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New president calls Caz College
Contents ‘remarkable place that
impacts lives’
By Allison Pettitt
Cazenovia College’s president, David Bergh, loves hearing students stories and says it’s the favorite part of his job. Talking with students is both “rewarding and enjoyable,” and it reminds him “what a special place it [Cazenovia College] is.” Bergh became the college’s 30th president Jan. 15, following the retirement of former President Ron Chesbrough. The College Board of Trustees had Ron Chesbrough previously announced Bergh’s appointment as interim president. Chesbrough had been the college’s president since July 2016. The college announced his retirement Dec. 7 and said the board of trustees would “undertake the process for selecting a permanent president.” The announcement did not say why Chesbrough was retiring. Bergh became part of the Cazenovia College community in 2016 as vice president for planning and institutional effectiveness and was promoted to executive vice president in 2019. “We quickly recognized that in Dr. Bergh, we already had in place an experienced, proven leader and the right person
New president calls Caz College ‘remarkable place that impacts lives’ . . . . . . 1 New Faculty Spotlight: Jennifer Caruana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fashion industry designs new plans amid pandemic disruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Former OCC baseball players now batting for Wildcats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Club Spotlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Comic and Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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David Bergh
to head the College for these times,” Board of Trustees Chair Kenneth Gardiner said in a Feb. 28 statement to the college community. Bergh said he is impressed by how well students are handling the pandemic given the fact that this is not the college experience many had in mind. He finds students’ perseverance “real inspiration to see how well students have managed.” Bergh’s main goal as president is to strengthen the college not only presently, but in the future as well. He wants to share the story of the college and continue hearing and sharing the stories of students. He wants everyone to know that Cazenovia College is a “remarkable place that impacts lives.”
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Fashion industry Jennifer designs new plans amid New Faculty Spotlight
pandemic disruption Caruana By Mackenzie Mahony
By Michela Farella
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the fashion industry in Central New York, forcing clothing stores, customers and students to adapt. There has been a “delay in need for clothing,” since March 2020 due to the decreased focus on buying new clothes for work during the pandemic, according to Elise Thayer, visiting instructor in Cazenovia College’s Fashion Design and Business and Management programs. Video call meetings during school and business closures inspired “the work-from-home wardrobe” and “waist-up dressing.” People began wearing “big statement necklines and sleeves” and more “pajamas or athleisure,” she added. Clothing shops were not “classified as es sential” and “were closed longer than” other businesses, Thayer explained. Some essential stores even experienced business that has “never been better” during the pandemic, said Karen Steen, director of the college’s Fashion Design Program and a professor in fashion studies. Steen said that fashion companies’ survival during the pandemic depended on being “adaptable,” which having “diversified product lines” enabled. Thayer said that some stores were successful by “not only selling clothes.” For example, Syracuse’s Dreissig Company, which sold athletic team uniforms “lost all that business” because with the pandemic unexpectedly meant “people didn’t have a team,” Steen said. However, because the Dreissig Company also sold hospital textiles, they were “able to adjust, change and figure out a way to be successful,” she said. Bigger companies, like Walmart, Target and Best Buy,” were able to continue their
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people turned to DIY projects, such as sewing masks. Courtesy of Konner Nakashiki
In a change from the typical class project, fashion students remade unsold garments at the 66 Albany St. consignment store, The Key. Courtesy of Michela Farella
Cazenovia College prides itself on hiring highly qualified faculty members who are sure to enrich and strengthen the college community. A notable new hire, Jennifer Caruana, has joined the college as a visiting professor in the English Department. Caruana holds a bachelor of scienSketch by Michela Farella
success because they “sell a variety of merchandise from clothing to staple items and everything in between,” Thayer said. Stores reliant on overseas production were at greater risk from the pandemic because of the lack of accessibility to certain materials, Steen said. “If you’re a smaller retailer, it’s likely you’ll have more challenge sourcing your product, and more challenge in obtaining that inventory at the normal prices you are used to,” Thomas O’Connor, a senior director and research analyst for supply chains at Gartner Inc., told the Wall Street Journal in March 2020. Steen recalled that “all of sudden factories were closing down in China” right before spring break 2020. Companies like J. Crew, which are “highly dependent on Chinese import,” were likely to experience decreased inventory and lower earnings, according to The Wall Street Journal. Steen said that the shortage of materials resulted in a shortage of masks, an essential item during the pandemic. To adapt, many people she knew “were making their own masks.” Over time, “fabric stores ran out of sewing machines as people started buying [them]” as more people “did DIY,” “had more time” and created masks, she added. Cazenovia College’s fashion department also needed to adapt its lesson plans due to the challenges encountered through the pandemic, Steen said. In the past, the product development class “worked with local fashion companies to create lines,” but “last year couldn’t follow the regular curriculum to visit companies.” Instead, the students are remaking garments that the Cazenovia consignment store The Key did not sell. Students were selling their creations at their own line at the store, called “Look Again.” The industry is used to adapting to new conditions, Steen said: “Fashion is change.”
