Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, has been accepted as a participant in the seminar, “Writing Histories of Germans Abroad,” to be held at the annual conference of the German Studies Association in San Diego this fall.
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 Counseling Center offers individual and group counseling for students, as well as consultation and outreach to the campus community and beyond.
Nancy Kane
Nancy Kane, Kinesiology Department, returned to southern Seneca county, N.Y., to introduce Irish Step Dance to 7 to 10-year-olds at the public library in Ovid, N.Y. The class was sponsored by a grant from New York State Office of Children and Family Services whose purpose is to provide a variety of physical education opportunities including dance, yoga and sports to youth in under-resourced communities. Seneca Towns Engaging People for Solutions (STEPS) was the recipient of the grant. STEPS is a health-promotion project of Pivital Public Health Partnership, funded by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation.
Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, distinguished professor emeritus of biological sciences, was awarded the “Amicus Tironum” (Friend of Amateurs) certificate from the Northeast Mycological Federation (NEMF) at the 2018 NEMF meetings at SUNY Geneseo this past summer by NEMF President Dianna Smith. The meetings centered on biodiversity sampling of fungi from Letchworth State Park this year and included a wide variety of lectures on fungal biology from Thursday to Sunday provided by a host of professional mycologists including Baroni. The event had an attendance of just over 200 participants.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, partnered with Linda Drake, director of SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Social Responsibility and Community, to form a new professional organization: The North/South Central NY Applied Learning Coalition. On Aug. 10 at SUNY Oneonta, Suarez and Drake co-conducted the Coalition’s first meeting, which included 19 of the Coalition’s 27 members. New York Campus Compact’s Executive Director Laurie Worrall participated in, and provided lunch for, the meeting. The Coalition is designed to be an informal and agile mutual-assistance organization. In that spirit, the meeting’s participants identified shared challenges and explored solutions. Worrall is creating a listserv for the Coalition, and Merissa McKasty, assistant to SUNY’s Director of Applied Learning, will work on making time and space available for Coalition members to continue developing ad hoc partnerships while they are at SUNY’s Applied Learning Conference in October. Membership includes 19 public and private colleges and universities whose locations range from Canton to Binghamton to Stony Brook.
Julie Lenhart
Julie Lenhart, Athletics Department, had her chapter titled “Establishing a Strong Work Ethic” published as the first chapter in the book Practice Perfect Softball. The book contains 14 chapters, each written by aa different coach, and Lenhart is the only Division III coach to contribute. The book is endorsed by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and published by Human Kinetics.
Regina B. Grantham
Regina B. Grantham, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, attended the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, the premier annual educational event for the profession, in November in Philadelphia, Pa. She attended several councils as a member of the association’s board of ethics. Also, she co-presented with the board in an oral seminar, “Workplace Ethics: Challenges and Solutions” and poster session, “Suspect Ethical Misconduct? The Code of Ethics (2016) Is a Path to Resolution.”
Carrie E. Rood
Carrie E. Rood, Foundations and Social Advocacy, recently co-authored an article titled "Promoting Access Through Segregation: The Emergence of the “Prioritized Curriculum” Class” that was published in Teachers College Record, Volume 118, Issue 14.
Fran Elia
Fran Elia, Sports Information Office, received the Special Awards Salute: 25-Year Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) recognizing members who have completed 25 years in the profession. Elia has worked at SUNY Cortland for 27 years, 26 of them as the full-time sports information director. Read more about Elia’s history with the College and with CoSIDA.
Vaughn Randall
Vaughn Randall, Art and Art History Department, recently brought three students to a planning event for the 2018 International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art in Scranton, Pa., where they participated in a pour at Scranton Iron Furnaces, a state historic site in Pennsylvania. The students included: Paige Heil, an art studio major from Endicott, N.Y.; Justin Pribulick, an art studio major from Horseheads, N.Y.; and Erin Schiano, a therapeutic recreation major from Swain, N.Y.