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ANNUAL
TH
ORANGE CARPET
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
SHOWCASE
Friday, October 17, 2014
Champlin Hall, Upper Lounge
www.cobleskill.edu
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
TO THE
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO THE
2014 ORANGE CARPET
ORANGE CARPET COMMITTEE
Welcome to SUNY Cobleskill’s sixth annual
Orange Carpet event showcasing faculty
and staff professional achievements and
extraordinary endeavors. The exhibit provides
an opportunity for the SUNY Cobleskill
greater community to celebrate, recognize, and
promote faculty and staff accomplishments
across a wide range of pursuits. The fine
work highlighted in this celebration is a
testament to the hard work, dedication,
and discipline that create a vibrant living
and learning environment for our students.
With an unwavering commitment to the
success of students, the faculty and staff do
extraordinary work every day, often quietly
and unnoticed. Please join in this occasion to
take notice and honor the people who make
SUNY Cobleskill a great college.
AMY HEALY, CHAIR
EVELYN DAVIES
ANGELIKA HOEHER
TAMERA LODER
JENNIFER SCHORF
DOROTHY WILCOX
ADDITIONAL THANKS
MOHAMED SAEED-BALIGH
BEVERLY ROMAIN
MICKIE SHANNON
WINNIE STEDGE
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Honorees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2-5
National, Multi-State, Regional, and State Awards . . 6
Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 8
Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 9
Posters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - 10
Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Scholarly Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Leadership in National and State
Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Community Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Points of Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 15
Student Affairs Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rock Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Food & Beverages at your leisure.
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HONOREES
July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014
Brandon Aldous
Residence Hall Director
Jeffrey Anderson
Dean, School of Business, Liberal Arts & Sciences
Barbara Brabetz
Associate Professor
Susan Brodie
Secretary 1
Keith Buerker
Associate Professor
Adnan Buxamusa
Assistant Professor
Caitlyn Carroll
Residence Hall Director
Carol Cassidy
Lecturer
Carolyn Chevalier
Associate Teacher, Cobleskill Campus Child Care Center
Leigh Ann Christain
Assistant Professor
Jo Anne Cloughly
Associate Professor & Chair
Mary Conner
Associate Director of Residential Life
Amy Corbett
Professor
Mark Cornwell
Associate Professor
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Nicole Damiano
Director of Aquatics & Intercollegiate Swim Team Coach
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James Dutcher
Chief Information Officer
Alex Ellram
Professor
S. Scott Ferguson
Assistant Professor
Marsha Foster
Title III Grant Activity Director
John Foster
Professor & Chair
Paul Gemmiti
Professor
Benjamin German
Instructional Support Assistant
Erik Hage
Associate Professor
Stephanie Hellijas
Associate Teacher, Cobleskill Campus Child Care Center
Angelika Hoeher
Professor
Susan Jagendorf- Sobierajski
Executive Director of International Education
Zhongchun Jiang
Professor
Kathy Johnson
Associate Professor
Melissa Jones
Lead Teacher, Cobleskill Campus Child Care Center
Michael Jorgensen
Instructional Support Associate
Brian Kaiser
Director of Center for Community Engagement
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William Kelly
Assistant Director of Residential Life
Brent Lehman
Hatchery Manager
Margaret Liberti
Adjunct Instructor
Tamera Loder
Secretary 2
Michael Losito
Professor
Timothy Marten
Assistant Professor
Joseph McCarthy
Assistant Director of Athletics for External Affairs
Linda McMaster-Schuyler
Professor
Charles Moran
Professor & Chair
Salvador Rivera
Professor
Anne Rogan
Professor
Robert Rynk
Associate Professor
Jennifer Schorf
Graphic & Visual Communications Designer
