Posted on Sep 17, 2003

A total of 18 new people have joined the athletic department's staff.
“Headliners” would like to welcome and introduce those folks.

Men's Hockey

Nathan (Nate) Leaman, Head Men's Hockey Coach

• Former Assistant Hockey Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Harvard University (1999-2003). Teams won an ECAC championship and made two trips to the NCAA Tournament.
• Won the 1999 NCAA National Championship while an assistant at the University of Maine.
• A native of Dayton, OH, graduated from the University of Maine with an MS in Biological Sciences.

Anthony (Tony) Gasparini, Assistant Men's Hockey Coach

• Former Head Coach of the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League.
• A graduate of the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Currently pursuing a Masters degree.

William (Bill) Riga, Assistant Men's Hockey Coach

• Former associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the Boston Junior Bruins Hockey.
• A former player at both the collegiate (UMass-Lowell) and professional levels.

Field Hockey

Lacey French, Head Women's Field Hockey

• Former Assistant Women's Field Hockey Coach at Middlebury College (2001-2003).
• A Vermont native, Lacey received a BS degree in Exercise Sciences from Skidmore College in 2001 where she was a two time All-American.
• Will also serve as a fitness instructor.

Baseball

Jeremy Rivenburg, Head Baseball Coach

• Jeremy has served as Union's Pitching Coach under Gary Reynolds
  for the past two years.

• A native of Coxsackie, he is a recent graduate of Ithaca College.

Doug Kimbler, Hitting & Defensive Baseball Coach

• Former Infield and Hitting Coach at RPI (2001-02).
• A graduate of St. Rose, Doug has had an extensive professional career.

Women's Volleyball

Heidi Brower, Assistant Volleyball Coach

• Heidi is a 2002 graduate of Goucher College, MD, where she played volleyball all four years.
• She served as an Assistant Coach for the Empire State Games, Scholastic Teams, during 2000-2002.

Men's Lacrosse

Erv Chambliss, Head Men's Lacrosse Coach & Assistant Football

• Served for 13 years as an Assistant Football Coach and Defensive Coordinator from Columbia University.
• Former Head Lacrosse and Football Assistant Coach at the University of Rochester. Also coached Lacrosse, Basketball and Football at Williams College.
• A graduate of University of Rochester ('76), Erv holds a Masters degree in Education from the University at Albany ('81)

Football

Brev Creech, Assistant Men's Football Coach

• Former Assistant Defensive Coordinator at St. John's University (2002).
• Served as an Assistant Football Coach at Union in 2001.
• Brev received his BA in Visual Arts in 2001 from Union College.

Daryl Steverson, Assistant Football Coach

• Former Assistant Football Coach for Southern Connecticut State University. A long time coach for football and lacrosse at LaSalle Institute, in Troy, New York.
• Daryl holds a MS in Physical Education from Southern Connecticut.

Jamie Casullo, Assistant Men's Football Coach

• Wide receiver coach and recruiter at SUNY Buffalo (2001-02).
• A 2003 graduate of SUNY Buffalo with a BS in Health and Wellness.

Women's Hockey

Laura Hays, Assistant Woman's Hockey Coach

• Former assistant Women's Hockey Coach at Utica College (2001-03).
• Winner of the prestigious Princeton Patty Kazimier Award.
• From Meadsville, PA, a 2001 graduate of Princeton University.

Men's Basketball

Ian McShane, Assistant Coach, Men's Basketball

• Ian is a 2003 graduate of the University of Rochester where he was a varsity basketball player.
• Most recently coached and directed camps at the youth and AAU levels.

Dale Wellman, Assistant Coach, Men's Basketball

• Prior Assistant Basketball Coach at Kenyon College, OH.
• Dale is completing his M.H.P. in Historic Preservation through the University of Georgia.

Men's & Women's Tennis

Wayne Emerick, Head Tennis Coach

• Since 1991, Wayne served as head coach of the Men's & Women's Tennis programs at Shaker High School. He has also served as a coach for USTA Tennis Performance programs.
• Wayne recently received his MBA from the Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management. He received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth.

Erico Lemos, Assistant Tennis Coach

• Most recently coached tennis at Shaker High School and is a USTA professional coach.
• He is a graduate of SUNY Albany, and is currently head tennis pro at Saratoga Golf & Polo.

Meg Yates, Assistant Tennis Coach

• A recent Arizona State grad, Meg is now a Graduate Assistant in the Union MET program.
• Meg ranked 40th in the country and was an All-American at Arizona.

Crew

Meredith Vietor, Student Assistant Crew Coach

• Meredith is currently a Psychology/Biology major at Union and anticipates graduating in 2004.
• She was a three year starter at Union with an impressive record (2k/728).

Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving

Aaron D'Addario, Assistant Swim Coach

• Received his Bachelor's degree in Biology/Psychology from Union in June of 2003.
• Captain of the Men's Swimming & Diving Team (2002-03).

Ridgley Harrison, Assistant Swim Coach

• Received a BA in Economics from Union in June of 2003.
• Earned All-American status in 2001-03.

