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April 2, 2009=20

Spring Awards = Ceremony to=20 celebrate accomplishments of faculty, staff, students =
Franciscan=20 Institute to celebrate 800th anniversary of the Franciscan=20 Order=20
St.=20 Bonaventure celebrates, rededicates Thomas Merton = Center=20
Electronic=20 Integrated Calendar goes live=20
SBU's=20 Quick Center for the Arts makes collection available as=20 reproductions=20
SBU=20 holds first of two autism workshops=20
New=20 book by SBU professor connects faith, character with mental=20 wellness=20
Newsmakers=20 for Spring 2009=20
Friday=20 Forum

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Spring=20 Awards Ceremony to celebrate accomplishments of faculty, staff,=20 students

The university = community is=20 cordially invited to celebrate the accomplishments of faculty, = staff and=20 students during the inaugural Spring Awards Ceremony to be held at = 4 p.m.=20 Tuesday, April 14, in the Reilly Center Arena.

This = special program=20 incorporates three previously separate ceremonies =97 The Fr. Joe = Doino,=20 O.F.M., Honors and Awards, the Employee Recognition Ceremony, and = Faculty=20 Awards =97 into one celebration.

=93We = thought we=92d take=20 this 150th Anniversary opportunity to start a new tradition at St. = Bonaventure,=94 said Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., president of the = University. =93In the past, we have had these events on different = days, and=20 some members of the campus community were not able to make time to = attend=20 all three. Combining the events into one gives us the opportunity = to have=20 a campuswide grand celebration of service and = accomplishments.=94

Capping off = our=20 celebration will be the presentation of 150th Anniversary Medals = to=20 members of St. Bonaventure=92s Class of 2009. Following the awards = ceremony,=20 a very special reception will be held in the Reilly Center Arena = where=20 guests can offer their personal congratulations to the honorees as = they=20 also enjoy fellowship and delicious refreshments.

The = Fr. Joe=20 Doino Awards
The Fr. Joe Doino, O.F.M., Honors and = Awards=20 recognize those exceptional individuals in the St. Bonaventure = community=20 who have made others=92 experiences here better and whose = Franciscan spirit=20 may go unrecognized. These awards, sponsored by the Office of = Student Life=20 and the Student Government Association, acknowledge individuals = and groups=20 who have made significant contributions to the university=20 community.

The = awards=92 namesake,=20 Fr. Joe Doino, was a much beloved friar known for his practical = jokes, his=20 love of tennis, and his dedication as the SGA adviser. A = professor,=20 scholar, musician, preacher and priest, Fr. Joe became the first = faculty=20 member to receive the Faculty Appreciation Award posthumously. Fr. = Joe,=20 who died in 1994 at the age of 70, served as the director of = Franciscan=20 novices before starting his teaching career at St. Bonaventure in=20 1986.

For = nomination=20 information about the Doino Awards, click here.

Annual=20 Recognition Ceremony
As part of its Annual Recognition = Ceremony, the university will recognize 49 employees who are = marking=20 employment anniversaries this year and two employees who are = retiring.=20 Individuals with 10 years of service and up will be acknowledged, = with=20 those reaching 25 years of service and retirees receiving special=20 recognition.

Those who = will be=20 recognized for 25 years of service are: Jean Trevarton Ehman = (Teaching=20 & Learning Center), Barry Gan (Philosophy), Theodore Georgian=20 (Biology), Donald Lemon Facilities =96 housekeeping), Jeffrey = Peterson=20 (Finance), Michael Russell (Marketing), Bernard Vossler = (Cemetery), and=20 Craig Zuckerman (Education).

Those who = will be=20 retiring are: Anthony Farrow (English), George Lapennas (Biology), = Vinay=20 Pandit (Marketing), Joseph Tedesco (English), and James White=20 (Biology).

