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Bulletin for July 25, 2007

CANDIDATE OPEN FORUM FOR THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT & EFFECTIVENESS
Members of the campus community are invited to meet candidates for the position of Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment & Effectiveness. Candidates and scheduled times are as follows:

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER “ON CAMPUS" COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR INFORMATION DUE
Please notify the Community Relations Office with any information to be listed in the August/September “On Campus" public events calendar. Please send information to Netzer 301, thomasrm@oneonta.edu, or phone x2748 by 12:00 noon on Friday, July 27.

CHILDREN’S CENTER SEEKING DONATIONS
The Bugbee Children’s Center would be grateful to receive donations of unused scrap paper. If you are cleaning up the office and find boxes of paper you can’t use send it to Bugbee Hall Room 208. We can put the paper to good use in the classrooms. Thank you! The Bugbee Children’s Center is your SUNY childcare site. We are a fully licensed daycare facility operating through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. We offer care to children 8 weeks through age 12. Full-time and part-time schedules are available. Priority placement is given to all SUNY faculty, staff and students. Students may be eligible for financial assistance with the cost of daycare. Contact Marie Petta at x2484 for further information.

XEROX COPIER AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER
The Financial Aid Office has a Xerox 5334 copier, asset tag #94965, available for transfer to another department. This floor-model copier is in good working condition and sorts, collates, reduces & enlarges, and copies front/back (but sometimes jams when copying front/back). You can see the copier in 123 Netzer. If you are interested in this copier, contact Janet Frankl (x3227, frankljl@oneonta.edu) or Marj Lutner (x3232, lutnerm@oneonta.edu) no later than Monday, August 6.

MUSIC FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
The College is hosting the New York Summer Music Festival again this year from June 24 to August 5. The festival attracts talented young musicians from around the world to study with top music faculty and performers. The festival also features performances by professional musicians, faculty, and students. Admission to the performances, which are held in the Fine Arts Building, is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend. The schedule for the final performances is as follows:

Guest Artist Concert by Donny McCaslin, saxophone.
NYSMF Faculty Recital.   
Student Recital, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Select Jazz.
Guest Artist Concert by Hugh Sung, piano and keyboard.
NYSMF Counselor/TA Recital.   
Guest Artist Concert by Gary Schoker on flute and Peter Miyamoto on piano.
Jazz Combos and Chamber Ensembles Concert, Select Jazz.
Composition Program Presentation Students in the NYSMF composition program will premiere their original works.
Filmmaking Class Screening.   
Original Musical Theatre Performance.   
Madrigal Choir, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Select Jazz.
Student Recital, Vocal Ensembles, Jazz Choir, Lab Jazz.
Large Student Ensembles, Select Choir, Big Band Jazz.
Awards Presentation, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, All-NYSMF Choir.

The New York Summer Music Festival at SUNY-Oneonta presents students a nurturing atmosphere in which they can experience the highest level of musical training. Some of the finest musicians and teachers in the world will visit the festival in 2007 to host master classes and clinics. Faculty are drawn from the prestigious Curtis, Julliard, and Manhattan Schools of Music, among others. Robert Barstow serves as Chairman of the Board. Information is available from the Festival's Director of Communications, Keisuke Hoashi, at (607) 267-4024.

ATTENTION: HEALTH INSURANCE ENROLLEES
As explained by The Department of Civil Service earlier this year, a surcharge was added to health insurance premiums effective January 01, 2006 - March 31, 2007. Based on a number of variables - the plan you enrolled in, type of coverage (individual/family), participation in program allowing you to trade leave accruals for a reduced premium, etc - you may have realized an overpayment or an underpayment of insurance premiums. If this caused an overpayment for you, you will have a refund included in your paycheck dated July 25, 2007. If this caused an underpayment, you will NOT be billed for any additional premium. Memos further describing this situation will be distributed with employees’ paychecks on July 25. For questions, contact Human Resources at x2507.

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT WORKSHOP
The Office of Equity and Inclusion is offering the following workshops on the prevention of sexual harassment and hostile work environment to the administration, faculty and staff of the college: August 13, August 15, August 17, August 20, and August 22. All workshops run from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. These workshops provide participants with a knowledge base to prevent situations and behaviors that can be perceived as harassment. It is our responsibility and expectation to have a working environment that is free from harassment, including sexual harassment. Participants will learn what constitutes harassment and how to handle it if one is either charged with harassment or is a target of harassment. To register to attend one of the four scheduled workshops, please fill in the bottom portion of the registration form that was attached to the July 18, 2007 edition of the Bulletin and return it to Barbara Felter, Office of Equity and Inclusion, 133 Netzer, or contact Barbara at x2830 or felterbd@oneonta.edu.