Christy Scott
Lead Teacher, Cobleskill Campus Child Care Center
Victor Sensenig
Director of Institutional Research
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Brian Smith
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
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Jiang Tan
Director of Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
Nicholas Testa
Assistant Professor
David Thompson
Professor
Christina Trees
Associate Professor & Chair
Soundarapandian Vijayakumar
Assistant Professor
Michael Wacksman
Assistant Director of Student Life
Raymond Whelihan
Associate Professor
Travis Whitmore
Retail Manager, Cobleskill Auxiliary Services
Dorothy Wilcox
Career Counselor/Assessment Coordinator
Bruce Wright
Professor
Admissions
Beard Wellness Center
Cobleskill Auxiliary Services (CAS)
Dairy Herd Staff
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
Facilities Management
Paramedic Program
Student Life Center
Student Success Center
University Police Department
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NATIONAL, MULTI-STATE, REGIONAL, AND STATE AWARDS
Keith Buerker
American Culinary Federation
Northeast Region Chef Educator of the Year
Nicole Damiano
Shared North Eastern Athletic Conference
Coach of the Year for Swimming
Angelika Hoeher
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael Jorgensen
North Eastern Athletic Conference
Coach of the Year for Softball
Tamera Loder
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
in Classified Service
Joseph McCarthy
North Eastern Athletic Conference
Coach of the Year for Golf
Jiang Tan
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
in Professional Service
Facilities Management
Engineering Excellence Diamond Award
SUNY Comprehensive Site Utility Assessment
SUNY Cobleskill
Association for Promotion of Campus Activities
National Service Engagement Award
SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Herd Staff
Gold Star Certificate for Outstanding High Quality Milk
Dairylea Cooperative, Inc.
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BOOKS
Erik Hage
The Melville-Hawthorne Connection: A Study of
Literary Friendships (McFarland Press)
November 2013
Salvador Rivera
Latin American Unification (McFarland Press)
January 2014
ARTICLES
Jeffrey Anderson
New Directions for Community Colleges article,
“Why Community College Students Need Great Books”, an
expanded version of an earlier essay published in The Chronicle
of Higher Education On-line Journal Vol 2013, pp 4-50, December 2013
Leigh Ann Christain
Three Poems, Ryga: A Journal of Provocations
“Magnetic Fields on the Road to Damascus, A May to December Marriage”
“The CD Documenting Everything that I’m Saying that Mr. X Gave
to Me Was Confiscated by the Police Upon My Arrest and Sent
Directly to the Ethics Department”
“Al Supercomputer as Black Magic Megoritual Amplifier:
Sir Paul McCartney’s God-Given Right”
Summer 2014
Alex Ellram
“IPM for Turfgrass Disease Management - What Works?”
Online in the New York State Turfgrass Association Newsletter
November 2013
S. Scott Ferguson and co-author John S. Kiernan
“Best and Worst Cities to Work for a Small Business”
www.wallethub.com
May 2014
Timothy Marten
“Back to School: Agricultural Programs Are a Rich
Source for Cultivating Tomorrows Snow Leaders”
Snow Business Magazine
December 2013
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Victor Sensenig
“Building Afterschool Islands of Expertise”
The Other 17 Hours: Valuing Out-of-School Time, Bank Street
November 2013
Review of the book Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance
International Review of Education, Vol 59, Issue 5, Pages 659-62
October 2013
Review of the book The Politics of Public Politicy
Policy Futures in Education Vol 12, Issue 5
June 2013
Soundarapandian Vijayakumar and co-authors
S. Dang, M. Marinkovich, Z. Lazarova, B. Yoder, V. Torres, D. Wallace
“Aberrant expression of laminin-332 promotes cell
proliferation and cyst growth in ARPKD”
American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology, Vol 306, Issue 6
March 2014
PRESENTATIONS
Carol Cassidy
Art Exhibit, Grosvenor Art Gallery, SUNY Cobleskill
Art Exhibit “Ghost Crab”
Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado
Carolyn Chevalier, Stephanie Hellijas, Melissa Jones, Christy Scott
“Incorporating the Reggio Emilia Approach”, SUNY Child Care Conference
Albany Hilton, Albany, NY
Susan Jagendorf-Sobierajski
“Curriculum Articulation for Jointly Run Programs in Technology”
China Annual Conference for International Education
William Kelly
“Wicked Roommates” Resident Assistant Conference
SUNY Stony Brook, NY
Linda McMaster-Schuyler and Margaret Liberti
CSI Workshop for Young Women Throughout Schoharie County
Cobleskill, NY
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Anne Rogan
“One Potato, Two Potato: Introduce sensory science to
culinary student with a potato lab,” CAFE Leadership Conference,
Center for the Advancement of Food Service Education
Salt Lake City, UT
Victor Sensenig
“Making Casual Inferences in Institutional Research”
Association of Institutional Research and Planning Officers
Binghamton, NY
Soundarapandian Vijayakumar
Invited Participant “The Future of Polycystic Kidney Disease Research”
Jared J. Grantham Symposium, Kidney Institute at the
University of Kansas Medical Center
Michael Wacksman
“Late Night on a Dime Round”, Association for Promotion
of Campus Activities, Syracuse, NY
“Late Night Roundtable”, Association for Promotion
of Campus Activities, Atlanta, GA
POSTERS
Barbara Brabetz, Mark Cornwell and Benjamin German
“Fish Community Changes in the Schoharie Creek Tributaries
Mohawk Valley, NY Following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee”
Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Schenectady, NY
Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Saratoga Springs, NY
“Fish Community Changes in the Schoharie Creek Tributaries
Mohawk Valley, NY Following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee”
Undergraduate Research Conference, Albany, NY
Amy Corbett and Angelika Hoeher
“Methods of Homework Delivery in General Pyschology, Which Ones”
Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA
John Foster
“Habitat Utilization and Movements of Rainbow Trout in First Order
Streams”, International Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
Quebec, Canada
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John Foster and Brent Lehman
“Is the Electric Trawl the Best Technique for Sampling Lotic Fish Fuana”
Annual Meeting of the New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Geneva, NY
“The Natural Diet of Young-of-the-Year Paddlefish, Polyodn
Spathula Reared in Extensive Pond Culture in New York State”
World Aquaculture Society’s Aquaculture American 2014 Conference,
Seattle, WA
“High Tunnel Greenhouses: An Effective Approach to Seasonal
Aquaculture Production in North Temperate Climates”
World Aquaculture Society’s Aquaculture American 2014 Conference,
Seattle, WA
The Natural Diet of Young-of-the-Year Paddlefish, Polyodn
Spathula Reared in Extensive Pond Culture in New York State”
Undergraduate Research Conference, Albany, NY
“The Restoration of the Gild Darter to New York’s Allegheny River Watershed”
International Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
Quebec, Canada
“Food and Growth of the Young-of-the-Year Paddlefish in New York State
Ponds.” International Meeting of the American Fisheries Society
Quebec, Canada
Marsha Foster, Anne Rogan, David Thompson and Christina Trees
“Building Shared Responsibility in Faculty-Centered Academic Advisement”
National Academic Advising Association
Salt Lake City, UT
Dorothy Wilcox
“Assessment of an Internship Program”, WEAVE Conference
(Data collected by Jason Evans and Lisa Lopez)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, VA
GRANTS
James Dutcher
Awarded for SUNY Cobleskill $60,000 for WAVE-ExSEL
SUNY Innovative Instructional Technology Grant
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Robert Rynk
Awarded $1,000 for SUNY Cobleskill Vermicomposting Project
New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
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SCHOLARLY RESEARCH
John Foster
Restoration of the Gilt Darter (percina evides) in the Lotic-Benthic
Community of the Allegheny River, NY, April 2014, 84 Pages.
