What's New
EAGLE HILL INSTITUTE DISCOUNTS: Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, ME, is offering NEBC members a 20% discount for the 2018 Workshops and Seminars. Also, NEBC will give a stipend of $150 towards costs for the next five NEBC members who register for a summer botany course. Contact John Burns at nebc@rhodora.org for details. Eagle Hill calendar.
The New England Botanical Club is pleased to announce the new Managing Editor for our journal Rhodora. Kathleen McCauley has been a member of NEBC since her undergraduate days at the University of New Hampshire, where she also received her M.S. degree in 1996 under Dr. Garrett E. Crow. Her main botanical interest is field work and reconnaissance, and her true passion is herbarium curation. She has held curatorial positions at the New York Botanical Garden, Southwest Missouri State University, Brown University, and the University of Rhode Island. Kathleen is currently a biology lecturer at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, a position she has held for the last 18 years. The selection committee is confident that Kathleen will serve us well in her new role as Managing Editor.
Kathleen is replacing our very long serving and dedicated Managing Editor, Antoinette P. (Toni) Hartgerink, who will be retiring soon. Toni has served under three Editors-in-Chief of Rhodora: Janet Sullivan (1996-2009), Elizabeth Farnsworth (2010-2014), and Nishanta Rajakaruna (2015-present). A picture of these three is below under the tribute to the late Elizabeth, for whom NEBC has just published an In Memoriam.
Janet Sullivan's thank you to Toni:
"Toni came on board as Managing Editor in 1998, when the official position was fairly new. In those 20-plus years, she's done an amazing job, not only of defining the workflow, but of setting a high standard for presentation of papers published in Rhodora. During those early years we were perpetually struggling to achieve publication on my ideal timeline, but Toni never sacrificed quality. Her eye for detail often picked up on things I missed, saving us headaches further along in the process. During her tenure, journal publishing transitioned from a mostly-paper process to digital, and Toni weathered that learning curve with professional grace. She's survived adjusting to the different organizational and managerial styles of three Editors-in-Chief. Her friendship, professionalism, and philosophical perspective kept me on an even keel. Many, many thanks and best wishes Toni!"
Nishi Rajakaruna’s thank you to Toni:
"Rhodora wouldn't be where it is now if not for Toni's dedicated and expert service to the journal over the last 20 years. Toni's broad interests and training in botany, along with her expertise in technical writing made her a perfect copy-editor of manuscripts covering a wide range of botanical topics. She served as Managing Editor under three Editors-in-Chief and was clearly key to keeping Rhodora's high standards consistent through each of the transitions. Toni was more than a copy-editor of manuscripts - she was a mentor and friend, who not only deeply cared about the journal, but also the well-being of those who worked with her. She would often tell me to make more time for myself and not solely focus on work. Toni's words of advice often led me to take a break from busy schedules and go enjoy the outdoors. I value all the professional guidance I received from her during my tenure as Editor-in-Chief and appreciate her tireless efforts to provide our readership with the best possible product, every issue she put together. Thank you, Toni, for all you did to fulfill Rhodora's commitment to publishing high quality papers in a timely fashion. I wish you the very best in your retirement."
Elizabeth Jean Farnsworth
(8 December 1962 – 27 October 2017)
Three Editors-In-Chief of Rhodora
Janet Sullivan, Elizabeth Farnsworth,
and
Nishi Rajakaruna
The New England Botanical Club mourns the sudden loss of Elizabeth Farnsworth, a former Editor-In-Chief of Rhodora and the organizer of NEBC's 120th Anniversary Research Conference in 2015.
In Memoriam published in Rhodora.
A celebration of Elizabeth's life was held Saturday, December 9, 2017. "Celebration of Life" video is here. Memorial Program
Google Drive with Memorial Music, photographs, and Elizabeth's art and singing.
Elizabeth Farnsworth with
120th Anniversary cake
To learn more about Elizabeth and her amazing life:
Obituary in Boston Globe 5 Nov 2017.
News Obituary in Boston Globe 9 January 2018.
New England Wild Flower Society tribute with four pictures
Hitchcock Center for the Environment - "Remembering Elizabeth Farnsworth" and links to all 29 Earth Matters columns written by Elizabeth 2009-2017
Daily Hampshire Gazette - Earth Matters – "In memoriam, Elizabeth Farnsworth, writer, illustrator, scientist, naturalist."
Tribute published in Biological Invasions February 2018.
Schedule for Nonvascular Herbarium Work Sessions: January-June 2018
We welcome volunteers to help us with curatorial work in the nonvascular herbarium of the NEBC. Listed below are the scheduled work sessions. If you would like to join us or have questions, please email Elizabeth Kneiper (Ekneiper@aol.com) or call 781-801-2734. We look forward to hearing from you! Weather and various other circumstances can force the sessions to be canceled or rescheduled, but volunteers will be notified.
Type of work: Curatorial - replacing old packets, data basing, and inserting collections. A great chance to work with historic collections of New England lichens, bryophytes, algae, and fungi.
Location: Farlow Herbarium, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Dates:
- Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
