Summer 2005
CAMPUS NOTES
Kudos
• SUNY Geneseo’s student newspaper, The Lamron, has earned a First Place Award from the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA). The paper competed against hundreds of other college and university publications for recognition, and all papers were judged on categories including content coverage, page design, art, advertising and illustrations, editing, and creativity. Out of a possible 1000 points, The Lamron generated 875 points. “Your newspaper is a window into your school, for everyone to view,” said one ASPA judge. “By attempting to follow professional guidelines, you have opened this window and succeeded in showcasing the best your students have to offer. Congratulations on a job well done!” Other colleges earning first place in the category “Colleges/Universities with Enrollment 2,500+” were Duquesne University’s Duquesne Duke, Gannon University’s Gannon Knight, Loyola University of New Orleans’ Maroon and Shippensburg University’s Slate. Michael Chin ’05 served as editor in chief of The Lamron for the 2004-2005 academic year. Sarah Grace Frisch, assistant vice president for communications, has served as the paper’s advisor since 1997.
• SUNY Geneseo’s Duke Sells Memorial Scholarship Fund has earned recognition by the statewide organization SUNY/CUAD (State University of New York Council for University Affairs and Development). Judges for the 2005 SUNY/CUAD Awards for Excellence in Development selected the program for the Judges Citation Award in the organization’s Comprehensive Colleges category. According to Associate Vice President for College Advancement Roxanne Johnston, the Duke Sells Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to honor the memory of one of Geneseo’s most outstanding faculty and provide annual assistance to an outstanding physics major. Due to the success of a recent fund-raising appeal, The Dr. Robert “Duke” Sells Memorial Scholarship has been officially designated as an endowment at SUNY Geneseo and will fund an annual physics scholarship in his name, in perpetuity. Additional information on this special fund can be found at http://foundation.geneseo.edu/Sellsscholarship.html. A noted teacher, scholar and textbook writer, Sells was considered the “father” of the Geneseo physics program. He was recruited to Geneseo in 1963 after teaching at Rutgers University; he retired from the College in 1987. The first faculty member to be named a Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY Geneseo, Sells passed away on May 30, 2000, at the age of 74.
• Distinguished Service Professor Richard Young (geological sciences) presented his research into the late Tertiary-Quaternary uplift constraints for the southwestern Colorado Plateau at the 57th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America. The meeting was held May 23-25 at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo.
• Director of College Libraries Ed Rivenburgh was one of three panelists who participated in a national satellite teleconference titled “The Library as Place: Where People Want To Be” on March 18. The satellite conference was sponsored by the College of DuPage and hosted by renowned library consultant Dick Dougherty of Dougherty & Associations. The teleconference was shown at approximately 1,500 sites to an estimated 7,500-10,000 viewers.
• Newly appointed University Police Officer Terrance Lang was recognized as the captain of his recruit class and a class honor graduate upon his completion of the New York State Municipal Training Council Basic Police Academy on Feb. 25. At the conclusion of the training, “Captain” Lang was presented with the highest class overall “Academic Achievement Award” and “Physical Fitness Achievement Award.”
• Eight bicyclers from SUNY Geneseo participated in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure on June 12, and raised more than $1,700 for the cause. The team — the SUNY Geneseo Biocyclers — comprises the following members: Nick Arpaia (biochemistry student); Edward Beary (instructional support specialist, biology); Isidro Bosch (associate professor, biology); George Briggs (associate professor, biology); Sean Gordon (technical support professional, biology); Gregg Hartvigsen (assistant professor, biology); Harold Hoops (professor, biology); Jani Lewis (assistant professor, biology); Yvonne Mehlenbacher (secretary, biology, and Tour de Cure Team Captain 2005); Tom Reho (instructional support specialist, biology); and Chris Rubeck (biology alumnus, and local chiropractor). Tour de Cure is a series of cycling events held in more than 80 cities nationwide to benefit the American Diabetes Association. Since Tour de Cure’s beginning in 1991, thousands of individual riders and teams have participated to support the Association’s mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. The Geneseo team welcomes any student, faculty or staff member who enjoys cycling to join them anytime. For more information, contact Mehlenbacher at yvonnem@geneseo.edu or 245-5301.