fourth grade classroom at the Ethel Conners School in Bar Harbor. Having been granted the op- Julianna Lichatz'90 stages a mini-reenactment of the Valdez oil spill with her fourth portunity to teach geology, I decided not grade students. only to work recycling into this subject, but also to design an interdisiplinary cur- present. The students were left to re- tain, but eventually we were able to con- riculum. evaluate these products and their future nect it to our demand for plastic Teenage Geology lends itself well to studying means of disposal and/or reduction. Mutant Ninja Turtles. It can be a real why we need to recycle, reduce, reuse, We also re-enacted the Valdez oil spill shock when connections are made. Maybe and repair. By studying the geological and discussed ways in which to avoid such that is how we can avoid future environ- timeline we can understand that the fossil environmental hazards. It took some time mental disasters. fuels and other geological resources to remove the blame of such a horrendous --Julianna Lichatz'90 created such a long time ago are limited. mishap from the company and ship's cap- Through studying the rock cycle and the water cycle my students and I defined the word "cycle" and studied other cycles such Faculty/Staff NewsNotes as the life cycle and the nutrient cycle. We then created a compost bucket in the Allied Whale has kicked off another Berkeley. We wish him the best of luck in room for our apple cores and banana successful season on "The Rock" with Kim his newest endeavors. peels. We included ground water in our Robertson, Tim Cole, and Bev Agler su- The Petit Manan Research Group has study of the water cycle and studied what pervising the annual horde of interns and also begun its summer study program with happens when chemicals get into dumps. visitors. Steve Katona, Paula Olsen, and Rick Schauffler, Bob DeForest, Dave We then discussed advertising and Kim Robertson were recently featured in Hiltz, and Andrea Roberto studying the had a chance to act as if we were perform- an article about Allied Whale in The nesting tern colonies on the island. ing on television. We discussed how adver- Ellsworth American. Lou Rabineau attended the annual tisements make you feel and what they are Mel and Polly Cote are travelling meeting of the Academy of Educational set out to make you do. We then tried to across Europe for the month of June and Development (AED) on June 6th. He has create "honest" advertisements which part of July visiting Italy, Switzerland, and been reappointed Senior Vice President reveal the negative aspects of purchasing France. for Higher Education and Technical certain products. Each student was Fid Norton and his family will be Training for AED. He has also been reap- responsible for a research mobile and moving to Massachusetts where Fid will pointed to the Commission for Policy paper in which they were to research the be attending graduate school at Harvard Analysis for the National Association of deposits, extraction process, and products University. Independent Colleges and Universities using that resource. We took it a step fur- Peter Owens is leaving COA to con- (NAICU). He will also be the president ther and thought up ways the different tinue his graduate education in urban of the Maine Independent Colleges As- products were discarded in the past and planning at the University of California, sociation (MICA) for 1990-91. - Keith Goodrich'90 3