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For more than three decades, Dean Abby has fostered connections within and across 91香蕉视频成人在线鈥檚 multi-faceted communities as the College鈥檚 first鈥攁nd to date, only鈥擠irector of Continuing and Community Education. Those communities wish him well in his retirement at the end of July.

鈥淒ean is a beloved figure not only to students, faculty and staff within our campus but to countless Continuing Education (CE) teachers and participants across the years,鈥� said Dr. Stan Berman, 91香蕉视频成人在线鈥檚 former Vice President of Academic Affairs, who worked with Abby throughout both of their tenures.

Abby viewed Continuing Education as an opportunity to promote professional mental health education throughout New England while further introducing the college to our regional colleagues. Programs varied from a small 2-hour evening program on a tightly focused area offered by an alumnus to large full day programs with a panel of local and national experts. As time went on, the College collaborated with other educational partners including Harvard Medical School; to offering year-long training courses in areas like Behavioral Medicine and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy to piloting and then greatly expanding online learning courses. Many mental health professionals were regular, 鈥渞epeat customers鈥� due to their appreciation of the consistent high quality of the college鈥檚 offerings under Abby鈥檚 leadership.

As an undergraduate, Abby briefly studied marine biology before completing his degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and earned an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology. 91香蕉视频成人在线 was fortunate that he found his calling as an academic administrator. His love for the environment was incorporated into his work, however, and he was affectionately known on campus as 鈥淭he Dean of Green.鈥� His advocacy became an official part of his role with the College when Dr. Nicholas Covino became President and enlisted him to spearhead the institution鈥檚 environmental stewardship efforts.

He was also integral in relocating the Erich Lindemann Memorial Lectures, which highlight insights and innovations in community mental health, from Harvard University to 91香蕉视频成人在线. He will remain involved with the lecture committee during his retirement for the development of future events, but his time will otherwise shift to other interests.

Abby creates art in multiple mediums鈥攕tone, wood, paint, and metal among them鈥攁nd is a science fiction buff who looks forward to catching up on his reading. He and his partner, Barbara, have also recently purchased a compact motorhome, affectionately named Vanna, and they anticipate traveling from his home in Maine on occasion to visit their children on the West Coast. 鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to have the realization that I can wake up on any given day and do what I want to do!鈥� he says.

Abby鈥檚 passions converge when he speaks of his previous work and the future: 鈥淭here鈥檚 not a moment in my life that can鈥檛 be looked at through the lens of psychological process鈥�vocational activity, climate change, the arts鈥�it鈥檚 all reflective of the psychological states of human beings, what our inner processes are, what our aspirations are, what our greatest dreams are. We need to help younger generations hold on to those dreams and amplify them and be innovators. It鈥檚 their world to cherish.鈥�

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