Mark Dodds
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, delivered two presentations at the 2014 North American Society for Sport Management Conference (NASSM), held May 27-31 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The talks were titled, “Review of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its Impact on The Olympic Games” and “The Unpaid Intern: Do They Have Any Legal Rights?”
Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, was quoted in the June 2020 Sports Illustrated cover story on Minor League Baseball titled “Minor League Baseball in Crisis.”
David Kilpatrick
David Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, had his book Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (Wiley, 2015) cited multiple times by the Utah Department of Education in their recently released document on dyslexia.
Caroline Kaltefleiter
Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies Department, has been appointed to the board of trustees of WSKG Public Media, headquartered in Vestal, N.Y. WSKG is part of the National Public Radio Network and PBS system and operates four radio stations and two television stations, providing news, entertainment, educational programming, and classical music. Kaltefleiter will bring her expertise in digital media and public broadcasting to the development team to advise on crisis campaign creation amid the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and funding cuts to NPR.
Christina Knopf
Christina Knopf, Communication and Media Studies Department, delivered the opening presentation in the 2023 Schering-Plough Executive Lecture Series at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Jan. 31. Her talk was titled “Comics, Covidity, and Visualizing the Invisible.”
Peter M. McGinnis
Peter M. McGinnis, Kinesiology Department, was inducted into the third class of the Swarthmore College Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 31. A multi-sport athlete at the college, McGinnis, who graduated in 1976, excelled as a pole vaulter on Swarthmore’s outdoor track and field team. He became Swarthmore’s first track and field All-American by placing fifth at the 1975 NCAA Championships. At the Penn Relays in 1976, McGinnis set the still-existing college outdoor pole vault record of 15 feet. Now a leading expert in the field, McGinnis has been an adviser to USA Track & Field for more than 30 years, providing scientific services to elite U.S. pole vaulters and their coaches to prepare them for the Olympic Games, IAAF World Championships and other competitions. As pole vault coach at SUNY Cortland, McGinnis has mentored two NCAA pole vault champions.
Tadayuki Suzuki
Tadayuki Suzuki, Literacy Department, presented “Art of Pleasure: Reviving the Joy of Reading” at the Kentucky Reading Association Annual Conference on Nov. 17 in Louisville.
John Suarez
John Suarez, Coordinator of the Office of Service-Learning, learned that his chapter, “Promoting Civic Engagement in a Required General Education Course,” has been accepted for publication in Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines in the Twenty-First Century, published by the American Political Science Association. Suarez’s chapter is in the section that provides guidelines for developing students’ commitment to civic engagement through a required general education course. In this case, that course is Writing Studies in the Community II (CPN 102), which is part of the Learning In Deed learning community. Guidelines included focusing on skills of relationship-building, and on “academic agility,” the instructor’s ability to take advantage of “teachable moments” by replacing planned lessons with others that help students connect service-learning experiences with learning objectives.
Also, Suarez presented “Developing Value in Civic Engagement” as part of a panel in the “Why Engage? The Value of Civic Learning in Higher Education” event held March 1 at SUNY Plattsburg. His message promoted three principles of civic engagement: Build Relationships, Be There, and Act. Benefits to students included the realization that they can improve society through short-term and through long-term activities. Communities benefit by enjoying greater capacity. Institutions benefit by being able to show that they provide students with strengthened professional, civic, and personal skills.
On March 16, Suarez served as a panelist in a session titled, “The Civic Action Plan: So, How’s That Going on Your Campus?” which was part of the Eastern Regional Campus Compact’s Moving Us Forward: Equity Through Community Engagement Conference in New York City. SUNY Cortland’s Civic Action Plan, which is a Campus Compact-promoted recommitment to developing students’ civic engagement, is based on the idea that our dedication to civic engagement, and our work for SUNY Cortland’s financial health, enjoy a symbiotic relationship.
Alexis Blavos
Alexis Blavos, Health Department, was awarded the Warren E. Schaller Presidential Citation for Service to the field of Health Sciences from the national health education honorary, Eta Sigma Gamma. She serves as Eta Sigma Gamma’s national director of advocacy chair.
Steven Canals
Steven Canals, residence hall director for Shea Hall, participated in the Association of College and Personnel Administrators (ACPA) Conference held March 26-30 in Baltimore, Md. Canals serves as the Director of Convention Programs for the Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Awareness. He is responsible for planning and implementing several annual programs including: all identity based socials and Our Agenda-Educate, Advocate, Eliminate HIV/AIDS.