Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, recently learned that Human Kinetics has published the 4th edition of his book Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, partnered with Linda Drake, director of SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Social Responsibility and Community, to form a new professional organization: The North/South Central NY Applied Learning Coalition. On Aug. 10 at SUNY Oneonta, Suarez and Drake co-conducted the Coalition’s first meeting, which included 19 of the Coalition’s 27 members. New York Campus Compact’s Executive Director Laurie Worrall participated in, and provided lunch for, the meeting. The Coalition is designed to be an informal and agile mutual-assistance organization. In that spirit, the meeting’s participants identified shared challenges and explored solutions. Worrall is creating a listserv for the Coalition, and Merissa McKasty, assistant to SUNY’s Director of Applied Learning, will work on making time and space available for Coalition members to continue developing ad hoc partnerships while they are at SUNY’s Applied Learning Conference in October. Membership includes 19 public and private colleges and universities whose locations range from Canton to Binghamton to Stony Brook.
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.
Vaughn Randall
Vaughn Randall, Art and Art History Department, recently brought three students to a planning event for the 2018 International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art in Scranton, Pa., where they participated in a pour at Scranton Iron Furnaces, a state historic site in Pennsylvania. The students included: Paige Heil, an art studio major from Endicott, N.Y.; Justin Pribulick, an art studio major from Horseheads, N.Y.; and Erin Schiano, a therapeutic recreation major from Swain, N.Y.
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.
Laura J. Davies
Laura J. Davies, English Department, was accepted to present at the Northeast Modern Language Association annual conference planned for April 2015 in Toronto, Canada.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, presented at the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) conference held April 5 to 7 in Philadelphia. She presented a paper called “The Statue of Trumpery: Ironic Metaphor and the Visual ideograph,” which earned recognition as A Top Paper in Political Communication. She also participated in two roundtable discussions — “Invoking <Freedom>: Negative and Positive Freedom as Rhetorical Strategies in the Pandemic” and the “Scholars’ Roundtable: The State of U.S. Democracy in the Early 21st Century.” At the end of the conference, she became the new chair of the Rhetoric and Public Address interest group of ECA.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a talk titled, “Gun Laws, History, and the Second Amendment: What Does the Constitution Allow?” on April 17 at Clemson University, South Carolina. He also spoke to a political science class on the relationship between federalism and the gun debate.
Christa Chatfield
Christa Chatfield, Biological Sciences Department, and her student, senior biomedical sciences major Renee Bullard, presented her research at the 30th annual meeting of the Northeastern Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy group. Jeff Werner, Chemistry Department, also presented his research at the meeting, which was held June 22 at Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.
Paulo Quaglio
Paulo Quaglio, Modern Languages Department, was an invited speaker on March 12 at Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. His talk, titled “The Power of Concordancing in ESL/FL Teaching & Learning: Making the Invisible Visible,” presented techniques used in corpus linguistics to enhance language teaching and learning.