FURNISHINGS AVAILABLE
The Office of Alumni Affairs has two display cases available for reassignment. The glass cases are approximately 60 x 27.5 x 9.5. They are set on a wooden base, which stands approximately 3 feet high. Please contact Kathy Hewlett at hewletkl@oneonta.edu or x2527 if you are interested.

RED CROSS COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE! - JULY 31
Goal:    150 pints   
Where:    Elks Club, 84 Chestnut Street   
When:    Tuesday, July 31   
Time:    12:30 - 6:30 p.m.   
If you’d like to donate please contact Linda Drake, CSRC, at x2633 or drakelm@oneonta.edu   

CATSKILL CHORAL SOCIETY SEEKS VENDORS FOR GRAND & GLORIOUS GARAGE SALE
The Catskill Choral Society is now accepting applications from vendors interested in participating in the 28th Annual Grand and Glorious Garage Sale. The event takes place on Mayor's Cup Weekend, Saturday, September 8, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Main Street, rain or shine. A major fund-raising event for the Catskill Choral Society, the Grand & Glorious Garage Sale (GGGS) is organized with the cooperation of the Main Street merchants through DOIT. All donations to the Catskill Choral Society are tax deductible. To reserve space, please mail a completed application with payment by Saturday, August 25. Applications are available on the web at www.catskillchoralsociety.org, or by phone. To request an application, please phone 607-431-6060 and leave contact information including a mailing address. To request a specific space, please mail application by Tuesday, July 31. Acceptable vending items are limited to genuine garage sale items, crafts, farmers' market items, and foods offered by non-profit organizations. New items must be handcrafted. The sale of commercially produced items and items mass-produced outside New York State is not permitted.

CAMPUS DATES AND DEADLINES
Summer Session II.   
Summer Session III.    

