INVITATION TO FACULTY
Join Dr. Larkin, Dr. Merilan, Dr. Wagor and other
faculty colleagues for our second discussion about recruitment
strategies for hiring faculty from underrepresented groups on Wednesday,
April 25, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Hunt Union Butternut Valley Room (AKA
faculty dining room). Dr. Karen Joest will give a presentation on
“Diversifying the Faculty”. The discussion is sponsored by the Employee
Recruitment and Retention Task Force (ERRTF) and the President’s Council
on Diversity (PCOD).
PUBLIC EVENTS COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The State College Senate Public Relations Committee is requesting
proposals for grants to assist in the production of lectures, cultural
events or other programs having an appeal to both the campus and
community audiences taking place on the State College campus during the
Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 semesters. Grants are made to active or
retired SUNY-Oneonta faculty or staff members. Funding for these grants
is supported by the Oneonta State College budget and the College
Foundation. In an attempt to assist the greatest number of different
events with the funds available to the PE Committee, the majority of
grants range from $300 to $1000. Submission deadline is Wednesday, May
4. For your convenience, an application form is
attached to this issue
of the Bulletin. For further information contact Rene Prins, P.E.C.
Chair, Fine Arts 123, email prinsr, or phone x3422.
AMERICORPS HAS SUMMER POSITIONS
Please announce to your students: SUNY-Oneonta AmeriCorps has summer
positions available now that offer both a Stipend and an Ed Award.
Please see information attached to this issue of the Bulletin.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Steven Gilbert, Psychology, will present the next Famous Last Words on
Thursday, April 19, at 5:00 p.m. in the Hunt Union Waterfront. Please
see information attached to this issue of the Bulletin.
PROGRAM ON CHOLESTEROL AND HEART
The “Brown Bag Lunch Series” is offering the program: Lower Your
Cholesterol! Take Good Care Of Your Heart!, with Dr. Eliot W. Edwards.
Please see information attached to this issue of the Bulletin.
AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST AND FILMMAKER TO SPEAK
CUAC and Communication Arts is proud to present Emmy award winning
journalist and filmmaker Jon Alpert on Wednesday, April 25 at
7:00 p.m. in the Red Dragon Theater. Free and open to all! Please see information
attached to this issue of the Bulletin.
HUMAN RESOURCES ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL ASSISTANT
Employee Services is pleased to announce that Pauline Koren is now a
member of the Office of Human Resources as a Personnel Assistant.
Pauline takes on this position after serving with distinction as Budget
Office Manager for over three years. We look forward to Pauline
continuing to work with the Mail Services area and her Business Office
colleagues as she advances in her new Human Resource capacity.
CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMA STUFFERS FOR GRADUATION - DEADLINE APRIL 27
Graphic Design and Publications reminds faculty and staff that
Friday, April 27 is the ordering deadline for items needed at Commencement on
Saturday May 19. For more than ten certificates please send a disk
containing all names to be imprinted on the certificates exactly as they
should appear. If you are not familiar with preparing word processing
files for certificates, please drop by or call for assistance at x3400.
Use the following guidelines for preparing word processing files: names
should be typed one after the other without extra carriage returns
between lines; move from line to line by pressing the tab key. If
possible, save your name file in “text only” format. Please include the
reorder form. If you need a new certificate set up, come to Graphic
Design and Publications to have it designed as soon as you know the
wording you want to use. The certificate can be set up without the
individual names, which can be provided later.
INVITATION TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY
The Educational Opportunity Program cordially invites the campus
community to its annual Graduate and Academic Achievement Reception on
Thursday, May 3 at 4:00 p.m. in the Hunt Union Waterfront Café. Join us
in honoring our graduation seniors as well as celebrating the many
accomplishments of EOP’s brightest students. Refreshments will be
served. Please RSVP by Friday, April 27 to x2407.
FIRE HYDRANT FLUSHING SCHEDULED
In cooperation with the City of Oneonta, we will be flushing our fire
hydrants on Campus during the following hours: Monday, April 23, at
10:00 p.m. to Tuesday, April 24, at 7:00 a.m.; and again from
Tuesday,
April 24, at 10:00 p.m. to Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 a.m. This could
cause some rusty or cloudy looking water for a short time. It is
recommended that no laundry be done during this time as it could affect
the appearance of clothing. It does not affect the safety of the water.
If you have any questions concerning this necessary maintenance, please
phone the Maintenance Department at x2507 between the hours of
7:00 a.m.
and 3:30 p.m. weekdays.
2007 ORIENTATION SESSIONS
Freshmen Sessions
July 2-3
Social Science and Undeclared Majors
July 9-10
Education
July 16-17
Business, Human Ecology, Music and Undeclared Majors
July 19-20
Humanities and Fine Arts and Undeclared
July 23-24
Science and Math and Undeclared Majors
July 26-27
All Majors
Transfer Student Sessions
July 11
Education, Human Ecology, Business, Music
July 13
All Majors, except those listed for the 11th
Freshmen And Transfers
August 26 - 28
All Majors
(Classes begin August 29)
If you are speaking to students about Orientation, please let them know that registration materials for Orientation sessions will be mailed in May. Please note that registration is required as space is limited at each session. Please contact the First Year Experience & Orientation Office if you have any questions at x2255.
