All faculty working in the Core Division at Champlain College are passionate about teaching and learning. Get to know them through what else they love.
 Betsy Beaulieu, Dean
Wrapped in my Irish wool cape, which I purchased on a trip in 2005, I am transported to the streets and shops of Dublin, the music-filled pubs of Galway, the wind-whipped coast of Connemara, and I’m connected to generations of my Irish ancestors. Slainte!
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 Cyndi Brandenburg
I love food—who doesn’t? Cooking is one of my passions, and sharing food with the people I love is a big part of who I am. I think food is so central in my life because it represents a universally common experience, yet it connects me intimately with my family, my friends, my community, and my culture. Bon Appetit!
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 Hadley Bunting
There's just something about prompting people to punch one another when they see you... This is a smaller version of my diesel Beetle Daisy Mae. Originally from Colorado, we braved the steep streets of San Francisco for several years before driving a zigzag route to Boston for graduate school. Now in Vermont, she's still not afraid to play Lionel Richie and The Boss on her tape deck for her most precious cargo: wee baby Abernathy.
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 Cheryl Burghdurf
I love rocks because their call is strong and clear and of the earth. Their cool, solid heft in my hand feels good. And they are everywhere, like poems.
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 Alfonso Capone
Baseball is a lot like life.
There is always something exciting to see,
but you need to know where to look.
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 Anne Charles
The Mardi Gras beads and cup are mementoes of my seventeen-year stay in New Orleans, a city where I learned to celebrate every day as though it were Mardi Gras. Laissez les bon temps roulez!
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 Barbara DuBois
I enjoy working in my gardens when I’m not on campus. Flowers, fruits and vegetables can be found in my yard during the spring, summer and fall. Some plants come inside to be nurtured for the winter.
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 Erik Esckilsen
The kid who bought this guitar, with money earned flipping burgers in town, wasn’t sure he could or would go to college. Now this artifact from the distant past reminds me never to take for granted any opportunity to learn. That’s why I teach.
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 Joanne Farrell
My tattoo is, literally, a part of me. While the shamrock symbolizes my cultural heritage, each leaf represents one of the four interrelated domains that make up my life: family, friends, place, work.
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 Richard Hunt
When I discovered that I could absorb history and geography from the atlas page, I was off on a two-dimensional, virtual exploration of empires, rising or falling; expeditions, expanding, sometimes exploiting; new networks and population shifts, shaping our complex 21st century world. So now, I am excited to help pilot your journey across the multi-dimensional twists and turns of the universe of ideas. Bon voyage!
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 Seth Hurley
I arrived in Burlington and at Champlain College simultaneously in the autumn of 2005. I love it here and make definite use of all the numerous outdoor activities this area has to offer, both in the winter and the summer, such as swimming, biking, and skiing. For those of you who are in the know, you might also catch me saying, "Weir everywhere."
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 David Kite
I grew up near the ocean in Gloucester, Massachusetts, but after college and grad school down south I came back to New England. I have been teaching at Champlain College for about ten years now. When I am not busy teaching Philosophy or Core courses, I like woodworking, gardening, and playing squash.
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 Mike Lange
You'll find me posing with an orange chair. It's a replica (not full size) of the distinctive chairs from the Union Terrace at the University of Wisconsin. I spent many a summer day with my teachers, my students, and my friends sitting on those chairs, eating bratwurst and watching sailboats glide across Lake Mendota. Good times, good times.
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 Bob Mayer
Melville's Moby Dick is not only a great interdisciplinary romp through 19th century American minds; it's also, um, a whale of a tale. As a historian I appreciate the book's evocation of another time and place. As a teacher I love its breadth, its humanity, and its sense of wonder. Oh, and it has big fish.
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 Nancy Nahra
Champlain likes to encourage “global awareness” in students, so there’s a globe in my picture. If we need another reason, let’s say that earth is one of my favorite places. Students sometimes need to remember how much of the world they have yet to encounter.
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 Kelly Thomas
I begin class by ringing the singing bowl. It calls us to be mindful and offers a respite in our often overwhelming schedules, a moment to listen, to breathe. Then we begin, ready to wonder together.
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 Jen Vincent
I threw this bowl after taking a pottery class. To me, it represents my endless quest to try, learn and experience new things. I’ve tried my hand at many crafts from quilting to coaching, from photography to skydiving. I find seeking out new things doesn’t just satisfy my curiosity about the world, but it also gives me an appreciation for what talents we each possess. I believe in constantly exploring who you are and how you’re contributing to the world around you.
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 Ken Wade
I’ve been teaching at Champlain College since 1990 and I have never had a better job, nor have I ever worked with finer people. Nevertheless, I leave the country whenever I can. I truly love my family, my well-used passport and all media which open windows to the world. I embrace the classic Germanic values of Familie, Fahren und Fernsehen.
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 David Webb
I'm a landscape fanatic and wrote my Master's thesis on gendered landscape representation in Willa Cather's fiction. Outside of school, my big passion is propagating plants native to Vermont and advocating an aesthetic revolution in New England landscaping. I'm holding a seed package of my favorite local native, the under-appreciated, bright orange butterfly weed, which is featured in Robert Frost's "The Tuft of Flowers."
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 Cameron Webster
I enjoy creating piles. Whether the piles are of wood which is cut with chainsaws and then split by swinging a maul, or lists of mountains climbed, bottles of maple syrup made in my sugarhouse, books read, poems published, places traveled, or friends made, I have a passion for collecting and building. It’s nice to be able to see those accomplishments even though some may only be temporary or not stack just right.
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 Janice Gohm Webster
Traveling with my family, both across the U.S. and abroad, is a source of joy in my life. Whether taking a cross-country camping trip or vacationing overseas, part of every summer includes visiting gorgeous sites and making new friends from around the world. Once we’ve completed a trip, I’m ready to start planning the next one!
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 Sandy Zale
Animals have emotions, argued David Hume, and Hume, in this as in most things, was correct. This cat is named Bacon. This cat is affectionate; this cat is prudent; this cat is wise; this is an excellent cat. My cat is always happy to see me, and I am always happy to see my cat.
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