Environmentalists are nervous about climate change protections being rolled back under the incoming United States administration. However, Pavel Cenkl, Associate Dean of Academics at Sterling College in Vermont, will be expressly addressing climate change deniers as he sets out this August to attempt a record-setting 12-day, 500-mile solo run across Scandinavia. This run, dubbed “Climate Run 2017: Arctic Trail,” will both highlight what climate change has wrought and inspire conversations and action around climate change.

DuBois & King consulting engineers announced that Loren Wehmeyer, PhD, PE, has joined the firm as Team Leader of the Water Resources Department. Mr Wehmeyer is a hydrologist and a civil engineer with 10 years of experience managing technical teams working on engineering problems for the Department of Defense and working as a hydrologist and geomorphologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US Geological Survey providing river engineering for water quality, channel stability, stormwater, ice jams, and flooding projects.

Lisa Eaton has joined Grace Cottage as Chief Nursing Officer, replacing Jeanne Fortier, who retired and moved to Cape Cod. Most recently, Eaton was Director of Inpatient Services at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where she focused on patient education, patient satisfaction, streamlined billing, and staff development. At Grace Cottage, she will be responsible for all administrative oversight for inpatient services and radiology. Eaton holds a Master’s degree in Health Care Administration from Marlboro College, as well as undergraduate degrees in nursing and psychology.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Board of Trustees elected a new member and appointed a new member to D-H’s Board of Governors during the Board’s meeting on December 2, 2016. Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) surgeon Dr Kari M Rosenkranz was elected to a three-year term as a Trustee, while cardiologist Dr Jon W Wahrenberger was named to a four-year term on D-H’s Board of Governors.