Lisa Randolph and Tracy Frenyea
Lisa Randolph, Career Services, and Tracy Frenyea, Advisement and Transition, presented a concurrent session at the College Student Personnel Association of New York State conference held on Oct. 5 in Syracuse. “A Collaborative Evolution” reflected on the collaborations between Advisement and Transition, as part of Academic Affairs, and Career Services, as part of Student Affairs. They discussed how the collaboration has evolved from workshops for undeclared students to a one-credit elective course, Major and Career Exploration, co-taught by both offices, and what they learned in the process.
Kevin Dames and Jared Rosenberg
Kevin Dames and Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, coauthored a paper, "Where is the Power in a Power Analysis?" with graduate student Zoe Climenhaga. It appeared in the International Journal of Exercise Science.
Jeanine Rose
Jeanine Rose, Academic Support and Achievement Program, presented at the 2015 New York College Learning Skills Association Symposium held April 19-20 in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. The title of her presentation was “The ‘Formula’ for Success: Putting Algebra to Work.”
David A. Kilpatrick
David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was an invited panelist at the Reading League Summit on Wednesday April 23 in Chicago, Illinois. His panel’s topic was “Word Recognition: Consensus and Critique” and focused on how students remember written words for later retrieval.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication and Media Studies Department, recently had one of his books translated and published in Mandarin Chinese. A History of American Literary Journalism: The Emergence of a Modern Narrative Form has been published by Fudan University Press in Shanghai. The translation was released in the U.S. at the 14th Conference of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies held earlier this month at Stony Brook University. It was translated by Li Mei, professor of journalism at South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China. It was originally published in 2000 by the University of Massachusetts Press and is still in print. In 2001 it was honored with the Best History Award of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication for its publication year, and the similar award of the American Journalism Historians Association. It was also published in Romanian in 2015.
In related news, the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies awarded the third “John C. Hartsock Award for Best Article” published in Literary Journalism Studies to Lindsay Morton of Avondale College in Macquarie, Australia for her article "The Role of Imagination in Literary Journalism." This was for 2018 publication and was the third year for the international award, with previous recipients from South Africa and the United Kingdom. The award was founded by the association to honor Hartsock as the founding editor of the journal during its first five years of publication. This year the journal celebrated its tenth year of publication.
Ryan Vooris
Ryan Vooris, Sport Management Department, had his article “Development of a Sport Twitter Utilization Scale” published in the Journal of Contemporary Athletics.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development, has been informed that the Counseling Center has met the criteria for full re-accreditation by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS), the only association that accredits counseling services on university and college campuses. Accreditation by IACS is dependent upon evidence of continuing professional development as well as demonstration of excellence in counseling performance. The office offers individual and group counseling for students, as well as consultation and outreach to the campus community.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, gave an opening plenary keynote address on “African and Africana Knowledge: Past Representations, Current Discourses, Future Communities” at the Third Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) at United States International University (USIU) in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. At the event, held Oct. 23 to 26, Asumah received recognition and an award of honor for organizing and facilitating a preconference workshop on “Educational and Academic Leadership: Rethinking Responsibilities and Challenges for Department Chairs in African/Africana Studies.” Africologists, Africanists and African enthusiasts from 34 African countries, Europe, North and South America and the Caribbean attended the ASAA conference.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, is the incoming co-editor for Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor. Workplace is a leading international peer-reviewed and open-access journal published by the Institute for Critical Education Studies, and aims to generate dialogue and publish scholarship and scholar-activism connected to issues of academic labor within and beyond higher education. Maton will be spearheading various projects for the journal, including pursuing journal indexing, refreshing the editorial board, supporting the journal's ongoing development in reach, reputation, and strength, and editing a range of special and regular journal issues.
Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson, Communications Office, received an “Award of Merit” for outstanding achievement in the category of “Best Original Photo” on May 5 at the United University Profession’s Spring Delegate Assembly in Albany, N.Y. The image, taken during the 2016 “SUNY Cortland Works!” labor-management walk and celebration, was published in the SUNY Cortland/The Cortland Cause newsletter.