Tina Antonucci ’10 (History) was named this year’s scholarship recipient of the New Paltz Lifetime Learning Institute. Antonucci is a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard and plans to become an elementary school teacher. This is the second year that the organization awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a non-traditional student to assist with the purchase of books. The SUNY New Paltz Lifetime Learning Institute (LLI) is an all-volunteer educational and social organization for adults 55 and over.

A number of Communication and Media students created media for the Woodstock Film Festival Web site and for their YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/woodstockfilmfestiva. The students created more than 30 videos over the course of five days. The videos include interviews with Academy Award Winning director Jonathan Demme, actor Ben Foster, filmmaker Barbara Hammer, and many others. They also created media featuring Uma Thurman, Woody Harrelson, Lucy Liu, and Richard Linklater among many others. Students working on this production include Chanel Arias ’10, Dan Barry ’10, Stefan Beaumont ’10, Deanna DiBenedetto ’11, Chelsea Feil ’11, Julie-Ann Florio ’10, Spencer Hood ’11, Ian Kane ’10, Colleen Kelly ’10, Yuriy Leschuck ’10, Laura Martel ’10, Randy Moses ’11, Marc Schreibman ’11, Morgan Smith ’11, Lakendra Stith ’10, Cat Tosiello ’10, Tevita Toutaiolepo ’10, Katherine Vidal ’11, Roshanna Wallerson ’10, Mark Walsh ’11, Tina Warren ’10 and Matthew Wright ’11. Communication and Media instructors Gregory Bray and Joseph Vlachos supervised the production.

Howard Good (Communication and Media) had a poem, “Sal’s Place,” which appeared in the February 2009 issue of elimae, nominated for the Best of the Net volume published annually by Sundress Press. This is his third poem to be nominated over the past three years for the Best of the Net.

The School of Business added the following members to its Business Advisory Council:

• Tracy Badgley – CPA, Partner, Levitan Yegidis and Associates, LLP;

• C. Edward Burke Jr. – First Vice President, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney;

• Adam Galiard – Manager of Technology Development and Project Engineering, C9 Corporation;

• Judy Mills – Vice President of Human Resources, Mediacom Communications;

• Charlie North – President and CEO, Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce;

• Mike Turturro – CPA, Partner, Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni and Weddell, LLP.

The Business Advisory Council consists of 36 senior executives from the business community. The members provide input to the School of Business to insure that students are taught the skills, knowledge and ethical behaviors required for successful and satisfying business careers.

BUSINESS OF ADVISING: Recently, the new members of the School of Business's Advisory Council were welcomed by members of the college administration. Seen here are (front row, l-r): Judy Mills, Tracy Badgley, School of Business Dean Hadi Salavitabar, (back row, l-r): Tom Sipos, Provost Donald Christian, C. Edward Burke Jr. and Adam Galiard. Missing from the photo are Charlie North and Mike Turturro.

A.J. Williams-Myers (Black Studies) presented a lecture, “African American History in the Hudson Valley,” at the Senate House State Historic Site in Kingston on Oct. 3. Williams-Myers’s lecture kicked off the Senate House’s African American Culture and History Festival, which took place on Oct. 3 and 4.

Aaron Haselton (Biology) is the primary author of a paper titled “Serotonin Inhibits Protein Feeding in the Blow Fly, Phormia Regina (Meigen),” which was published in Volume 22 of the Journal of Insect Behavior. This paper was coauthored by researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Lynne Johnson ’90 (Communication and Media) has been named senior vice president of social media for the Advertising Research Foundation. In this newly created role, Johnson will oversee the organization’s social media development and strategy and spearhead the launch of its Social Media Council. Johnson was previously senior editor and community director for Fastcompany.com, an online business magazine.

Jennifer Piren ’04g (Humanistic/Multicultural Education) received the Commitment to Diversity award from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas where she is assistant director for residential facilities. In her role, Piren conducts diversity training workshops for student affairs and helps facilitate a course in the Women’s Studies program.

Alex Storozynski ’83 (Political Science) has been awarded the Military Order of Saint Louis for his biography, “Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution,” which was published in early 2009.

Shafiul Chowdhury (Geology) and John Rayburn (Geology) were awarded a $308,000 Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled “Comprehensive Approach to Watershed Characterization Focusing on the Source of New York City Water.”

James Halpern (Psychology) was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene for a project titled “Two-Day Training in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Treatment of PTSD and Trauma Symptoms.”

Joel Evans (Music) presented a master class, lecture and solo oboe recital at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, as part of the fall 2009 Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Howard Good (Communication and Media) published his first full-length book of poetry, “Lovesick,” with Press Americana. Good is the author of nine poetry chapbooks and has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize for poetry. For more information on “Lovesick,” visit http://tinyurl.com/ojb4wl.

John Agnelli III ’02g (Humanistic/Multicultural Education) has been named dean of campus life at the New York Institute of Technology in New York.