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February 24, 2011 for Immediate Release

AUNE Spring Speaker Series Kicks Off March 22

Brita Gill-Austern will discuss the power of community to heal

The Spring Speaker Series at Antioch University New England (AUNE) leads off March 22 with Dr. Brita Gill-Austern. She will talk about the power of community and healthy relationships to heal. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the AUNE Community Room. It is free and open to the public.

Gill-Austern is the Austin Philip Guiles Professor of Psychology and Pastoral Theology at Andover Newton Theological School, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She will talk about the psychological, physical and spiritual healing power of participating in a community and maintaining healthy relationships. Research shows that community and healthy relationships are as important to your health as anything your doctor, personal trainer or dietitian tells you, according to Gill-Austern.

MAPS Counseling Services is co-sponsoring the event.

Three more events in the series are scheduled this spring. The public is welcome to attend these free presentations:

April 7
“A Vision of Science Education in the 21st Century”
Jimmy Karlan, director of Science Teacher Certification in AUNE’s Department of Environmental Studies, will give a talk synchronized to a 35-minute multimedia presentation of film, pictures and text. Find out more about the event here.

April 14
“Invasive Plants in New Hampshire”
Christopher Mattrick (ES ’92), forest botanist in the Botany and Invasive Species Program of the White Mountain National Forest, will talk about combating invasive exotic species in New England. Find out more about the event here.

May 19
“Communities of Artists, Arts in the Community”
A panel discussion with David Macy (OM ’00), resident director of the MacDowell Colony, in Peterborough, New Hampshire; Lenny Matczynski, executive and artistic director of the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, in Nelson, New Hampshire; and Aaron Wiederspahn, executive director of The Starving Artist, in Keene, New Hampshire.

The directors of three important local arts organizations talk about what they do to provide space for artists and to bring art into the community. Find out more about the event here.

All speaker series events are held at 7 p.m. in the AUNE Community Room at 40 Avon Street, Keene, New Hampshire.

For more information, contact Sean Wiley, at 603.283.2431 or swiley@antioch.edu.

About Antioch University New England (AUNE)
This is Antioch University New England's forty-seventh year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values-based master's, doctoral and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University's graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England, visit our web site at:www.antiochne.edu.

About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information about Antioch University's campuses, its university-wide PhD program, or the Antioch Education Abroad program, visit www.antioch.edu

Last Updated: 2/27/11