In Memoriam
Army Spec. Doron Chan, 20, of Highland, N.Y., died March 18 near Balad, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle was cut off by a civilian vehicle, casing his vehicle to swerve and flip over. Chan was an engineering major at SUNY New Paltz. Donations will be accepted for a scholarship fund in Chan's name for Highland High School students. There will also be a silent auction in which all proceeds will go towards the scholarship fund. Local businesses and restaurants have donated gift certificates, and local artists have donated their artwork to be auctioned. If anyone is interested in making a scholarship fund donation, contact Lindsay Pugnali via e-mail at pugnal55@newpaltz.edu. Presentations & ExhibitionsRimer Cardillo (Art) exhibited his bronzes in two group shows at Medialia Art Gallery in New York. The exhibition "Social Perspective" was held at the Gallery in February in the Rack and Hamper Gallery Space II. The show, "Metaphor in Nature," was open until March 27. Also, his large print "Goldsticks with Dogs and Frogs," photo-silkscreen and woodcut on canvas, was selected to be included in the international show as part of the International Printmaking Conference held at Rutgers University, March 17-21. PublicationsThe Language Immersion Institute recently received a positive review for its new book, "En Francais: Rapid Success in French for Beginners" (Marie-Paule Mahoney and Marc Bendali, McGraw-Hill, 2003) at www.reporterworld.com/reviewsenfrancais. The book/CD set is one of a series of three written by LII instructors and based on LII's successful weekend programs. Yaser Khalifa (Electrical and Computer Engineering ) presented and published the paper titled "Isomorphism Elimination to Enhance Design Centering of Analog Circuits Using Genetic Algorithms and the Regionalization Method," at the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems Dec. 14-17, 2003. Howard Good (Communication & Media) published "Losing It," an essay on the difficulty of educational reform, in the March 17 issue of Education Week, available online at www.educationweek.org. Awards, Honors, Appointments, and RecognitionRendesia Scott (EOP) was honored as a "Woman of Excellence" at the Akwantu Fashion Show in the Student Union Building on March 7. The other honorees were Margaret Wade-Lewis (Black Studies) and Eudora Chikwendu (Political Science). The event was sponsored by the African Student Union. Scott was also selected for inclusion into the eighth edition of the "Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004." The book is distributed on a complimentary basis to all state superintendents of public education and several hundred public libraries throughout the country.
Continuing and Professional Education recently received The James C. Hall Exemplary Program Award from the Continuing Education Association of New York (CEANY) for SUNY New Paltz's Collaborative Doctoral Program in Educational Administration with the University at Albany. This award recognizes innovative and effective credit-bearing programming throughout the State University of New York and the City University of New York. Kathy Kraus, dean, Continuing & Professional Education, coordinates the doctoral program with Robert Michael, dean, School of Education, Jan Hammond, chair, Department of Educational Administration, and SUNY Albany. It makes doctoral-level study available to elementary, secondary and tertiary educators in the Mid-Hudson Valley, offering courses on campus with SUNY New Paltz faculty or via distance learning, thereby minimizing student travel to Albany. CEANY is the Public Association for Continuing Higher Education in New York. John Langan (English) has been appointed to the advisory council of the Robert Penn Warren Circle, a national organization dedicated to promoting scholarship on the work of the United States' first poet laureate. Also, Langan's novella "Tutorial," published in the August 2003 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, has been included in Locus Magazine's "Recommended Reading of 2003" list. |
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MARCH 29, 2004
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