Awards and Honors

Beth Mintz, professor of sociology, was the recipient of the 2014 Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award from Vermont Women in Higher Education. The award is presented annually to a woman who has demonstrated leadership abilities and effectiveness, served as a model and mentor for aspiring professionals, developed innovated programs/activities in higher education and contributed significantly to her institution and/or profession.

Emeritus professor of history Alfred Andrea was presented with the World History Association’s prestigious “Pioneers in World History” award for his lifetime contributions to scholarship, teaching and mentorship in the field. Andrea accepted the honor at the WHA annual meeting in Costa Rica in July.

UVM senior Corey Tondreau is the newest recipient of World Learning’s Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship, which returns alumni of its SIT Study Abroad programs to their host countries to conduct human rights projects. Tondreau will return to Madagascar to establish a community garden and seed bank for the Ampasy-Nahampoana commune in Mandena. Read more.

Following her Scholar-in-Residence appointment at Goddard College in August, geography professor Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux has been named the school's commencement speaker. Dupigny-Giroux gave a public presentation during her residency, followed by a workshop with students in various Masters degree programs who were in residence. After the lecture and workshops, the students selected Dupigny-Giroux as their first choice for commencement speaker.

Publications and Presentations

Christopher W. Allen, emeritus professor of chemistry, recently attended the 20th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, Dublin, Ireland. He presented a paper titled “Cyclo- and Polyphosphazenes with Redox Active Substituents” and chaired a session on new materials. He also has co-authored, along with Jonathan C. Shaw, a paper: ”Organophosphazenes.27:The Synthesis and Polymerization of (4-ethenylphenyl)pentafluorocyclotriphosphazene” in Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and Related Elements.

PUBLISHED

08-27-2014
University Communications