Larissa True
Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, was the organizer of a symposium held June 21 to 23 at the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity’s national conference in Denver, Colo. In addition to organizing the symposium, True presented a recent study titled “Tracking of Physical Fitness Components from Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study.”
Bonni C. Hodges and Donna M. Videto
Bonni C. Hodges and Donna M. Videto, Health Department, were invited to serve on the Expert Review Group of the National Consensus on School Health Education. The National Consensus is designed “to develop a unified voice from the health education field related to key issues in school health education.” Founding members include the American School Health Association, Eta Sigma Gamma, Foundation for the Advancement of Health Education, Society for Public Health Education, and Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education.
Lin Lin
Lin Lin, Childhood and Early Childhood Education Department, presented at the SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology on Thursday, May 27 on the topic of “My Love Affair with Nearpod.” She shared her experiences of using engaging online tools to promote historical reasoning skills and media literacy in her synchronous courses in the last three semesters.
Beth Klein
Beth Klein, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, was recently named SUNY Cortland’s part-time sustainability coordinator. She has a longstanding record of advocacy for the preservation of the environment and is involved in many sustainability initiatives both on and off campus. These include local food groups, Sustainable Cortland, campus-wide sustainability curriculum projects and energy saving activities, and the Cortland Green Days project. Klein regularly hosts students and area science teachers at Raquette Lake and is a prominent member of the President’s Climate Action Planning Committee.
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, co-authored a book chapter with Esther Geva of the University of Toronto on learning disabilities. The chapter was published this summer in Consultation and Mental Health Interventions in School Settings: A Scientist–Practitioner’s Guide by Hogrefe & Huber.
Andrew Morene, Kyla Young and Anahis Mercedes
Three Africana Studies majors and minors, Andrew Morene, Kyla Young and Anahis Mercedes, presented papers and attended academic sessions at the 49th annual National Council for Black Studies conference from March 20 to 22 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their session title was"Agentive and Non-Agentive Ideational Frameworks in the Black World."
Eileen Gilroy and Ryan Davis
Eileen Gilroy, Communication Disorders and Sciences Department, and Ryan Davis, Kinesiology Department, hosted the first in a series of interprofessional education discussions between their graduate students. As future healthcare providers, athletic training and communication sciences and disorders students detailed their programs with each other and brainstormed ideas on how the professions could work together to advance patient care. The students learned there are more similarities between the two programs, rather than differences.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, learned that her article, “Hermann von Ihering: Shifting Realities of a German Brazilian Scientist from the Late Empire to World War I,” has been accepted for publication in a special edition of the British Journal German History. The volume is scheduled for publication in 2015.
Mechthild Nagel and Seth Asumah
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy, and Seth Asumah, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, have been informed that their monograph, Reframing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership: Race, Gender, and Institutional Change, is a finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Education category.
Erin Morris
Erin Morris, Sport Management Department, presented “Youth Sport Retention Through Non-Traditional and Recreational Sports” at the North American Sociology of Sport Conference on Nov. 4 in Tampa, Fla. The presentation was part of a round table titled “Socio-Cultural Trends that Influence Youth Motivation and Enjoyment in Sport.” The roundtable considered the current issues facing participation and retention in sport and the initiatives that could be used increase youth participation, particularly from youths that are often underrepresented in the elite sport, pay for play models.