By: Darlene Schmitt & Jie Zhang, SUNY Brockport
An interview with Darlene Schmitt, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Associate Director of the SUNY Brockport Counseling Center which is part of the Hazen Center for Integrated Care. Service provided: what do you do? I am the administrative supervisor at The Counseling Center (CC) and also a mental health counselor. The CC provides clinical counseling services including comprehensive mental health assessments, individual and group therapy, and referrals to appropriate on and off campus resources, to help students achieve their academic and personal goals. We develop and implement programs to educate the campus community about the psychological and developmental needs of students through community-level interventions, outreach programming, and consultation. When needed, we respond to the effects of crises impacting individual students and the campus community.
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Stanley Litow, a Trustee at SUNY, identifies areas of interest within education that can be universally accepted even where there are many issues that divide the field. Please read Litow's commentary on Barron's website.
State University of New York Board of Trustees Appoints Deborah F. Stanley as Interim Chancellor
SUNY Oswego President Brings Decades of Campus Leadership and Student-Centric Approach to Lead the Nation’s Largest Comprehensive University System SUNY Board of Trustees to Launch Global Search for Permanent Chancellor Beginning January 2022 Albany, NY – The State University of New York Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley as interim chancellor to lead the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. President Stanley brings nearly 45 years of campus leadership to SUNY and will begin serving as interim chancellor on January 15, 2022. Sarah Battaglia, of Stony Brook HSC, who is new to the Veterans Committee, represented UUP at the NYC Veterans Day Parade. This is the largest Veterans Day Parade in the United States. Prior to the parade, there was a ceremony honoring veterans and, in particular, the deceased were remembered at the "Eternal Light Ceremony." A wreath from UUP graced the site. Shown among the attached pictures, is Sarah next to the wreath as well as a close-up of the wreath and the NYC Veterans Day poster.
Sarah summed it up succinctly, "It was a beautiful day and I felt proud to be there to recognize our country's veterans." Thank you Sarah, nicely done. Co-Chair UUP Veterans Committee My Brooklyn 1985
by Sarah Battaglia Heading north on 86th from Stillwell, the elevated B train rumbles. Coney meets Gravesend, and scents of buttery cookies bless the corner of 25th Avenue, rivaling the fragrance of L&B Pizza, the borough's best, hands down. Paper towel facades of discount stores brighten the concrete landscape between Italian designer shoes and Russian fur vaults. A bridal mannequin vogues across the street from the salumeria as the cugines cruise toward Bay Parkway in shiny Infinitis and Mustangs. Bensonhurst segues to Dyker Heights and, as the "el" veers right, the sky opens straight ahead to Bay Ridge. Actors shoot scenes at 18th Avenue while Independence Bank welcomes a stream of customers. Turkish halvah and Mandarin chicken share a small, busy corner, but the Sicilian social club entrance remains silent. An upscale furniture boutique borders the Greek café. Cars pull into the four-level garage at Fifth Avenue (double-parking spaces are filled on the strip). Italian women with bloated ankles push shopping carts past Korean boys on skateboards. A Dominican mother and son wait at the corner for the crosstown bus to Sunset Park. I stop at the Third Avenue intersection where a mosque and video store co-exist. One last look behind me and I drive toward the bridge, back to suburbia, and away from the borough of my soul. Please help the UFS follow through on our January 21 resolution to add anti-racist language to SUNY's official Mission Statement. SUNY Students Reach 99.5% COVID Vaccination Mandate Compliance Across SUNY’s 64 Campuses
Following Months of Aggressive Student-Driven Awareness Campaigns, SUNY Students Met the Call to Get Vaccinated to Protect Themselves and their Campus Communities 1,592 Mostly Commuter Students from a Handful of Community Colleges Remain Unvaccinated Contact: Holly Liapis; Holly.Liapis@suny.edu; or Jackie Orchard; Jackie.Orchard@suny.edu; 518-320-1311 Albany, NY (Oct. 13, 2021) – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today announced that SUNY students are nearing full compliance with the New York State Vaccine Mandate, reaching 99.5 percent compliance, allowing SUNY students to enjoy a more normal on-campus college experience this semester after a difficult past year and a half. Following months of aggressive student-driven awareness campaigns, and thanks to campus leadership and staff for establishing student friendly, safe, and easily accessible options for students, just 1,592 students remain in noncompliance—mostly commuter students from a handful of community colleges. Campuses are working one-on-one with those students to get to 100 percent compliance. When campuses first began notifying those students out of compliance on the September 27 deadline, about 10,000 students were at risk of being deregistered. by Sarah Battaglia Stony Brook University Police Chief Lawrence Zacarese, was honored by the university in February for his demonstration of compassion, dedication and extraordinary leadership during the COVID pandemic (story reported here). I spoke with him this past December about the role of the campus police and how things may have changed during this past year of social uprising and a new pandemic:
Gwen Kay, University Faculty Senate President Heather Maldonado, who was elected as the next President of the University Faculty Senate, has informed us that she is starting a position at Keuka College effective June 1. This results in the unusual situation that we are left without a President-elect. We wish Heather luck in her new position, and turn to our bylaws for guidance about how to proceed. In consultation with our parliamentarian, Henry Flax, two options emerged: follow procedures for filling a vacancy (ARTICLE III. OFFICERS, 3); or call a special meeting of the body for a new election (ARTICLE VII. MEETINGS, 1, 2, 3). The former option would mean an interim president from July 1 through our next regular meeting (October plenary); the latter would mean having someone in place on July 1. After careful consideration, and discussion with the Executive Committee, we have decided that the best approach is to fill the vacancy of the President-elect before July 1. Our bylaws allow for a special meeting, called by the Executive Committee; an election to fill the vacancy would be the purpose of said special meeting.
Our bylaws provide instructions for how to conduct an election, how to fill vacancies, and more (ARTICLE IX. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS). We will have a slightly compressed time frame for this process. The Nominations and Elections Committee, chaired by Pamela Wolfskill (Stony Brook), is now soliciting nominations, along with the one-page attendant statement and brief, one-page, c.v. Nominations, and supporting documentation, are due by noon, May 28. All candidate information will be sent to senators on June 1. Then we will hold a special meeting of the University Faculty Senate on June 17, during which the Nominations and Elections Committee will provide an opportunity for each candidate to speak to the body, have a question and answer period, and hold an election. We will announce the results of this special election in this forum and through our social media outlets. I am committed to process. I am also committed to success, both of UFS and of my successor. Several years ago, during yet another state budget crunch, there was a proposal to trim academic departments in some barbaric way at my college. My colleagues raised a hue and cry, fuss and muss, and gloomily predicted the downfall of civilization should the humanities be cut, STEM, or STEAM, or STREAM be damned. At the time I remembered something Kurt Vonnegut wrote about someone questioning why people take a moral stand. Vonnegut wrote that person said we might as well write strongly worded letters to the editor condemning icebergs for all the good our concerns do in changing the minds of movers, shakers and general powers-that-be.
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