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news & notes
New Initiatives
DEVELOPMENT & Awards
Faculty and Alumni Books, Plays and Recordings
SUNY System recognizes Potsdam’s Leadership Programming
Benjamin C. Pykles, assistant professor of Archaeology, recently published Excavating Nauvoo: The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America with the University of Nebraska Press. Rob Badger, professor and chair of the geology department recently published a book of photography entitled Fading Memories from a Vermont Hillside capturing memories of the Badger family’s old homestead in Vermont. Phil Henry of the Phil Henry Band just released “Robots and Romance.” John Geggie and Guests released “Across the Sky” featuring the Geggie Trio. It is available from Plunge Records. Inside the Blue Line: Essays on Adirondack Environments, published by Potsdam College Press, concentrates on environmental issues in the Adirondack Park from the 19th century to the present. This is the latest book-length volume of essays to be produced by the editors of Blueline, SUNY Potsdam’s nationally distributed literary journal, which has honored the spirit of the Adirondacks in words and images since 1978. The book, which includes a series of 11 essays written by local experts in a variety of disciplines as well as prints of Adirondack art, was edited and produced by SUNY Potsdam faculty. St. Lawrence University professors also contributed work to the volume. Gordon Mathie, professor emeritus, just published The Trumpet Teacher’s Guide – 3rd Edition: A Bibliography of Selected and Graded Etudes and Duets from Manduca Music Publications. This reference methodically lists more than 180 étude and 40 method books for progressive study for teachers, professional performers and advanced students alike.
The Office of University Life and Enrollment Management at SUNY System Administration and the Council of Chief Student Affairs Officers awarded SUNY Potsdam’s Emerging Leaders Program with Fifth Annual Outstanding Student Affairs Program Awards. Emerging Leaders Program was recognized for having a positive impact on students in leadership development. DEVELOPMENT & Awards
SUNY Potsdam Wins Awards for its Publications, Web Site Once again SUNY Potsdam has been recognized for excellence in design in its admissions materials and Web site by a national publication. The College recently received four awards in the 25th annual Educational Advertising Awards, sponsored by the Higher Education Marketing Report, taking home two gold awards for admissions materials and a merit award for its overall admissions recruitment package and the SUNY Potsdam Web site design. Publications also took home three awards at the SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) awards for excellence in June. Potsdam won two best of category awards for the Orientation Guide and Graduate Viewbook and one judges’ citation for the Annual Report.
New Initiatives
Caution: Turtle Crossing Yellow caution signs reappeared this summer around the North Country in an attempt to warn drivers that turtles might be in the road as they head to nesting sites. “Their biggest enemy is the car,” according to Professor and Chair of Biology Glenn Johnson, who is working to keep turtles from becoming roadkill. A small group of SUNY Potsdam students monitored how many animals, of all species, are killed and vehicle speed near the diamond signs.They drove by the signs every day, walked along the roads twice a week and periodically used radar guns to monitor vehicle speed.The signs help spread awareness of all the area’s turtle species, but especially the Blanding’s turtle, which is a threatened species in New York.
DEVELOPMENT & Awards
Opera Ensemble Takes First Place Crane’s Opera Ensemble tied for first place at the 2009 National Opera Association’s annual Collegiate Opera Production Competition for a video of its performance of Franceso Cavalli’s “L’Egisto,”
directed by Professor of Music Dr. Carleen Graham and conducted by Associate Professor and Chair of Music Performance Dr. Kirk Severtson.
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