Benjamin C. Wilson
Benjamin C. Wilson, Economics Department, had his article, “Stop Trying to Find the Money—Create It,” published in the October issue of Academe, a publication of the American Association of University Professors.
Kevin Pristash
Kevin Pristash, Campus Activities and Corey Union Office, attended the annual conference of the Association of College Unions International from March 22 to 25 in Anaheim, Calif., where he received, on behalf of SUNY Cortland, an award celebrating the College’s 50 years of membership. It was presented at the event’s honors luncheon.
Robert Darling
Robert Darling, Geology Department, presented a paper titled “Zircon-adhering, Crystallized Melt Inclusions in Peritectic Garnet from the Western Adirondacks, New York State, USA” at the 23rd V. M. Goldschmidt Conference held in June in Montreal.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, is a recipient of the annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award for 2023, sponsored by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at The Ohio State University.
Seth N. Asumah
Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, recently was nominated and approved by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) New York State Conference as a founding chapter faculty advisor for the newly formed SUNY Cortland NAACP. Founding President Gia Greenidge, a psychology major, and 28 SUNY Cortland students worked with Asumah through the rigorous process of establishing the SUNY Cortland branch of the NAACP. SUNY Cortland’s Student Government Association (SGA) approved the SUNY Cortland NAACP Club on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.
The NAACP, the oldest and largest civil rights organization, was established in New York on Feb. 12, 1909 by black and white U.S. citizens who were committed to civil rights and social justice. Among the founders were W.E.B. Dubois, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard, William English Walling and Ida Wells-Barnett. In 1936, the Youth and College Division of the NAACP was created by student activists. There are 2,200 NAACP affiliates in the United States, Japan and Germany.
The mission of the NAACP is to “ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality” of minoritized groups and to fight for civil rights, social justice and inclusion. SUNY Cortland joins five other SUNY campuses with NAACP branches— the University at Albany, Binghamton University, the University at Buffalo, SUNY Stony Brook and Buffalo State University.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, participated in a planning meeting on Aug. 2 of the newly-formed “Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania.” Participants identified priorities and resources that the new organization can help them with as they work on projects such as data collection and assessment.
Also, Suarez’s article on the Institute’s Action Team was published in the August 2018 issue of Umbrella, the SUNY System’s Applied Learning newsletter. The article describes ways in which the Action Team’s interns built the Institute’s capacity through their entrepreneurial spirit.
Maria Timberlake
Maria Timberlake, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, received the Daring to Dream Award in Social Change from the Center for Community Inclusion at the University of Maine. She was recognized on June 18 for vision and leadership that promotes social change to advance the rights of people with disabilities.
Tracy Hudson
Tracy Hudson, Physical Education Department, received a New York State Senate Certificate of Achievement at Senator Lea Webb’s second annual Women’s History Month Award Reception on March 15. The award is given to individuals who have made notable contributions to the advancement, empowerment and acknowledgment of women's rights and accomplishments. Hudson, a Diversity Faculty Fellow assistant professor, was involved in notable endeavors including delivering the keynote address for Cortland’s Juneteenth celebration, conducting Youth Mental Health First Aid workshops and facilitating Kingian nonviolence training for both the YWCA and SUNY Cortland.
Samantha Moss
Samantha Moss, Kinesiology Department, had an article titled “The Associations of Physical Activity and Health-Risk Behaviors toward Depressive Symptoms among College Students: Gender and Obesity Disparities” published in March in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The article was co-authored by Xiaoxia Zhang, Ziyad Ben Taleb and Xiangli Gu.
Jack Carr and Nancy Kane
Jack Carr, Communications and Media Studies Department, and Nancy Kane ’13, Kinesiology Department, received discretionary awards for their musical performances and ensemble work with the Auburn Players in “Antigone and Letters to Soldiers Lost,” directed by Robert Frame, at the Theatre Association of New York Festival 2021 held Nov. 20 in Rome, N.Y. The play is a combination of Sophocles’ “Antigone” and actual letters left at the Vietnam Wall, with original music performed by Carr, Kane and John Fracchia from Ithaca College. Also, the production won adjudicators’ discretionary awards for Music and Best Long Production, as well as a People’s Choice Award for Best Production, among other honors. Kane was nominated for Best Performer in a Play on the Broadway World website.