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What’s News
IDMH conference receives funding The Institute for Disaster Mental Health recently received a $48,125 federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for its 2009 conference. “In the Wake of Disaster: Effective Mental Health Interventions” will be held on April 17 and will provide health and mental health professionals with the latest evidence-based research for caring for victims of natural and man-made disasters.
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Academic copyright talk scheduled The college will host a conference on intellectual property and copyright related to academics from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, October 24, in Lecture Center 100. The keynote speakers Kenneth Crews, director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University in New York City, and Michael Carroll, a law professor at Villanova University in Villanova, Penn., will discuss issues related to intellectual property and copyright laws as they pertain to academia. For more information about the conference, visit www.newpaltz.edu/copyrightconference.
What’s News
Multicultural education event set “Connecting to the Worlds of Students: The Blessings and Burdens of Popular Culture in Promoting Academic Achievement and Multicultural Learning” is the subject of the 14th Annual Multicultural Education Conference taking place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, in the Student Union Building’s Multi-Purpose Room. General registration is $40 and $12 for students. The registration deadline for the conference is Oct. 24. To register, call the Office of Conference Services at x3033 or e-mail waldoklc@newpaltz.edu.
Bulletin Board
AWARDS, HONORS, APPOINTMENTS AND RECOGNITION Kathleen Tobin Flusser ’92 (Sociology) was recently named assistant director of the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO). Flusser, an 18-year resident of New Paltz, will aid in CRREO’s goal to develop measures and track the change of economic, social and environmental factors in the Hudson Valley. Flusser said she is “excited to be part of an endeavor that’s by definition connecting the college with the community.” Michael Patterson joined the campus community in October as director of Student Activities and Union Services. Patterson worked at Monmouth University in West Long Branch,...