AMERICORPS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER THEATER PROGRAM
The summer theater program sponsored by the AmeriCorps program at the
College is currently accepting applications for the summer of 2007. This
year, the program will stage a junior version of the musical "The Wizard
of Oz." The program will begin Thursday, July 5 and end with the last
performance on Saturday, August 11. The deadline for applications is
Tuesday, July 3. The program is open to children from six through
fourteen years of age in grades kindergarten through eight. Through the
program, young people from local schools learn about all aspects of the
theater with guidance from AmeriCorps members. Information at the
SUNY Oneonta AmericCorps web site HERE or by contacting
Catherine T. Andrews, Director of the SUNY-Oneonta AmeriCorps program,
by phone at x2675 or by e-mail to andrewct@oneonta.edu.
DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH NEW STUDENTS?
Do you have information that you would like to share with new students
(freshmen and transfers) or their parent/guardians? Would you like the
information distributed at orientation this summer? If yes, please
provide 1400(students) and/or 1100 (parent/guardian) copies to the FYE &
Orientation Office and send no later than Monday, June 4. This is an
opportunity for student service offices, academic departments, and
recognized student groups/organizations to communicate information to
our new students. If you will be sending an item to be put into the
folder, please let us know to expect it. If you have any questions,
please call the First Year Experience and Orientation Office at
x2255.
GALLERIES TO FEATURE STUDENT’S WORK
Student art will be the focus of two shows this month in Fine Arts.
Admission to the galleries is complimentary, and members of the
community are invited to attend. "A-Z," an exhibition by senior art
students Aaron Albright and Daniel Zinger, will run through Wednesday,
April 25 in the New Gallery. Albright creates expressive, tactile
ceramic sculptures of animals and people, and Zinger works in
two-dimensional mixed media to create wall pieces of color abstraction,
surrealistic imagery, and realism. The College's Annual Juried Student
Art Exhibition will be on display in the Fine Art Gallery through
Saturday, May 19. A reception for the student artists will be held on
Thursday, April 19, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Fine Art Gallery.
The galleries are open Monday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. when
the College is in session. More information about the exhibits or the
galleries is available from Tim Sheesley at x3456.
CONCERTS TO FEATURE NEW MUSIC
The Hewitt Pantaleoni Memorial Concert Series at the College will
present a Spring Mini-Festival of New Music in the Hamblin Arena
Theater, Fine Arts with concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, and
8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21. Admission to the events is
complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend. The
April 19th concert will feature Dr. Dinu Ghezzo and Friends performing
with atom3. The April 21st concert will showcase the Jazz Composers & Improvisors Project featuring
Mike Holober, John Davey, Brian Patneaude,
George Muscatello, and Jeff Siegel. On Thursday, composer, pianist, and
conductor Dr. Dinu Ghezzo will perform with soprano Christine Ghezzo.
Dr. Ghezzo is director of the composition program in New York
University's Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts
Professions, an associate conductor of the Constanta Symphony Orchestra
and Oradea Philharmonic (Romania), director of the Constanta
International Music Days and of the Week of American-Romanian Music in
Oradea, and director of the International New Music Consortium. The
concert will feature Ghezzo's original music, a series of
improvisations, and the premiere of a piece written for atom3—an
electronic music trio featuring multi-instrumentalist and sound designer
Paul Geluso, guitarist and composer Orlando Legname, and drummer and
composer Joe Pignato. The members of atom3 are faculty colleagues in the
College Music Department, and the concert is part of the New Music
Series at SUNY-Oneonta, which is produced by Dr. Legname. On Saturday,
the Jazz Composers & Improvisors Project will bring together some of the
finest jazz musicians in New York State. Mike Holober, a 1981 graduate
of SUNY-Oneonta, is a pianist, composer, and educator who can be heard
on over 30 recordings. John Davey, who teaches jazz bass in the
SUNY-Oneonta Music Department, has performed and recorded with a number
of groups and currently leads the John Davey Quartet. Tenor
saxophonist/composer Brian Patneaude leads his own quartet and maintains
an active performance schedule with Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra
and the award-winning Empire Jazz Orchestra. Guitarist/composer George Muscatello has a long-standing weekly jazz series in the Capital
District and is a member of the Brian Patneaude quartet.
Drummer/composer Jeff Siegel is leader of the Jeff Siegel Quartet,
co-leader of the Stevens Siegel & Ferguson Trio and the New York Trio
Project, and a jazz drum instructor at several colleges. A SUNY-Oneonta
Alumni Recognition Concert, the performance is also supported by the
College's Public Events Committee, the Catskill Conservatory, and the
SUNY-Oneonta Music Department. More information about the Spring
Mini-Festival of New Music is available from the Music Department at
x3415.
