Lin Lin and Krystal Barber
Lin Lin and Krystal Barber, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, made an asynchronous presentation, “Tapping into the Potential of Student Engagement with UDL Principles in Pedagogical Courses” at the Fall 2021 NYACTE-NYSATE Conference sponsored by the New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the New York State Association of Teacher Educators.
Kate McCormick
Kate McCormick, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, co-authored an article published in Art Education titled, “Examining Three Populations of Preservice Teachers: SEL and Art Integration in Elementary Classrooms.”
Gregory Phelan and Kerri Freese
Gregory Phelan, Chemistry Department, and Kerri Freese, Noyce Program coordinator, along with co-professional investigators (Co-PIs) from Drexel University and University of Massachusetts Boston, planned and executed the 3rd Annual Noyce NE Conference that took place from March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. The theme of the conference was “Successful Teaching in High-Need Schools.” The conference engaged more than 250 math and science teachers, pre-service teachers and faculty from over 50 Noyce programs throughout the northeast. Keynote speakers included: Paul Gorski, founder of EdChange and associate professor of Integrative Studies at George Mason University; Michele DiPietro, executive director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Kennesaw State University; John Mighton, founder of JUMP Math, and; Ryan Devlin, 2013 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. The conference also included 21 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – related breakout sessions and pre- and post-workshop sessions at the Academy of Natural Sciences. A State of Poverty Simulation, led by the Lindy Glennon, executive director of Cortland County Community Action Program (CAPCO), was held for nearly 80 conference participants. The conference was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Kim Stone
Kim Stone, English and Africana Studies departments, learned that her article, “‘Recordless Company’: Precarious Postmemory in Helen Oyeyemi’s The Icarus Girl” will be published as a chapter in Madness in Black Women's Diasporic Fictions: Aesthetics of Resistance by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017.
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Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, presented the paper “I never go over there”: Gender dynamics in resistance training spaces at the 99th Annual Conference of the Western Society for the Physical Education of College Women in Oakland, Cal. This paper included research by Kate Jensen, Physical Education ’23, and current MS student in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, is the author of The 100 Greatest American and British Animated Films, published this spring by Rowman and Littlefield. The book covers computer, stop-motion and hand-drawn animated movies from 1937 to 2017.
Regina B. Grantham
Regina B. Grantham, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, was appointed secretary of the board of the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA). NYSSLHA advocates for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology in New York and those who are served by these professions.
Christopher McRoberts
Christopher McRoberts, Geology Department, presented the keynote address on the end-Triassic mass extinction at the Museum of the Earth/Paleontological Research Institution’s 2011 Summer Symposium. He also recently published in the Journal of Paleontology a 55-page monograph on the taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Late Triassic bivalve fossils from northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Patricia Martinez de la Vega Mansilla
Patricia Martinez de la Vega Mansilla, Modern Languages Department, was awarded the Clark Center Internationalization Award on April 27. Since 2010, the Clark Center Internationalization Award is given each year at SUNY Cortland to recognize individuals from the faculty or staff who have significantly contributed to or shown leadership in internationalizing the campus.
In selecting an honoree, the Clark Center Steering Committee recognizes the variety of ways an individual can enrich SUNY Cortland and the wider community. Recognized activities include, for example, expanding study abroad opportunities or mentoring international students on campus. Awardees have also repeatedly exposed SUNY Cortland students to a diversity of international perspectives, whether by presenting their scholarship, bringing guest scholars to campus, promoting the study of foreign languages, or diversifying our curriculum.
Past recipients are:
2010 Henry Steck
2011 Carol van der Karr
2012 International Advocates
2013 Sharon Steadman
2014 Jerome O’Callaghan
2015 Craig Little
2016 Jeremiah Donovan
2017 Mary Schlarb
2018 Luo Xu
2019 William Skipper
2020 Mecke Nagel
Louise Mahar and Evan Nolan
Louise Mahar and Evan Nolan, Recreational Sports Department, will present at the NIRSA Region I Conference, geared to leaders in collegiate recreation, on Nov. 17 in Hartford, Conn. Their presentation, “Personal Training, Upgraded: How to Create or improve a Campus Recreation Personal Training Program” focuses on sharing resources from the model program developed at SUNY Cortland. The presentation is designed to help colleges and universities create or improve their personal training program.