Good News from the Membership!
WINNERS OF THE 2006 - 2007 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF!
Mary Beth Anderson, Peer Review Committee Chair, and Anne Bradner, President of the Professional Staff Council, have announced the following members as winners of a 2006-2007 Professional Development Award for Professional Staff:
- Amjad Abdo - Residence Life: Attendance and Presentation at 2007 Annual Meeting of
the National Association of Student Personnel Admin.
and American College Personnel Association,
March 31-April 4, 2007, Orlando, FL;
- Qui Qui Balascio - Student Affairs: Attendance at the International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation Conference for Pastoral Crisis Intervention,
June 4-7, 2007, NYC;
- Tara Blackwell - Career Development: Membership in National Career Development Assoc.:
elevation to special status as "Master Career Counselor"
- Mary Cozier - Health Services: Recertification as a Board Certified College Health Nurse
by the American Nurse's Credentialing Center;
- Sonya Forrester - Residence Life: Tuition for course work on the Art and Science of Group
Facilitation at DePaul University;
- Valerie A. Franco - PAC: Tuition costs in pursuit of Master's degree at SUNY
Stony Brook;
- Koreen Kerfoot - Residence Life: Tuition for online class through American College
Personnel Association – College Student Educators
International entitled "Transgender 101: What Every
Administrator Should Consider";
- Joseph Kyambadde - Business Office: Reimbursement for expenses associated with review
courses (Business Environment and Concepts & Auditing
and Attestation) in preparation for CPA exam;
- Eleanor Phillips Brackbill - Neuberger Museum: Expenses associated with research project and book;
- Anne Wetzel - Health Services: Maintenance of registration through the Commission on
Dietetic Registration and membership in American
Dietetic Association.
Congratulations to all from UUP! With thanks to Peer Review Committee members Dennis Fitzgerald, Art+Design, Frank Domizio, Library, Judi Guralnick, PAC, and Sonya Forrester, Residence Life.
WINNERS OF THE 2007 NEW YORK STATE CHANCELLOR'S AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE!
The Purchase Chapter of the the United University Professions is pleased to announce that the followning four faculty/staff members of the Purchase community, who were nominated by their peers, have been chosen by the SUNY Chancellor’s Office to receive the 2007 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. They are:
- Eric Wildrick - School of Art + Design: Excellence in Professional Service
- Lenora Champagne - School of Humanities, Drama Studies: Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
- Geoffrey Field - School of Humanities, History: Excellence in Teaching
- Ronnie Halperin - School of Natural and social Sciences, Psychology: Excellence in Faculty Service
The awards will be conferred on the winners at Purchase College's Fall convocation. Congratulations to all!
List of All Past and Present Winners.
WINNERS OF THE 2006-2007 JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS!
The Purchase Chapter of the the United University Profession is pleased to announce that the following faculty and staff have been awarded Individual Development Grants for 2006-2007. The total amount awarded was $19,593. UUP would like to thank the following members of the Professional Development Committee for their work on distributing the grants:
Co-chairs Alice Gullotta & Andrea Anthony, Prof. Paul Kaplan, Prof. William Needham, Valencia Wallace, and Prof. Robin Lynch.
- Amjad Abdo - CPA/NASPA Conference-presentation "The Undocumented Students in the Higher Ed System."
- Regina Abdou - Hynotherapy certification training at Wellness Institute.
- Zehra Arat - Conference Participation in panels at Intn'l Studies Assoc.
- Karen Baird - Attendance at XVI International Aids Conference.
- Peter Bell - Field Research "Gendered Supply Chains & the Textile Industry and Poverty Reduction Cambodia."
- Adrienne Belluscio - ANCC Recertification.
- Nancy Bowen - Lampworking workshop-to be incorporated into sculpture curriculum.
- Taina Chao - Computer Assisted Drug Design coursework.
- Nancy Davidson - Rodeo taping/editing for use in video installations for sculpture practice.
- Peggy DeCooke - Conference Presentation Assoc. for Psychological Science.
- Jon Esser - Conference AttendanceNASAD Oct 2006,training for outside evaluator/schools.
- Dennis Fitzgerald - Furniture Soc.Conference/gathering input to coordinate '08 conference at Purchase.
