Charles R. & Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts WINTER 2020 The EXCHANGE Visit Us On the Web By Dr. Maarten Pereboom, Dean, Give Space, Give Grace Fulton School of Liberal Arts n Salisbury University Home Page www.salisbury.edu e are all we can to prevent its nearing the transmission. n Fulton School of Liberal Arts www.salisbury.edu/Fulton Wend of the It does not help that fall semester, our frst we are in the midst of n Advising semester fully within a more metaphoric www.salisbury.edu/Advising the confnes of the pandemic that attacks n Department of Art global pandemic. It has human reason and www.salisbury.edu/Art been tough. encourages people to n Department of Communication Even with diligent behave irrationally or, www.salisbury.edu/Comm preparations over shall we just say, badly. n Department of Conflict Analysis the summer to get I have a good bit of and Dispute Resolution ready for classes, we life experience behind www.salisbury.edu/CADR dealt with signifcant me, not to mention n Department of English disruptions as we a good command of www.salisbury.edu/English adopted and instituted history, that gives me n Department of Environmental Studies a plan for mandatory perspective on events www.salisbury.edu/EnvironmentalStudies testing that I have to Fulton School Dean that our students may n Department of History believe has played Dr. Maarten Pereboom not yet have. When www.salisbury.edu/History a signifcant role in we were young, time n Department of Modern Languages keeping our campus and community safe. seemed to pass more slowly – though some and Intercultural Studies With a focus on sustaining instruction at the might make the valid point that 2020 has been www.salisbury.edu/ModLang highest possible level of effectiveness, we have a very long year. For our students, the losses n Music Program given faculty and staff as much latitude as and deprivations of these times are harder www.salisbury.edu/MusicDept possible to do their jobs safely, while doing our to take: missed graduations, senior recitals, n Department of Philosophy best to ensure a safe campus environment. social interaction and the transformational www.salisbury.edu/Philosophy We are all tired of the pandemic. However, exchanges that we try to facilitate in our n Department of Political Science as Gov. Hogan noted in his November 11 classrooms, face to face. www.salisbury.edu/PoliticalScience advisory, we cannot let down our guard As faculty and staff, we might look on this n Department of Psychology because we are of tired of the pandemic. in retrospect as a few bad cycles, but for our www.salisbury.edu/Psychology Everyone wants to keep the economy moving students, it has damaged their college or grad n Department of Sociology and to minimize the negative impacts of our school experience in ways we hope they can www.salisbury.edu/Sociology pandemic-induced precautions. make up, but we can’t restore. n Institute for Public Affairs and We know that wearing masks, washing We have found ways to engage students Civic Engagement (PACE) hands, maintaining distance from one another despite the constraints, but for those students www.salisbury.edu/PACE and limiting gatherings greatly reduce the risk we might struggle to engage in the best of n Theatre and Dance Programs of transmission, though they do not eliminate times, remote has meant really remote. www.salisbury.edu/TheatreandDance the risk entirely. So, we have been able to Our Remote Teaching Specialists The Exchange is published twice a semester. do things, and fgure out how to do things (RTS) program has provided support and differently, to restore some of the activities we opportunity for faculty to share ideas, stopped back in March. programs and hacks for teaching with The Fulton School has its own Facebook page! As I write this, numbers are surging technology. We can distill some best practices, 11 Be sure to “like” us at Fulton School of Liberal Arts at again, though locally we seem to be doing but in the end, we have to work with the tools Salisbury University. If you have anything you would like posted on the page at any time, please send your written-up blurb to relatively well, and our campus infection rate that work best for us. Jennifer Cox at [email protected] for posting. is impressively low. Thanks to science and At our most recent faculty colloquium on our health care workers, getting COVID-19 remote teaching, Dr. Echo Leaver used the now is not as frightening or dangerous as it phrase “give space, give grace” to describe her was in the early stages, but it still can make teaching philosophy, pandemic-version. I love people very sick and die, or cause long-term that. health problems, and it is very much in both In these times and circumstances, we just our self interest and the public interest to do can’t get done what we can in normal