ce in creative writing and theater, and a master of science in secondary education with an English Language Arts concentration, both from SUNY Oswego. Having a host of experiences in education has provided a strong foundation to teach an array of subjects, Caruana said. Caruana has also worked in several other areas at the college, including serving as an academic tutor for the school’s Center for Teaching and Learning du ring the 2021 spring and fall semesters. Caruana also presented as part of the Great Minds/Great Ideas Lecture Series in fall 2021. Her Oct. 21 lecture, “The Improbable Made Possible: The Art and Advocacy of Rod Serling,” discussed the creator and host of “The Twilight Zone” TV show, a Central New York native who also championed social equality. Asked what drew her to Cazenovia College, Caruana cited the emphasis on individual student support. “I have never seen a school that has so many student support organizations,” Caruana said. The fact that students of multiple backgrounds can find success at Caz was another major highlight, she said.
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Former OCC baseball players
now batting for Wildcats By Michela Farella
Three Wildcats on the men’s baseball team transferred from Onondaga Community College to Cazenovia College this year, following Paul Ludden, who was hired as the college’s head baseball coach in fall 2020. One of the three, Brandon Reid said he knew he would transfer somewhere to pursue his bachelor’s degree, since Onondaga Community College is a two-year college. He wasn’t sure where he would transfer, then received a “call from the baseball coach here [asking] if I wanted to play, and since I knew him very well, I felt comfortable,” he said. He added, “Jarod was going too. I wanted to try it.” Tanner Olson is the third former OCC player now with the Wildcats. A fourth student, Jeremy Rosado, transferred to Cazenovia as well, but has left the college. Ludden had been OCC’s assistant coach for two seasons before joining the Cazenovia staff. Transfers said that they miss OCC’s baseball field, bleachers, press box, speakers and stadium. Cazenovia College has just a field. Jarod Gallegos said he also misses OCC’s head coach, Bob Piraino. The “jokes he would make to everyone, even if doing good he would make you laugh about something dumb that did nothing with baseball,” Gallegos said. Reid said he misses some things about OCC, such as his professors — especially his meteorology teacher. OCC also is closer to Syracuse, where he went to the mall, ice skating during winter, and the movie theater. Reid said his favorite aspect of the Cazenovia baseball team is “the differing personalities.” He explained that the places that they came from influence the diversity of personalities. Some of the places his current teammates came from include Australia, Long Island, Texas, Utica, Rome and Maryland. The different personalities “mesh really well” and allow the team to have “inside jokes, with different things to say,” Reid said. Gallegos said his favorite aspects are that his teammates are “hard working” and “the family feeling the team has right now.” Gallegos first got involved in a baseball team in sixth grade, on an allstar team in Germany on the military base where his parents worked. He “wanted to play on it because they had cool gear,” he said. “My mom made me keep going, to just give it a chance” when he was 5 years old,
Wildcats head baseball coach Paul Ludden hits the ball. Derek Young is at left. Courtesy of Joe DeGroot
Jarod Gallegos played on an all-star team in Germany on the military base where his parents worked. Courtesy of Joe DeGroot
he said. Gallegos said he struggled to find motivation once the pandemic hit because college sports were canceled and didn’t know when he would be able to return to the field. Gallegos said that his current motivation stems from his understanding that “others had to stop playing due to COVID-19.” When college sports were canceled, some players decided to quit or get a job, he said. Reid joined his first baseball team at 7, a little league team in his hometown, Oriskany. He didn’t really want to do it, but his dad pushed him into playing baseball as it was his favorite sport, Reid said. He “learned to love it since,” he said. Reid said that his spark to play “just needed the little nudge.” His father, mother, and sister are very supportive “in anything I have done and pushed me to play at the college level,” he said. Reid is motivated to continue playing because he knows he wants to and knows that “not everyone can play college baseball, because you need to get into a team and try out, not everyone gets on a college baseball team.” He wants to play as much as he can until he finds a real job because he has “the rest of my life to work but only so many years left to play baseball,” he said.