FACULTY/STAFF DIRECTORY CHANGES
ADD
CHANGES
Maricle, Christine, x2644
Schmitt Sarah
Keyboard Specialist 1
From: Keyboard Specialist 1
University Police, Alumni Hall
Registrar, 130 Netzer x2531
Email: mariclcj@oneonta.edu
To: Clerk, Student Accounts
240 Netzer x2585
Solano, Peter, x3750
Admin. Desktop Support Assistant
DELETE
Networking,
B17 Netzer
Baldwin, Claude
Email: solanopl@oneonta.edu
Maintenance
Trades, Services Building x2507
Warren, Margaret, x2645
Keyboard Specialist 1
Dostie, Becky
University Police, Alumni Hall
Associate Director of Alumni Affairs
Email: warrenma@oneonta.edu
Alumni Hall x2526
MAIL SERVICES AND OUTGOING MAIL
The Mail Service window is opened from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday -
Friday. In order to process outgoing FedEx and UPS packages in a timely
fashion the packages need to be at Mail Services before 2:45 p.m. Any
mail that requires direct delivery to the post office such as outgoing
Certified mail also needs to be at Mail Services by 2:45 p.m. All
other off campus mail should be delivered to Mail Services before 3:00
p.m. in order to meet outgoing deadlines. Your cooperation is
appreciated. Phone Pauline Koren, Mail Services Manager, at x3023 if you
have questions or concerns. Thank you.
ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR REASSIGNMENT
The following items are available for reassignment to any department
interested:
File cabinets - 5 drawer taupe (10 available)
Metal rolling table with pull out shelf (2 available)
File cabinet - 3 drawer extra deep, black
File cabinet - 4 drawer green
Old wooden file cabinets (2 available)
Computer desk for recessed monitor
Chair - wooden library captain style
Burgundy plastic chair
Short bookends endless supply!
Table clamp light
Wooden library shelving (6 ranges - 5 sections each available)
Freestanding coat rack with attached hangers
Blond wood table, smallish
Screens to hide computer wires, etc. behind monitors (5 available)
Please contact Valerie Grant at x3702 or email grantvr@oneonta.edu to arrange transfer of items.
ATTENTION FACULTY MEMBERS: CSRC VOLUNTEER TIME SHEETS DUE! - TODAY
The Center for Responsibility and Community (CSRC) Volunteer Time sheets
should be handed in today, Wednesday, April 18. The CSRC staff needs
time to enter the volunteer hours for our graduating seniors. Students
who have volunteered 350 hours will receive a certificate of
recognition, 500 hours will receive a red and white honors cord and 750
hours will receive a medal to wear on graduation day. A service award
reception will be held, date and time will be announced to those
recipients by an invitation. Contact Linda Drake at x2633 and she will
be happy to answer any questions.
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PANEL DISCUSSION - TODAY
The Center for Social Science Research is hosting a panel discussion on
The Value and Use of Social Sciences today, Wednesday, April 18, from
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., in IRC, LH#1. The panelists are:
Brian Lowe
(Sociology), Sallie Han (Anthropology), Cuiting Li (Child Family
Studies), Nithya Iyer (Ed. Psychology & Counseling), and Rebecca Tinker
(Career Development) All faculty members and students are welcome to
participate and share their views.
APPLICATIONS DEADLINE FOR WALTER B. FORD GRANTS PROGRAM - TODAY
The Walter B. Ford Faculty and Staff Grants Committee is pleased to
announce the competition and availability of funds for the 2007-2008
program. The grants are designed for Full-Time Regular faculty and staff
members for professional development (seed money) and intensive study.
The maximum grant award is $2000. Background information and application
forms are available at Graduate/Continuing Education, Netzer 135.
Completed applications should be returned to this same location by the
final deadline date of Wednesday, April 18, 12:00 noon. For questions,
please phone Robert Morrissey at x2545 (voice mail).
CHILDREN’S CENTER KICKS OFF FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN - TODAY
The SUCO Children’s Center (now renamed the Bugbee Children’s Center) is
pleased to announce the kick off of a major fund raising campaign. The
Bugbee Children’s Center is committed to raising $500,000 in a 5 year
campaign to stabilize the financial position of the Center and to
provide program enrichment. This campaign will be launched with a formal
kickoff celebration on Wednesday, April 18 at 5:00 p.m., at the
Bugbee
Children’s Center, Bugbee Hall, State Street, Oneonta. It will be
entitled The Bugbee Bash: Celebrating the Legacy. The celebrations will
include songs by children from the Center, light refreshments, tours of
the Center and exhibits on the history of the Bugbee School (which was
originally housed at Bugbee Hall) as well as the history of the Bugbee
Children’s Center. The Bugbee Children’s Center has played and continues
to play an important role in the lives of college faculty and staff,
students, community members and their families. We hope you will be able
to join us to celebrate the legacy and future of this important local
institution. Please mark The Bugbee Bash on your calendars! All are
welcome. For more information about the event or the fund raising
campaign, please contact Marie Petta, Children’s Center Director, at
childcenter@oneonta.edu
STUDENT RESEARCH DAY - TODAY
The College at Oneonta’s annual Student Research Day (SRD) will be held
today, Wednesday, April 18 from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Morris Conference
Center. The SRD Show will feature over fifty displays showcasing
original research and creative activity conducted by students from a
wide variety of disciplines in collaboration with faculty sponsors. The
SRD keynote speech entitled Leveraging Applied Research to Meet Critical
Business Challenges by College alumnus Dr. John C. Scott (class of
1977), Vice President and Co-founder of Applied Psychological
Techniques, Inc., will begin at 2:15 p.m. Plan to stop by to support
our student researchers and their faculty mentors. This event
highlighting the College’s diverse student research and creative
activity is free and open to all. For information, contact Kim Muller at
x2479, mullerkk@oneonta.edu or Kathy Meeker at
x2632,
meekerkl@oneonta.edu.
REAPPOINTMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR JENNIFER BONE - TODAY
As a matter of policy, The Department of Communication Arts invites
members of the college community to provide input in the reappointment
considerations for members of our faculty. At this time, Jennifer Bone
is being considered for reappointment. On Wednesday April 18, between
3:00 p.m. and 3:45 p.m., the Department’s Personnel Committee will meet
in the Fine Arts Green Room (FA 111) and will welcome presentations from
any student or other member of the college community who wishes to
comment on Ms. Bone’s work at the college. In addition, written
statements may be submitted on or before 3:00 p.m. on April 18, to
Paul
Jensen, B-8 IRC (presiding officer for Ms. Bone). No unsigned written
statements will be accepted.
A PRESENTATION FOR PARENTS! GRANDPARENTS! ADULTS! - TODAY
On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, the Employee Assistance Program on campus
will offer a program on trends in adolescent drug use and assist those
present with how to talk with children about these issues. What are the
most commonly used drugs? How would you know if your child or grandchild
were using drugs? How could you talk most effectively with your child or
grandchild about drugs? These topics and more will be covered by our
presenter, Amber Bennett who is the Community Educator for the Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism and Addictions Program (LEAF).
This program is scheduled in Room 144, Human Ecology at the following
times: Session 1: 11:00 - 11:50; Session 2: Noon - 12:50.
JJOT PRESENTS COPPERMINE - TODAY
Java, Java, and Other Technologies will present
Coppermine today,
Wednesday, April 18 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the TLTC. Wouldn't you
like to have all your photos and images at your fingertips in the
classroom? Use them whenever you want? Search through them? Make them
available to your students outside of class? If you answered yes to any
of these questions Coppermine might be just what you need. Academic
Information Technology Services makes a web based image database system
known as Coppermine available to faculty, staff and students. This
system is tightly integrated with desktop platforms such as Windows XP
and iPhoto for the Macintosh.
To see Coppermine in action visit:
http://aristotle.oneonta.edu/coppermine
and visit the many public galleries our faculty have made available. If
you would like to know more about how to use this program, contact the
TLTC at x2684 and we can get you started.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT/UUP CHAPTER MEETING - APRIL 19
The next Food for Thought/UUP Chapter meeting will be held in Le Café,
Morris Conference Center, on Thursday, April 19 at Noon, and will
feature a presentation by Peter Lopez, New York State Assembly member. A
Republican, Assemblyman Lopez will discuss higher education issues and
the experiences of a freshman legislator. First elected to the New York
State Assembly on November 7, 2007, he represents the 127th district,
which includes part of Otsego County. “The son of a working class
family,” notes Assemblyman Lopez’ official biography, “Pete scrubbed
floors, stocked store shelves, baled hay and scraped fish.” The
recipient of degrees from SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Albany, Assemblyman
Lopez has served on both the SUNY Cobleskill Foundation and the SUNY
Cobleskill Alumni Association. His community service background
encompasses youth soccer, Habitat for Humanity, and Bassett Hospital.
Questions and candid discussion will follow Assemblyman Lopez’ formal
program. Although Food for Thought has important content, it is also an
occasion for respite from the workweek, relaxed collegiality, and fine
food. Renew old ties and forge new ones by joining your colleagues in a
convivial gathering and expression of solidarity. Your union looks
forward to greeting you. For additional information or for questions,
please contact UUP Oneonta President Bill Simons at x3498,
simonswm@oneonta.edu;
VP for Academics Rob Compton at x3048,
comptorw@oneonta.edu; VP for
Professionals Norm Payne at x2021,
paynene@oneonta.edu; Secretary and
Health & Safety Officer Tom Horvath at x3899,
horvattg@oneonta.edu; or
Professional Delegate Janie Forrest-Glotzer at x2005,
forresjl@oneonta.edu.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE - APRIL 19
The Kulu Mele African-American Dance Ensemble will present a workshop on
West African dance at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19th, at the
Center
for Multicultural Experiences, Lee Hall. Admission is complimentary, and
members of the community are invited to participate. In the workshop, Kulu Mele will teach participants specific dances from West Africa,
along with their rhythms and music, and about the particular values and
traditions that inform the songs and dances. The members of Kulu Mele
will also touch on dance and drum techniques, related dress and cultural
protocols, and the relationship of drum rhythms and dance. Kulu Mele
African-American Dance Ensemble has established a national reputation as
a unique and dynamic performing company. The longest-lived African dance
company in Philadelphia, Kulu Mele blends West African ancestral
tradition and African-American creativity. Their performances include
music and dance from Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Brazil, Haiti,
Cuba, and African America. The ensemble teaches and performs both new
and traditional works. Their dances are authentically costumed and
choreographed to convey the meanings of dancing and drumming in the
African societies from which these traditions come. More information is
available from the CME at x2663.