Other = employees who=20 the university will pay tribute to are:

40 years of = service:=20 Steven Brown (Classical Languages) and Patrick Dooley=20 (Philosophy)

35 years of = service:=20 James Moor (Bogoni Center), Theresa Shaffer (Library), and Michael = Spencer=20 (Library)

30 years of = service:=20 Steven Andrianoff (Computer Science), Alva Cellini (Modern = Languages),=20 Janet Haggerty (School of Business), Robert Harlan (Computer = Science),=20 William Karl (Facilities =96 housekeeping), and Thomas Schaeper=20 (History)

20 years of = service:=20 Lynn Brown (Business Office), Joel Horowitz (History), Ann = Hurlburt=20 (Student Life), and Rosalie =93Bunni=94 Witherell = (Admissions)

15 years of = service:=20 William Burlingame (Facilities =96 maintenance), Br. David Haack, = O.F.M.,=20 (Visual & Performing Arts), Romy Knittel (Biology), Alice = Sayegh=20 (International Studies), Robin Valeri (Psychology), and Jerrold = Wolf=20 (Facilities =96 maintenance)

10 years of = service:=20 Mary Adekson (Education), Joseph Becker (Safety and Security), = Lance=20 Brennan (Athletics), Neal Carter (Political Science), Fr. Michael = Cusato,=20 O.F.M. (Franciscan Institute), David DiMattio (Clare College), = Daniel=20 Donner (Technology Services), Nicholas Ersing (Construction), = Darryn Fiske=20 (Athletics), Susan Krall (Health Services), Diana Lawrence-Brown=20 (Education), Michael Manross (Facilities =96 maintenance), Steven = Mest=20 (Athletics), Laura Peterson (Visual and Performing Arts), Leigh = Simone=20 (Modern Languages), Brenda McGee Snow (Finance and = Administration),=20 Christopher Stanley (Theology), Michael Threehouse (Athletics), = Stephanie=20 Vogel (Psychology), and Phillip Winger (Facilities).

Faculty=20 Recognition Awards
Previously part of Commencement = Weekend=20 events, the Faculty Recognition Awards salute faculty = accomplishments in=20 four areas:

For = Professional=20 Excellence in Teaching;
For Professional Excellence in Research = and=20 Publishing;
For Professional Excellence in Service; and
The = Junior=20 Faculty Award for Professional Excellence

150th=20 Anniversary Medals
Also during the ceremony, members = of St.=20 Bonaventure=92s class of 2009 will receive bronze medallions in = recognition=20 of the university=92s 150th anniversary. Students are asked to = wear the=20 anniversary medals over their gowns for Commencement Exercises May = 17.=20

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Franciscan=20 Institute to celebrate 800th anniversary of the Franciscan=20 Order

The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure = University=20 invites the campus community to help celebrate the 800th = anniversary of=20 the founding of the Franciscan Order. All members of the St. = Bonaventure=20 community are invited to attend a special conference April=20 17-19.

The = conference is=20 unique in that it is the only one being held in North America to = mark this=20 event. The conference will discuss the First Rule, which the early = Franciscan friars presented for approval to Pope Innocent III in = Rome in=20 1209.

The = conference will=20 have two sections:

The first = will begin=20 on Friday, April 17, and will be comprised of six papers from some = these=20 well-known Franciscan scholars:

Dominic V. = Monti,=20 O.F.M., former professor of Church history and interim president = at St.=20 Bonaventure University (2003-2004), currently Vicar Provincial of = the Holy=20 Name Province of Friars Minor, wrote =93Deservedly Approved by the = Roman=20 Church=94: The Context for Papal Recognition of Francis=92 forma=20 vitae=94

Bill Short, = O.F.M.,=20 professor of Christian spirituality at the Franciscan School of = Theology=20 and the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, Calif.), wrote = =93Revising the=20 Earlier Rule: Carlo Paolazzi and the Work of Kajetan = Esser.=94

David = Flood, O.F.M.,=20 former research faculty member at the Franciscan Institute = currently=20 living in his province of St. Joseph in Montreal, Canada, wrote = =93The Early=20 Franciscans at Work as a State-of-Nature Argument.=94

Michael F. = Cusato,=20 O.F.M., director of the Franciscan Institute and dean of its = School of=20 Franciscan Studies, wrote =93Alms-asking and Alms-giving as Social = Commentary.=94

Jean = Fran=E7ois=20 Godet-Calogeras, professor of Franciscan sources and Clarian = studies at=20 the Franciscan Institute, wrote =93Clare and the Defense of = Franciscan=20 Identity.=94

Michael = Blastic,=20 O.F.M., associate professor of Franciscan philosophy and sources = at the=20 Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure University, wrote = =93Minorite Life in=20 the Regula Bullata: A Comparison with the Regula non = bullata.=94

The second = part of=20 the conference on Saturday, April 18, will hear reflections from = 10 friars=20 on the joys, challenges and struggles of living the Rule today in = a=20 variety of different cultural contexts. These friars, some = graduates of=20 Franciscan Institute, will share their experiences from their = global=20 travels.

