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Issue Number 10 • Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 |
Campus ChampionWhile he praises SUNY Cortland’s fine atmosphere and camaraderie, the College applauds the service of this dedicated assistant professor of political science. In his two short years on staff, Lu-Chung “Dennis” Weng has helped established a Taiwanese SUNY Cortland experience and a one-of-a-kind China and Taiwan Summer Study Abroad Program. “Bringing students from Taiwan to SUNY Cortland will help our students better understand the value of international relations with Asia,” he said. Building on his successes in organizing speaker events and exchanges, we’ll stay tuned as this forward-thinking professor focuses his energy on diversity and inclusion efforts and foreign teacher initiatives. Tuesday, Feb. 7Red Cross Blood Drive: Corey Union Function Room, noon-5 p.m. Open Mic Night: Share your talent, free refreshments, Corey Union Exhibition Lounge, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8Red Cross Blood Drive: Corey Union Function Room, noon-5 p.m. Sandwich Seminar: “Black Music Matters: A Concert of Art, Classical and Jazz Music,” by Edward Moore, Performing Arts Department, Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge, 12:30-1:30 p.m. 5-0-4 Inclusion Dialogues: “Breaking Free of Stigmas,” Corey Union Fireplace Lounge, 5-6 p.m. Wellness Wednesday Series: “Find Your Life’s Purpose and What Fulfills You,” with Ryan Brennan, fitness/personal training graduate assistant and adjunct professor, Corey Union Exhibition Lounge, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9Sandwich Seminar: “R&B and Motown to Rap,” by Lewis Rosengarten, Africana Studies Department and EOP, Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge, noon-1 p.m. Narcan Training: Sponsored by EAP Office and the Cortland County Health Department, VanHoesen Hall, Room 119, 3:30 p.m. RSVP by email or call Jo Tobias, 607-753-4107 Information Meeting: Student Teach in New York City, Corey Union Exhibition Lounge, 5-6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10Films at Four Filmfest: “Little Miss Sunshine,” Old Main, Room 223 (Modern Languages Lab), 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14Union Matters Chapter Meeting: Corey Union Function Room, noon-1 p.m. Buffet opens at 11:45 a.m. Advance registration by Feb. 6 is requested, but last minute attendees are invited. Speaker: “That Old #Blackgirlmagic: Inclusive Excellence as an American Standard Redux,” by Marita Gilbert, director of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center at SUNY Oneonta, Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15Sandwich Seminar: “Multidisciplinary Diversity: Race, Gender, Place and Diasporic Sites,” presented by Ibipo Johnston-Anumomwo, Geography Department, Mecke Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, and Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Brooks Museum Lecture Series: “Fighting the ‘Manocracy’: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in New York State,” by History Professor Randi Storch, as part of the year-long theme of “De(Recon)struction: Culture and the Biosphere.” Moffett Center, Room 2125, 4:30 p.m. A reception will be held in the Brooks Museum, Moffett Center, Room 2126, beginning at 4 p.m. Beauty and the Beast: Athletics event with Ithaca College, where venue is set up for a simultaneous gymnastics and wrestling match. Park Center Corey Gymnasium, 6:30 p.m. Wellness Wednesday Series: “What’s Your Green Dot?” with Green Dot presenter Nate Burke, Corey Union Function Room, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16Sandwich Seminar: “The Malden Meteor: Louise Stokes Fraser and Her Journey Through Sports in Jim Crow America,” by Susan Rayl, Kinesiology Department, Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge, noon-1 p.m. Lecture: “Green Dot — Dealing with Power-Based Personal Violence,” Presented by Seth Asumah, Political Science and Africana Studies departments, and Lima Stafford, Multicultural Life and Diversity Office, Corey Union Caleion Room, 7:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20Performance: Soul-Mic Showcase, Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge, 7 p.m. |
Speaker Introduces Green Dot Anti-Violence StrategyNational trainer Nate Burke's approach enhances the role of bystanders. read more Musical ‘Crazy For You’ Opens Feb. 17Production runs through Feb. 26 with evening, matinee performances. read more Capture the MomentGirls participating in a mock surgery during the annual Girls’ Day Out event at Park Center Jan. 28 used precision surgical tools to extract candy from the belly of a mannequin in one of the many activities aimed at developing young women’s confidence and broadening their goals. SUNY Cortland student-athletes, coaches, staff and professional women from the community hosted the activities, which included an interactive career and health fair, gymnastics, dance, rock climbing and ice skating all geared toward local girls in grades 4 to 7. Co-sponsored by the YWCA, this popular annual event concludes with the girls watching the Red Dragon women’s swimming, diving and ice hockey competitions. In Other NewsBrooks Lecture Series Concludes with Maya Culture TalkRachel Ditch ’11 Appointed Protestant Campus Minister‘Love to Cook’: Bistro Live’s Cooking ClassesCollege Plans Body Appreciation Week EventsCollege Launching National Survey of Student EngagementExplore College's Study Abroad Program'Beauty and the Beast' Gymnastics/Wrestling Meet Set for Feb. 15 Suggest a feature story
Faculty/Staff ActivitiesTim Delaune had his article recommending a rotating chief justiceship on the US Supreme Court published. read more Moyi Jia will present her paper at the 67th Annual Convention of International Communication Association next May in San Diego. read more Jordan Kobritz recently was quoted in two publications: New York Family and Wallet Hub. read more Kathleen Lawrence announces several recently published poems, a total of 44 published or forthcoming since last March. read more Mary McGuire and John Suarez will serve on a panel at the Eastern Regional Campus Compact Conference at New York University in March. read more Robert Spitzer discussed the bill in Congress to remove existing restrictions on the purchase of gun silencers in the Washington Post and on CNN. read more Kim Stone will have her article appear as a chapter in Madness in Black Women's Diasporic Fictions: Aesthetics of Resistance. read more John Suarez will co-present and co-facilitate a panel discussion at SUNY Plattsburgh on March 1. read more Larissa True had her article published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. read more Debbie Warnock had her article published in the Journal of Working-Class Studies. read more Dennis Weng had his paper published in the Asian Journal of Comparative Politics in January. read more Tiantian Zheng was contacted by BBC World Service radio to address the topic of masculinity in China. read more Submit your faculty/staff activity
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