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FMM FACULTY MEMBER
PRESENTS AT CONFERENCE
Jean Jacullo was invited by the Licensing Industry
Merchandisers' Association to the Licensing International Expo
in Las Vegas, and was granted a Teaching Institute Merit Award
to support this endeavor. On June 9, she will give a presentation, The
Transformation of Fashion Retailing and the Implications for Licensing
Opportunities, and moderate a panel including David Galpin, vice president of Dockers global licensing, Levi
Strauss & Co.; Maryann Nichols, vice president of Levi's licensing,
Levi Strauss & Co.; and Mark Sandler, president of Cuddl Duds. For more information,
contact Jean Jacullo,
74838.
COMMUNICATION DESIGN FACULTY MEMBER'S ARTWORK FEATURED IN FESTIVAL
C. J. Yeh's digital artwork, Public Statement, was selected for
Krakow's Artboom festival,
which runs from June 11-27 and focuses on art in urban and public
spaces. This year's festival features a new digital component, "Made in
Internet," which showcases animations by 23 digital artists, including
Yeh. For more information, contact
C.J. Yeh, 75676.
FIT AWARDED GRANT
FIT was
awarded a $150,000 grant
from the
National Science Foundation for a program,
Advancing Design-related Technological
Education: a Three-way Partnership, authored by Karen Pearson, Science
and Math, and Elaine
Maldonado, Center for Excellence in Teaching. The program aims to increase design-related
technological employment opportunities for women and better prepare
students for the green/sustainability marketplace through a creative
science curriculum and faculty development. For more
information, contact Ellen Brennan Hearn,
73622.
CENTER
FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND DIVERSITY COUNCIL SPONSOR EVENT
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and the Diversity Council held an
event, Learning in Two Worlds: Meeting the Needs of Students for Whom
English is a Second Language, to provide adjunct faculty with new ideas
and classroom strategies that aid culturally diverse
students and ESL learners. Guest speaker Daniel Shanahan, director of
the bilingual/ESL technical assistance center at
Ulster BOCES, joined
presenters Charlotte
Brown, Educational Skills, and Brian Fallon, Writing Studio, for this
all-day event. For more information, contact
Celia Baez, 74064.
SCIENCE AND MATH FACULTY MEMBER AWARDED GRANT
Karen Pearson was awarded the Realize Science Technology
Grant, sponsored by School and Science Technology Resources. Pearson's
project includes innovative and educationally valuable uses for
hand-held video microscopes. FIT will receive equipment, including five
hand-held video microscopes, software to take still pictures and
time-lapse videos, and companion curriculum books. For more information,
contact Ellen Brennan Hearn,
73622.
COUNSELING CENTER ANNOUNCES CONTEST WINNERS
The Counseling Center announced the winners of its Body Image
and Eating Issues Awareness Poster Contest. Lemuel Rodriguez, Graphic
Design, won first
prize, $300; Caitlin Boyle, Advertising Design, second prize, $125; and Kim Graziano,
Illustration, third
prize, $50. Winning artwork will be used for awareness programming. Prizes were underwritten by the Student Faculty Corporation.
For more information, contact
Liza Wolsky, 74264.
ENGLISH AND SPEECH FACULTY MEMBER'S PLAY ACCEPTED
BY FESTIVAL
Glenda Frank's play, The Fourth Estate, about journalists in
Afghanistan, Korea, Ireland, and St. Louis, was accepted
by the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival. Frank is looking for set, lighting, and sound designers for her production, which
will be presented in August. For more information, contact
Glenda Frank, 75353.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS HOLDS
CEREMONY
On April 30, the Office of Educational Opportunity Programs held a
recognition ceremony to honor graduating EOP students, as well as those
who have maintained a 3.0 or higher grade point average for two or more
consecutive semesters. During the ceremony, ten students were inducted into the
Epsilon Kappa chapter of national honor society Chi Alpha Epsilon. Hannkasia Syvanen,
Interior Design, received the Betty Harris-Merritt Award, given to a
Childcare Assistance Program student who embodies the qualities of
persistence, academic excellence, and fortitude. Tyrelle Shaw, Textile/Surface Design, received the Roberto Bailey
Entrepreneurial Award, given to a male student who exemplifies
entrepreneurial spirit. Speakers
included students Ashley Hyman, Advertising and Marketing
Communications, and Devora
Reiss, Illustration, and Packaging Design alumnus Zi Zhang. Honorary Epsilon
Kappa inductees were Robert
Blanton, institutional research associate for SUNY's Office of
Opportunity Programs, and Alice Papazian, Special Programs.
In addition, the event honored Percy E. Sutton and Arthur O. Eve, architects of the legislative
language that created New York State Opportunity Programs. For more
information, contact OEOP, 74170.
STUDENTS SUCCEED AT CONFERENCE
April 17-21, FIT's Delta Epsilon Chi club competed at the International
Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY. Participants were Advertising and Marketing
Communications students Johanna Brozinsky, Rachel Donohue, and Olivia Long;
and Fashion Merchandising Management students Yii-Lin Chang, Kelsey
Ives, Katherine Olsen, and Virginia Shipman. Advisors were
Fashion Merchandising Management faculty Robert Vassalotti and Sharon
White. Virginia Shipman placed
third and Kelsey Ives was ranked in the top ten in the Fashion
Merchandising and Marketing event, and Olivia Long and
Katherine Olsen were runners-up in the Sports and Entertainment
Marketing event. For more information, contact
Robert Vassalotti, 74882.
FIT SECURITY OFFICER HONORED
On April 8, Kelvin Moore, a security officer and a U.S. Security
Associates sergeant, was honored at FIT. Moore was recently chosen
from more than 27,000 U.S. Security Associates employees as an
"Outstanding Security Officer." Attendees of the event included
Sherry Brabham, treasurer and vice president for Finance and
Administration; Curtis Dixon, director of security; and Keith Oringer, business
unit vice president of U.S. Security Associates. |
