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HAPPENINGS Graduates and their families filled Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre in May as the Warner School celebrated the Class of 2019. Read about Warner's commencement celebration. View photos from the ceremony. The counseling and human development department held its annual symposium in May. The event celebrated graduating students’ academic and professional achievements, and included a display of posters representing capstone projects and a public expression of thanks to partnership sites and supervisors. Counseling site supervisors were recognized as Supervision Fellows and Dedicated Fellows for their continuous dedication to the training of new counselors and commitment to excellence in the provision of clinical supervision. Master’s Thesis Awards were also presented to individuals in recognition of their outstanding academic efforts and achievements. Recipients of the Master's Thesis Awards were: Oliver Boxell ‘19W (MS), Katy Calarco ‘19W (MS), Hayley Chase ‘19W (MS), Melissa Habeeb ‘19W (MS), Vicki Helfer ‘19W (MS), Katherine Lloyd ‘19W (MS), Alyssa Lombardi ‘19W (MS), Giana Porpiglia ‘19W (MS), Eric Veator ‘19W (MS), and Yueyao Wang ‘19W (MS). Pictured above is master's student Susan Maier. Additional pictures of the event can be found here . Nineteen counseling students were inducted into the local chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society in counseling, at an induction ceremony in May. The invited membership is based on academic excellence, professional integrity, leadership potential, and commitment to both service and advocacy within the counseling field. The guest speaker was alumnus Michael Ripple ‘18W (MS), a middle school counselor at Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District. ANNOUNCEMENTS Harnischfeger Joins Warner as Visiting Associate Professor Alice Harnischfeger '12W (PhD) joins the Warner School as a visiting associate professor in teaching and curriculum, where she will teach in and direct the disability/inclusion program. She previously served as a faculty member in a rural area college. Currently, Harnischfeger is interested in comparing place-connected and educational practice realizations from this recent contextual experience, from her multiple years of teaching in a suburban district, and from ongoing urban education explorations to further understandings of socially constructed differences and best inclusive practice. Read more. Warner Women in Leadership Student Organization Formed Learn about Warner Women in Leadership, a new student organization that Meghan Jordan, a master’s student in higher ed, is starting this summer. Add your email to the sign-up sheet here for information about upcoming meetings. Email [email protected] for more information. NEWS From Passion to Purpose: Genesee Valley Writing Project Awarded a Grant via the 2019 LRNG Innovators Challenge Warner Alumna Named Pierce College President Warner Student La’Ron White ‘17, ‘19W (MS) Reflects on the Impact of his Scholarships Warner School Student Offered Fulbright Grant FACULTY/STUDENT NOTES Case Named Assistant Principal The Pittsford Central School District Board of Education appointed alumna Sumara Case '03W (MS), '11W (EdD) as assistant principal at Sutherland High School. Case had been serving as the assistant principal (teacher on special assignment) and acceleration coordinator at Greece’s Odyssey Academy since 2016. Read more. Gatto Named to Brighton Schools Alumni Hall of Fame Lynn Astarita Gatto, BHS’70, associate professor, a longtime elementary school teacher, a distinguished teacher educator, and the founding director of Horizons at Warner/University of Rochester, was inducted into the Brighton Central School District Alumni Hall of Fame in June. Finnigan Testifies to Commission on Civil Rights Kara Finnigan, professor, testified to the New York Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at the City University of New York (CUNY) Law School in June, as part of two full-day public briefings on education funding equity, examining the extent to which New York’s education financing impermissibly discriminates against students of color. Learn more about these sessions hosted by the United States Commission on Civil Rights here . Curry Presents at Linguistics Conference Mary Jane Curry, associate professor, presented "De Facto Language of Publication Policies in Chile: Institutional Initiatives, Available Resources, and Scholars’ Responses" at the 2nd Annual Language Policy Forum (British Association of Applied Linguistics) in Edinburgh, Scotland in May. Marquis Receives APA Award for Textbook Andre Marquis, associate professor, received the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) award for the “Best Coverage of Child Maltreatment in Graduate Adult/General Psychopathology Textbooks” for the book Understanding Psychopathology: An Integral Exploration (Pearson, 2014), which he co- authored. This award honors