Steffens to Serve on Fire Association Board From the GMC Journal Week of February 15, 2010 Prof. Ron Steffens (communications) joined the board of directors of the International Association of Wildland Fire, the leading independent organization fostering leadership, science, and communications regarding wildfire, with a specific focus on offering a neutral forum for resolving issues in this complex field. IAWF publishes the leading professional magazine and science journal in the field, as well as hosting conferences on fire science and fire safety.
Steffens to Serve on Panel for Fire History & Climate Change From the GMC Journal Week of February 8, 2010 Prof. Ron Steffens (communications) will serve on an interdisciplinary panel for a Fire History and Climate Change Synthesis Workshop, funded by the Joint Fire Science Program. The February workshop and an ongoing grant will bring field practitioners, scientists, and communicators together to develop an easy-to-apply synthesis of fire history and fire science. The project will produce decision support tools to guide fire planners and natural resource managers as they adapt to climate change impacts on local and regional fire regimes.
Vuksanovic ‘11 Featured on Voice of America From the GMC Journal Week of December 14, 2009 Communications major Dusan Vuksanovic '11 discussed his experience coming to GMC from Serbia in a Voice of America interview December 7. Dusan, a Make A Difference Scholar, said earning the scholarship was key to being able to come to the United States for college, and GMC has been a good fit. “The atmosphere on campus is extremely relaxed, people are unbelievably friendly…the classes are student-driven and student-motivated and it is a very productive and very friendly environment," he said.
Falzone to Publish Book on Digital Media From the GMC Journal Week of December 7, 2009 Prof. Paul Falzone (communications) has signed a publishing contract to turn his dissertation into a book. Documentary 2.0: How Online Digital Media is Driving Social Change will be published in late 2010 or early 2011 by Peter Lang Publishing in their Digital Formations series.
Wai Phyo Myint '11 Interviewed on Voice of America From the GMC Journal Week of October 19, 2009 In her home country of Burma, GMC student and Make a Difference Scholar Wai Phyo Myint '11 didn't have many educational opportunities, so she came to the United States to study communications and political science. In a Voice of America interview that aired October 13, Wai discusses her experience since arriving in Vermont. She is quoted as saying that being able to have open communication with peers and instructors "is something that she appreciates and isn't able to do if she went to college back home."
GMC Contingent Takes on NYC with "The Yes Men" From the GMC Journal Week of September 28, 2009 Green Mountain College Prof. Paul Falzone (communications) and several GMC students traveled to New York City September 21 to fight global warming and participate in the latest prank by noted media pranksters The Yes Men. They joined volunteers across the city to distribute copies of a fake New York Post to morning commuters that drew attention to climate change. The action was timed to coincide with this week’s United Nations climate summit and has received media attention internationally.
Students Write Op-Eds for Regional & National Publications From the GMC Journal Week of May 11, 2009 As part of a semester long project, Prof. Paul Falzone’s (communications) persuasion class collected and responded to a variety of news articles by writing letters to the editor. Publications included: Amberlee Miller in the Rutland Herald, New York Post, Albany Times Union, Eagle Tribune and Boston Globe, Arden Gustitus in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Kevin Hart in the Burlington Free Press, and Amanda Matznick, Jackie Steponaitis and Dusan Vuksanovic in the Rutland Herald.
Flow Screening to Mark World Water Week From the GMC Journal Week of March 16, 2009 In celebration of the beginning of the UNICEF Tap Project’s World Water Week, Green Mountain College students will be hosting a film night featuring Flow, an award- winning documentary by director Irena Salina. The movie will be shown in The Gorge at 7 p.m. on March 23. The film night, hosted by students in Prof. Paul Falzone's environmental documentary class, has been organized to raise awareness regarding the commercial monopolizing of the world water supply. It also highlights UNICEF's Tap Project, an initiative to help provide millions of children around the globe with clean, safe water.
