Mary Schlarb and Nan Pasquarello
Mary Schlarb, International Programs, and Nan Pasquarello, Title IX Coordinator, presented the live webinar, “Beyond Boundaries: Prevention and Response Strategies for Study Abroad and International Student Programs,” on June 16 and July 26 as part of the Violence Prevention Webinars and Live Training series open to public and private institutions throughout New York State, across the U.S. and beyond. The State University of New York, the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the New York State Department of Health offer this webinar series to train college and community partners in prevention and response. The webinars presented by Schlarb and Pasquarello were widely viewed with more than 250 registered sites for the two sessions.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, and colleagues Ray Cotrufo and Matt Kastel, had the article “Evaluating the evaluators: Developing an instrument to assess a baseball scout’s effectiveness” published in the Review of Management Innovation and Creativity.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development Center, presented “Highlights from the AUCCCD 2016 Directors’ Survey” with Peter LeViness, Ph.D., at the annual conference of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD) on Oct. 15 in Denver, Colo.
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon
Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Philosophy Department, led two workshops on stress and meditation at Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES in Ithaca at the end of March. In early May, he presented at the SUNY Faculty Senate plenary meeting, held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., during the Ethics Forum titled “What’s the Good of SUNY?”
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “Growing Executive Power: The Strange Case of the ‘Protective Return’ Pocket Veto,” published in the September issue of the journal Presidential Studies Quarterly.
Charles Heasley
Charles Heasley, Art and Art History Department, earned a competitive award for his three photogravure entries in the 17th Mini Print International Exhibition. This touring exhibition opened Sept. 7 at the Ink Shop Printmaking Center in Ithaca, N.Y., and continues through Friday, Oct. 26. The show was co-juried by Mina Resnick and Andrea Inselmann. For more information visit the exhibit website.
Larissa True
Larissa True, Kinesiology Department, recently was interviewed for an article on training the nervous system that appears in the June issue of Runner’s World UK magazine. The article, titled “Circuit Training: A neurological master class in conditioning your nervous system for improved running performance,” was written by James Witts.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been invited to join the advisory board of the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics. Pi Sigma Alpha is the national political science honors society. Cortland has had a chapter since 1970.
Vicki Johnson
Vicki Johnson, Interfaith Center, was a delegate from the New York Conference to the General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC), held June 27 through July 2 in Long Beach, Calif. She helped to work on a resolution that, for the sake of climate change, urged divestment from fossil fuel companies. The resolution passed on July 1, making the UCC the first national organization, faith-related or not, to take such a stand for the environment. On July 2, the General Synod received congratulations about the resolution from Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Li Jin
Li Jin, Geology Department, recently gave a presentation at the 2017 Northeast/North-Central Geological Society of America Joint Section Meeting in Pittsburgh. She presented, “Modeling Nitrogen Dynamics in the Tioughnioga River, New York.”