Michael Bersani
Michael Bersani, Public Relations Office, won a Charleton Scholarship to attend the SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) conference in Saratoga Springs June 8-10.
Amy DiRenzo
Amy DiRenzo, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, will speak at the Empire Longevity Symposium on Saturday, Sept. 29. The symposium will be held at the Center 4 the Arts in Homer, N.Y. She will be speaking on the impact natural environments can have on human health, with a particular focus on the connection between adventuring outdoors and wellbeing. For more information and tickets, go to empirelongevity.com.
Karen Downey
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, attended the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Washington, D.C. She was invited to be one of roughly 15 chemists constructing the next version of the ACS’s national capstone exam, the Diagnostic of Undergraduate Chemistry Knowledge.
Michael Hockwater
Michael Hockwater, Literacy Department, had his debut middle-grade fantasy novel, Carter Knox and the Lost Legacy, recently published by NFB Publishing. He will be embark on a book tour this fall around Western New York to meet with readers and community members.
Tracy Rammacher and Tony DeRado
Tracy Rammacher and Tony DeRado, Publications and Electronic Media, recently received two Awards for Excellence from the SUNY Council for University Advancement for their work on two College publications. They won a Best of Category for the new financial aid award booklet and a Judges’ Citation for The Campaign for Raquette Lake fund raising piece.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, has been elected to the Florida State League Hall of Fame. He will be inducted along with the rest of the 2017 class during the Florida State League’s annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Banquet on Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Clearwater, Fla. Kobritz is the director of the Stone Crabs, Advanced ‘A’ Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, and serves as the liaison with the Florida State League (FSL), the Tampa Bay Rays and Charlotte County, owner of the Charlotte Sports Park, the Stone Crabs’ home field. He began his journey in the FSL in 1993 when he became the owner of the Daytona Cubs, which he owned through 2000. During his two ownership stints in the FSL, he has served the league in a number of capacities, including his current role as a member of the League Executive Committee. Also, he was a member of the Executive Committee when he owned the Daytona Cubs. Along with former FSL president and Hall of Fame member Chuck Murphy, Kobritz developed the league-wide scholarship program which is in its 19th consecutive year of existence. Kobritz has served on a variety of League committees and represented the League in negotiations with the Rays when they came into existence in 1998. Also, he has been a presenter at the annual baseball winter meetings.
Celeste McNamara
Celeste McNamara, History Department, is the author of The Bishop's Burden: Reforming the Catholic Church in Early Modern Italy, published in November by The Catholic University of America Press. Through a detailed examination of the diocese of Padua in the seventeenth century, this book provides fresh insight into the challenges and process of reforming the Catholic Church after the 1563 Council of Trent.
Cynthia J. Benton
Cynthia J. Benton, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, had her chapter, “Is This Your Best Work? Complications and Limitations of Online Instruction for High Quality Student Engagement,” published in November in the Encyclopedia of Education and Technology in a Changing Society.
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, presented a paper titled, “‘Don’t Say It’s Going to Be Okay’: How International Educators Embrace Transformative Education to Support Their Students Navigating Our Global Climate Emergency” at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in April in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also, he presented a paper titled ‘It’s my responsibility’: Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Education for Sustainability among international school students in Singapore” at the American Education Research Association conference in April in San Diego, California.
Gregg Weatherby
Gregg Weatherby, English Department, will have the following poems published in Home Planet News Online #6: “Red Sky at Morning,” “Remembering the Garden” and “Wolf Road and Holy Ground.”