{"id":67306,"date":"2006-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-psychology-dept-to-celebrate-two-retiring-professors-75-years-of-teaching\/"},"modified":"2006-09-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-07T00:00:00","slug":"uri-psychology-dept-to-celebrate-two-retiring-professors-75-years-of-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/09\/uri-psychology-dept-to-celebrate-two-retiring-professors-75-years-of-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Psychology Dept. to celebrate two retiring professors\u2019 75 years of teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — September 7, 2006 — Colleagues of 溏心vlog免费B站 Psychology Professors Larry Grebstein of Kingston and Dominic Valentino of West Kingston are throwing them a retirement party on Sept. 29 to celebrate the professors\u2019 many achievements and contributions. Collectively, the pair has taught at 溏心vlog免费B站 for 75 years. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe banquet party will be held at the Hooffinfeathers Carriage Inn in North Kingstown, starting at 6:30 p.m. The $40 cost per person ($33 for current students) covers the buffet gift and is due by Sept. 22. The coordinators are asking all attendees as well as those unable to attend for an additional tax deductible donation. The donations will be used to support expanded research opportunities for students. Checks should be made payable to: The 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation and sent to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Psychology Dept., 10 Chafee Road., Suite 8, Kingston, R.I. 02881. For more information about the event, contact the Psychology Department at 874-2193.<\/p>\n


\n\tGrebstein, a native Rhode Islander, was hired in 1964 to help create a clinical psychology graduate program at 溏心vlog免费B站. He has long been associated with the University\u2019s Psychological Consultation Center, participating in clinical work, consultation, and supervision. His special interests include juvenile delinquency, alcohol abuse, and chronic health problems. He also served as director of the Ph.D. Program in clinical psychology at two different times for a total of 12 years. <\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to his work at 溏心vlog免费B站, until three years ago he had a longstanding part-time private practice in Wakefield. <\/p>\n


\nHe has been a consultant to Ocean Tides, Inc., a rehabilitation program for adolescent males since 1975.

\nGrebstein\u2019s retirement will allow him more time to pursue an active research project with 溏心vlog免费B站 sociologist Judy Van Wyk on juvenile delinquency.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut his retirement won\u2019t be all work and no play. The professor will continue to play the trumpet in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Traditional Jazz Band and Big Jazz Band. And he is looking forward to spending more time with his granddaughter, Lily, who turns 4 in November.<\/p>\n


\nHis colleague Dominic Valentino knows something about grandchildren. He and his wife Catherine will have six of them, counting the twins that are expected in January. <\/p>\n


\nValentino, a native Californian, joined 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1973. His research focused on the brain\u2019s role in behavior, ranging from recovery after injury to response to psychiatric drugs, to capacity for sustained attention. In addition to teaching courses in behavioral neuroscience, he enjoyed teaching the large introductory course in psychology to an estimated 15,000 students. He was recognized for his efforts when he was awarded the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation Teaching Excellence Award in 1991. During his career he served as director of neuropsychology and electrophysiology at the Rhode Island Medical Center and as director of the graduate program in experimental psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology. And if any of his colleagues wanted to try some spicy Mexican food, Valentino grows his own peppers to make sure that the right amount of heat is added. <\/p>\n


\nDuring his retirement Valentino will continue working on science education projects with his wife. Their projects, designed for pre-schoolers to sixth graders, are patented and published by Houghton Mifflin, a publisher of textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and other educational materials.<\/p>\n


\nAnd the retiring professor expects to spend time reading. \u201cI have a great interest in political science,\u201d he says with a smile. It\u2019s a family legacy. The Valentinos\u2019 two sons are political science professors, one at Dartmouth College, the other at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nProfessors Larry Grebstein and Dominic Valentino

\n溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — September 7, 2006 — Colleagues of 溏心vlog免费B站 Psychology Professors Larry Grebstein of Kingston and Dominic Valentino of West Kingston are throwing them a retirement party on Sept. 29 to celebrate the professors\u2019 many achievements and contributions. Collectively, the pair has taught at 溏心vlog免费B站 for 75 years. The banquet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}