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Music Education major Dennis Bergevin invited to prestigious music summit
Dennis Bergevin with his 2012 WABASS class. Inset of Bergevin is above left. Dennis Bergevin, a senior, joined eight other double bassists from around the...
Maheady, Smith and Jabot share expertise with Dunkirk
Dr. Lawrence Maheady, Dr. Cynthia Smith, and Dr. Michael Jabot, all members of the SUNY Fredonia College of Education Evidence First team, worked with 16 City of Dunkirk School District teachers (K-12) to identify important outcomes and desired improvements (ex: student behavior; student engagement; time on task; etc.). The team then aligned these teacher needs with research supported practices. This week-long workshop series included demonstration of selected practices, guided practice in their use, and a commitment to ongoing feedback and support throughout the academic year regarding the acceptability of practice, accuracy with which selected practices are being implemented, and impact on pupil outcomes/improvements.
Bond Benton to be published in Argumentation and Advocacy
The fall edition of “Argumentation and Advocacy,” the flagship publication of the American Forensic Association, will feature an article written by Dr. Bond Benton, faculty member in the Department of Communication. His article, “Debate, Diversity, and Adult Learners: The Experiences of Foreign Nationals in the U.S. State Department," presents results of staff training that Dr. Benton conducted for the State Department.
Kathleen Gradel taught online workshops and courses, launched two new tech grant initiatives
Education Professor Kathleen Gradel recently concluded a busy summer of teaching off campus by collaboratively launching two newly-funded SUNY Provost office grants through the new IITG (Innovative Instruction Technology Grant) initiative. Dr. Gradel’s summer professional activities began in May, when she conducted three “people-packed” hands-on seminars at the SUNY Conference on Instruction & Technology at SUNY StonyBrook.
Gary Bice, Residence Life Director, receives award from national group
The Northeastern Association of College and University Housing Officers honored Gary Bice, director of Residence Life at SUNY Fredonia, with its Lifetime Service Award. Bice has served the association as the Chair of Risk Management and Legal Issues Committee, Eastern NY District Coordinator, President-elect, President, Past President (twice), Chair of the Constitution Review Task Force, and most recently as Chair of the Strategic Plan Task Force.
Employees participated in United Way's Day of Caring
A team of SUNY Fredonia employees from Administration, including Judy Langworthy, Jodi Rzepka, Cindy Haase, Sandy Noble, Laurie Ensign, Shannon Fisher, Diane Howard, Leah Betts and Michael Daley, volunteered for the United Way Community Week of Caring event at the Lake Shore Family Center, Irving, N.Y., on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Exhibiting an impressive set of “trade skills,” group members created a hanging xylophone (see photo) using 2-by-4s, cut and installed landscape ties around the play area, shifted and raked mulch to enhance the play area and constructed a free-standing drive-thru tricycle wash using PVC tubing.
Neil Feit anticipates publication of book he is editing on philosophical theories of oneself
Dr. Neil Feit, chair of the Philosophy Department, has completed most of the editing of Attitudes De Se: Linguistics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, an interdisciplinary collection of essays by linguists and philosophers. The book is forthcoming from Stanford University’s CSLI Publications. Also this summer, Feit completed a paper on the concept of harm in ethics.
Sierra Cuellar, theatre arts freshman, interned for Lucy Comedy Fest
Sierra Cuellar, a freshman Theater Arts major and 2012 graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School, was the production intern at the Lucy Desi Center in Jamestown, NY, over the summer. She helped produce and promote many of the events for the Lucy Comedy Fest, and was given the opportunity to meet many famous comedy stars such as Paula Poundstone and Gregg Oppenheimer, son of the main writer of I Love Lucy.
Jill Reese completed Smithsonian Folkways Certification course
Dr. Jill Reese, recipient of the “Professional Development Award,” and Assistant Professor of Music Education, participated in the Smithsonian Folkways Certification course in World Music Pedagogy at the University of Washington. She sampled audio, video, print, electronic, and human resources in the 40-hour intensive course, which was aimed at developing an understanding of ways to teach musics of the world's culture.
Junior music ed major, Nicki Peets, taught at orphanage in Guatemala
Junior Nicki Peets, above center, lived in Fraijanes, Guatemala, for two months this summer, where she taught music as therapy to needy children. She is majoring in music education major and minoring in Spanish at SUNY Fredonia. In the middle of this third world, poverty-stricken, crime-ridden country, she became the music teacher at the orphanage, “Casa Bernabé,” where the Guatemalan government sends the most abused, neglected or abandoned children.