03/30/2009
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.
Students will be acknowledged for a variety of achievements, including a top five percent ranking in their respective classes and for receiving College-wide and departmental awards and scholarships. The Donald Parish Brooks Scholarship Award will be presented to the residence hall having the highest cumulative grade point average.
Barry Batzing, professor of biological sciences, will carry the mace during the procession. Carrying the ceremonial gonfalons will be Kathleen (Kath) Howarth, professor of physical education; Elizabeth (Beth) Klein, associate professor of childhood/early childhood education; Distinguished Service Professor Craig Little, a professor of sociology/anthropology; and Sharon Steadman, associate professor of sociology/anthropology and coordinator of international studies. Marshals will be David Barclay, associate professor of geology; Peter Han, assistant professor of sport management; Susan Rayl, associate professor of kinesiology; and Susan Stratton, assistant professor of childhood/early childhood education.
Readers for the ceremony are Kathleen Lawrence, associate professor of communication studies; and Arnold Talentino, professor emeritus of English and coordinator of the College's Honors Program.
Hendrick, who has served the College for 25 years, will give an address titled "On the Path to Expertise."
"My speech will explore how it is that some students can develop high levels of performance while others cannot," Hendrick said. "And I'll discuss what techniques experts use to develop their superior performance."
As coordinator of the College's Exercise Science Unit, she directs the Motor Behavior Lab, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses within the exercise science area, serves as statistical consultant for all master's theses projects and many of the undergraduate research projects, advises more than 40 students each semester, conducts research and serves as a research mentor for undergraduate students.
A native of New Jersey, Hendrick graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and a minor in mathematics. She earned a Master of Science in Physical Education with an emphasis on research from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. Hendrick also received a Ph.D. in human performance from Indiana University. Her studies there focused on motor learning/control and she completed a minor in educational inquiry methodology.
In 1984, Hendrick joined SUNY Cortland's Physical Education Department as an instructor in biomechanics, measurement and evaluation, anatomical basis and activities. The area of study became its own department, Exercise Science and Sport Studies, now known as the Kinesiology Department. Hendrick was promoted several times and became a professor in 1999. She served as interim chair of the Kinesiology Department in both Spring 2002 and Spring 2004.
She is the author of many published journal articles, book chapters and conference abstracts in her field and is a frequent presenter in her academic specialty.
A reviewer for the journal Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport since 2007, Hendrick has also reviewed for other publications in her field.
A member of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance since 1979, she is also active in the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, and the New York State Association of Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD).
She currently serves on the College's General Education Committee, the Quantitative Skills Committee, the Faculty Senate, the Workplace Violence Advisory Team, the School Personnel Committee, the Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) and the Undergraduate Research Council.
She has chaired the School of Professional Studies Curriculum Committee, the All-College Assessment Committee, and has co-chaired the Honors Convocation Committee and the College's Long Range Action Planning Committee for Assessment. As faculty chair of the Middle States Reaccreditation Steering Committee from 1999-2002, she orchestrated the campus-wide self-study for Middle States reaccreditation along with the executive assistant to the president. Hendrick chaired the State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) Committee SUNY Cortland Campaign in 2000 and was president of the Auxiliary Services Corporation (ASC) Executive Board from 1996-98.
Inducted into the national interdisciplinary honor society Phi Kappa Phi in 1978, she served as president of the Cortland Chapter in 1988-1989. In 1990, Hendrick was also named an honorary member to the Cortland chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national freshmen scholastic honor society.
Since 2007, she has served as an assessment consultant with the SUNY Youth Sports Institute. As a member of SUNY's GEAR Assessment Review Group since 2005, she has been involved with helping SUNY campuses determine whether they meet their general educational requirements.
Since 1988, she has served as the Southern Tier area chairperson and has led successful fundraising efforts for the Association of Women in Physical Education in New York State (AWPENYS) Dorothea Deitz Memorial Scholarship, a statewide award involving close collaboration between high school guidance offices and college representatives.
Since 2001, she has helped the Cortland YWCA organize its Girls' Day Out, geared to promote self-confidence in middle school-aged girls through educational and recreational activities. The annual event attracts nearly 200 teenagers to interact with approximately 50 area professionals and college students.
A member of the Cortland Country Club Ladies Golf Association Board from 1998-2006, she chaired the organization in 2005.
The Honors Convocation Committee is co-chaired by Joy Mosher, interim director of graduate studies; and Susan Wilson, associate professor of recreation, parks and leisure studies.
Committee members include Nancy Aumann, associate provost for academic affairs; Darci Bacigalupi, special events coordinator; Philip Buckenmeyer, associate professor and chair of kinesiology; Robert Buckley, instructional support associate in Classroom Media Services; Douglas DeRancy '75, executive director of alumni affairs; Mark Dodds, assistant professor in sport management; Janet Duncan, associate professor of foundations and social advocacy; Mary Gfeller, assistant professor of mathematics; Amber Ingalls, student representative; R. Lawrence Klotz, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and professor of biological sciences; Kimberly Kraebel, associate professor of psychology; Virginia B. Levine, executive assistant to the president; Charlotte Plunkett, supervising janitor of physical plant; Kevin Pristash '85, M.A. '91, associate director of Corey Union; Tracy Rammacher, director of publications and electronic media; David Smukler, assistant professor of foundations and social advocacy; Judith VanBuskirk, associate professor of history; Stephen Wilson, professor of performing arts; and Christopher Xenakis, lecturer in political science.
For more information, contact Darci Bacigalupi at (607) 753-5453 or darci.bacigalupi@cortland.edu.