“THAT’S SO GAY” - APRIL 19
Mark your calendar for an open-forum discussion about the popular and
out-of-context phrase, “That’s So Gay.” This interdisciplinary
discussion will be led by faculty and students from several campus
departments/offices as well as members of the community. The panel is
intended to be an educational session where every voice is heard. This
discussion will be held on Thursday, April 19 in the Red Dragon Theater,
Hunt Union, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. For more information on the
open-forum, please contact student representative Erica Jones at
joneel03@oneonta.edu or faculty advisor,
Jennifer Emerling Bone at
boneje@oneonta.edu
DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR A TUTOR THIS SEMESTER - APRIL 20
Faculty members please remind your students that the last day to sign up
for a tutor this semester will be Friday, April 20. Before this date,
students can access our website at:
http://cade.oneonta.edu/signup to
apply to get a tutor for most 100 and many 200 levels courses. (This
site must e accessed through Internet Explorer). Students then only need
to click on the “I Need a Tutor” link and follow the instructions.
Students can also visit our office located in 225 Alumni or phone the
Center for Academic Development and Enrichment (CADE) office at
x3010,
if they have any other questions or problems.
ALEXANDER THOMAS TO DELIVER SMITH LECTURE - APRIL 20
Alexander Thomas, Sociology, has been awarded the 2007 Susan Sutton
Smith Prize for Academic Excellence and will deliver the annual Smith
Lecture, a presentation entitled “The Other New York: A Look at the
Issues facing Upstate New York,” on Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center. Members of the community
are invited to attend the presentation and admission is free of charge.
Dr. Thomas’ talk is informal and will address, in part, the “four myths
about upstate decline:” (1) it’s the weather, (2) it’s the people, (3)
it’s NAFTA, and (4) it’s the taxes. The Susan Sutton Smith Prize for
Academic Excellence, named in honor of the late SUNY-Oneonta professor
of English, recognizes outstanding faculty achievement in research,
scholarship, or art. The recipient is chosen from nominations submitted
to a committee of faculty. Initially funded by gifts to the Alumni
Annual Fund, the $1,000 prize now comes from an endowment created in
memory of their daughter by Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Smith.
OMICRON DELTA KAPPA SPRING 2007 INDUCTIONS - APRIL 22
The SUNY College at Oneonta Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will induct 19
new student members on Sunday, April 22 in the Craven Lounge, Morris
Conference Center. Elizabeth Ensell, OΔK President, will conduct the
initiation of the Spring 2007 class. Installation of 2007-2008 officers
will also take place at this time. Omicron Delta Kappa, the National
Leadership Honor Society, recognizes and encourages superior
scholarship, leadership, and exemplary character. Membership in OΔK is a
mark of highest distinction and honor. OΔK
also recognizes faculty, administrators and other individuals who have
achieved distinction in their chosen profession. The student initiates
are: Michelle Bascome,
Secondary Education/English, Staten Island, NY, Lindsey Bauer, Biology,
Marlboro, NY, Jessica Branche, Early Childhood/Childhood Ed, Watertown,
NY, Amanda Carmichael, Secondary Ed/Spanish, Stafford, NY, Jill
Castaneda, Biology, Middletown, NY, Andrea Castillo, Music
Industry/Human Ecology, Brooklyn, NY, Lori Covey, Psychology,
Kinderhook, NY, Kailee DiDomenico, Biology/Pre-Physical Therapy,
Smithtown, NY, Allison Dilzer, Dietetics, Saranac Lake, NY, Annemarie Levane, Secondary Ed/Math, Port Washington, NY,
Stephanie Mercurio, Mass
Communications, Forest Hills, NY, Danielle Milazzo, Adolescence
Education, Melville, NY, Michael Moran, Meteorology, Long Beach, NY,
Latisha Nero, Childhood Education/Chemistry, Baldwin, NY, Angelo Posillico, Biology, Westbury, NY,
Jessica Roberts, Biology, Glens Falls,
NY, Shayne Spencer, Music Industry/Mass Communications, Queens, NY,
Sara Taveniere, Adolescence Education/English, Rhinebeck, NY and
Catherine Telehany, Biology, Corning, NY.
VIRTUAL CONCERT AND ART SHOW - APRIL 24
You’re invited to a virtual concert and art show in
IRC, LH#1 on
Tuesday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m. Students and faculty will present
original student music and faculty artwork in a transmission from Second
Life, a virtual, alternate world, which has been described in hundreds
of recent articles in education, business and consumer publications.
More than 200 institutions of higher education have a presence on Second
Life. Join Music Industry students and faculty and Art Department
faculty for this unique celebration of music and art. For more
information, contact Janet Nepkie at x3425.
FORUM ON SPANISH IN THE US - APRIL 24
On Tuesday, April 24, at 12:00 noon in the
CME, a group of students from
various majors and all interested in the Spanish language would like to
invite the entire campus community to a forum about Spanish in the
United States. It will review the long history of the presence of
Spanish in this country and how that has affected the presenters' lives
as U.S citizens and students. The forum will provide important
information about history, bilingual education, and identity issues, as
well as personal experiences in growing up bilingual, studying Spanish
as a second language, and going abroad to a Spanish speaking country.
Sponsored by H.O.L.A and Foreign Languages and Literatures. For
additional information please contact María Montoya at x3242.
