Posted on Sep 24, 1999

The Career Development Center has a record number of

recruiters (85) lined up for the 21st annual Career Festival on Thursday,

Sept. 30, in Memorial Fieldhouse. About 500 students are expected to

visit.

What the CDC wants now is faculty.

Recruiters, like the students who will be visiting them,

are looking to do some networking of their own, explains Shelly

Shinebarger, assistant director of the CDC. “The recruiters want to

talk to faculty to get the inside loop,” she says. “They want to

learn about the students, their classes, their projects.

“At the same time, faculty can talk to the

recruiters and learn what they are looking for in students,” she

says.

While fall is usually the busiest recruiting time for

tech employers, who want to get early commitments from students, the CDC

has reserved tables for non-profits, government and publishing, which

usually don't hire until the spring, Shinebarger says.

As in the past, the buzzword is internships, she adds.

Employers are looking for students who have had professional experience

within their field.

And as if the lure of a potential career isn't enough,

the Marines are offering helicopter rides over campus. But only to those

who have visited the Career Festival. “That was my stipulation,”

says Shinebarger.

Posted on Sep 24, 1999

The College welcomes 20 new faculty members this fall.

They are:

Ranja Roy, visiting assistant

professor of mathematics, holds a doctorate from the State University of

New York at Binghamton, where she has held various teaching and research

positions. She also has taught at Millersville (Pa.) University. Her

research interests include algebraic topology, differential topology,

group actions in manifolds, and K-theory

Marie-Vee Santana, instructor

of psychology, earned her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut, where

she has done research including haptic and visual perception, control and

coordination of action, psycholinguistics and visual psychophysics.

Abhijit Som, visiting

assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is interested in the

thermo-fluids physics to address issues in the chemical, power and space

industries. He earned his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

where he held a variety of teaching and research positions.

John Tanke, visiting assistant

professor of English, holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has

taught most recently at the University of Michigan. His teaching and

research interests include Old English poetry, Middle English literature,

structuralism, deconstruction and psychoanalytic theory.

Mary Jo Kahley-Wolf, visiting

assistant professor of chemistry, earned her Ph.D. from Miami (Ohio)

University. She has taught organic chemistry at a number of institutions

including Albany College of Pharmacy, Hudson Valley Community College,

Oberlin College, Bloomsburg University and the University of Toronto.

Kelli Wondra, visiting

assistant professor of performing arts, has studied at Indiana University

and Kansas State University. She has taught at the University at Albany,

Indiana and Kansas State, and directed productions at Albany, Indiana and

Kansas State.

Posted on Sep 24, 1999

The College's co-ed team in the Chase Corporate

Challenge finished 16th of 175 teams in the 3.5-mile race May 27 in

Albany.

Competing for Union were Janet Anderson, chemistry; Barb

Boyer, biology; Kristin Fox, chemistry; Kelly Herrington, admissions;

Susan Niefield, mathematics; Don Rodbell, geology; and Charlie Casey,

communications.

Posted on Sep 24, 1999

Ashraf Ghaly, associate

professor of civil engineering, delivered a talk titled “From Theory

to Application Via Practical Projects,” at the National Science

Foundation's Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials' sixth

Symposium on Teaching the Materials Science, Engineering, and Field

Aspects of Concrete at Northwestern University, Illinois. He delivered two

talks — “Technology as a Double-Edged Sword” and

“Technological Electrocution” at the Workshop on the Pedagogy

and Delivery of Information Technology in Science, Engineering, and

Liberal Arts Education recently at Colgate University. Also, he spoke on

“Investigative Learning in Engineering Using Prototype Scale

Testing” at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the

University of Rochester.

Mary K. Carroll, associate

professor of chemistry, has published a paper, “Interactions between

Methylene Blue and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate in Aqueous Solution Studied by

Molecular Spectroscopy” in the journal Applied Spectroscopy.

Co-authors are Marc A. Unger '93, Andrew M. Leach '96, Melissa J.

Morris '96, and two collaborators from the research group of Prof. F. V.

Bright at SUNY Buffalo.

Posted on Sep 24, 1999

September 13, 1999

Meeting #1

1. The minutes of May 31, 1999 were approved.

2. Cherrice Traver was elected Chair of the AAC.

3. Noontime schedule was discussed relative to the lunch

room crowding problem.

4. The Calendar Committee was reviewed: Andy Feffer,

Barbara Danowski, Christie Sorum, Seth Greenberg, Danette Slevinski,

Brooke Barylick, Ann Anderson.

5. Fall agenda to include discussion of the Sociology

and Anthropology Reviews and a discussion of Academic Dishonesty.

6. Danette Slevinski gave the Student Forum report.

Posted on Sep 24, 1999

Members of the Union College community can purchase

reduced-priced tickets ($14) to the “Broadway Gala” concert by

the Albany Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at the

Palace Theater.

For the reduced ticket price of $14, payment must be

received by Oct. 5. Please make checks payable to Union College and

forward them to Human Resources. For more information, call ext. 6108.