Men's Soccer

Bernie Watts, Assistant Goalie Coach

• Head Coach of the Black Watch Highlanders of the Pro Select League. He is a former Assistant Soccer Coach at SUNY Albany, Rensselaer, and Union.
• A graduate of Springfield College, Bernie has also taught in area schools

Women's Soccer

Julie Cardettino, Assistant Women's Soccer Coach

• Julie completed her undergraduate degree at Union and is currently enrolled in the MAT program.
• She played soccer and softball all four years at Union and was Captain for both teams her Senior year.
• Julie presently teaches middle school.

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Posted on Sep 12, 2003

Through Dec. 7
Mandeville
Gallery in Nott Memorial
“Girl Printers:
Talented Women Strut Their Stuff!”: A showcase featuring printing, books, and
ephemera by 37 women printers. An artists' reception on Thursday, Sept. 18,
from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Nott.

Sept. 12 through Oct. 17
Arts Atrium,
Arts Bldg. (ground level)
“Paintings and
Work on Paper” – by Barbara Grossman. An artist's slide presentation on Thursday,
Oct. 16, from 3:30
to 4:30
p.m. in Arts 215,
followed by reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

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Posted on Sep 12, 2003

Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Women's field hockey vs. Skidmore

Thursday, Sept. 11, 12:25 p.m.
Olin, Room 115
Chemistry Department
Joint seminar with Biology and Chemistry: Guest Speaker Dr. Stuart Ravnik, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, on “Why do Science? Getting to that 'Eureka! Moment.”

Thursday, Sept. 11, 5 p.m.
F.W. Olin Center 332
Geology club welcoming party for Prof. Walsh and freshmen. Pizza, subs, wings, cake and bad disaster movies.

Friday, Sept. 12 to Monday, Sept. 15, 8 & 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Matrix Reloaded

Friday, Sept. 12, 4 to 8 p.m.
Chester Arthur Courtyard
Club Expo featuring food, games, giveaways, and the band, Recycled Percussion.

Saturday, Sept. 13, 12 p.m.
Saratoga Spa State Park
Men's and women's cross-country vs. Hamilton

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2 p.m.
Garis Field
Men's soccer vs. New Paltz (Union Classic)

Saturday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Women's field hockey vs. Regis

Sunday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m.
Garis Field
Women's soccer vs. NYU

Sunday, Sept. 14, noon
Garis Field
Men's soccer vs. Mount St. Mary

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 10 p.m.
Old Chapel
Comedian Kivi Rogers

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 7 to 9 p.m.
Humanities Lounge
Prof. Felmon Davis of philosophy on “Separation of Church and State.”

Thursday, Sept. 18, 12:15 p.m.
F.W. Olin Center 106
Chemistry Orientation – Come hear about the requirements for major(s)/minor in chemistry and major in biochemistry, research opportunities, terms abroad, and all the fall events including seminars and Chemistry Club activities.

Friday, Sept. 19 to Monday, Sept. 22, 8 & 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Bruce Almighty

Friday, Sept. 19, 4 p.m.
Memorial Fieldhouse
Women's volleyball – Union Tournament

Friday, Sept. 19, 4 p.m.
Tennis Courts
Women's tennis vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m.
Memorial Fieldhouse
Women's volleyball – Union Tournament

Saturday, Sept. 20, 1 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Women's soccer vs. Rochester

Saturday, Sept. 20, 1 p.m.
Tennis Courts
Women's tennis vs. Middlebury

Saturday, Sept. 20, 3:30 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Men's soccer vs. Worcester State

Saturday, Sept. 20, 5 p.m.
Dutch Hollow, Reamer Campus Center
Night football game pep rally BBQ and live music

Saturday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m.
Frank Bailey Field
Dutchmen vs. WPI

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Posted on Sep 12, 2003

Quynh Chu-LaGraff, research associate professor of biology, made a
presentation at the ninth International Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
conference in Chicago, “Expression
of the Drosophila Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase 1 protein during development.”
She also received an NIH-AREA grant for three years totaling $135,549 for a
project, “Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterases in Neural Development.” She
co-authored a paper, “Characterization of Drosophila palmitoyl-protein
thioesterase 1,” in the journal Gene published
on July 13, 2003. Other
authors are R. Glaser, A. Hickey, and H. Chotkowski from the Wadsworth
Center of the state Department of
Health.

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Posted on Sep 12, 2003

Robert Baker, professor
of philosophy and director of the Center for Bioethics, directed a one-day session, “Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Death and Dying,” this summer as
part of the New York University Faculty Resource Network's Practical Ethics
Workshop. The week-long workshop was
designed to teach non-philosophers how to introduce ethical subjects into their
courses. Last spring, Baker presented a paper, “E-Consultation: Ethics Consultation
over the Internet,” at a conference, “Clinical Ethics Consultation: First
International Assessment Summit,” in Cleveland.
He also recently presented a paper, “British and American Conceptions of
Medical Ethics, 1847-1947,” as part of a conference in London on Anglo-American
Medical Relations: Historical Insights. It was sponsored by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at
University College London in honor of Sir Henry Wellcome's
150th birthday. 

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