Guests will = be=20 offered three buffet-style meals on Friday and Saturday evenings = and at=20 Sunday brunch. All members of the community who plan on attending = should=20 fill out a registration form which can be found on St. = Bonaventure=92s Web=20 site at = http://www.sbu.edu/FranciscanInstitute.aspx?id=3D20994.

For more = information,=20 call Tami Attwell, secretary of the Franciscan Institute, at (716) = 375-2595.

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St. Bonaventure = celebrates,=20 rededicates Thomas Merton Center

Paying tribute to = its=20 namesake, the Thomas Merton Center at St. Bonaventure University = was=20 rededicated during a special ceremony Wednesday.

The Merton = Center is=20 home to the campus ministry team and offices for Mt. Irenaeus, = Bona=20 Buddies, the Warming House, the Franciscan Center for Social = Concern, and=20 the Journey Project. Located at the center of campus, it is a = place where=20 students gather for relaxing, cooking, socializing, mentoring and=20 spiritual counseling.

=93The = beauty of what=20 goes on here and flows out of here is a blessing,=94 said Robert = Donius,=20 vice president for University Ministries.

In a 1966 = letter to a=20 St. Bonaventure alumnus, Thomas Merton noted that, =93St. = Bonaventure=20 represented one of the happiest times of my life.=94

Merton, = considered=20 one of the most distinguished spiritual masters of the 20th = century,=20 taught English at what was then St. Bonaventure College in 1940 = and 1941.=20 As he revealed in =93The Seven Storey Mountain,=94 Merton = discerned his=20 monastic vocation while he worked at St. Bonaventure.

Merton = (1915-1968), a=20 Catholic writer and Trappist monk, authored dozens of books that = include=20 poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social = criticism and=20 writings on peace, justice and ecumenism.

During the=20 rededication ceremony, Fr. Robert =93Bob=94 Struzynski, O.F.M, a = member of the=20 Franciscan community at Mt. Irenaeus, gave the reflection =93A=20 Self-Reflection by the Thomas Merton Ministry = Center.=94

=93His = ideas of=20 education and Saint Bonaventure=92s ideas of education come = together so=20 beautifully,=94 Fr. Bob said.

Also as = part of the=20 rededication, a permanent photo display of Thomas Merton was = installed in=20 the center.

The = structure was=20 originally a maintenance building from its construction in the = 1950s until=20 1972, when it began to be utilized by the campus ministry=20 team.

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Electronic Integrated = Calendar=20 goes live

Over = the past=20 several months, a team of faculty and staff from across the campus = have=20 been meeting to determine ways we can better communicate and = collaborate=20 about University events and activities sponsored on and off = campus. This=20 group, called the Communications Advisory Council, is composed of = more=20 than 30 individuals who have agreed to attend monthly meetings and = enter=20 event information onto our new Integrated Calendar.

The = calendar can be=20 viewed at www.calendarwiz.com/sbu, and there is also a link titled = =93Integrated Calendar=94 on my.sbu.edu.

If you = would like to=20 have something entered on the calendar, please direct your request = to any=20 person on the list below who most appropriately represents your = area of=20 responsibility. Or, you may simply send Patty Thibodeau an e-mail=20 (pthib@sbu.edu) with your request. Each of the Communications = Advisory=20 Council members will be distributing periodic requests for = calendar=20 information in their respective spheres of responsibility; = however, you do=20 not need to wait for these requests in order to get something = entered on=20 the calendar.

If you = register a=20 campus event through Event Management, it will automatically be = entered=20 into the Integrated Calendar through the Event Management=20 office.

