Commencement 2010 EditionCALS Award: Helen Labun Jordan....Honors Day....................................MPA Reception/ UVM Research Day..Service-Learning Awards................

Community Development and Applied Economics Department at the University of Vermont

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Consider them armed (with skills) and capable (of using them). Eighty-six grads majoring in community entrepreneurship, community and international development, and public communication received their diplomas along with 19 earning a Master of Public Administration and three with a Master of Science.

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“In five short years, Helen has accomplished so much for UVM, Vermont agriculture and furthering the regional food system model of entrepreneurship.”

It was in this way that Jane Kolodinsky concluded her nomination of Helen Labun Jordan for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New Achiever Alumni Award. But Kolodinsky wasn’t the only person to applaud Jordan’s focused work in recent years.

While a graduate student in CDAE, Jordan worked with the Center for Rural Studies and since graduation, Jordan worked with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. In this capacity, she was instrumental in strengthening the ties between Vermont’s food system and economically-viable Vermont communities.

Jordan recently accepted the position of program director of e-Vermont, a two-year Community Broadband Project to help rural towns leverage the Internet to address various local needs. It is no doubt that she will continue to do great work for Vermont.

Helen Labun Jordan- CALS’ New Achiever

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Helen Labun Jordan (right) stands with her nominator, CDAE Chair Jane Kolodinsky, at the May 8th CALS Alumni and Friends Dinner.

‘06 MS in Community Development and Applied Economics

Community EntrepreneurshipJonathan Gilman (pictured on next page, photo A)

Community and International DevelopmentMolly Greene (pictured on next page, photo C)Amory Ledyard (pictured on next page, photo D)

Public CommunicationCaroline Grimmnitz (pictured on next page, photo E)Erika White (pictured on next page, photo F)

Scholastic RecognitionTop ten percent of CDAE seniors based on cumulative grade point average.Andreana Bakert-MiceliJeremiah Church (photo B)Christopher EdwardsMolly Greene

Distinguished Undergraduate Research Jeremy BarasExamining the Awareness and Acceptance of Calcium Crystals on Cheddar CheeseFaculty advisor: Kathleen Liang

Caroline GrimmnitzAdam ReynoldsSarah Woodward

CDAE recognizes the graduating seniors who are nominated by faculty for continuous academic excellence and outstanding professional potential:

CALS Honors Day in Pictures

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CDAE Welcomes New Assist. Prof in FallDr. David Conner will be starting an Assistant Professor position at the University of Vermont (UVM) this coming fall. He grew up in central Pennsylvania and holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Cornell and Masters in Extension Education from UVM. His professional interests span the economics of sustainable food systems from farm to fork. He joins UVM from a research position at the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at Michigan State University. CDAE Chair Jane Kolodinsky says, “David has all the ingredients of a successful CDAE faculty member: a love of applied teaching and research, the ability to secure competitive funding, a strong publication record, and a passion for promoting the success of regional economies, especially as they are fueled by thriving food systems.” David and his wife Iana have two children (daughter Anessa, 7, and son Moby, 5) and are expecting a third child in December. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, especially hiking, making music and gardening.Ph

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C) MPA Director Chris Koliba presents Kiona Baez (right) with the 2010 Marshall E. Dimock Award in the presence of her friends and family.

D) 2010 Marshall E. Dimock Alumni Award winner and 1996 alumnus Steven Schneider (left) poses with his former professor Thomas Patterson.

The MPA Program recognized graduates at a reception on Saturday, May 22. Five students and Glenn McRae were inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha Professional Honor Society and three awards were given. Kiona Baez received the 2010 Dimock Student Award and ‘96 alumna Steven Schneider received the 2010 Dimock Alumni Award. Schneider is currently the Town Manager of Enfield, New Hampshire. Sarah Crooks Swanson received the 2010 Frank Smallwood Award from her graduating peers.

MPA Graduation and Reception

CDAE undergraduate and graduate students were again a strong presence at the 2010 UVM Student Research Conference on April 16th, presenting their research to their peers, faculty members, and guests.

Undergraduate Students: Jaqueline LeBlanc (poster), Eamon Penney (presentation), Sarah Woodward (poster)

Graduate Students: Marta Ascherio (presentation), Jonathan Bond (presentation), Erin Buckwalter (presentation), Jennifer Colby (poster), Faye Conte (poster), Daniel DiFranco (poster), Jacob Evans (poster), Cassandra Gekas (poster), Dan Kirk (presentation), Ben King (presentation), Gwen Pokalo (presentation), David Propen (presentation), Elizabeth Reaves (presentation), Ashleigh Sewell (presentation), Abby Smith (presentation), Matthew Tucker (presentation), Guangxuan Zhang (presentation). Titles and abstracts of their presentations can be found on the conference website.

