Campus News

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will hold an economic development roundtable at Main Street SUNY Cortland, 9 Main St., on Tuesday, April 7, at 8:30 a.m. Sen. Gillibrand will meet with local business and community leaders to discuss the latest economic development efforts in the region and how Senator Gillibrand can assist and promote local growth.

Even school principals and superintendents must go back to school sometimes. With that in mind, SUNY Cortland is launching a new program to help those educational administrators gain five years of New York state-mandated continuing education credits after they have earned their Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Leadership (CAS).

SUNY Cortland's Seven Valleys Writing Project (SVWP) is seeking applications for its 2009 Summer Institute, a professional development seminar for kindergarten through 12th grade teachers from across the region in all fields of study. Applications are due Monday, April 20. Two application-writing workshops will be held on Wednesday, April 8, to provide information about the application process.

SUNY Cortland Professor of History Sanford Gutman will deliver the College's Phi Kappa Phi lecture on the subject of Jewish-Arab relations on Monday, April 6. Titled "Opposing Loyalties?: A Progressive, Jewish Historian Confronts the Arab-Israeli Conflict," the talk begins at 4:15 p.m. in Old Main on the third floor mezzanine. The lecture is free and open to the public.

SUNY Cortland's chapter of Phi Beta Delta (PBD), the international honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education, recently was named the outstanding chapter in the northeast region. The three-year-old chapter will be presented with a plaque during an award ceremony during the PBD's national conference from April 2-3 in Miami, Fla.

SUNY Cortland Academic Tutor Rickie McClure, who has composted for more than 20 years, will address the recycling of waste food and its impact on the environment on Wednesday, April 15, at the College. McClure, who works for the Academic Support and Achievement Program, will begin her presentation, "One Way to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in One Easy Step," at 7 p.m. in the Corey Union Exhibition Lounge.

Gallery talks by two multimedia artists and a panel discussion by five artists from the "Erasing Borders" exhibition will be highlighted throughout April at the Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland. The three events are free and open to the public.

Joy L. Hendrick, a SUNY Cortland professor of kinesiology, will deliver the keynote address at the institution's annual Honors Convocation on Saturday, April 18. Approximately 400 students will be recognized for their academic accomplishments at the event, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Park Center Alumni Arena. An academic procession of SUNY Cortland faculty will open the Honors Convocation. A reception for the honorees and guests will follow in the same location

The 27th Annual Admissions Open House, a one-day program allowing accepted freshmen, transfer applicants, and prospective students to better acquaint themselves with SUNY Cortland, is expected to attract 2,000 visitors to campus on Saturday, April 4.

Colleen Coffey, a program manager for the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign who overcame her own struggles with a mental disorder, will discuss mental health awareness on Monday, April 6, at SUNY Cortland. Titled "Out of the Shadows: Talking Honestly About Mental Health," Coffey's talk will take place at 8 p.m. in Old Main Brown Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.