- Sonya Forrester - NEACGUO Conference on Housing & Residence Life.
- Valerie Franco - Course in connection with Masters Degree at SUNY Stonybrook/Italian American Studies.
- Rudolf Gaudio - Participation at meeting of International Editorial Board (African region).
- Beth Gersh-esic - Mediterranean Studies Assoc. Conf attendance.
- Cassandra Hooper - Research and image generation for "Fairy Tales"/group of prints.
- Bridgit Huwyler - Attendance at Adolescent Healthcare/Professional Healthcare Provider Conference.
- Angela Kang - Northeast Assoc of College & University Housing Officers Annual Conference.
- Paul Kaplan - Conference presentation Annual Conference Renaissance Soc. Of America-representation of race & gender.
- Koreen Kerfoot - NEACUHO Conference on Housing and Residence Life.
- George Kraemer - Research-ecological impacts of a non-native crab.
- Anthony Lemieux - Assoc. for Psychological Science Conference presentation of research papers.
- Greg Lock - Conference presentation at the Center for Cummunication & Information Technology.
- Robin Lynch - Training for custom curriculum delivered by certified Adobe Trainer.
- Jessica Mazzia - NACE Meeting attendance May-June.
- Kathleen McCormick - American Italian Historical Assoc. presentations at conference.
- Maryann McEnroe - Research on cod physiology at Norwegian Technical & Scientific University.
- Jeanine Meyer - Hawaii International Conf. On Arts & Humanities presentation at conference.
- Rachel Simon - Assoc. of Writing Programs Conference -promote her book and attend panels & courses.
- Peter Sprague - Research for new course development - drama studies.
- Michelle Stewart - Society for Cinema & Media Studies Annual Conf. Presentation of paper.
- Greg Taylor - Conference-Society for Cinema & Media Studies-chairing a panel.
- Jennifer Uleman - Amer. Philosophical Assoc. Pacific Division Meetings-presentation of paper.
- Janet Wafer - Nat'l conference for nurse practitioners and acute care clinicians.
- Lois Wald - Advanced Spanish III-continuation of spanish language studies to better communicate with students.
- Valencia Wallace - Coursework -Palmer School of Library & Information Science.
- Gary Waller - Annual Conference Shakespeare Assoc. of America - presentation of paper.
- Renqiu Yu - Attendance at International Symposium on the Fold Culture/Legend of Liu Sanjie in China.
- Phil Zimmerman - Attendance at Columbia College Chicago -collection of artists' books made by Purchase students.
Faculty & Staff Notes - May 2007
Compiled by Agnes Benis
GRANTS AWARDS (contributed by Lisbeth Wesley-Furke)
The college has recently received the following grants:
- $60,000 from the Westchester County Youth Bureau (PI: Gregoriann Rollins)
Funds go to support the Regional Partnership’s Invest-in-Kids program during 2007 to provide tutoring, counseling, skills classes, workshops on reducing problem behaviors, community services, job shadowing/career exploration workshops, college preparation, SAT preparation, and parent training to students in middle and high school students in seven school districts in Westchester County.
- $27,500 from ASIANetwork – Freeman Foundation Student-Faculty Fellows (PI: Peter Bell)
Prof. Bell will be leading a group of four undergraduate researchers to Thailand for three weeks in June, each of whom will be doing research on the social impacts of economic change in Thailand. Research topics include:
- The challenge of slums in Bangkok;
- Media impact on the changing image of Thai women;
- Costs and benefits of the tourist industry in Thailand;
- Child labor in Thailand.
This semester, leading up to their departure, Prof. Bell is leading the students in an intensive four-hour per week tutorial on Thai history, religion and culture, to provide background context for their work.
