Commencement 2012 EditionCALS Awards Two CID majors..............Honors Day.........................................MPA/MS Reception..............................Service-Learning and Research Day.....

Community Development and Applied Economics Department at the University of Vermont

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*And the most in CALSNinety-four grads majoring in community entrepreneurship, community and international development, and public communication received their diplomas along with twenty-two earning a Master of Public Administration and fourteen with a Master of Science in Community Development and Applied Economics

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CDAE sends off more alumni* with the task of changing the world

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Photos: Left: Dean Vogelmann, congratulates Natalie Clements after receiving her diploma. Bottom Right: Prof. Kolodinsky and graduates Alyssa Kropp, Carolyn Levy and Brian Hamel.

CDAE Honors Day Recipients

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Jen Kaulius, summa cum laude, and Julie Williams, cum laude

Community EntrepreneurshipTrisha Hlastawa (pictured opposite, A)Arielle Kleinman (pictured opposite, B)

Community and International DevelopmentBrian Hamel (pictured opposite, C)Jarrod Szydlowski (Magna Cum Laude)

Public CommunicationHannah Kammerer (Cum Laude) (pictured opposite, D)Benjamin Mervis (pictured opposite, E)

Scholastic RecognitionTop ten percent of CDAE seniors based on cumulative grade point average.

Aimee BaileyTravis GervaisHannah Hinsley (Cum Laude)Hannah KammererJennifer Kaulius (Summa Cum Laude)

Allison KellerArielle KleinmanJulia MegsonLoren ScottJarrod Szydlowski (Magna Cum Laude)

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

CDAE Teaching Assistant AwardJennifer KauliusGalen Mooney

Jen Kaulius, CID ‘12, received the College and University’s top academic honor at commencement of graduating Summa Cum Laude, signifying Jen’s achievements to maintain a GPA in the top 1% of the College of Agriculture and LIfe Sciences

Julie WIlliams, CID ‘12, received a College and University’s high academic honor at commencement of graduating Cum Laude, signifying Jen’s achievements to maintain a GPA in the top 10% of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She was also honored as a McNair Scholar.

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From Left: Trisha Hlastawa, Jane Kolodinsky, Benjamin Mervis, Aimee Bailey, Arielle Kleinman, Jennifer Kaulius, Julia Meg-son , Allison Keller, Brian Hamel, Travis Gervais, Hannah Kammerer

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CDAE Welcomes Shoshanah InwoodTenure-track Assistant Prof. joins faculty

Fall 2013 will bring a new face and presence to the CDAE department. Shoshanah Inwood, PhD, will join CDAE as a new Assistant Professor in Community and International Development with a focus in Food Systems. “My career has been shaped by my interdisciplinary background; I have a PhD in Rural Sociology and a M.S. in Environmental Science, The Ohio State University and a B.A. in Biology, Oberlin College. My research program is centered on two parallel themes: 1) The persistence of agriculture at the rural-urban interface, and 2) Community based economic development through food and agriculture. Outside of academia, I worked for the Ohio Department of Agriculture as the state’s first Farm to School Coordinator and as the Director of the Office of Sustainable Agriculture. I also farmed in rural Ohio establishing a CSA and selling at farmers markets and restaurants. I enjoy hiking, camping, biking, gardening, cooking and preserving food. I’m excited to join UVM and be part of such a dynamic department like CDAE, which is at the cutting edge of developing community-based food and agriculture systems.” Ph

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The MPA Program recognized graduates at a reception on Saturday, May 19. Eight students were inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha Professional Honor Society and three awards were given. Herb Sinkinson received the 2012 Dimock Alumni Award and student Erik Wells received the 2011 Dimock Alumni Award. Herb has led a distinguished career within the Vermont Department of Corrections since 1994. A graduate of the MPA in 1999, Herb has left a trail of new programmatic efforts to develop a restorative justice network across the state of Vermont. His efforts in this area have engaged high school students, foster grandparents, the United Way, local police forces, and area nonprofits. He has served as a probation officer, casework supervisor and most importantly, a mentor to countless troubled individuals—victims and perpetrators alike. He has lead workshops and trainings for judges, lawyers and probation officers, victims-rights advocates and police officers.. Darby Brazowski received the 2012 Frank Smallwood Award (photo E) from her graduating peers. The Frank Smallwood Student Award is presented annually by the members of the graduating class to one of their class mates who is the most collegial, helpful, and supportive person in the class...a person whose commitment to colleagues and positive energy makes the complex and challenging aspects of a graduate program a cooperative and uplifting experience.

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B) 2012 MPA graduates are celebrated at the MPA/MS Reception held in Waterman Manor.

C) MPA Director Chris Koliba presented Herb (right) with the 2012 Marshall E. Dimock Alumni Award in the presence of his friends and family.

D) MPA Director Chris Koliba presented Erik Wells (right) with the 2012 Marshall E. Dimock Student Award.

Darby Brazoski received the 2012 Frank Smallwood Award. Newly hooded CDAE MS students Chelsea Davidoff and Noelle Sevoian

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Once a year, UVM’s Davis Center hosts a hotbed of research conversation as graduate and undergraduate students display posters and give presentations based on the research they are doing on (and off) campus.

This year, twenty-two CDAE and MPA graduate candidates students presented their research to audiences from across campus. The range of research topics stemming from these students is impressive: quality of life in food deserts and classifying food hubs; media, advertisement and market analysis; and local studies on Vermont’s food, revenue streams from natural resource extraction, and terrior.

The CDAE M.S. and MPA programs have historically had a strong presence in UVM’s Student Research Conference, sending almost 75 students to the conference since 2009.

UVM Student Research Conference

Outstanding Service-LearningCUPS 8th Annual Celebration of Service-Learning

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On April 25th, the CUPS office announced the recipients of its Service-Learning Awards at the 8th Annual CUPS Recognition Reception. Nominations were judged on the quality of engaged scholarship demonstrated in courses between Spring 2011 and 2012 semesters.

The Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award was awarded to Luis Vivanco, Anthropology, for two specific courses: Anthropology of Media, where students produced public service announcements for the Safe Streets Collaborative, and Bicycles, Globalization, and Sustainability, where students conducted research with Local Motion and the bicycle advisory committee of UVM’s Parking and Transportation Services. Luis has been praised by students and community partners for his enthusiasm, passion, commitment to service-learning, and commitment to meaningful relationships between students, faculty, and community partners. Profs. Thomas Patterson, David Conner, and Adjunct Lecturer Erin Buckwalter were also nominated for this award.

The Outstanding Service-Learning Student Group Award was presented to Storm Leland, Hayley Williams, & Jordan Walsh for their impressive work in CDAE 295: Applications of Sustainable Development in Belize. The trio spent a semester engaged with Mary Open Doors, a small domestic violence prevention shelter; they worked to increase the capacity of the organization, including developing and distributing information about HIV/AIDS and domestic abuse prevention. The runners up, Hillary Laggis, and Caleb Babrant, also CDAE students, were nominated for their work with CDAE 295: Rebuilding Vermont, which concentrated on disaster relief in a post-Tropical-Storm-Irene damaged Vermont.

Second year CDAE MS candidate Brian Kelly presents his Governance Network Design: A Case Study Analysis of Vermont

MPA students Ben Carlson (L) and Erin Flynn (R) stop to chat with Research Professor and Graduate Seminar Instructor Richard Watts

Students presented posters and oral presentations at the 2012 UVM Student Research Conference. CDAE garnered 100% participation from its graduate students!

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The 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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Other sights from Commencement, Honors Day, and the Student Research Conference

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