The State Education Department has given its approval to registration of the proposed M.A./M.S.W. degree program in Sociology and Social Work, offered jointly by the University and the State University College at New Paltz.
Barbara Flynn, the assistant commissioner in the Office of Quality Assurance, responded to the request stating, “On the basis of our review of the program, it is registered for general purposes . . . until September 1, 1997. After that date, registration will be extended annually until the Department’s next review is conducted.”
Panel participants for the Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management of the School of Business sponsors a breakfast presentation on “What Comes After NYPHRM: The Health Care Reform Act of 1996” on Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Latham (see page 7) include: Robert Barnett, assistant director, Division of Health Care Financing, State Department of Health; Dr. Philip Lumb, professor and chair, department of anesthesiology, Albany Medical College; and Raymond Sweeney, executive vice president, Healthcare Association of New York State. The program will be moderated by David Smingler, executive assistant to Senator Hugh Farley.
The University Council has changed its November meeting date from Thursday, Nov. 7, to Thursday, Nov. 14 — 4 p.m., AD 253. Questions may be directed to Sorrell Chesin, secretary to the Council, at 442-5300, or by writing him at AD 231.
David H. Bayley, dean of the School of Criminal Justice, will discuss “Crime and Crime Policy,” as part of the Fall 1996 Community Conversations series sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries. It will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Mary Elizabeth Cobb Library Conference Room (B-43), University Library, from noon to 2 p.m. The public is welcome. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be available.
Bayley will discuss recent developments in crime policy in the U.S. and relate those to trends in contemporary crime. He will also present a scheme for understanding the debate on crime policy, so that people can make sense of the conflicting solutions presented.
Nominations for the 1996-97 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges are being sought by the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Juniors, seniors and graduate students may be nominated through University departments or they may nominate themselves. Applications are available at the Campus Center Information Desk or Student Affairs Office. Nominations, including all supporting documentation, must be submitted to the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Administration 129, by October 25, 1996. For more information call 442-5500.
The National Society of Fund Raising Executives, Hudson-Mohawk Chapter, has selected Christian Kersten, Vice President for Advancement, to receive the Outstanding Fund Raising Executive Award at the 1996 Philanthropy Day Celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The event begins at 6 p.m. at Wolfert’s Roost Country Club in Albany.
“The Capital Region has been enriched by his presence and the chapter is pleased to publicly acknowledge his exceptional contributions,” said Lynn Paquette, chair of the Awards Committee.
“On behalf of the entire University community, our heartfelt congratulations go to Chris Kersten upon this marvelous recognition,” said University President Hitchcock.
J. Spencer Standish, chairman of Albany International Corporation, stated, “It has been my privilege to work with Chris throughout his career at the University at Albany, first in my role as president of the University Fund and recently as president of the University of Albany Foundation. The heart of university fund raising is clearly alumni participation. Year by year, (alumni giving) has increased, to $1.4 million last year.”
“So much has been accomplished during Chris’s tenure, including work behind the scenes which resulted in the purchasing of the Sterling Winthrop Laboratory in East Greenbush. We can now anticipate that the University’s first Capital Campaign for $55 million will conclude this year — three years ahead of schedule. I believe the record speaks for itself.”
The Virtual Library section of the University Libraries home page has won the NBNSOFT Corporation’s “Content Award” as “a truly outstanding source of content . . . full of so many resourceful items.” The web site was featured on the NBNSOFT Content Award Page as on of the “Best that’s Newest on the Net.”
Earlier this year, GOVDOC-L, a listserv devoted to government documents issues, honored the Libraries’ “great virtual library;” and a panel of judges from the American Libraries Association deemed Virtual Library one of the “Top Ten Reference Internet Sites” — the only library-produced web page to make the list.
A 1996/97 New York State Library Research Residency Award has been given to Shawn M. Phillips, a Ph.D. candidate at the University who is developing “A Structural Analysis of the Care of the Mentally Ill Inmates in New York’s County Asylums, 1865 to 1890.” Phillips’ research will trace the conditions that led to the shift of control over mentally ill patients from local to State institutions during the late 19th Century.
“The Library has a special interest in supporting research and publications relating to the history, culture, environment, and public policy of New York State,” says GladysAnn Wells, the Library’s interim director.
A paper presented by Ph.D. student Jayne Boisvert at the June meeting of the International Council of Francophone Studies in Toulouse, France, won the “Best Graduate Student Paper Award.” Boisvert presented a paper on North American French novelist, Henri Chapdelaine of New Hampshire.
A team led by President Hitchcock, several division team captains and a host of University staff and administrators walked a hilly 3.2 miles on Sept. 28 in Colonie Town Park, and raised nearly $6,000 in pledges for the Healthy Choice American Heart Walk. The University joined other teams from business and education and was one of the event’s largest benefactors to the cause of combating heart disease and stroke.