- $5,000 from the State University of New York Faculty Access to Computing Technology (PI: Jon Rubin)
This SUNY Conferences on Computing in the Disciplines grant will support Professor Jon Rubin’s October 26, 2007 conference “Collaboration and Blended Learning in International Online Environments.” Three internationally recognized experts will present: Glyn Rimmington from Wichita State University, Katherine Milton from Ohio University, and Doreen Starke-Meyerringfrom from McGill University. A panel of SUNY faculty who presently offer online international courses will also present: Craig Little (Cortland), Pat Dorazio (SUNYIT), Richard Cattabiani (Ulster CCC), and our own Jon Rubin.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS & PRIZES
- The winner of the Milwaukee Ballet’s International Choreographic Competition is Prof. Nelly Van Bommel, Dance. A panel of judges from around the nation chose Prof. Van Bommel from more than 50 entrants. Her 20-minute piece was set to excerpts from “Concerto Ripieno” by Antonio Vivaldi and “Stabat Mater” by Giovanni Pergolesi and incorporated contemporary ballet and modern movements with theatrical elements.
- Prof. Kate Gilmore, Art+Design, won the coveted John Armstrong Chaloner/Jacob H. Lazarus-Metropolitan Museum of Art Rome Prize for 2007-2008. Prof. Gilmore is the temporary full-time faculty in Video for this year and is reputedly the youngest recipient of the prize.
CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- Prof. Kenley R. Dove, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, participated in The Oxford-New York Conference in Honor of The New York Review of Books, “The New Face of American Capitalism and Its Impact on the World” at Oxford University on May 5-6. Speakers included Senator Bill Bradley, Ronald Dworkin, Timothy Garton Ash, Tony Judt, Paul Krugman, Alan Ryan, Amartya Sen, Richard Sennett, Robert Skidelsky and George Soros.
- Prof. Greg Lock, Art+Design and Natural and Social Sciences, presented “Commuting and the Shingling Fool,” video and stereoscopic digital prints based on the visualization of his commute to and from Purchase. His presentation was part of the conference “At the Intersection: A Conversation Between Art & Science On Information Visualization” at SUNY Oswego.
- Prof. Lisa Keller, Humanities, was commentator at the panel on “Class, Ideology and Identity in Modern England” at the Mid-Atlantic Conference of British Studies, held at the University of Maryland.
- Paul Nicholson, Director of Special Programs/Ombudsperson, moderated a session at the Tri-State Consortium of Opportunities Programs conference recently in Tarrytown. The session was entitled “Counseling Strategies to Promote Academic Attainment.”
- Prof. Jennifer Uleman, Humanities, presented her paper, “Everyday Noumena: The Fact and Significance of Ordinary Intelligible Objects,” to the Philosophy Department at the CUNY Graduate Center. She also served as invited commentator on “Nonsense and Things in Themselves,” by Andrew Janiak, at the North American Kant Society meeting at the American Philosophical Association Central Division Meetings in Chicago and as commentator on “Why Should Humanity, Not the Good Will, Be Treated as an End in Itself?” by Zachary Hoskins at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meetings in San Francisco.
- Prof. John Forrest, Head of Anthropology and Sociology, did an interview for WNYC concerning Tristan und Isolde for their series “The Tristan Mysteries” (courtesy of Profnet). The material was on the air May 2.
RECORDINGS, FILMS, EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
- The Philadelphia Orchestra performed Music Prof. Ted Piltzecker’s work, “Tango Ruben” at the Perelman Theater. Prof. Piltzecker’s quintet, “TedVibes and Company” headlined at the New Mexico Jazz Festival in Center City. Purchase faculty member, Randy Johnston, is a member of the group, along with former faculty member, Jim Pugh. Prof. Piltzecker will return in June to Argentina for the Patagonia Festival of Percussion.
PUBLICATIONS
- Susan Markgren, Librarian, co-authored an article, "The Five-Year Itch: Are Libraries Losing Their Most Valuable Resources?" for the prominent library science journal, Library Administration & Management, Spring 2007. Vol. 21, Iss. 2, pgs. 70-76.
- Prof. Kimberly Christensen, Natural and Social Sciences, has an article, "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," published in the Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal, Vol. XXIV (2005-2006 which just came out in 2007), p. 131-209.
Many of the above awards are supported by funds for faculty development generously provided by Eugene and Emily Grant, and by the Purchase College Foundation.
Faculty and Staff Footnotes was compiled in the President’s Office by Agnes Benis from information supplied by the Deans and Directors.
Professional staff members are requested to contact Anne Bradner, Presidents of the Professional Council,
anne.bradner@purchase.edu, or email news items directly to
agnes.benis@purchase.edu
