Sam Avery
Sam Avery, Communication and Media Studies Department, was awarded grand prize for best short film at the Snowtown Film Festival on Jan. 26 in Watertown, N.Y. His short film, “DEADEYE” tells the story of an aging female boxer whose spirit rages despite the torments of society and a manager who won’t return calls. Over 200 film fans and filmmakers attended the fifth annual festival Jan. 25 and 26. The winter celebration of film concluded on Saturday evening with an award ceremony and presentation of the grand prize for best short film. More than 500 films were submitted for competition from eleven countries. Awards were also presented to student filmmakers, outstanding comedy and outstanding animated shorts and winter through film. The festival also included a script writing competition. Snowtown Film Festival will begin accepting submissions for next year’s festival this spring. Avery directs the Blackbird Film Festival, which will be held on campus April 26 to 28.
Heather Bartlett, Ross Borden, Jack Carr, Mary Lynch Kennedy, Christine Lemchak, Deborah Rogers and Anne Wiegard
English Department faculty members Heather Bartlett, Ross Borden, Jack Carr, Mary Lynch Kennedy, Christine Lemchak, Deborah Rogers and Anne Wiegard completed an intensive, week-long media literacy course in August at Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College. They received training in the theory and practice of media literacy, learned applications for digital technology and developed media literacy projects for their courses.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, will serve as Visiting Scholar at the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), for the 2024-2025 school year. She will examine the recent upsurge in U.S. higher education organizing efforts broadly, with a particular focus on community college organizing and bargaining.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article appearing at the CNN website titled, “Trump Should Seize This Pivotal Moment and Stop Waffling on Gun Control.” The article was posted on August 24.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has had his 2015 book, Guns across America, reviewed in the New York Review of Books, along with a letter exchange with the reviewer in a subsequent issue. The review is available at http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/07/14/terror-of-our-guns/ and http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/08/18/stand-your-ground/
Daniela Baban Hurrle
Daniela Baban Hurrle, International Programs Office, was awarded the Clark Center Internationalization Award on April 27. Since 2010, the Clark Center Internationalization Award is given each year at SUNY Cortland to recognize individuals from the faculty or staff who have significantly contributed to or shown leadership in internationalizing the campus.
In selecting an honoree, the Clark Center Steering Committee recognizes the variety of ways an individual can enrich SUNY Cortland and the wider community. Recognized activities include, for example, expanding study abroad opportunities or mentoring international students on campus. Awardees have also repeatedly exposed SUNY Cortland students to a diversity of international perspectives, whether by presenting their scholarship, bringing guest scholars to campus, promoting the study of foreign languages, or diversifying our curriculum.
Past recipients are:
2010 Henry Steck
2011 Carol van der Karr
2012 International Advocates
2013 Sharon Steadman
2014 Jerome O’Callaghan
2015 Craig Little
2016 Jeremiah Donovan
2017 Mary Schlarb
2018 Luo Xu
2019 William Skipper
2020 Mecke Nagel
Tom Lickona
Tom Lickona, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, had his article, “Prevent Bullying, Promote Kindness: 20 Things All Schools Can Do,” reprinted in Catholic Education Resource Center’s (CERC) Weekly Update, an online Canadian newsletter. The article first appeared in the Winter/Spring 2012 issue of Excellence & Ethics, the education letter of SUNY Cortland’s Center for the 4th and 5th Rs.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, gave an invited guest lecture on April 19 at Ithaca College titled “Throuple Plots: Queer Kinship and Narrative Form.” The event was sponsored by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and the English Department.
Matt Madden, Mark Dodds and Kate Polasek
Matt Madden, Physical Education Department, Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, and Kate Polasek, Kinesiology Department, presented “Female rights to physical education in the United States and the interpretation of co-educational classes” at the European Association for Sport Management Conference, held Sept. 5 to 8 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Vierne Placide
Vierne Placide, Health Department, presented a poster titled “Factors influencing counseling adherence in medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction” at the 2019 AMERSA Conference held Nov. 7 to 9 in Boston. AMERSA is the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction, a non-profit professional organization whose mission is to improve health and well-being through interdisciplinary leadership in substance use education, research, clinical care and policy.