Saint Anselm College Podcast

Jeanne Cavelos Discusses her Fantasy Writing Workshop

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:21:03 +0000

Jeanne Cavelos, editor, author, former astrophysicist and part-time English professor, led her 14th Odyssey Fantasy workshop this summer at Saint Anselm College. The workshop brought together 16 writers hoping to improve their skills and dazzle the publishing world with their stories of zombies, vampires, and living on the moon. These students of science fiction, fantasy, and [...]

In Context: Dr. Daly Discusses End of Life Medical Decisions

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:26:12 +0000

Video Transcript Welcome to a new feature on the Saint Anselm blog. From time to time, we will ask faculty members and others to shed light on issues in the news, and post their answers either as text or short videos. Health care reform is making headlines these days, so we have started with a professor [...]

Chasing the Mourning Warbler; Dr. J Explains Four Song Regions

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:30:42 +0000

This is our second of two podcasts with professor Jay Pitocchelli; in our first podcast, he discusses his research and life in the field tracking the Mourning Warbler. On the Saint Anselm College campus, Jay Pitocchelli is known for his biology and ornithology classes. But off campus — and among readers of his blog, www.anselm.edu/mourningwarblerblog [...]

Chasing the Mourning Warbler; Dr. J on Doing Research in the Field

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:29:41 +0000

This is our first of two podcasts with professor Jay Pitocchelli; in our second podcast, he discusses the four song and geographic regions of the Mourning Warbler. When nature shows the first signs of impending summer, migratory birds that have wintered in southern habitats begin growing fidgety and restless for the biannual journey northward. In [...]

Prof. David George and Matthew Gonzales in History Channel Series, “Battles BC”

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:33:54 +0000

David George, classics professor and chair, will be a regular face on the History Channel for eight weeks beginning Monday, March 9, when he offers historic perspective in the series, Battles BC. Starting with “Hannibal the Annihilator,” the series will use cutting edge, computer graphics to explore towering feats of battle that scholars and students of [...]

Time’s Mark Halperin Meets With Students and Lectures at NHIOP

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:43:46 +0000

On February 23, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) welcomed Time editor-at-large and political analyst Mark Halperin to campus for a full day of activities and an evening lecture. Halperin began his day meeting with a small group of Student Ambassadors and members of the college faculty to discuss program ideas and political journalism. After [...]

Politico.com’s Jonathan Martin Offers Insight on Changes in the Republican Party

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:22:27 +0000

On February 11, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) hosted a lecture by online political journalist Jonathan Martin. Martin is senior political director and White House correspondent for Politico.com. A podcast of his talk is available on the Saint Anselm College Blog. In his lecture, “The GOP is Changing Too - The Republican Response,” he [...]

New Video Highlights Student Involvement in New Hampshire Primary

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:34:43 +0000

Be sure to check out the college’s newest video, which highlights all the behind-the-scenes action on campus leading up to the New Hampshire Primary, including the CNN Debates, ABC/Facebook Debates, and Fox News Channel’s reporting from the college. The video is available online at www.anselm.edu/nhprimaryvideo and includes many interviews with students who worked for CNN, ABC [...]

Author Azar Nafisi Speaks at NHIOP

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:43:57 +0000

On September 10, Dr. Azar Nafisi, scholar and best selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books spoke at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. Nafisi’s talk “The Republic of the Imagination” discusses the ways in which literature transcends political barriers. She argues that literature and imagination are ways to connect and change [...]

Rickie Solinger, Kicks Off “Interrupted Life” Exhibit

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:59:57 +0000

The Alva de Mars Megan Chapel Art Center’s new exhibit launched Thurs. Jan. 24 to record attendance. The standing- room only crowd was gathered to celebrate the opening of “Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States” with the guest speaker and exhibit’s curator, Rickie Solinger, a historian, and prize-winning author. Solinger’s exhibit, Interrupted [...]

600 Seconds, 1,000 People

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:07:32 +0000

ABC News’ Susan Mitchell has the formidable task of moving one 500-person audience into the Dana Center Theater while simultaneously moving another audience of the same size and energy level out, in under 10 minutes. Mitchell, along with a group of 24 Saint Anselm College students, will control these two exuberant crowds, playing a pivotal [...]

Chauffeurs, Actors, and Window Cleaners

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:04:50 +0000

Students have had the opportunity to experience first-hand, every detail that goes into putting together a production like the ABC/Facebook debates. The students have done everything, from chauffeuring news talent and candidates around the local communities, to acting as stand-ins for the debate rehearsals, to cleaning the Fox Box window so that it is pristine. [...]

Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne Lectures on NH Primary

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:21:53 +0000

Described as “one of Washington’s finest thinkers,” the New Hampshire Institute of Politics was happy to welcome E.J. Dionne as a senior research fellow for the 2008 New Hampshire Primary, quickly deploying him to guest lecture in a number of classes. Dionne began his career in political journalism at The New York Times, where he [...]

Prof. Beth Salerno Living and Learning in South Korea

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:11:53 +0000

In this podcast, we feature part two of a phone interview with Saint Anselm History Professor Beth Salerno who is spending this academic year in South Korea as part of the Fulbright Scholar program. In my interview, Professor Salerno discusses South Korean feelings toward their northern neighbor and about her plans to visit North Korea (this [...]

Sen. Joe Biden Delivers Policy Address at Impact ‘08

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:42:34 +0000

In this second podcast from the recent Impact ‘08 event held at the NHIOP, we feature a major policy address delivered by presidential candidate, and U.S. Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware. With an emphasis on the current situation in Pakistan, Senator Biden offers his remarks on U.S. foreign engagement, focusing on what he describes as [...]

Gov. Bill Richardson Speaks on Global Leadership

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:01:54 +0000

The New Hampshire Institute of Politics recently hosted Impact ‘08 New Hampshire, presented by The Center for U.S. Global Engagement. The forum, designed to foster a greater understanding about America’s role in the world has been holding events in key early-election states to unite business, civic, faith-based and military leaders. The New Hampshire event featured [...]

Lilly Wahl-Tuco ‘99 Working in U.S. Foreign Service

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:07:11 +0000

When Lilly Wahl-Tuco was a senior here at Saint Anselm College, she never dreamed that she would one day be the assistant to the U.S. ambassador to France. Graduating in 1999, she went on to work with non-governmental organizations in the Manchester area and eventually went to Bosnia to pursue graduate studies. Though [...]

Rudy Giuliani Cites His Experience During Visit

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:53:27 +0000

The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College played host to Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani in a town-hall style forum. Mayor Giuliani spoke at length to a packed auditorium and full press section about his views and hopes for the future of America, then engaged in a question and answer session with [...]

Madeleine Albright on American Foreign Policy

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:30:03 +0000

In this podcast, we feature excerpts of a lecture delivered by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on October 24, 2007, at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. Secretary Albright spoke on American foreign policy, offered her view on U.S. diplomacy, and took questions from the standing-room-only audience. Leading a distinguished career, Secretary Albright has served [...]

Podcast Interview With Prof. Beth Salerno From South Korea

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:13:39 +0000

Can you imagine living in a country where everything you say gets consistently lost in translation? How about the feeling of always being stared at because you look so different? And could you eat food that you don’t even know how to pronounce? Saint Anselm History Professor Beth Salerno is having just this kind of experience [...]

Political Analyst Stewart Rothenberg: Battleground 2008

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:59:14 +0000

Speaking at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on October 16, 2007, Stewart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg Political Report presented his analysis of the upcoming 2008 election. Rothenberg specializes in analysis of Congressional elections, conducting one-on-one interviews with incumbents and their challengers. A frequent contributor to national media including Roll Call, Meet the Press, Face [...]

Isabela Echeverry ‘06 on How “Dreamers Thrive”

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:35:56 +0000

One of the highlights of this year’s President’s Society dinner was a moving speech delivered by Isabela Echeverry, a 2006 graduate of Saint Anselm College. Isabella described her dream of leaving Mexico to study in the United States upon her high school graduation. She was repeatedly told by people that her aspirations were too [...]

Journalist Helen Aguirre Ferre Speaks on Immigration

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:00:05 +0000

In today’s podcast, we feature a lecture by Helen Aguirre Ferre, who spoke at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on September 24, 2007. In her lecture, Aguirre Ferre discusses the historical context of U.S. immigration, the current process of immigration, and a number of reforms being proposed. Aguirre Ferre is an award-winning bilingual journalist in [...]

Gov. Mitt Romney Hosts Town Hall Meeting at Saint Anselm

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:14:41 +0000

In the midst of midterm examinations, and with a student body anxious to return home for fall break, Saint Anselm students joined with members of the public this morning to attend a question and answer period with Republican Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney. The New Hampshire Institute of Politics auditorium was transformed for the town-hall style [...]

Prof. Margaret Carson’s Film “Vietnam Nurses” Receives Emmy Award

dminor@anselm.edu (Saint Anselm College) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:09:12 +0000

Saint Anselm College Nursing Professor Margaret Carson attended the News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City on September 24, 2007. Her film, Vietnam Nurses With Dana Delaney, which originally aired on WE TV, was nominated for two awards: Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form and for Outstanding Editing. She did not [...]