As you will = see,=20 there are four categories that you can view on the = calendar:

All (all = event=20 information that has been entered)
Academic Calendar (items = that appear=20 on the official Academic Calendar)
Employee Only (items of = interest=20 only to faculty and staff)
Events (all events except Academic = Calendar=20 and Employee-Only events)

Communications=20 Advisory Council Membership
Emily Sinsabaugh, VP for=20 University Relations, Convener
Susan Anderson, University=20 Relations
Tami Attwell, Franciscan Institute
Andrea Bidell,=20 University Relations
Kevin Brayer, Buffalo Center
Mary Jo = Brockel,=20 School of Business
Peggy Burke, Dean of Education
Thomas = Buttafarro,=20 Office of the President
Bruce Campbell, Graduate = Admissions
Fr.=20 Michael Cusato, Dean of Franciscan Studies
Rob DeFazio, Student = Activities
David DiMattio, Dean of Clare College
Jim = DiRisio,=20 Undergraduate Admissions
Tom Donahue, University = Relations
Bob=20 Donius, VP University Ministries
Beth Eberth, University=20 Relations
Joe Flanagan, University Relations
Anne Goergen,=20 University Relations
Angela Jones, VP Enrollment and Student = Academic=20 Services
John Kennedy, Mt. Irenaeus
Steve Kuchera, Student=20 Activities
Sr. Suzanne Kush, Franciscan Center for Social=20 Concern
Ann Lehman, Registrar and Institutional Research
Tom = Leitch,=20 ROTC (also representing Arts and Sciences)
Chris Mackowski,=20 J/MC
Steve Mest, Athletics
Tom Missel, University = Relations
Lori=20 Ness, Event Services
Todd Palmer, SIFE
Evelyn Penman, Quick = Center=20 for the Arts
Pat Pierson, Athletics
Fr. Dan Riley, Mt.=20 Irenaeus
Evelyn Sabina, Quick Center for the Arts
Lucia = Scotty,=20 University Relations
June Solan, Human Resources
Patty = Thibodeau,=20 University Relations
Connie Whitcomb, Career Center

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SBU's Quick Center for = the Arts=20 makes collection available as reproductions

William Bliss = Baker=92s 1880s=20 masterpiece =93Morning After the Snow=94 is one of the more = popular paintings=20 in the permanent collection at St. Bonaventure University=92s = Regina A.=20 Quick Center for the Arts.

Perhaps = it=92s because=20 the wintry landscape of bare trees and evergreens throwing shadows = on a=20 fresh blanket of snow feels as if it were painted while the artist = looked=20 out the university=92s back door.

William Bliss Baker=92s = 1885 oil on=20 canvas =93Morning After the Snow=94 is available as a reproduction = from The=20 Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

It=92s a = piece of St.=20 Bonaventure that no doubt many visitors to The Quick Center wish = they=20 could take home with them.

Now they=20 can.

The Quick = Center has=20 teamed up with Rudinec & Associates Photographic Services of = Ohio to=20 offer reproductions of some 50 pieces in the museum=92s permanent=20 collection. In time, most every work in the museum=92s extensive = collection=20 will be available.

=93People = who visit our=20 galleries often ask about reproductions,=94 said Joseph LoSchiavo, = university associate vice president and executive director of The = Quick=20 Center. =93Now we can make them available to alumni and others who = might be=20 interested.=94

Each order = helps The=20 Quick Center as well, with at least 25 percent of every sale being = returned to the arts center.

Rudinec = &=20 Associates has made two visits to The Quick Center to begin = photographing=20 the collection. Each painting is photographed under controlled = lighting=20 conditions to produce a large-format transparency that allows for=20 high-quality prints of virtually any size, said Joseph P. Rudinec, = company=20 president.

The = transparencies=20 are scanned to a standard size into an electronic database so a = particular=20 image is always at the ready. Prints are made as orders come in,=20 eliminating the need to anticipate demand, then produce and = stockpile=20 prints. =93And if someone wants a larger print, we can rescan the=20 transparency,=94 said Rudinec.

Eventually, = everything in The Quick Center will be photographed to this high = technical=20 standard for archival purposes, and most everything will be on the = reproduction list, said LoSchiavo. =93What=92s legally ours to = reproduce,=20 we=92re more than happy to make available,=94 he said.

Part of the = appeal of=20 owning a Quick Center print is knowing that thousands of other = people=20 don=92t own one just like it, said LoSchiavo. =93If you pick up = one of the=20 standard prints in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, = you=92re=20 going to see it coming and going. Here, you=92re buying something = that was=20 custom printed for you and is more unique because it exists in a = smaller=20 area,=94 he said.