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CDAE graduate students Marta Ascherio, Erin Buckwalter, and Ben King (left to right) after presenting their research in a food

system focused morning session: “Social Network Analysis: Migrant Labor on VT Dairy Farms” (Ascherio), “VT Farm-to-

School Analysis “ (Buckwalter), and “Farmers’ Perspectives on Direct Sales to School Food Service” (King).

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B) 2010 MPA graduates are celebrated at the MPA Reception held in Waterman Manor.

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CDAE adjunct lecturers Anna Masozera (left), Jessica Hyman, and service-learning TA Sarah Woodward (not pictured) were all nominated for outstanding service-learning for work on the Public Communication Capstone course.

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“Reaching up the Wind Turbine”

“CDAE Belize Semester Abroad - Barzakh Falah”

“Burlington Legacy Project” Pictured from left to right are Brandon Wells, Justin Leveille, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, Danielle Vogl, and Burlington Legacy Project Co-Director Wanda Hines.

“Colihaut Governmental School, Colihaut, Dominica”

Four out of seven submissions to the CUPS 2010 S-L Photo Essay Contest came from CDAE courses. “Reaching up the Wind Turbine” by Gisele Nelson was selected by attendees as the winning entry, followed by Maddy Brumberg’s “CDAE Belize Semester Abroad.”

In addition, PCOM major Danielle Vogl, pictured below with classmates from CDAE 124 Public Communication Media was nominated by the Burlington Legacy Project for Outstanding Service-Learning by a Student.

By Kelly Hamshaw, CDAE-CUPS LiaisonAs we celebrate the end of this academic year, it is a great opportunity to reflect on the commitment to community engagement that CDAE students and faculty have continued to grow. CDAE students and faculty partnered with over 30 different local and international community partners through nine designated service-learning courses in Spring 2010. Progress has continued on the CDAE Engaged Department Initiative. This work first began in 2009 with a survey assessing levels of community engagement through teaching, research, and service activities of CDAE faculty in Vermont and beyond. As part of an on-going collaboration with the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning, I have developed curriculum maps for each of the three CDAE majors. After collecting and compiling many syllabi, these maps have led to department-wide conversations about the key skills and experiences in each of the majors. >>Read a summary of Spring 2010 S-L courses and preview Fall’s offerings off of the CDAE or MPA websites.

Dan Baker and CVOEO Recognized by Campus Compact

About CDAEThe Community Development and Applied Economics Department (CDAE) is part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. CDAE supports sustainable local, regional, and international communities through interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach that serve the public interest.

The department offers undergraduate students the following majors and minors: Community and International Development, Community Entrepreneurship, and Public Communication. Additional minors are also offered in Applied Design, Consumer Affairs, Consumer and Advertising, Food Systems, and Green Building and Community Design.

Two graduate opportunities are available within the department: Master of Science in Community Development and Applied Economics and Master of Public Administration (more at: www.uvm.edu/cdae). Both graduate programs participate in the Peace Corps Fellows Program (more at: www.uvm.edu/~cdaepcf ).

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Profs. Bob Parsons and Qingbin Wang Earn Tenure

S-L and Engaged Department Initiative Update

The service learning and community-based research partnership between CDAE and the Mobile Home Project at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity received the Vermont Campus Compact Exemplary Campus-Community Partnership Award on April 14 at the Compact’s Statewide Recognition Reception Ceremony. The Award highlights a model partnership characterized by “rich and meaningful re-lationships that has enriched the outcomes for both campus and community in a number of ways and over a number of months or years.” Since 2006, this partnership has engaged more than 140 students in under-standing the issues affecting mobile home park communities in Addison and Chittenden counties.

Assistant to Associate to Full Professor. Congratulations to Professors Bob Parsons (photo A) and Qingbin Wang (photo B) who have earned tenure at the University of Vermont. “Drs. Parsons and Wang have achieved the highest level University faculty aspire to. And, they have excelled in all the areas the count: a love of teaching and student mentorship, stellar records of scholarship, and service to the University and beyond,” says Department Chair Jane Kolodinsky on their achievement.

Photo: Cheryl Dorschner Photo: David Pawlusiak

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