HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DANCE
Department-sponsored services
Area of Service
Served
The Frank Egan Memorial Health Lecture Series (Fall, 2009 -10 Lectures; Spring 2010 -9 Lectures
700
Academic Advisement (Note Bene: All students who have a declared major in Dance and Massage Therapy are
advised and registered by Department faculty.
300
Intercollegiate Athletics Program
300
Recreation Program
8000
Intramural Athletics Program
400
Massage Therapy Clinic
350
Massage Therapy Open House
50
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Dance Workshop Concert Performance
5/6/2010
300
Frank Egan Memorial Health Lecture Series
5/12/2010
700
Annual Athletics Awards Luncheon
5/12/2010
275
organized
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Virginia
Cowen
Conference
Presentation, other
Reference
Gym class memories: What it was like for the rest of us. Popular
Culture Association / American Culture Association National
Conference, New Orleans, LA (2009).
Social trends and the rise of new diseases. Northeast Popular
Culture Association, Bayside, New York, 2009.
Panel moderator, The business of being a yoga teacher. Yoga
Journal New York Conference, 2009.
Virginia
Cowen
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Member, Board of Directors, Yoga Alliance (an international nonprofit registry of yoga teachers and teacher-training programs).
Chair, government relations committee. National Certification
Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
National Institutes of Health, QCC Bridges to the Baccalaureate
Research Initiative for Minority Students Research Program
Mentor.
Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference Planning
Committee.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Elyn
Feldman
Performance (music,
dance, theater)
Reference
Feldman, Elyn. Exhibit in the annual "Postcards From The Edge,"
December 2009. Show which benefits Aids research.
Rosemary
Iconis
Conference
Presentation published as
proceedings
Iconis, Rosemary A. "Rape Myth Acceptance in College Students:
A Literature Review," Clute Institute for Academic Research,
College Teaching and Learning Conference, San Antonio, Texas,
March 16-19, 2009.
Rosemary
Iconis
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
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Kathleen
Kilcoyne
Performance (music,
dance, theater)
Performed with "The Mantis Project" Friday and Saturday January
9th and 10th as a former company member and now "guest
artist." Choreography by Geoffrey Doig-Marx, company director.
2009
Kathleen
Kilcoyne
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Served as chair over a "50th Anniversary" event.
Aaron
Krac
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Department Chair, 2009.
Member, Veteran's Advisory Committee, 2009.
Member, CUNY Council of Chairperson's for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, Dance, Gerontology and Nutritional
Sciences, 2009.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Aaron
Krac
Conference, workshop,
training attended
Reference
Freshman Academy Outcomes Assessment Workshops (April 7th
and May 12th, 2009).
Lisa
Mertz
Review/Commentary
(including Blogging)
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Fireside Chat on Myofascial
Release, by John Barnes, MTJ winter.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective
Strain-free Massage, by Darien Pritchard, MTJ winter.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Harmonizing Your Craniosacral
System, by Daniel Agustoni, MTJ winter.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Drug Handbook for Massage
Therapists, by Jean Wible, MTJ spring.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Intentional Healing, by Jeanne
Achterberg, MTJ spring.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: A Gift of Touch: Dimensional
Massage Therapy DVD, by Dancy Dail, MTJ spring.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: The Passive Stretch DVD, by Kay
Rynerson, MTJ spring.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: The Massage Therapy Students
Video Guide: The Torso; Upper Extremities, and The Students
Quick Reference Guide, by Dwayne Gray, MTJ summer.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Anatomy Trains: Myofascial
Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists, 2nd ed, by
Thomas Meyers, MTJ summer.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia
of Your Energetic Anatomy, by Cyndi Dale, MTJ summer.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Preventing & Treating Diabetes
Naturally the Native Way, e-book; Polarity Therapy Protocol:
Treatment for Diabetes, video digital download, by Leslie E. Korn
and Rudolph C. Rÿser Sand to Sky: Conversations with Teachers
of Asian Medicine, by Pamela Ellen Ferguson and Debra Duncan
Persinger, MTJ fall.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Harmonize the Fire DVD, by
Melanie Smith, MTJ fall.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Massage for Life! DVD, by Michael
Rice, MTJ fall.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Myoskeletal Alignment for Low
Back, Hip & Leg Pain DVD, by Erik Dalton, MTJ fall.
As book, DVD, product review editor for Massage Therapy
Journal, published by the American Massage Therapy Association,
wrote following review, 2009: Recapture Your Health, by Walt
Stoll, MD, and Jan DeCourtney, CMT, MTJ winter.
