Orange Carpet Reception
As part of SUNY Cobleskill's presidential installation celebration, the Orange Carpet Reception was held on Wednesday, May 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the college's Van Wagenen Library. The opening reception featured exhibits of the campus' critically acclaimed accomplishments by faculty and staff. The exhibit will be open to the public through September 20.
Orange Carpet Honorees
Achievements in Student Services
- Reaccreditation of the Beard Wellness Center by the Association for Ambulatory Health Care
- Contributors Mary Radliff and Lynn Ontl, co-directors and the staff of the Beard Wellness Center
- Winner, Student Theory Application Award for the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities
- Contributors the Office of Student Life and College and Community Relations and Jeff Foote, director
Achievements in the Professions
- 2009 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipient Barbara Brabetz
- College and University Professional Association for Human Resources Conference Presenter Erik Seastedt
- Associate's Degree Program Accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Contributors Early Childhood Department faculty and staff
Achievements in Academic Support
- Recipient of a US Department of Education, Title III Part A Grant for Strengthening Institutions
- Contributors Marsha Foster, Dr. Anne Myers, Jennifer Gray and Tara Winter
- Recipient of grant funding for the NYS Education Department Liberty Partnership Program
- Contributor Paul Turner
- Recipient of grant funding for the US Department of Education GEAR-UP Program
- Contributor Paul Turner
- Recipient of the NYS Department of Education's Carl D. Perkins Title II funding for Mohawk Valley Career Pathways Program
- Contributors Terry Hughes and Jane White
Achievements in Publication
- Landscaping Principles and Practices, 7th edition, Distinguished Teaching Professor Jack Ingels
- The Words and Music of Van Morrison, Associate Professor Erik Hage
- "Quantitative Conversion of Phytate to Inorganic Phosphorus in Soybean Seeds Expressing a Bacterial Phytase," Dr. Peiyu Zeng, et. al.
Achievements in Research Funding
- US Departments of Defense and Energy for Biowaste-to-Bioenergy Research Grant
- Contributors Dr. Doug Goodale, Marsha Foster, Dr. Charles Moran, Dr. Paul Amodeo, Barbara Brabetz, Dr. Robert Rynk, Rex Smith, Phil Arnold, Dean Johnston and Holly Cargill-Cramer
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation grant for research on restoration of gilt darter and lotic-benthic community in the Allegheny River
- Contributors Dr. John Foster and Marsha Foster
Achievements in Administrative Support
- NYS Department of Transportation/US federal Stimulus Funding for Improvements to Route 7
- Contributors Phil Arnold, Dan DeJong and Mike Montario
Achievements in Athletic Coaching
- NEAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year for 2008, Mitch Tomaszkiewicz
- NJCAA Basketball Coaches Association Representative to Team USA Under-18 Court Coach, Kevin McCarthy
- Host of ECAC, NCAA Division III Regional Women's Basketball Championship Tournament, Josh Suttles
Achievements in Student Leadership
- SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Judging Team: first place in the North American Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky.; the World Dairy Exposition in Madison, Wis.; the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Mass.; and the All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pa. The feat earned the team an invitation to compete in the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland in June 2009.
- Contributors Professor and Advisor Dr. John Tryon; Miranda Cayea of Ellenburg Depot; Jenna McNeil of Ellenburg Center; Chris Curtiss of Ballston Spa; Brandon Upson of Mohawk; Jennifer Simpson of Port Jarvis; Dennis Deysenroth of Bovina Center; Sheri Boardman of Sheffield, Mass. and Abbie Kuhlman of Rome, Pa.
- SUNY Cobleskill Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society won the New York State Quiz Bowl and finished second in the national quiz bowl.
- Contributors Rich Stanton of Yorkshire; Jenny Murtaugh of Schenectady; Buddy Nolan of Eagle Bridge and Steve Case of Johnsville and advisor Kevin Berner
- SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, Joseph Lydon of Barrytown and Justin Truax of Amsterdam
- Presenting ocelot research at a professional conference, Jenny Murtaugh of Schenectady