individuals for providing the best, most accurate, and most balanced coverage of trauma and its link to psychopathology. Lynch Presents in the Netherlands and Russia Martin Lynch, associate professor, presented “Key Features in Doctoral Students’ Experience of Autonomy and Non-Autonomy in the University: Phenomenological Descriptions” at the 7th International Conference on Self-Determination Theory in the Netherlands in May. Lynch also presented, in Russian, “The Expression of Internal Motivation in the Psychological States of Doctoral Students” at the V International Forum on Teacher Education in Kazan, Russia in May. Shalka Publishes Two Articles Tricia Shalka, assistant professor, published the article "Mapping the Intersections of Gender and College Trauma" in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol. 32, issue 6. Additionally, Shalka co-published "The Chinese International Student as a (Post)Colonial Other: An Analysis of Cultural Representations in a U. S. Media Discourse" in The Review of Higher Education, vol. 42, 2019. Duckles Attends Workshop at the City University of New York Joyce Duckles, associate professor, along with community partners George Moses and Robert Moses, both of North East Area Development (NEAD), attended the Critical Participatory Action Research Workshop at the Public Science Project Institute at the City University of New York (CUNY) in May. They attended as members of Sankofa Communiversity, an intergenerational, collaborative community of research, scholarship, and social activism created in November 2018 as an outgrowth of their eight-year collaboration with the Beechwood community. Learn more about Sankofa Communiversity. Lammers and Huang Publish Article Jayne Lammers, associate professor, and Ting Huang '17W (PhD), co-authored "A Qualitative Inquiry of Video Learning by Chinese L2 Learners: Learning Internalization, Understanding Social Realities, and Reflecting on Challenges" in Chinese as a Second Language, vol. 53, issue 3. Read more. Hursh Co-Publishes Book Chapter David Hursh, professor, co-published the chapter "Grassroots Democracy In New York State: Opting-Out and Resisting the Corporate Reform Agenda in Schooling" in S. Riddle and M. Apple (Eds.) Re-imagining Education for Democracy (Routledge, 2019). Read more. Rossette, Fitch, and McCree Receive RCSD Award for First Year Excellence Three Warner graduates received the Rochester City School District’s (RCSD) award for first-year excellence. Julie Rossette ‘11W (MS), a school counselor at Edison Tech; Terry Fitch ‘18W (MS), a special education teacher at Edison Tech; and Kari McCree ‘10W (MS), a 7th & 8th grade English teacher at School No. 12, were named 2018-19 Career in Teaching (CIT) Interns of the year. They were among 11 teachers and counselors honored with an award in recognition of their exemplary performance as first-year teachers. Find out more about these outstanding new teachers and see them in action here . Feigenbaum Co-Publishes Article Lindsey Feigenbaum '18W (MS) co-published the article "The State of Integration in Monroe County" in The State of Integration 2018, a publication of the National Coalition on School Diversity. Read the article which begins on page 40. Clark-Taylor Named Director of Center for Women Alumna Angela Clark-Taylor ’12W (MS), '16W (PhD) has been named the next director for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women at Case Western Reserve University, effective July 1. She currently leads the Center for Women and Gender Equity and Violence Prevention Center at Bowling Green State University. EVENTS June 24, 2019 Public EdD Dissertation Defense: Su-Yi Chou July 13, 2019 Writing Workshop: Incorporating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism August 5-9, 2019 Young Writers Summer Camp 2019 August 14-27, 2019 Orientation for New International Students October 4, 2019 Child Abuse Identification and Reporting Workshop October 18, 2019 Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Training See All Upcoming Events IN THE NEWS Kara Finnigan on Urban-Suburban Program in Democrat & Chronicle Democrat & Chronicle Guest Essay on Desegregation of Monroe County Schools Features Kara Finnigan's Book University of Rochester-East EPO featured in The Education Trust-New York’s Educator Diversity Playbook Warner Alumna Katie Nash ‘06W (MS) Discusses “Red for Ed” Movement on Arizona PBS Warner Alumnus Costas Solomou ’07W (MS), ‘13W (EdD) Named SUNY Geneseo Vice President for Enrollment Management EdD Student Tracy Cretelle Interviewed as a Teaching Artist on WAYO-FM Shaun Nelms's Commencement Address to Fredonia Graduates Shaun Nelms Challenges Graduates to Transform Society Joanne Larson on Housing, Education Crisis in the Democrat & Chronicle Shaun Nelms on East High-University of Rochester EPO Partnership Extension Lynn Gatto on the Kindergarten Transition on Yahoo Lifestyle Shaun Nelms on the Positive Trajectory of the UR-East High Partnership in Rochester Beacon [email protected]