The price = for a=20 standard-size print (24-by-30 inches) ranges from $75 for a print = on=20 heavyweight paper to $140 for a print on fine art canvas. Framed = and=20 matted prints cost $240. Customers are welcome to ask for a quote = for=20 larger-sized prints.

Available = prints can=20 be viewed and ordered through the Rudinec & Associates Web = site. Go to=20 www.requestaprint.com and click on The Regina A. Quick Center = link. The=20 site offers prints of art from 13 other collections in addition to = The=20 Quick Center.

Orders are = filled=20 swiftly, said Rudinec, noting an unframed print is usually shipped = out the=20 day after the order is received.

Evelyn = Penman,=20 assistant director and director of museum education at The Quick = Center,=20 said SBU alumni are expected to be a big share of the = reproductions=20 market. =93We think this will be very popular among alumni =96 = maybe it=92s a=20 painting people remember seeing when they were studying in the = library and=20 it just says =91St. Bonaventure=92 to them,=94 she = said.

For more = information=20 about The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, go to=20 www.sbu.edu/quickcenter.=20

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SBU holds first of two = autism=20 workshops

Sheila Wagner,=20 M.E.D., an internationally renowned lecturer, addressed nearly 100 = people=20 Thursday afternoon in the first of two workshops to be held at St. = Bonaventure University on autism spectrum disorders.

Dr. Wagner discussed = inclusion, behavioral and social best practices interventions in = dealing=20 with children with autism spectrum disorders.

Representatives from=20 six school districts, several local agencies, parents with = children on the=20 autism spectrum, SBU faculty and students attended the luncheon=20 presentation in the San Damiano Room of Francis Hall.

Participants also had=20 access to a variety of information resource tables representing: = The=20 Autism Society of WNY, BOCES, Directions in Independent Living, = Merrill=20 Lynch, The ReHabilitation Center, Summit Educational Resources, = and=20 VESID.

Wagner is = the=20 assistant director at Atlanta=92s Emory Autism Center and the = program=20 coordinator for the MONARCH School Age Program at the center, = which is=20 dedicated to providing information and resources to families and = school=20 systems throughout Georgia for the education of K-12 students with = autism.

Wagner has = more than=20 20 years=92 experience in working with autism spectrum disorders = as a=20 teacher, consultant and evaluator. Wagner is also the author of = many books=20 that focus on inclusive programming for students with autism. Her = first=20 book concentrated on elementary students and was recognized with = the ASA=20 Literary Award in 2000.

Summit = Education=20 Resources will provide additional autism training from 2:30 to = 6:30 p.m.=20 on Tuesday, April 21, in Dresser Auditorium of the Murphy = Professional=20 Building.

Titled = =93Supporting=20 Students with Asperger=92s and High Functioning Autism in = Educational=20 Settings,=94 the workshop features a keynote talk focused on = fostering=20 independence, followed by a session choice: =93Asperger=92s and = Social=20 Strategy Development=94 or =93Early Intervention and Applied = Behavioral=20 Analysis.=94

The cost = for the=20 training is $10 for professionals, $5 for parents and students. = Checks=20 should be payable to St. Bonaventure University, and sent in care = of: Dr.=20 Barbara Trolley, St. Bonaventure University, School of Education, = St=20 Bonaventure, NY 14778. Include the attendees=92 names and contact=20 information.

The = registration=20 deadline is Thursday, April 16; space is limited. Questions may be = directed to Trolley at btrolley@sbu.edu or 375-2537.

These = workshops have=20 been made possible by a Children=92s Guild Foundation grant, and a = St.=20 Bonaventure University Keenan grant. =

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New book by = SBU=20 professor connects faith, character with mental=20 wellness

Early in his career = as a fraud=20 investigator and later as a behavioral therapist, William J. = Elenchin,=20 Ph.D., saw many people struggling with mental illness and problems = with=20 living.

What he = also saw was=20 that most people who work in the mental health system and receive = help=20 from the system function within a framework that separates faith = beliefs=20 and virtues from psychological health.

=93Until = recently, the=20 majority of mental health educational and training programs have = deemed=20 faith and character to be irrelevant, if not harmful, to = psychological=20 wellness. This is out of step with the beliefs of the general = public,=94=20 said Elenchin, visiting assistant professor of sociology at St.=20 Bonaventure University.

