An essay by Mark Norris, interim Web administration director, College Relations, on the art-rock group Yo La Tengo has been included in the British Film Institute’s DVD release Science Is Fiction/The Sounds of Science: The Films of Jean Painlevé. The essay is an excerpt from a feature story that ran in the July 6, 2006, issue ofArtvoice.
Douglas Koritz, assistant dean, Intellectual Foundations; Gerald Nosich, visiting professor, Philosophy and Humanities; Geoffery Skoll, assistant professor, Criminal Justice; and Susan Mary Paige,lecturer, Exceptional Education, attended the 27th International Conference on Critical Thinking in Berkeley, California, July 23–27. Their presentation, titled “Riding the Third Rail: Applications of Critical Thinking to General Education Reform,” chronicled the planning and implementation of the new Intellectual Foundations program at Buffalo State, with a particular emphasis on BSC 101.
Douglas Koritz, assistant dean, Intellectual Foundations; Gerald Nosich, visiting professor, Philosophy and Humanities; Geoffery Skoll, assistant professor, Criminal Justice; and Susan Mary Paige,lecturer, Exceptional Education, attended the 27th International Conference on Critical Thinking in Berkeley, California, July 23–27. Their presentation, titled “Riding the Third Rail: Applications of Critical Thinking to General Education Reform,” chronicled the planning and implementation of the new Intellectual Foundations program at Buffalo State, with a particular emphasis on BSC 101.
Douglas Koritz, assistant dean, Intellectual Foundations; Gerald Nosich, visiting professor, Philosophy and Humanities; Geoffery Skoll, assistant professor, Criminal Justice; and Susan Mary Paige,lecturer, Exceptional Education, attended the 27th International Conference on Critical Thinking in Berkeley, California, July 23–27. Their presentation, titled “Riding the Third Rail: Applications of Critical Thinking to General Education Reform,” chronicled the planning and implementation of the new Intellectual Foundations program at Buffalo State, with a particular emphasis on BSC 101.
Douglas Koritz, assistant dean, Intellectual Foundations; Gerald Nosich, visiting professor, Philosophy and Humanities; Geoffery Skoll, assistant professor, Criminal Justice; and Susan Mary Paige,lecturer, Exceptional Education, attended the 27th International Conference on Critical Thinking in Berkeley, California, July 23–27. Their presentation, titled “Riding the Third Rail: Applications of Critical Thinking to General Education Reform,” chronicled the planning and implementation of the new Intellectual Foundations program at Buffalo State, with a particular emphasis on BSC 101.
Stanley Kardonsky, vice president, Finance and Management, and interim vice president, Institutional Advancement and Development; and Susan Leist,professor, English, and director, College Writing Program, presented the paper “Einstein and Picasso Teach Critical Thinking” at the Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, held at the American University of Paris, July 17–20.
Stanley Kardonsky, vice president, Finance and Management, and interim vice president, Institutional Advancement and Development; and Susan Leist,professor, English, and director, College Writing Program, presented the paper “Einstein and Picasso Teach Critical Thinking” at the Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, held at the American University of Paris, July 17–20.
Drew Kahn, associate professor, Theater, presented “Finding Anne Frank in Rwanda: A Diary of Universal Genocide” at the Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 3–6. Kahn used the Theater Department’s 2006 production of The Diary of Anne Frank as a vehicle for teaching diversity education.
Carol Darstein, coordinator of pre-award and contract services, Research Foundation, was appointed July 1 to the advisory board of the Grants Resource Center, a division of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), for a two-year term. AASCU represents more than 400 public colleges, universities, and systems of higher education throughout the United States. The Grants Resource Center’s mission is focused on providing information on available grants and, through a variety of electronic publications, helps sponsored programs representatives stay up to date on funding opportunities and programs. Advisory board members participate in the assessment of GRC services and meetings, offer commentary on current services, and serve as the “voice” of the membership. Darstein holds a juris doctor from the University at Buffalo. Buffalo State College President Muriel A. Howard currently serves as chair of AASCU’s board of directors.
Sharon Cramer, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Exceptional Education, published her article “Don’t Give Up! Practical Strategies for Challenging Collaborations,” coauthored with Jan Stivers,” in the journal Teaching Exceptional Children 39 (6): 6–11.