Dorothy Wilcox
Received award for “Best Master’s Thesis” from Nyack College:
Farm Bureau Board Members’ Attitudes, Expectations, and
Motivation to Participate, May 2014
LEADERSHIP IN NATIONAL AND
STATE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Brandon Aldous
Executive Board Member
New York Association of Agricultural Educators
Michael Losito
Reptile and Amphibian Experts Subcommittee
New York State Wildlife Action Plan Advisory Committee
Brian Smith
Chair of the Annual Conference
SUNY Financial Aid Professionals
Dorothy Wilcox
Regional Co-Chair
New York State Transfer and Articulation Association
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
S. Scott Ferguson
Led the effort and presentations of Privatization of
Tourism in Schoharie County
Brian Kaiser
Led a team of six students on the first alternative spring break trip
supporting youth programming at pre-schools and Boys and
Girls Club and area preschools, Newark, NJ
Jennifer Schorf
Judge, Fish & Wildlife Festival
Wildlife Photography Contest
Veterans Memorial Centre Park, Cobleskill, NY
Soundarapandian Vijayakumar
Judge Coordinator, First Lego League
Judge, Molecular and Cell Biology Projects
New York City Science and Engineering Fair
Ray Whelihan
Varsity Hunt Seat Team
Raised $600 for the Walk for Children with Apraxia
Dorothy Wilcox
Town Planning Board, Carlisle
Educational Opportunity Program
67 professional staff, peer counselors and students partnered with
the Red Cross to assist homeowners in the Village of Fort Plain, NY
and received certificate recognition
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POINTS OF PRIDE
Keith Buerker
Recertified as a Certified Executive Chef by the
American Culinary Federation
Adnan Buxamusa
Invited Speaker at the Faculty Chat Series
“How Solar Energy Can be Used to Power Our
Homes and Lifestyle”
Carolyn Chevalier, Stephanie Hellijas, Melissa Jones, Christy Scott
Re-Inventing REAL Learning Cobleskill Campus Child Care Center
Leigh Ann Christain
Faculty Appreciation Award from
SUNY Cobleskill Student Affairs
Poetry Reading in Vermillion, SD
Poetry Reading at the John R. Milton
Writers’ Conference
Poetry Reading at the Faculty Chat Series
Jo Anne Cloughly
Northeast Regional Young Chef Competition,
Chaîne des Rôtisseurs and International Gastronomic Society
Paul Gemmiti and Charles Moran
Invited Speakers at the Faculty Chat Series
“Investment Management in Uncertain Times”
Guiding Principles and Student Leadership Committee
Co-chairs Angelika Hoeher, Matthew LaLonde, Mark Cornwell,
Suzanne Fine, Jeffrey Foote, Irene Loucks, Dorothy Wilcox,
Students: Alexander Bagdovitz, Amy Loucks, Starmecca Richardson
Zhongchun (ZJ) Jiang
Received UUP Honorable Mention for best editorial or column,
“Solidarity Amid Administrative Changes”
Elected to the Board of Trustees of the Cobleskill Community Library
Elected to the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Cobleskill
Kathy Johnson
Recognized by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for being an
advisor for five years of the Lambda Gamma Chapter
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Michael Jorgensen
Received UUP Excellence in Professional Service Award
Salvador Rivera
Labor-Management Research Award at SUNY Cobleskill
Brian Smith
Presidential Citation by the SUNY Financial Aid Professionals
Nicholas Testa
Obtained a Master’s Degree in Vocational and Education Teaching
SUNY Oswego, May 2014
Michael Wacksman
Created Michael R. Wacksman Leadership Endowed Scholarship
Bruce Wright
Invited Speaker at the Faculty Chat Series to speak on
“How GPS Will Help Feed the World”
Admissions Office
Hosted and Coordinated SUNY “Operation Inform” ,
an event for High School Guidance Counselors Event
Admissions and Student Success Center
Hosted and Coordinated The College for Every Student,
with 400 high school participants
Beard Wellness Center
Re-accreditation by the
Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care
Cobleskill Auxiliary Services
Inducted into the Inaugural 2013
Class of the Chancellor’s Society
Paramedic Program
1st Annual Winter Symposium – Workshops relevant to
all levels of EMS professionals and providers
One of the select few NYS DOH Bureau of EMS Course
Sponsorships that have been granted the authority to teach
a new level of EMS certification – Advanced EMT (AEMT).
