Sue Baldwin, Assistant Professor, Health and Wellness
Sue Baldwin, assistant professor, Health and Wellness, served as an independent program evaluator for the Student Health Force-Chicago program, sponsored by InnerLink Inc. The program was offered to Chicago Public School students during the summer to enhance health literacy, job skills, and leadership. Students were paid with workforce development dollars to attend an eight-week training and then were hired to teach health lessons in afterschool programs as well as to assist elementary teachers in teaching health lessons during the school year.
Roger Firestien, Lecturer, International Center for Studies in Creativity
Roger Firestien, lecturer, International Center for Studies in Creativity, was featured in the article “Brainstorming Solo,” which appeared in the September-October issue of Self-Employed magazine.
Reva Fish, Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations
Reva M. Fish, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, presented her research, “The Relationship between Education Intensity and the Academic Benefits of Attending Preschool,” at the Northeastern Educational Research Association’s 40th annual conference in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, October 21–23.
Robin Harris, Associate Professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education
Robin Harris, associate professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education, was the principal investigator of the TLQP-funded project the Buffalo Science Teachers’ Network (BSTN) for 10 years. BSTN received the STANYS Service Award at the Science Teachers Association of New York State’s (STANYS) 114th annual conference, held in Rochester, New York, October 31–November 3. The project involved over 40 Buffalo Public School teachers and over 150 preservice science teachers. In the 10 years of this funded project, more than 115,000 hours of professional development were completed!
Florence D. Johnson, Director, Student Support Services
Florence D. Johnson, director, Student Support Services, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the New York State School Boards Association. Johnson is the first African American female and the first female representative elected from the Big 5 Conference, which comprises New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers. The Big 5 Conference educates 42 percent of the state’s students and has the highest concentration of students with high needs.
Sue McMillen, Associate Professor, Mathematics
Sue McMillen, assistant professor, Mathematics, presented “Taking Time to Understand Telling Time,” a hands-on session for K–2 teachers, at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference and Exposition, held in Boston, Massachusetts, October 21–23.
Lorna Perez, Assistant Professor, English
Five entries by Lorna Perez, assistant professor, English—“Boricuas,” “The Foraker Act,” “The Jones Act,” “Nuyoricans,” and “La Malinche”—have been published in Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (David J. Leonard and Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, eds.; M. E. Sharpe, 2009).
John Thompson, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems
John Thompson, associate professor, Computer Information Systems, presented a concurrent session, “Desktop Web Conferencing: Participate in Meetings and Teach Courses from Anywhere in the World,” at the 15th annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning, held in Orlando, Florida, October 28–30.
Lori L. Till and Susannah White
Lori L. Till, associate professor, Hospitality and Tourism, and Susannah White, senior associate, Volunteer and Service-Learning Center, presented “Partnering for Success: The Keys to Effective Service Learning” at the Western New York Service Learning Coalition Conference, held at Medaille College on October 24. The presentation focused on the importance of effective and thorough volunteer and service orientations.
William White and Michael Vermy
William White and Michael Vermy, assistant professors, Modern and Classical Languages, held a workshop, “LOTE Essentials: Passé Composé and the Imparfait,” at the 92nd annual conference of the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, held in Buffalo, New York, October 9–11.
Julie Wieczkowski, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Julie Wieczkowski, assistant professor, Anthropology, lectured in the freshman Dental and Oral Anatomy course at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine on October 13. Her topic was dental anatomy and human dentition in an evolutionary context.
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