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES CONTINUES - APRIL 25
Howard Buchan and Lisa Flynn will make the second presentation of the
Spring 2007 Economics and Business Division Faculty Seminar Series at
4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 in Schumacher 213. The title of Dr.
Buchan’s and Dr. Flynn’s presentation is Preliminary Evaluations of an
Ethics Educational Intervention. The presentation is open to faculty,
students, and the public.
VISITING LECTURER SIKHUMBUZO MNGADI TO LECTURE - APRIL 25
English Department Visiting Lecturer Sikhumbuzo Mngadi, a member of the
faculty at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, will give a
presentation on Wednesday, April 25 in Human Ecology 132, at
4:30 p.m.
Professor Mngadi’s talk is entitled Time of the Thesis: J.M. Coetzee's
Disgrace and the Ethical Turn in South African Literature. Refreshments
will be provided courtesy of the President’s Office. The presentation is
free and open to the public. Please contact Richard Lee at x3035 for
information.
JJOT PRESENTS ESRI’s GIS - APRIL 25
Java, Java, and Other Technologies will present
ESRI’S GIS on Wednesday,
April 25 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the TLTC. ESRI's GIS: Geographic Informations Systems are used by Sociologists, Anthropologists,
Archeologists, Planners, Geoscientists and more to display and analyze
spatial data. The College has a site license for the most widely used
GIS in the world, ESRI's ARCGIS. Come see how this software system is
used in Education and learn how you might be able to take advantage of
it in your teaching or research.
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MEETING - APRIL 27 & 28
The College will host the spring meeting of the Seaway Section of the
Mathematical Association of America on Friday, April 27, and Saturday,
April 28. President Alan B. Donovan will welcome participants on
Saturday morning. The conference will include a general assembly and a
guest speaker, a business meeting, and concurrent sessions with
presentations by faculty and students. With 27,000 members and 29
sections, the Mathematical Association of America is the largest
professional society that focuses on mathematics at the undergraduate
level. Its members include university, college, and high school
teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied
mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in
academia, government, business, and industry. The mission of the
association is to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the
collegiate level, through education, research, professional development,
public policy, and public appreciation. The Seaway Section consists of
members of the Mathematical Association of America from the provinces of
Ontario and Quebec in Canada and areas of New York State north of the
Catskills. For information, contact Leo Alex at x3708.
12TH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE - APRIL 27-28
On Friday & Saturday, April 27-28, faculty and students of the
Philosophy Department will host Oneonta’s 12th Annual Undergraduate
Philosophy Conference. Thirty-eight papers, selected by faculty and
students on the basis of blind review, will be presented by
undergraduates from Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Canada. The keynote speaker, John
Hartmann, is a doctoral candidate at Southern Illinois University who
participated in Oneonta’s 2nd and 3rd conferences (earning a Ninash
Foundation Award in 1997 and a President’s Award in 1998). On Friday,
April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Craven Lounge, Mr. Hartmann will examine
human creativity and our complex relationship with technology in a
presentation titled “Chess and Technology.” The conference is free and
open to the public. All members of the college community are cordially
invited. For additional information including a schedule and abstracts
of the various presentations, stop by the Philosophy Department (325 Fitzelle Hall), contact
Douglas Shrader (x2456,
shradedw@oneonta.edu),
or visit the conference website: www.oneonta.edu/pc.
SCLERODERMA SUPPORT GROUP SEEKS PARTICIPANTS FOR WALKING/FUND RAISING
EVENT - JUNE 3
The Cooperstown Scleroderma Support Group is seeking participants for a
Walk for a Cure event on Sunday, June 3 in Binghamton, NY. The walk will
be in memory of Jane Monser Hazzard, who was well known and touched so
many in the community. The hope is to raise money in Jane’s name. If you
choose to walk with us, and we hope you will, you may contact one of the
following people for registration information: Betzi Sheff at
607-638-9512/607-547-3527, Becky Davidson at 607-547-5507,
Claire Kepner
at 607-547-1275, Jean Konta at 518-234-4469 or Bill and Marilyn
Waterhouse at 607-432-7115. If you can’t do the walk, perhaps you would
like to sponsor our group. Is so, please send a check made out to SF
Tri-State to Betzi Sheff at 109 Cemetery Road, Maryland, NY 12116. Thank
you for your support.
KEEP SUNY-Shine INFORMED
SUNY-Shine needs your help! In order for the fund to be effective,
information about persons who are hospitalized, weddings, births,
deaths, exceptional hardships, etc., need to be reported. Please do not
assume that someone else will provide the information to the SUNY-Shine
Committee. If anyone on campus has information that the SUNY-Shine
Committee needs to be aware of, please take the time to phone Rose
Thomas at x2748, or send a note to the Community Relations Office, 301
Netzer Administration Building. Funding for SUNY-Shine is made possible
on an annual basis through gifts and grants to the College Foundation.
CAMPUS DATES AND DEADLINES
Last day to withdraw from the College. After must complete all coursework.
REMINDERS
Women’s and Gender Studies Brown Bag Lunch
12:00 noon , 318 Milne Library . . Jennifer Bone,
Communication Studies, will present: Rebel Woman: Margaret Sanger
and the Emergence of a Counterpublic. Bring your lunch. All invited.