Writers the Focus for Upcoming Film Fest From the GMC Journal Week of March 2, 2009 The Writers Over the Edge Film Fest begins on Wednesday, March 18 with a screening of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at 7 p.m. in the Coffee House. The fest, sponsored by the GMC English, Writing and Communication Program, continues on Wednesdays through the spring semester. Additional screenings include: April 1: Naked Lunch April 15: Henry and June May 6: Basketball Diaries
Falzone Discusses Advocacy Film Making for Cornell Lecture From the GMC Journal Week of February 9, 2009 Assistant Prof. Paul Falzone (communications) delivered an invited lecture at Cornell University's Department of Anthropology on February 2. He spoke about his ethnographic work as an advocate filmmaker and explored broader issues surrounding ethnography as an artistic and activist enterprise.
GMC Students Earn Grant for UN Conference From the GMC Journal Week of January 20, 2009 Twelve Green Mountain College students and their advisor Prof. Paul Falzone (communications) will represent the College in the 2009 National Model United Nation Session (NMUN) to be held April 7-11. This conference is the largest college United Nation simulation in the world, with 4,000 students from the U.S. and around the globe expected to attend. “This provides an outstanding forum for students to get practical experience in policy debates about vital issues that all global citizens face,” said Jose Galvez-Contreras ’10, vice-president of the College Student Senate and GMC’s head delegate. GMC’s participation in the 2009 conference has already gained the support of the NCAA/NMUN Hayden Fund. GMC was one of only eight schools around the world to receive a grant from the foundation; the College garnered the maximum award of $1,000. “This is a once in a lifetime experience for many of our students,” said Prof. Falzone, “but the grant covers only a very small part of the costs associated with a three-day conference in New York City.”
Student Publishes Op/Ed on Election Coverage From the GMC Journal Week of November 17, 2008 GMC student Danielle Phillips published an opinion/editorial in her hometown newspaper, The Daily Record in Parsippany, N.J., about media coverage of the elections. The piece was written for Prof. Paul Falzone's (communications) Introduction to Mass Communication class.
GMC Student Publishes Op-Ed in Burlington Newspaper From the GMC Journal Week of November 3, 2008 GMC student Chad Skiles had an opinion piece published in the October 27 edition of the Burlington Free Press. The piece, titled "Chief Citizen Wanted," analyzes the presidential candidates' performances during the first debate. The article was written for Prof. Paul Falzone's (communications) "Writing for the Media" class. Steffens & Voos Attend Yellowstone Conference From the GMC Journal Week of October 6, 2008 GMC student Jonathan Voos and Prof. Ron Steffens (communications) recently presented papers at a conference focused on a scientific and policy retrospective of the 1988 Yellowstone fires. The conference, “The ‘88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond,” was hosted by the International Association of Wildland Firefighters in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ron presented a paper titled “How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fire: The Rhetorical Regeneration of Fire Landscapes and Communities.” It analyzed narrative myths that underlie and frame the way reporters, fire managers, and the public respond to wildfires. Ron has both written about wildfires and served as a fire manager in the Yellowstone ecosystem since 1992. Jonathan also works for the National Park Service; he manages trails crews in Olympic National Park while writing an internship report that will complete a degree in natural resources management. His talk, “The Failure of Wildland Fire Management to Meet the Tenets of True Wilderness Preservation,” grew from an independent study project he researched with Provost William Throop. In his paper, Jonathan outlined the tenets for a “natural processes” approach to wilderness management that precludes active management, including fire suppression.
Poet, Former NPR Commentator David Budbill to Give Reading From the GMC Journal Week of April 23, 2007 The campus community is invited to an evening of "Poetry, Music, and Politics" with writer David Budbill at Green Mountain College on Thursday, April 26, at 7 p.m. in The Gorge of Withey Hall. Budbill is author of seven books of poems, eight plays, a novel, a collection of short stories, a picture book for children, dozens of essays, introductions, speeches and book reviews, the libretto for an opera and is a performance poet on two CDs. He was for a time a commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and his poems are frequently read by Garrison Keillor on the NPR feature, The Writer's Almanac.
Budbill tours occasionally with avant-garde bassist and composer, William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. In 2003 the three released, Songs for a Suffering World: A Prayer for Peace, a Protest Against War. William Parker and Budbill also released in 1999, Zen Mountains-Zen Streets: A Duet for Poet and Improvised Bass, a two-CD set of a live performance which is available on the Boxholder Records label.