REMINDERS
Oneonta Tigers Baseball Tickets
Four season passes are available. Phone the President’s Office at x2500 to reserve. Tickets may only be reserved during the week of each game(s) on a first-come, first-served basis. Passes must be returned the morning after each game.
11th Annual Eastman Associates Munchkin All-Sport Camp
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., daily. Boys/girls, 5-12. $60.00/camper. Contact Liz McGrail at x3474 or mcgraiea@oneonta.edu for information/brochure.
Summer Soccer Camp, for boys/girls.
Dragon Camp (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily), ages 6 to 13/14; and Elite Camp (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. daily), high school players only. $125.00 per week, (reduced rate of $115.00 for employees). Contact Iain at x2012 or byrneij@oneonta.edu. This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the college.
Headwaters Soccer Club Soccer Camp
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily. Boys/girls ages 7 -17. $60.00 per camper with own ball/$75.00 with ball provided. Campers receive a tee shirt/water bottle. Information/registration at: www.headwaterssoccer.com or David Ranieri at ranierdr@oneonta.edu or 607-432-5908. *This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the college.
Summer Sounds Series: Dave DeKoff and Friends
7:30 p.m., Hunt Union's Waterfront Café patio (Rain - Waterfront Café). All invited, free admission. More information from Office of Community Relations at x2748.
CONGRATULATIONS
  • Congratulations the thirteen faculty members who recently received promotions, eleven to the rank of associate professor and two to the rank of professor. They are as follows: Paul Bischoff - Secondary Education and Nancy Callahan - Art, were promoted to full professor. Promoted to associate professor were John Bagby - Theatre, Richard Barberio - Political Science, Kathleen Alison Black - Elementary Education and Reading, Jennifer Bueche - Human Ecology, Benjamin Dixon - Geography, Matthew Hendley - History, Thomas Horvath - Biology, Orlando Legname - Music, Ho Hun Leung - Sociology, Daniel Payne - English, and Charles Ragozzine - Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics. The faculty promotions are effective at the beginning of the 2007-08 academic year.
  • Congratulations to the nine faculty members who recently received tenure. They are as follows: William Ashbaugh - History, John Bagby - Theatre, Jennifer Bueche - Human Ecology, Benjamin Dixon - Geography, Matthew Hendley - History, Thomas Horvath - Biology, Vicky Lentz - Biology, Ho Hun Leung - Sociology, and Daniel Payne - English. The appointments are effective at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
  • Congratulations to Bill Harman, Director of the Biological Field Station on securing a grant for the College of $104,390 from the National Science Foundation for "Acquisition of Hydroacoustic and Associated Instrumentation for Fisheries Research" for the Biological Field Station in Cooperstown. The grant, is effective on August 1. The College will use the new equipment in a collaborative project with Cornell University and SUNY-Cobleskill to develop population estimates and distributions of fish, zooplankton, and benthic macrophytes to complete and assess a collaborative whole-lake management strategy for Otsego Lake that began in 2000. As part of the management strategy to improve water quality, the project has stocked 80,000 walleye fingerlings annually to reduce the numbers of the alewives. The alewife population has decreased water clarity and damaged the fisheries of lake whitefish and cisco. The instrumentation acquired through the grant will enable researchers to collect additional data, determine fish populations, and evaluate the impact of the project. The instruments will also be used to collect data as part of the consortium's long-term monitoring of nearby inland lakes and the Great Lakes. The researchers are studying the management of invasive species, cold and warm water fisheries, water quality, and aquaculture and fisheries management. The new equipment at the Biological Field Station will be available to faculty as well as graduate and undergraduate students. The students will use it in research and hands-on training.
  • Congratulations to the College on raising over $12 million at the conclusion of it’s vie year campaign, Changing Lives Since 1889. campaign. The campaign raised a record $12,035,451 in charitable gifts, grants, and written commitments from donors. Chaired by SUNY-Oneonta alumni Sheila and Robert Striffler (1972), the comprehensive campaign far exceeded its goal of $10 million and helped increase the College's endowment from $17.1 million at the campaign's start to over $31 million at its conclusion. Changing Lives Since 1889 focused on four priorities--scholarships, science programs, the Milne Library, and unrestricted endowment--all of which received strong support from donors. Over 19.1% of SUNY-Oneonta alumni made gifts to the College in the 2006-07 fiscal year. That rate is the highest among the SUNY colleges, which average 9.3%, and fourth highest nationally among four-year public colleges, which average 6.6%, according to the 2006 publication "Voluntary Support of Education." During the campaign, 63 new scholarships were established at the College, and the average gift for establishing a new scholarship exceeded $32,000. In the past fiscal year, the College made nearly 900 scholarship awards to students with a total value of approximately $1.5 million. At the beginning of the campaign, the College provided approximately $830,000 to students through 530 scholarship awards. Gifts to the College in 2006-07 totaled over $3.05 million. That figure, a record for the College, represents an increase of 44% over fiscal year 2005-06, when SUNY-Oneonta received just over $2.12 million. Faculty and staff giving at SUNY-Oneonta also reached an all-time high in 2006-07. Gifts from current and retired faculty and staff totaled $195,646, an increase of 92% over the previous fiscal year. The College's unrestricted endowment--used to provide funds for student and faculty research, endowed lectureships, the Fund for Academic Excellence, campus beautification, and other programs--now totals over $6.6 million, or 22% of the overall endowment. At the start of the campaign, it totaled $2 million, or 14% of the overall endowment. The campaign was coordinated through the College at Oneonta Foundation, a non-profit organization that facilitates charitable giving to the College and manages the College's endowment. Established in 1982, the Foundation uses sound fiscal policies to invest and allocate assets. Campaign co-chair Sheila Striffler of New Canaan, Connecticut, was recently elected as President of the Foundation Board of Directors, succeeding Kenneth Kellerhouse. Also elected as officers were Vice President William Pietraface and Secretary Jean Hickey. Information about the campaign and the College at Oneonta Foundation is available from Paul J. Adamo, Vice President for College Advancement and Executive Director of the College at Oneonta Foundation, at x2535.
FACULTY/STAFF ACTIVITIES
  • Daniel G. Payne, English, gave three invited lectures on Henry Beston and The Outermost House on Cape Cod in early June 2007. The lectures were part of a celebration of Beston’s work coordinated by Silver Hollow Audio, which recently released the first audio book of The Outermost House. The programs were hosted by the Eldredge Public Library in Chatham, Massachusetts (June 1), The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (June 2), and the Inkwell Bookstore in Falmouth (June). On June 16, Dan also presented a work of creative non-fiction, “The Prey Response” at the biannual conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

SUMMER BULLETIN INFORMATION
Email your items and attachments to Mona Hughes (x2490) at hughesml@oneonta.edu. Do not send items or attachments in Publisher. Items that come after the noon deadline will be held over for the next available edition. Submission/Publication dates as follows:

Deadline (Thursday-noon)   
Publication (Wednesday)
Thursday, July 26   

Wednesday, August 1

The first Fall 2007 edition will be published on the first day of classes, Wednesday, August 29. Deadline for this edition is noon, Thursday, August 23. You may send items for this edition up to the deadline, earmarked for this date.

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