times. continued on page 3 www.salisbury.edu/fulton 2 The Exchange SU Opera Theatre Finds a Way he performing arts, especially the vocal Performances are streamed Friday-Saturday, arts, are arguably some of the hardest December 4-5, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Thit areas in terms of uncertainty December 6, at 3 p.m., and can be accessed and how to move forward during times of at https://www.showtix4u.com/event- COVID-19. Thanks to regular testing, masking, details/39251. distancing, clever use of space, and much desire and discipline, the fall opera workshop is video streaming its performances December 4-6. “The whew factor was huge,” Artistic Sccn~from Director John Wesley Wright said. “We all tested negative several times prior to recording day October 31, but there was still a what IFIL[ if factor foating in the back of everyone’s minds.” The recording took place at Asbury United Methodist Church and was completed in about fve hours after many weeks of rehearsal. “There has been a wonderful partnership with Asbury, and I am thrilled everything went so smoothly,” Co-Director and Pianist Veronica Tomanek remarked. “The addition of top-notch string players really enhanced the students’ performances and inspired them to step it up.” The program features festive scenes from Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus; iconic works, such as “The Flower Duet” from Lakmé and “The Prayer” from Hansel and Gretel; and the famous ‘tragic clown’ aria “Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci. The Exchange 3 Give Space, Give Grace Bosserman Center Hosts continued Regional Meeting We have stuff we need to get done, but it’s still critical, particularly as a new semester, he Bosserman Center for Confict Resolution hosted the United Nations Ninth Regional pandemic-version, comes into view, to focus Centre of Expertise (RCE) Americas Regional Meeting on October 14-15. Participants on the essentials. Texplored the theme “The Future Is Now – Sustainable Development,” with the support We are working on some exciting ideas of the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). for the future, post-pandemic, that I hope The directors of the event were Drs. Brian Polkinghorn and Brittany Foutz. A total of 448 give us courage, hope and even excitement. participants registered for the Zoom event, and they came from 25 RCE locations, mostly from But I have to be aware that optimism and the Americas, but also in Asia, Africa and Europe, with 21 countries represented. big plans may not be where a lot of people There were 19 talks in total and a huge amount of information exchanged by the presenters are at this diffcult moment. I’ve got to give and students. RCEs in attendance showcased their education for sustainable development (ESD) space and give grace. projects and initiatives worked on over the past year, while the Global RCE Service Centre That applies equally across all our provided updates since the last regional meeting. personal and professional relationships in The comprehensive program included discussions on the intersections between ESD and other these tough times, where stresses can fray disciplines of academic study, as well as how working with partners from other sectors, such as nerves and reduce opportunities for effective business and NGOs, enhances learning. communication. But I have to conclude Bosserman UN Fellows Francesca Falasca, Arnaud Guyon, Hannah Prouse and Roberto by saying that the values we embrace as a Orellana were featured in the event, and Orellana served as the moderator on day two. community in the best of times sustain us Confict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Graduate Program student Christa Peek presented through these bad ones. on her Restorative Justice initiative at Choices Academy. Bosserman UN Millennium Fellows Thanks, Echo, for your wise words, Abigail Brown, Aida Dodoo, Anna Brennan, Cassandra Duncan, Evan Polkinghorn, Johannah and thank you all for your hard work, Cooper, Jude Al-Hamad, Madeline Poteet, Nathaniel Sansom, Rachel Clausen, Sandra Zelaya your patience and perseverance and your and Victoria Seilback also were featured in the event. kindness. As a well-deserved break nears, At the event, Polkinghorn, Foutz and Orellana presented on “Confict Prevention and Creative please take care of yourselves and one Problem-Solving” for United Nations University and the United Nations Educational, Scientifc another. and Cultural Organization. Refections on a COVID Semester from a Fulton Student By Benjamin Law, Communication Department ife at Salisbury University and in the as to how I would conduct interviews for news remembered hanging out in friends’ dorm Fulton School’s classes has been unusual packages. It was fun still being able to go out rooms, volunteering on the weekends at local Lthis semester.