Professional Activities

Beverly J. Ferrucci (Mathematics) and Eileen Phillips (Director of the Math Center) presented “Liven up Your Classroom with Motivating Mathematical Activities for all Ability Levels” at the New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics’ annual meeting at Plymouth State University. Their interactive workshop presented examples of effective instructional strategies and activities for elementary school teachers to use to differentiate mathematics instruction within their classrooms.

Barbara Ware, Modern Languages, attended the 7th Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film and the Other Arts, sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Fine and Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The international conference was held at the University February 23-25. The inaugural speaker was Dr. Renée S. Scott of the University of North Florida: “Curb your appetite: Consumption and the Body in Latin American Women’s Fiction.” Prof. Ware presented on the panel “Contemporary Spanish Novel” with her paper “The Pedro Carvalho Series by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: A Passionate Exploration of Cuisine and Contemporary Society.”