COA Announces Search for New Alumni Relations and Development Coordinator
Cutting a Bond with the Long Trail: Ned Green's Long Trail Journals
Where Did My Genes Go? COA Students attend the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Need Help Finding an Internship or Job? COA's Office of Internships and Career Services Can Help!
Greg Stone '82 Helps Establish the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)- the Third Largest Marine Protection Area in the World!
COA Gear Now Available Online
COA Enters Groups Savings Plus Plan with Liberty Mutual to get COA Alumni Discounts on Insurance
Thanks to All Alumni Who Contributed to the Katona Chair in Marine Studies - We have Reached our Goal!
 Following the departure of Shawn Keeley '00 for Vermont's Green Mountain Club, COA is starting a search for the new Alumni Relations and Development Coordinator. More information on this position will be sent to alumni via email in the next few weeks. If you think you might be interested in the job and have any questions about what the alumni coordinator does, feel free to contact Shawn at skeeley@greenmountainclub.org or 802-233-6863.
Five years ago Ned Green, class of 1997, died in a climbing accident in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Over the past five years his mother, Clare Green, has been compiling his journal entries and poems from end-to-end hikes of Vermont's Long Trail into the newly released (May 2006) book, Cutting a Bond with the Long Trail.
All proceeds from the sale of this book will contribute to the Ned Green Scholarship Fund and The Green Mountain Club of Vermont (just a coincidence, honest).
To read a review of the book click here
To visit the web site dedicated to Ned click here
To purchase the book click here
In April, seven COA students attended the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and Bio-Safety Protocol negotiations in Curitiba, Brazil. They were the only students from the United States present.
In addition to organizing the youth movement at the conferences, they started the blog www.wheredidmygenesgo.org to share their experiences and the youth perspective.
For an interview with three of the students who attended (Alex Fletcher '07, Henry Steinberg '06 and Sarah Lawson-Stopps '07) click here
 The college would like to better serve its alumni with resources and links to employment opportunities, graduate school funding sources, alumni networking and additional tools to support your lives as human ecologists. Ideas and suggestions are welcome as well as Listserves you have found helpful for jobs, relocation strategies and portfolio development. Recently this office has received numerous job postings from COA alumni which are listed on the internship/career webpage within a searchable database by state and area of interest. The majority of postings are internships but many are paid and for longer than three months.
Please contact Jill Barlow-Kelley at jbk@coa.edu 207-288-5015 x 236 for assistance or information.
With the help of Greg Stone and his project team at the New England Aquarium, the small Pacific Islands nation of Kiribati has distinguished itself on the global conservation map with the declaration today that it is creating the third largest marine protected area in the world, conserving an archipelago of some of the planet's most pristine coral reefs.
Click here to read more about the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
Congratulations to Greg and his team!
 Yes, it's true! You can now get all of your COA memorabilia online...
hats
t-shirts
mugs
ties
sweatshirts
tote bags
and other wonderful items
To visit the COA Gear Store click here
Hope you like the photo of Noah Keeley (class of 2027) at 7 months old sporting a COA onesie!
 As a graduate of COA you qualify for a special group discount on your auto, home, and renters insurance through Group Savings Plus® from Liberty Mutual. With Group Savings Plus, you can pay your premiums through checking account deductions with no down payment or finance charges. The program offers round-the-clock claims service and a
 variety of discounts including multi-car, multi-policy, safe-driver, passive restraints and anti-theft device discounts. The program also offers a 2% royalty to COA for every policy that is started by an alum.
For a free quote, call Kelly Hersey at 1-800-322-3028 x218. Or click here to request a free quote on-line.
 Thanks to all alumni who contributed to the Katona Chair. We (alumni) raised over $25,000 toward the goal of $1.5 million. Special thanks to the following alumni who volunteered their time and energy to raise alumni dollars toward the Katona Chair:
Bob Holley '79, Greg Stone '82, David Malakoff '86, Kim (Robertson) Chater '88, Elena Tuhy '90, Jenny Rock '93, Sarah (Cole) McDaniel '93, Jaime Duval '00, Alana Beard '03.
The Katona Chair will strengthen the long-standing and vital Marine Studies Program by fully endowing the annual salary of a faculty member devoted to teaching and researching marine studies. |
