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Executive Update: Week of December 6
December 11, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Ragan A. Squier rasquier@esf.edu
Executive Update: Week of December 6, 2015
FEATURED EVENT
Friday, December 11:
Commencement and Reception
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
December Commencement will
begin at 2:00 pm in Syracuse
University's Hendricks Chapel. The
actual ceremony will include the
following.
· Individual Recognition of Each
December Degree Candidate
· President's Medal Recipient, Rick
Fedrizzi
· Presentation of the Graduates of
Distinction Awards through the
Alumni Association
Immediately following the
ceremony, you are invited to attend
a reception in the Gateway Center,
at approximately 3:15 pm.
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ESF in the News
IN THIS ISSUE
A Message from the President
Update from Student Diversity and
Inclusion
ESF Celebrates December Commencement
Dr. Neil Murphy Receives USGBC
Leadership Award
ESF to Divest from Fossil Fuel Investments
A MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT
What kind of community do we
want ESF to be? Perhaps in a
word - welcoming. A
community that is tolerant of
diverse perspectives, willing to
engage in respectful discourse
with anyone. A community that
is generous in spirit, trusting
the best in others' intentions until something
different is demonstrated. A community open to
new ideas, eager to see the world through
others' eyes. A community that respects
intellectual freedom, appreciating that diverse
cultures, experiences, and beliefs lead to diverse
points of view. A community focused on
practicing rigorous science in a humane way,
seeking deep understanding of both the natural
world and humanity. A campus that minimizes
any barriers to feeling welcome and embraces
diversity in all its forms. And a campus that
maintains and nurtures the unique ethos that is
ESF - a genuine, deep, abiding love of nature;
ESF - a genuine, deep, abiding love of nature;
concern for human well-being; and commitment
to make things better through discovery,
innovation and creativity.
[ READ MORE ]
ESF Students Launch Online
Literary Journal. The journal,
named Unearthed, publishes
My best to students, faculty, staff, alumni,
Trustees, and other partners,
work in the genres of nonfiction, fiction, poetry and art.
Students from any academic
department are invited to submit
their work for publication,
especially in areas of new media
and those that blend genres,
such as photo and video essays.
[ Read More ]
Quentin Wheeler, Ph.D.
President
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Neil Murphy Receives USGBC
Leadership Award and 11 ESF
Students Volunteer at 'Greenbuild'
Conference in DC
Dr. Cornelius B.
Murphy, Jr., was the
recipient of a 2015
Leadership Award from
the U.S. Green Building
The ESF men's basketball team
got its first win of the season
Nov. 23 but dropped its next two
games.
The win came against the Nittany
Lions of Penn State Wilkes-Barre,
76-68. Playing in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, the Mighty Oaks
led most of the first half, going
into half time with a 40-31 lead.
Wilkes-Barre came back strong in
the second half but key threepointers by juniors Jared Bard
and Ryan Caldwell allowed ESF to
maintain its lead. Bard, Caldwell
and junior guard Dan Treadwell
led the Mighty Oaks with 19
points each.
[ Read More ]
Council (USGBC) for his
work at the forefront of
sustainability in the
built environment.
Murphy, the Senior
Fellow for
Environmental and
Sustainable Systems at ESF and former college
president, was among seven individuals and
companies recognized for their commitment to
sustainability in the built environment.
[ READ MORE ]
ESF Celebrates December
Commencement
ESF will award 171
degrees, including
42 master's degrees
and eight Doctor of
Philosophy degrees,
Philosophy degrees,
during the 2015
December
Commencement 2 p.m.
Dec. 11 at Hendricks Chapel. During the
ceremony, Graduate of Distinction Awards will
also be bestowed on alumni Diana K. Bendz '68,
Dr. Jeremy Testa '03, and I. Holly Rosenthal '82,
and the first President's Medal will be presented
to Rick Fedrizzi, CEO of the U.S. Green Building
Council.
[ READ MORE ]
NEW INITIATIVES
ESF to Divest from Fossil Fuel
Investments
The ESF College
Foundation, Inc., in
partnership with the
SUNY College of
Environmental
Science and Forestry
(ESF) and the ESF
Board of Trustees,
has announced its
intention to divest
from investments in
fossil fuels.
The announcement marks ESF as the first of
SUNY's 64 campuses to establish a divestment
goal, according to a list of divestment
commitments maintained by 350.org, an
international environmental organization that
works to call attention to carbon dioxide levels
and climate change. ESF's goal is to fully divest
from the top 200 companies that are directly
involved in the extraction, processing, and
transportation of coal, oil, and natural gas.
[ READ MORE ]
CAMPUS NEWS
Update from Student Diversity and
Inclusion
The fall of 2015 marked the first semester of
The fall of 2015 marked the first semester of
the Student Diversity and Inclusion unit in ESF's
Office of Student Affairs (formerly Multicultural
Affairs). During the semester, our director and
staff compiled a variety of support programs for
ESF students.
[ READ MORE ]
Third-Party Campus Assessment
With the assistance of the SUNY provost, an
independent consultant - Sears Associates - has
been engaged to assess the climate on campus
and make recommendations for how to best
move ahead. The firm has completed a
preliminary set of interviews with a few
representatives, about 20 in total, from the ESF
community and a couple from SUNY
administration. These interviews were intended
only to gather enough information about the
situation to propose a process by which the
broader ESF community can be engaged.
Suggestions for that process are expected this
week with the intent to begin and complete that
process as soon as possible.
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