=93I was = amazed that=20 most of the therapeutic interventions were void of character = traits or=20 openness to the role of faith, and that so many of the key = theorists wrote=20 antagonistically about religion,=94 Elenchin said.

That = motivated him to=20 delve into the research and pursue his doctorate, setting the = groundwork=20 for his new book, =93Hidden Courage: Reconnecting Faith and = Character with=20 Mental Wellness=94 (January 2009/WIPF and STOCK = Publishers).

Elenchin = describes=20 how mental health treatment has historically functioned from an = illness=20 model, and shares how the last 20 years of scientific research has = re-established the positive relationship between faith beliefs, = character=20 traits and behavioral health.

=93Hidden = Courage=94 was=20 written for a general audience, primarily for providers and = consumers of=20 mental health services. Topics include the historical and = worthless=20 quarrel between faith and reason, research findings related to = religiosity=20 and health, depression, the importance of character in daily life, = as well=20 as the emerging field of positive psychology.

Dr. Chuck = Walker,=20 professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure, says this about the=20 book:

=93Exciting = new=20 research in positive psychology is documenting the natural = integration of=20 body and mind. In this book, William Elenchin surveys the history = of the=20 unnecessary battle between faith and psychology and shows how = faith and=20 religion must be added to current dialogues on mental health. = Professor=20 Elenchin compels us to conclude that if we are truly compassionate = about=20 those who suffer from mental illness or those who have troubles in = living,=20 we must help them become healthier in body, mind and = soul.=94

Elenchin, = of=20 Coudersport, Pa., holds a Ph.D. in human services from Capella = University.=20 His dissertation research study examined depression and = spirituality among=20 undergraduate college students. Elenchin also holds a master=92s = degree in=20 criminology and a bachelor=92s degree in criminal = justice.

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Newsmakers for = Spring=20 2009

More than 50 = students,=20 faculty, supervisors and alumni attended the annual Counselor = Education=20 Cohort Reception at Romanello=92s Restaurant March 27. The theme = of this=20 year=92s luncheon was =93Eyes wide open: Addressing poverty in = school and=20 agency counseling.=94 A panel of diverse professionals addressed = this topic,=20 including: Linda Abrams, social worker and founder of the = Alternate Roots=20 Center for Transformation; Dr. Diane Bessel, director of income,=20 investments and initiatives at the United Way of Buffalo and Erie = County;=20 Gladys Marrero, senior employment counselor at the Erie County = Works=20 Center; John Mann, former school superintendent, principal, = special=20 education and certified Ruby Payne trainer; and Grace McKenzie, = education=20 coordinator for Housing Opportunities Made Equal.

In addition = to the=20 buffet luncheon, each guest was able to access resources related = to=20 assisting those who are economically challenged. All supervisors = and=20 students were treated to a coffee mug of sweets provided = by Kevin=20 Brayer, the executive director of the Buffalo = Center.

According = to the=20 event organizer, Dr. Barbara Trolley, =93the = reception=20 provides an avenue of appreciation for what supervisors have done = in=20 training our students. It also offers students, faculty and alumni = an=20 opportunity to network, and for all involved, a continuing = education=20 opportunity.=94

Dr. = Robert=20 Amico, professor of philosophy, is an invited speaker = that the=20 10th Annual White Privilege Conference April 1-4, in Memphis,=20 Tenn.

Senior = Emily=20 Tanski presented her project during the undergraduate = poster=20 session at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society = in=20 Baltimore, Md. The title of her project was =93The Need for = Exercise in=20 Aging Women: Benefits for their Physical, Mental, and Social = Well-Being.=94=20 Tanski presented on Saturday, March 21, 2009.

Dr. = Claudette=20 Thompson, assistant professor of undergraduate education = in the=20 School of Education, recently published a book titled = =93Technology=20 Instruction and Integration: Beyond Skills.=94 Thompson's book = highlights=20 the usefulness of technology as a tool to encourage students to = think,=20 probe, and collaborate.

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Friday = Forum

All SBU faculty, staff and
administrators are = welcome to=20 Friday Forums.
Date: April 3,=20 2009
Speaker: Anna Foerst
Time:=20 12:20 to 1:30 p.m.
Place: University = Club
Topic: 4 years of teaching =93The = Intellectual=20 Journey=94 in Jamaica: an evaluation of service=20 learning
Cost: $3

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