Award Recipients
Convocation Year 2006-2007

FALL SEMESTER

• "Build a Safer, More Compassionate World Forum – Five Years Later, a Moment to Reflect on the Consequences of the September 11, 2001 Attacks in the United States"

Coordinated by Ivani Vassoler, Department of Political Science.  Event date: Monday, September 11, 2006 in the Williams Center, starting at 10 a.m.  10:00 – 11:30 a.m.: Town-hall style discussion with a diverse panel that will include faculty members with expertise in international politics and national security.  The discussion will open with a presentation of the documentary, "In Their Own Voices”, a 12-minute film profiling some of the families who responded to their loss on September 11 by reaching out internationally.  12:00 – 2:00 p.m.:  Luncheon with Kristin Steuerle Swanson as a keynote speaker.  Dr. Steuerle Swanson is a pediatrician in South Carolina. On September 11, 2001, she lost her mother, Norma Steuerle, who was on Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon. Determined to generate good in the world out of the tragedy, Dr. Steuerle Swanson, together with other individuals who lost relatives in the terrorist acts, formed Our Voices Together – a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages international projects, and promotes understanding to respond to terrorism towards a safer and more compassionate future.  2:00 – 4:00 p.m.:  International Fair showcasing study abroad opportunities in the developing world organized by the Office of International Education and Study Abroad Programs.  The town-hall discussion and the International Fair are free and open to the campus community.  The luncheon and keynote speaker is open to the campus community and participants are responsible for the lunch cost.  For more information contact Ivani Vassoler.

• "The Paperless University: Myth or Reality?"

Coordinated by Dawn Eckenrode, Kerrie Fergen Wilkes, and Darryl Coleman, Reed Library. Event date: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 7:00 in McEwen G26. This panel discussion will focus on the effect changing technologies are having on the traditional landscape of higher education. The panel will be asked to reflect on how academic research and publishing is being revolutionized by innovative projects such as open access academic publications, E-books, and Google’s library project, which aims to digitize books from some of our country’s most prestigious research libraries. The panel will feature talented members of our campus community and the larger SUNY community, including: Educational Technologist, Janet Mayer; Professor Michael Jabot from the College of Education; Distinguished Teaching Professor Ted Steinberg; and former president of State University of New York’s Library Association, Bill Drew. Professor Joseph Chilberg, Department of Communication, will moderate the panel discussion. In conjunction with the panel discussion, Reed Library will be launching a pilot project that will provide students and faculty with the opportunity to checkout E-books and E-Book readers from the library’s collection. The event is free and open to the campus community.  For more information contact Dawn Eckenrode.

SPRING SEMESTER

• "Convocation Proposal - Dr. Tamar Jacobson"

Coordinated by Mira Tetkowski Berkley, Coordinator Early Childhood Education.  Event date: Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 7:00 p.m., location to be determined.  Dr. Tamar Jacobson will be invited as a campus-wide keynote presenter and to be part of a panel discussion.  Dr. Jacobson is an Early Childhood educator with a rich and varied background who has spent over 25 years teaching and caring for young children, their families, and the adults who care for them.  She is the author of, "Confronting our Discomfort" published by Heinemann.  Currently she coordinates the Early Childhood program at Rider University, New Jersey.  Dr. Jacobson will speak to the ways that society can meet the challenge and responsibility to today's young children for their positive and productive future.  The event is free and the public is invited to attend.  For more information contact Mira Tetkowski Berkley.