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Student Life
Awarded for the highest participation for a blood drive
in SUNY by the American Red Cross
Student Success Center
Organized and implemented the Empire State
Career and Placement Exchange Conference
University Police
Advanced Mounted Patrol Officer Course
First and only certification course
STUDENT AFFAIRS AWARDS
ICE: (INNOVATION, COMMITMENT AND EXCELLENCE)
Susan Brodie - EXCELLENCE
Mary Conner - INNOVATION
ICE CUBE AWARDS
Brandon Aldous
Caitlyn Carroll
Travis Whitmore
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ROCK STARS
SEPTEMBER
DECEMBER
APRIL
Rebecca Burton
Daniel DeJong
Jason Evans
Samuel Jackson
Tamera Loder
Josephine Motyl
Donna Pesta
Deborah Richards
Jacqueline Selkirk
Bruce Wright
Bethany Alverson
Roy Bilby
Evelyn Davies
Howard Huth
David Loring
Marilu Marcillo-Gomez
Timothy McTaggart
Jedadiah Radliff
Melissa Struckle
Michael Wacksman
Alisha Bradshaw
Jason Evans
Susan JagendorfSobierajski
Andrew Lucas
Charles Moran
William Motyl
Deborah Pernat
Jody Strobeck
Christina Trees
OCTOBER
FEBRUARY
MAY
Dawn Eakin
Candance Hofmann
Matthew LaLonde
Julie Lighthall
Donna Magill
Mary Radliff
Anne Rogan
Jill Brinkman
Barbara Furlong
Wayne Gantt
Janice Herrick
Sheila Johnson
Joanne Lane
Randy Meka
Barbara Sprouse
Jeri Ustach
Barbara Brabetz
Nancy Collins
E. Lynn Dunn
S. Scott Ferguson
Margaret Grippin
Karen Hotaling
Kim Howe
Kristina Johnson
Timothy Marten
Michelle Shannon
NOVEMBER
MARCH
JUNE
Matthew Barney
Rebecca Bilby
Elishia Castro
Angelika Hoeher
Daniel Kowalski
Frank Lawrence
Raymond Martin
Thomas Rehberg
M. Linda Serdy
Douglas Hammond
Neal Law
Dorothy Lawyer
Irene Loucks
Johanna Northrup
Laura Skinner
David Thompson
Sandra Thorington
Jane White
Susan Zimmermann
Adam Brodie
George Crosby
Ruth Haugh
Amy Lauterbach
Michael Losito
Kevin McCarthy
Marcie Reiff
Amanda Reinhart
Sandra Schrom
Dorothy Wilcox
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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
TO THE
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO THE
2014 ORANGE CARPET
ORANGE CARPET COMMITTEE
Welcome to SUNY Cobleskill’s sixth annual
Orange Carpet event showcasing faculty
and staff professional achievements and
extraordinary endeavors. The exhibit provides
an opportunity for the SUNY Cobleskill
greater community to celebrate, recognize, and
promote faculty and staff accomplishments
across a wide range of pursuits. The fine
work highlighted in this celebration is a
testament to the hard work, dedication,
and discipline that create a vibrant living
and learning environment for our students.
With an unwavering commitment to the
success of students, the faculty and staff do
extraordinary work every day, often quietly
and unnoticed. Please join in this occasion to
take notice and honor the people who make
SUNY Cobleskill a great college.
AMY HEALY, CHAIR
EVELYN DAVIES
ANGELIKA HOEHER
TAMERA LODER
JENNIFER SCHORF
DOROTHY WILCOX
ADDITIONAL THANKS
MOHAMED SAEED-BALIGH
BEVERLY ROMAIN
MICKIE SHANNON
WINNIE STEDGE
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
6
ANNUAL
TH
ORANGE CARPET
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
SHOWCASE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014
CHAMPLIN HALL, UPPER LOUNGE
www.cobleskill.edu