Lower Your Cholesterol! Take Good Care Of
Your Heart!
11:00 - 11:50 a.m. and 12:00 - 12:50 p.m. in 103
Morris Complex. Join Dr. Eliot W. Edwards who will
present a program on holistic approaches to cardiac health.
Sponsored by as a part of the “Brown Bag Lunch Series”.
Yoga & Meditation
4:00 to 6:30 p.m., Center for Multicultural Experiences.
Satellite Conference on Dialogue Between Science and Religion.
Participants: Dr. (Swami) Alan Ajaya; Dr. John Koller; Dr.
Gregory Fields; Dr. Douglas Shrader and Dr. Ashok Malhotra,
moderators; and music by Mr. Roop Verma. Contact Ashok Malhotra at
x3220.
Famous Last Words with Joe Pignato
Music, 12:00
p.m., Waterfront, Hunt College Union. Lecture title is: Art and
Commerce: finding one's place in the world of music. All invited to
attend. Contact Robb Thibault at x3013.
Yoga Workshop
10:00 a.m., College Camp Lodge.
Contact Snapper Petta at x3455, or visit us at
http://collegecamp.oneonta.edu
Dinner And Auction With The Dragons
5:00 - 9:00 p.m., Elks Club, 84 Chestnut Street, Oneonta.
Support the team’s soccer tour of Hawaii with an all you can eat
pasta dinner and silent auction. Tickets: $10.00 adults/$5.00
children under 10 (available at Latte Lounge). For information email
mcgraiea@oneonta.edu or phone
Liz McGrail
at x3474 and players will deliver tickets.
Yoga & Meditation
4:00 to 6:30 p.m., Center for Multicultural Experiences.
Students panel on Contemplative Practice: Malcolm Hardy,
Sandra Finn, Molly Wetherbee and Jerry Sardella. Contact Ashok Malhotra at
x3220.
“Into the Streets”
College Camp Grounds. Contact Snapper Petta at x3455,
or visit us at
http://collegecamp.oneonta.edu
THANK YOU
Thank you to all of you who sent cards, flowers, calls, and offered
support during the death of my husband and childhood sweetheart. The
money from SUNY Shine was used as a donation to the church were we held
the celebration of his life. There was standing room only and it gave us
an opportunity to reflect upon all the good he had done with his life
and to express our sadness over all the lost opportunities. Your support
during this rough time has been greatly appreciated.
Emily Phillips
Educational Psychology and Counseling
We would like to thank all those who attended the St. Patrick’s Day
Carnival on March 17, 2007. Your presence was very appreciated and we
look forward to seeing you at more events throughout the year. Enjoy the
rest of the semester!
Office of Residential Community Life Special
Events Committee
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Donald Hill, Africana & Latino Studies and Anthropology, on being the co-author of a book and co-compiler of a ten-CD set entitled "West Indian Rhythm," which were recently released by the Bear Family in Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Hill also received a 2007 Grammy Foundation Grant to convert original tapes of American blues, country, and folk music to digital format for the collection of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. "West Indian Rhythm" is the joint effort of a team of three historians, an anthropologist, and a linguist. The CDs include all the recordings of Creole music made in Trinidad between 1938 and 1940, a total of 264 titles, many of which were not released on record but were censored by the British colonial government. The book contains essays on topics ranging from calypso to the music's relationship to World War II. The Grammy Foundation Grant of $39,999 will enable Dr. Hill to preserve in digital format the tape recordings of folk musicians that he and colleague David Mangurian made between 1958 and 1961 in Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and the South. The collection includes field recordings of music and interviews of more than 25 musicians and groups and six folk concerts. Hill and Mangurian recorded performers such as Carl Weaver, a personality from the early days of country radio; Meade Lux Lewis, a famed boogie-woogie piano player; and Daddy Stovepipe, one of the oldest blues musicians to have made commercial records. The concert recordings include performances by Odetta, Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger and Ewan McCall, and Stan Wilson. With the support of the grant, Dr. Hill will convert approximately 63 hours of recordings, develop a numbering system in collaboration with the American Folklife Center, and create a digital database of the materials.
Congratulations to Daniel G. Payne, English, has his interview included on the forthcoming audio book edition of Henry Beston’s classic account of a year spent living alone on the great beach of Cape Cod, The Outermost House. The book is narrated by Brett Barry and produced by Silver Hollow Audio. The audio book is scheduled for release in May 2007.
Congratulations to Gayane Torosyan, Communication Arts, on being awarded a research grant from the National Association of Broadcasters for her project entitled "Earwitness Testimony: Applying Listener Perspectives to Developing a Working Concept of Localism in Broadcast Radio." The grant is one of only eight awarded by the association nationwide through its annual "Grants for Research in Broadcasting" program. The grants program is designed to stimulate interest in broadcast research, with a special focus on economic, social, or policy issues of importance to the commercial broadcast industry. The program's goal is to make high-quality academic research on broadcast issues available to industry practitioners and academic scholars. Proposals are evaluated by an independent panel of academic and industry research professionals and by representatives of the National Association of Broadcasters. The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free local radio and television stations and broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and the courts. Through its grants program, first initiated in 1967, the association has awarded more than 300 research grants amounting to nearly $1 million in support of academic studies.
