Friday, Dec. 4

The School of Business will hold its recognition and awards ceremony at 5 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium. Graduating students who would like to attend the ceremony must register with the Office of the Dean at x2930 by Monday, Nov. 23.

Wednesday, Dec. 9

The School of Fine and Performing Arts will hold a student toast from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Rotunda area. The toast is scheduled for 4 p.m. No registration is required.

The School of Science and Engineering will hold a reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium. No registration is required.

Thursday, December 10

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Education will hold a joint reception from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. No registration is required.

Questions regarding any of the receptions should be directed to the corresponding dean’s office.

Faculty may pick up their packets in the following locations:

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: individual departments

• School of Business: Dean’s Office

• School of Education: South Classroom Building mail room (room 129)

• Educational Administration: Faculty Office Building

• School of Fine and Performing Arts: Dean’s Office

• School of Science and Engineering: Dean’s Office

• Honors and Interdisciplinary courses: department of the school

• Music Department: College Hall room 100

Faculty members should inform administering students of the drop-off box locations, which are also listed on the instruction sheet inside of each packet. The drop-off locations are as follows:

• Coykendall Science Building: upper lobby (exit closest to room 110)

• Lecture Center: north side lobby, outside double doors to rooms 102-113

• South Classroom Building – East side back vestibule (outside room 138)

The Individual Faculty Student Evaluation of Instruction Data is considered public information under New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). As a result, the fall 2009 packets will now read “Confidential to the extent allowed by law.”

It is important for faculty who participate in this process are to be aware that these documents could become public if such a request were received in the future. If future requests for these data are received, the college will attempt to protect faculty members’ and students’ personal information to the extent allowed by law

For more information, contact Mary Ann Landolina (Institutional Research) at x3227 or visit the Institutional Research Web site.

In the classes, which are offered by the Office of Special Programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Bergstein and Watkins presented real cases for the students to argue. Wendy Vierow’s (Special Programs) class focuses on the development of both verbal and written analytical skills. In recent weeks, students have been learning to identify fallacies in arguments as well as examining the validity of evidence.

The lawyers’ visits to class were well-timed to coincide with the students’ current course of studies. Vierow said both lawyers were impressed by the students’ abilities to analyze the cases and the lively discussions that resulted in the mock courtroom.

PREPARING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Rita Celarise (Educational Opportunity Program), right, gives a pep talk to some of the more than 88 volunteers participating in Make a Difference Day on Oct. 23. Tara Sestanovich (Student Development), left, joined other staff, students and faculty spending Saturday, Oct. 24, volunteering on campus or at more than 11 sites in the local community as part of the national day of community service sponsored by USA Weekend. Photo by Erica Wagner (Career Service Center)

The author and mental health advocate will discuss how culture – through media messages and social norms – frame the public’s understanding of eating disorders. Hornbacher will share her own experiences at the event, which is presented by the campus’s Psychological Counseling Center.

The event is free and open to the public. Admission tickets are available at the information desk located on the second floor of the Student Union. For more information, call x2920.

Hornbacher will also host a student writing workshop on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Jacobson Faculty Tower, room 1010. Students interested in participating should contact the English Department at x2727.

SAFETY SPRAY: University Police Officer Adam Darmstadt demonstrates the proper way to use pepper spray at the Campus and Community Safety Fair held on Oct. 28 in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room.

Participants include Robert Waugh (English), John Langan (English), Jed Mayers (English) and Judith Johnson, professor emeritus of the University at Albany.

The event is free and open to the public. Any questions should be addressed to Robert Waugh (English) at x2754.

WINNERS CIRCLE: The winners of the guess-the-location photo contest at the 2009 State of the College presentation to classified staff each received a New Paltz hooded sweatshirt from the Campus Bookstore. The winners, seen here with College President Steven Poskanzer (center), are Anthony Adamo (Facilities Operations and Maintenance), Donna Siebert (Asian Studies, History, Philosophy), Julie Shine (Undergraduate Admission), Kim Nelson (Facilities Operations and Maintenance), Sharon Countryman (Administrative Services), Margaret Betaudier (Sociology), Heather Puchalski (Academic Affairs) and Vicki Vincent (Undergraduate Admission).