COA News Spring 1985 Vol. 8 No. 2 RABINEAU NAMED PRESIDENT "I fell in love with the spirit and commitment of the people here," said Dr. Louis Rabineau, shortly after his selection as president was announced by Dr. Thomas S. Hall, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The April 8 announcement marked the culmination of a presidential search conducted by a committee consisting of students, staff, faculty, and trustees. Five finalists, including Lou, met individually with the entire college community in interviews, meetings, lunches, and formal gatherings. At a special session of the All College Meeting, community input was solicited by the search committee which then made its recommendation to the Board. "It is exciting to be a part of the development of this special college, both in its human ecology mission and in the rebuilding program which is getting underway,'' said Lou, who has been serving as interim president since last September. "COA is poised to take its place as one of the outstanding innovative institutions of higher education in the nation." Dr. Mona Rabineau, Lou's wife, who remained in Colorado during Lou's interim presidency, will soon join him in Bar Harbor. Mona is currently on the faculty of education at the University of Denver. Lou Rabineau and Jackson Gillman Diane Whitmore photo COA HOLDS THIRTEENTH At Colloquium on Teacher Education: COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATION "MAKE AMERICAN EDUCATION LOOK LIKE The thirteenth commencement celebration be. He observed that while the revered COA' of College of the Atlantic was held Saturday, eagle almost always flies alone or in twos, June 1, at St. Saviour's Church in Bar contributed by John Kauffmann the goose flies -- and migrates hundreds of Harbor. Thirteen students received the miles - cooperatively with many other Developing the need and desire to learn Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Ecology geese. And when the lead goose drops back, and the joy of achievement are central to from Dr. Thomas S. Hall, chairman of the another is prepared to take its place as solving America's education predicament, Board of Trustees. Five students who leader. and teachers should be the most important received degrees this year were not present, "Many of us would like to see ourselves people in our society. What teachers do for having stood with last year's class. Nine as eagles," he said, "solitary, self-sufficient, us has tremendous effect for the rest of our other seniors who will complete degree and strong. But we are what we are; that's lives, and without them there would be no requirements this summer stood with their something we cannot choose. And although one with intellectual training. class at Saturday's ceremony. many of us might like to be seen as an These were among the views offered by Entertainer and storyteller Jackson eagle, I think that God made us more like six authorities on American education who Gillman, a member of the first class at COA the goose." met at College of the Atlantic for a in 1972, spoke to the graduates and visiting Speaking directly to the graduates, Mr. Colloquium on Teacher Education. family, friends, and alumni. With humor and Gillman said, "You have a very rich Sponsored by the Academy for energy he related anecdotes from his days education in human ecology perspective. As Educational Development (AED) and chaired as a student at COA. Then, as a storyteller, you go out into our very needy world, be a by former U.S. Commissioner of Education he communicated his message of very active part of your communities Francis Keppel, the panel examined myths, community. He told of a friend who had a And when it's appropriate for you to take purposes, and choices in teacher education. goose and how he learned that a goose is (Continued on Page 7) Other participants included Gene Maeroff, not an eagle - and that it doesn't need to VISITORS SERIES BRINGS sponsored by School Union 98. A recipient of the Educational Press Association Award EDUCATORS TO COA for Excellence and author of Open COA brought nationally-known educators Mind/Whole Mind: Parenting and Teaching to campus during winter and spring terms Tomorrow's Children Today, Samples also as part of the COA Distinguished Visitors conducted a workshop for Hancock teachers. Series. The visitors participated in education Lord Asa Briggs, eminent social historian classes and met informally with students; currently on world tour, visited COA in April. evening lectures were open to the public. The author of Social Thought and Social Director of the State Planning Office Dr. Action, Iron Bridge to Crystal Palace: Impact Richard Barringer opened the series on and Images of the Industrial Revolution, and January 23 speaking on the topic "Public A Social History of England, Briggs Education in Maine: The Challenge of the discussed "Innovation in Higher Education: Future." An International View." "Educational aspirations may well be the single most important key to general economic and social prosperity for the CLENDENIN IS NEW people of Maine," he said. ''The issue DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS before us is less one of dollars than it is one of personal habits and public values; a matter of increasing our expectations of one Larry Clendenin will fill the position of another; of raising the aspiration levels of COA admissions director on July 15, taking our students; and of rewarding outstanding over for faculty member Elmer Beal who Sally Greenman Mike Meyerheim photo performances and achievement." served on an interim basis. Dr. Barringer met with students to discuss Larry brings enthusiasm and a fresh GREENMAN RECEIVES their concerns for Maine's future perspective to his new position; "I have WATSON FELLOWSHIP environmental problems and conducted an come to realize that the best professionals education seminar. in the field are those who approach their How does one combine a love for fish and Also in January, Dr. Gordon Klopf of Bank work partly as students, always looking for an interest in business? For Sally Street College of Education in New York more information that can help them be Greenman, the answer is to study the spent several days on campus discussing more effective in their work, and partly as practical economics of the fishing industry. leadership values and political action. In a teachers, charged with the responsibility of Thanks to a $10,000 Thomas J. Watson public lecture he addressed the topic of sharing what they learn with others." Fellowship award, Sally will be doing just "Participatory Governance in Institutions of Larry was formerly director of Admissions that in two of the world's biggest fishing Higher Education: Possibilities and and Financial Aid at Prescott College in Limitations." Arizona and associate dean of Admissions markets: Oslo, Norway, and Tokyo, Japan. Sally is the third COA senior to receive a Dr. Theodore Kauss, executive director of at the University of Denver. He has also Watson Fellowship. Last year's recipient, The Frost Foundation, presented the topic worked as an admissions counselor and as a Richard Epstein, is currently studying "An Inside View of Foundations," at an conference programs director. vernacular architecture in Japan and the assembly in the COA auditorium in March. Larry's wife and four-year-old daughter People's Republic of China; 1983 Fellowship Bob Samples, author, curriculum writer, will be joining him this September in Bar and researcher in wholemindedness and Harbor. winner Peter Wayne studied wildlife and vegetation on the outer islands of the North creativity, spoke at COA during a visit co- Atlantic. The Watson Fellowship Program is a national competition which supports REBUILDING independent study and travel abroad for recent college graduates. Fellows are selected by the Watson Foundation for their commitment to a particular field of interest and for their leadership potential within that field. COA HITS AP NEWS WIRE AP education writer Lee Mitgang visited campus in January researching an article on institutions that offer outstanding educations in unconventional settings. Three days later, after attending classes, meeting with students at Jordans, chatting with faculty and staff at the Ledgelawn Inn, visiting alumni, talking with trustees, and conducting countless on-the-spot interviews, he returned to New York to tap out the COA segment of his three-part series "Higher Education's Best-Kept Secrets." The article hit the Associated Press news wire in late April. With the aid of a map to show where in the world Mt. Desert Island is located, people who read the education sections from the Dallas Morning News to Rebuilding is underway! The maintenance shop is dwarfed by new construction which the New Haven Register know we're here! will house science labs, design studios, and offices. Mike Meyerheim photo