FACULTY/STAFF ACTIVITIES
Suzanne Clarke, Counseling Center, conducted a training on "Alcohol and Other Drugs: Integrating Approaches to Treatment" at the NYS-OASAS Healthy Campus Communities: Looking to the Future Statewide Conference 2007 on March 13, 2007. The training integrates motivational counseling and solution focused counseling with 12 step programs.
Amie Doughty, English, presented the paper Junie B. Jones and the Language Police: Language Attitudes and the Marked Child Narrator in the Children’s Literature and Culture area at the National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual conference in Boston, MA, on April 5, 2007. The paper analyzes Barbara Park’s Junie B. Jones chapter book series through the lens of the linguistic theory of markedness and argues that Park’s chosen marked narrative strategy is the root cause of the opposition many adults have to the series. The paper has been accepted for publication in a collection of essays about language attitudes.
Donald R. Hill, Africana/Latino Studies and Anthropology, is coauthor of a book chapter entitled,” ’Will Calypso Doom Rock’n’Roll?’: The U.S. Calypso Craze of 1957,” in Green and Scher, ed., Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival, Indiana University Press, 2008.
Vicky Lentz, Biology, participated in the Oxford Roundtable at Lincoln College, Oxford, England on “Science and Religion: Is There Common Ground?” from March 11-16, 2007. This meeting brought together clergy, scientists and educators from many different traditions and disciplines from across the US to discuss ways that science and religion may co-exist.
Ho Hon Leung, Sociology, has recently published an article entitled “The Road Less Taken: The Settlement of Chinese Immigrants in Small Towns" in Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 101-120, 2007. This project was funded by the College's Faculty Research Grant. The article examines the settlement process of Chinese immigrants who are settling in small towns in the United States. The process includes three stages: initial settlement, adaptation, and permanent settlement. The analytical framework used to analyze these immigrants’ experience is based on the concept of “familial-to-familiar.”
J McDermott, English, participated in the 25th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication as a CCCC “Professional Equity Grant” recipient. The CCCC awarded the grants to nominees exhibiting a sustained interest in the teaching of writing who have never participated in a CCCC Convention; it had a particular focus on reaching out to adjunct instructors. The conference was held in New York City, March 22- 24, 2007.
Jeanne Miller, Student Development, participated in a panel presentation, “The Future of Higher Education: A National Perspective,” at the combined meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) in Orlando. Dr. Miller is the Region II representative to NASPA’s National Public Policy Advisory Board.
Ahmet Ozkul, Economics and Business, presented a paper titled: The Impact of Batching on Supply Chain Costs in a Schedule Sharing Make-To-Stock Environment, at the 4th Annual Industrial Distribution Educators Association (IDEA) Conference, Federation of Business Disciplines in San Diego, California March 13-17, 2007. This paper presentation was based on Dr. Ozkul’s dissertation work, a computer simulation study examining the cost implications of order batching on supply chains.
Daniel G. Payne, English, recently had his new screenplay Crimson Highway (co-written with Tony Lopez) reach the finals of The Writers Place Screenplay Contest and the Filmmaker’s International Screenwriting Contest. Crimson Highway also placed third in the drama category of the Indie Gathering Screenwriting Contest, and was in the top twenty of Slamdance’s Horror Screenplay contest.
John Relethford, Anthropology, attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Philadelphia, March 27-31. He concluded his final year as President of the Association, and will serve on more year on the Association Executive Committee as Past-President. The meeting, the largest in the Association's history, had over 800 presentations. The meeting was also attended by 10 members of the SUNY Oneonta Anthropology Club.
Gayane Torosyan, Communication Arts, opened a panel discussion on media and social injustice in Armenia at the annual Armenians and the Left Symposium co-sponsored by Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies on March 31 in Cambridge, MA. Previous speakers at the Symposium include MIT Linguistics Professor and activist Noam Chomsky, Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk of The Independent, Colgate University professor and author Peter Balakian, and Alternative Radio’s David Barsamian. Dr. Torosyan plans to continue this collaboration by speaking about genocide at an upcoming annual event.
Renee Walker, Anthropology, is co-editor and a contributing author to a new book entitled "Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America," which was released recently by the University of Nebraska Press. The collection of 12 essays is based on presentations at a symposium of the Society for American Archaeology organized by Dr. Walker. Most of the chapters focus on new data gathered in recent anthropological research on Paleo-indian subsistence from approximately 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Dr. Walker also wrote the chapter entitled "Hunting in the Late Paleoindian Period: Faunal Remains from Dust Cave, Alabama." With her co-editor Boyce N. Driskell, the director of the Archaeological Research Laboratory at the University of Tennessee, she co-wrote the introduction entitled "New Developments in Paleoindian Subsistence Studies" and the conclusion entitled "Making Sense of Paleoindian Subsistence Strategies."
BULLETIN INFORMATION
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Wednesday. Do not send items or attachments in Publisher. Items that
come after the noon deadline will be held over for the next available
edition. The Bulletin is not published when classes are not in session,
but we do adhere to the same deadline before a break, for publication
after the break.
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