Janet L. Huie
Janet L. Huie, Biological Sciences Department, presented “Application of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (scCO2) for Sterilization of Medical Sutures” at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pre-investigational device meeting, on behalf of NovaSterilis Inc. The meeting was held June 7 in Silver Spring, Md.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has had an invited article accepted for publication in the Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism tentatively to be published at the end of this year. His article examines the place of the aesthetics of everyday experience in narrative literary journalism, and draws from his recently published book Literary Journalism and the Aesthetics of Experience (University of Massachusetts Press, 2016).
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, coauthored an article titled “Sin City Betting on the Major Leagues? An Analysis of the Sport-based Approach to Economic Redevelopment in Las Vegas,” published in July in Sport in Society.
Marley Barduhn
Marley Barduhn, Teacher Education Office, participated as a member of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Internationalization Site Visit Team to Richard Stockton College in Galloway, N.J., from March 21-23. The team reviewed the college’s internationalization plan as a product of their work in the 2010-11 cohort of ACE’s Internationalization Laboratory.
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.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, was invited in October to conduct a program review of the Department of English at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. His focus was on their journalism and related courses.
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.
Rena Janke, Greg Phelan, Kerri Freese, Dave Dickerson and Mary Gfeller
Rena Janke, Biological Sciences Department, Greg Phelan and Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, and Dave Dickerson and Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, participated in a workshop on campus along with 17 Noyce scholars and 11 local teachers and administrators on March 24. Held in conjunction with the SUNY Cortland Noyce Project and sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the workshop’s goal was to support the teaching success and retention of Noyce scholars by addressing issues related to successfully teaching mathematics and science in a high-need environment. The Noyce scholars attended four break-out sessions on the following topics: the summer before your first year teaching; setting the tone for a successful class: classroom management; what to expect and how to handle situations common in high-need schools; and get a job offer you'll love – how to market yourself and find the right fit. The latter was led by Judi Riley, assistant superintendent for Pupil and Personnel Services for the Cortland City School District.
Heather Bartlett, Laura Davies, Tim Emerson, Mario Hernandez, Jeff Jackson and Kevin Rutherford
Heather Bartlett, Laura Davies, Tim Emerson, Mario Hernandez, Jeff Jackson and Kevin Rutherford, all from the English Department Composition Program, presented together at the SUNY Council on Writing Conference on Sept. 9. Their panel was titled, “Making Changes: Revising a First-Year Writing Curriculum within a Teaching Community.”
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.