Carol Van Der Karr
Carol Van Der Karr, Division of Academic Affairs, had her chapter, “Academic Advising and Transfer Mobility,” published in Building Transfer Student Pathways for College and Career Success. The book was published in October by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience (2018).
Elaine A. Lund
Elaine A. Lund, Student Health Service, graduated with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y., on May 10. A family nurse practitioner, her clinical scholarship project, “A Targeted Influenza Immunization Program in a Collegiate Athletic Community,” was conducted at SUNY Cortland during the 2013-14 academic year. She received a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Health from Binghamton University in December 2013 with a completion certificate in Victim Assistance Training (VAT).
Vaughn Randall
Vaughn Randall, Art and Art History Department, is curator of an exhibition titled “Liquid Earth,” on display in the Hope Horn Gallery at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. The show features artworks produced in part during the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art (ICCCIA) in Scranton, iron pours performed at SUNY Cortland and art residencies in China tied to SUNY Cortland’s Art and Art History Department program. Participating artists are Changzong Shao, Hui Fang, Gavin Kenyon, Tom Kohler, Lionel Maunz, Randall, Margarita Rasso, Erin Schiano and Wei Li. The exhibition will be on view from June until the end of the 2018 Fall Semester.
The “Liquid Earth” exhibition was conceived as result of a long-term collaboration among artists in the cast iron community in connection and support of SUNY Cortland. Over the years, the campus became a creative hub for local, regional and international artists who came to produce their pieces, share their work and ideas with the public, students and faculty.
The ICCCIA started as a grass root organization that promotes artists active in the field of cast iron. Since the conception, the ICCCIA developed a widely recognized international platform that fosters innovation in the creative practice and sustains relevancy in the context of the contemporary art scene. Associated artists cultivate a multi-faceted dialog furthering cultural, historical and aesthetic discourse and inspire global participation in the practice.
The exhibition is organized by Randall, associate professor of sculpture at SUNY Cortland, and co-chair and president of the ICCCIA. Randall invited artists to participate in the exhibition whose work align with the philosophical framework of the organization in support of its mission statement. “It is important to acknowledge that cottage industry, cupola cast iron operations in the U.S. are essentially gone,” said Randall. “As a result, the ability and technical knowledge about small production drastically diminished. The artistic community adopted the practices for the purposes of creating contemporary sculpture. The artists in the exhibition demonstrate a common approach towards contemporary cast iron sculpture while keeping the tradition alive. The exhibition celebrates and promotes an interest around cast iron sculpture, craft and community.”
Yomee Lee and Sam L. Kelley
Yomee Lee, Kinesiology and Africana Studies departments, and Sam L. Kelley, Communication Studies and Africana Studies departments, presented on “Racism & White Privilege” at the Stony Point Conference Center on Oct. 18, 2013. Lee addressed the stereotypes of Asians as depicted in popular culture, with an emphasis on film and advertising and how the depictions influence perceptions about Asians. Kelley presented on racial profiling against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the impact since 9/11. The event was organized by the Public Policy Advocacy Network of the Synod of the Northeast New York.
Diane Craft
Diane Craft, Physical Education Department, was appointed in May as a full-time consultant for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the subject matter expert in physical activity in early care and education. In this role she assists the CDC and states’ departments of public health in promoting the physical activity of young children. Her IPA appointment continues on a part-time basis throughout the 2015-16 academic year.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, gave an invited talk, “Care and Crisis in David Graeber’s New York: Anarcha-Feminism and Mutual Aid” at the 8th Annual Transformative Justice and Abolition Criminology Conference held virtually on Feb. 25. Her presentation commemorated the mutual aid work of David Graeber, renowned scholar, and activist, who passed away in 2020. She also highlighted independent media groups and mutual aid networks activated in New York and the Ukraine in response to the military conflict and humanitarian crisis.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, recently was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poem “Just Rosie,” published in Eye to the Telescope magazine. The Pushcart Prize is the premiere literary prize for poems and stories published each year by U.S. small presses.
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sports Management Department, attended and presented at AFIDE 2017, the 7th International Convention of Physical Activity and Sports, which was held from Nov. 20-24 in Havana, Cuba. The title of Jordan’s presentation was “Sport Management: The Business of Sports.”
John Suarez
John Suarez, Institute for Civic Engagement, received a $3,000 Performance Improvement Fund planning grant from SUNY’s Office of Applied Learning. The grant will fund a proposal to streamline and centralize applied learning data collection so that those data are easily accessible and useable for projects such as identifying trends, creating new campus/community partnerships, meeting student learning outcomes, and applying for grants and recognitions.
Rena Janke, Gregory D. Phelan, Kerri Freese and Dominick Fantacone
Rena Janke, Biological Sciences Department, Gregory D. Phelan and Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, and Dominick Fantacone M ’12 attended and presented a poster at the 7th Annual Noyce Scholarship Conference, Building Excellence in STEM Teaching, held May 23-25 in Washington, D.C. Carl Wieman, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, spoke at the conference, which celebrated 10 years of the Noyce Scholarship. The conference included representatives from nearly 350 Noyce Scholarship programs from throughout the U.S.