Three Cazenovia Co llege baseball players transferred from Onondaga Community College. They are, from left, Brandon Reid, Tanner Olson and Jarod Gallegos. The players are holding the shirt of a fourth former OCC player who has left Cazenovia College. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
Brandon Reid said he was comfortable transferring to Cazenovia College because he had a good relationship with the baseball coach, Paul Ludden. Courtesy of Joe DeGroot
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Club Spotlights ASL Club
ASL Club was created to educate and introduce people into the Deaf community and pair that with ASL. We invite people of all backgrounds and knowledge levels to network and make new friends. We are meeting Mondays at 8pm in the Morgan room as of right now. Could you put in my email as a resource for anyone who would like to know more or have any questions? - Cynthia Drummond
OverSeas Travel Club
Every year, the Over Seas Travel Club travels to a specific destination. This year the club is traveling to Germany , Italy and Switzerland. I have several Cazenovia College students going on this adventure. Next year, the club will be going to Portugal, Seville, Madrid and Barcelona. We always go in May after graduation. I will include the link if anyone is interested in signing up. Important to know that you do not need to be a student to participate in the trip. The Communication I have had boyfriends, girlfriends, aunts Studies and English Club ,uncles and parents go to these amazing places. If you want to see a part of the The Communication Studies and English Club is looking forward to some world that you have only seen in magazines, please sign up for a new and exfun plans for the end of the spring term! We invite the campus community citing adventure. It will cost $95.00 to to attend the Poetry Reading in the Zac sign up and then you can pay monthly Shack at 7:00 pm on April 13th. We are for the next year. It is all done through EF Tours. Here is the link to take you to also working on putting together treat bags for the children and grandchildren your dream vacation adventure. -Sheila Marsh of faculty and staff as a replacement for our Easter Egg Hunt. The Communication Studies program is excited for Cazenovia College Debate Society’s 21st Annual Great Debate on April 27th at 7 pm in the Catherine Cummings Theatre. -Heather Maloney-Stassen
Human Service Club
As a part of the Human Service Club, we find opportunities for community service and to help our community. We also promote equity, diversity and inclusive. We also take time to plan activities and for self-care. Some of the activities we have done are posters for Coleman A/B positive and affirmation post it notes. In the past we have helped make bunk beds and have done goat yoga. If you are interested in joining the club, you can e-mail Caley at mmwiltsie@cazenovia.edu or Brooke at baaldrich@cazenovia.edu! -Brooke Aldrich
pictures and comiic
Cazenovia College men’s baskeball player No. 20, senior Rashaun Hunter, goes in for the layup on Jan. 28. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
Riley Miner takes a shot on Feb. 8. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
Lucia Liverio, Riley Miner, MacKenzie Bennett, Fiona Hunt and Katie Collins celebrate at their Feb. 28 game. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
No. 24, senior Brandon Wick, takes a shot Feb. 1. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
A member of the swim team in action Dec. 3. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
Taylor Kutzuba (left) takes the dig while Emma Horsch (right) pursues the ball Oct. 29. Courtesy of Ryan Boyles
By Haley Shattuck