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Student Profile

“Education is about personal growth, strengthening your passion to better your cause.” Todd Alessandro Graduate School Class of 2012 Master of Science in Education in Childhood Education and Childhood Special Education m o r e

Blue Angels Tennis Finishes Third in the HVWAC Championships

The College of New Rochelle tennis team concluded their 2011 campaign at National Tennis Center on November 13, 2011, where they competed in the Hudson Valley Athletic Conference championships. The Blue Angels totaled seven overall points and finished in third place.  CNR was represented in the semifinals for all six single flight and all three double flight in a very strong showing for the team.  m o r e

Students Present Research at Meeting of Environmental Consortium

Biology majors Alyssa Beasley SAS'12 and Jessica C. Kottwitz SAS'12 presented the results of their research at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities held at The College of Saint Rose on November 11-12, 2011.  m o r e

The Blue Angels Launch a New Athletics Microsite
The College of New Rochelle Athletics launched a new website on November 7, 2011, featuring athlete profiles, up to the minute sports stories and statistics, social features, photo galleries, and more. Visit us at www.cnr.edu/athletics!  m o r e

Swim Team Volunteers on a Midnight Run

The CNR swim team volunteered on a Midnight Run, which is a charitable project that involves delivering food and clothing to the homeless in Manhattan, NY, on October 26, 2011. Before the Midnight Run took place, the swim team helped make soup and hot chocolate, and prepared the bags of food. They left the Campus at 9:30 p.m. and returned at midnight.  m o r e

F A C U L T Y / S T A F F  F O C U S

Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences and Director of the SAS Honors Program, was commissioned by the University of Minnesota Press Blog to write a piece on the recent scandals at Penn State University.  Entitled “*They* Are…Penn State: ‘Qui tacet consentire videtur’ (Silence gives consent),” the article ponders the reaction of the university community to the loss of its legendary football coach, Joe Paterno.
    Dr. Bass was featured in the Bushnell-Sage Library’s annual “Author’s Day” event on November 5, 2011 in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Dr. Bass signed copies of her books, Not the Triumph but the Struggle, In the Game, and Those About Him Remained Silent, alongside some thirty-five writers, including baseball star Jim Bouton, noted chef Michael Ballon, novelist Allison Larkin, and photographer Paul Rocheleau. Also featured were her parents, writers Milton and Ruth Bass – the ad campaign for the event proclaimed “We Have Hooked Some Bass at the Bushnell-Sage!”

Dr. Deborah Hunt, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation and earned her Ph.D. this past October. The title of her dissertation was “Nurses' and Supervisors' Value Congruence, Leadership Support and Patient Outcomes and the Effect on Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave.” Dr. Hunt also published a short story for children called Buzbu Saves the Day in Bumples, an online magazine.

Dr. Elvira Longordo, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences, presented a poster entitled "Monitoring the Watershed - A Service Learning Project" and co-convened a workshop on "Collaboration Through the Hudson River Watershed - Engaging the Community and Local Government" at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities held at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY on November 11-12, 2011. 

Dr. Adrienne Wald, Director of Wellness Education, gave a presentation on "Tobacco-free Campuses: The Nuts and Bolts of Successful Policy Implementation" at the New York State College Health Association Conference in Saratoga, NY on October 18, 2011 with co-presenter, Dr. Luis Manzo, CUNY University Director, Mental Health and Wellness Services. Dr. Wald also gave a keynote lecture on "Interdisciplinary Approaches for Managing Overweight and Obese Patients" at the 5th Annual Dorothy Hussain Distinguished Lectureship to an interprofessional healthcare audience presented by The College of Nursing at The University of Toledo in Ohio on October 25, 2011. She served as moderator for a session on disease management at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC on October 31, 2011 and presented a poster at the American College of Sports Medicine conference on Physical Activity, Cognitive Function, and Academic Performance in Washington, DC on November 17, 2011.

Robert Wolf, Professor of Art Therapy in the Graduate School, presented a seminar on "Phototherapy: The Therapeutic Uses of Photography," at the 2nd Annual Expressive Therapies Summit in New York City. His experiential seminar/workshop was held on November 13, 2011 and was attended by an international audience of clinicians with various theoretical backgrounds.

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