Lisa
Mertz
Service as a
reviewer/editor/consul
tant
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Lisa
Mertz
Conference, workshop,
training attended
2nd Mindful Learners Conference, CUNY Grad Center, April 3,
2009.
Rubric Workshops, Queensborough, December 10, 2009.
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Mertz
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Committee on Course and Standing, 2009.
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Member, Middle States Self-study working group, Leadership and
Governance, 2009.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
Revised Massage Therapy Program to offer electives, including
hospital-based Oncology Massage in conjunction with North Shore
University Hosptial, Manhasset.
Co-founder and Co-chair, New York Council of Massage Therapy
Educators, 2004-present.
Lead faculty for 5-year Massage Therapy Program Review, 2009.
Andrea
Salis
Service as a
reviewer/editor/consul
tant
Reviewer: Insel, P.M., and Roth, W.T. (2009). Core Concepts in
Health, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York.
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ZINGER
Book, Authored
Zinger, L. Medication Adherence Among HIV Positive Adults in an
Urban Clinic. VDM Publishing, 2009 (ISBN 978-639-16583-8).
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Book, Edited
Health: The Basics, by Rebecca Donatelle , 9th ed. Benjamin
Cummings/ Pearson, 2009.
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Conference
Presentation published as
proceedings
“Using Service Learning as a Method of Transferring Health
Knowledge,” Clute Institute: The College Teaching and Learning
Conference, October 5-7, 2009.
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Conference
Presentation, other
“How to Survive and Thrive Your First Seven Years at CUNY”:
PSC’s Junior Faculty Professional Development Day, May 5, 2009.
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Awards
Best Paper Award: The 2009 IBER (Business) & ITLC (Teaching)
Conferences, October 5-7, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
Service Learning: Education in Action, Center for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning (CETL). Fall 2009. $500
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Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Affirmative Action/ Pluralism & Diversity Committee, 3-year
appointment: 2008 start.
Inclusive Excellence Committee, 2009-2010.
Search Committee for Biology; Health, Physical Education, and
Dance; and History, 2009.
Subcommittee to develop seminars for the Kupferberg Holocaust
Resource Center, Fall 2009.
Subcommittee for the Health-related Sciences Freshman
Academy, College's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Fall 2009.
Basics Skills Across the Academies Cohort, 2009.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
Faculty Assessment Task Force, 2009.
PSC Executive Committee and Health and Safety Committee,
2009.
Personnel & Budget, Health, Physical Education, and Dance,
2009.
Co-President: Greater New York Society for Public Health
Education (GNYSOPHE): 2009
Liaison, Public Health Association of New York City (PHANYC) and
Greater New York Society of Public Health Education
(GNYSOPHE): Summer and Fall 2009.
Co-Program Chair for “AHA!” Conference, Kingsborough
Community College (CUNY), June 2009.
Curricular Changes - Course
Program Change
Course Number
Course Title
Semester
Comments
HA-201
Eastern Massage
Therapy III
Eastern
Massage
Therapy III
Course deleted as part of
recommendation of Advisory Board
to make room in the curriculum for
elective experiences for students
HA-206
Preganancy Massage
Preganancy
Massage
Provided as an elective experience
to prepare students to offer safe
and effective massage therapy
during pregnancy, labor and
postpartum.
HA-206
Hospital Based Massage
Hospital Based An elective experience designed to
Massage
provide massage therapy for
seriously ill patients in a hospital
setting.
HA-208
Sports Massage
Sports
Massage
Deleted Course
New Course
An elective experience to provide
safe and effective massage to
athletes.
Curricular Changes - Program
Course Change
Program
Semester
Comments
Massage Therapy
Fall 2010
HA-201, Eastern Massage III, was replaced
due to recommendation by the advisory
committee, to provide an elective
opportunity for students in the program.
Three new elective courses were
developed.
Modified
Personnel or organizational structure changes, newly developed projects
Changes
A new instructor in health education was hired. A Department Assessment Committee was established as a subcommittee of
the Curriculum Committee in order to carry out a continuous process of assessment according to the exigencies outlined by the
Middle States evaluation report.
Facilities/space changes
Facility modification
Purpose
The Tennis Courts will be restored and new Upgrade facilities.
rubber flooring will be installed in Gyms
303 and 305. THe floor in Gym 304 has
been refurbished. A new "Hoist" multistation fitness apparatus will be installed.
Semester
Facility Evaluation
Spring 2010
Excellent
Equipment changes
Equipment Changes
Purpose
Semester Evaluation
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Resource changes
Other Resources Purpose
Semester Resource Evaluation
Other changes affecting department
None
Departmental procedures for conducting assessment
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Program(s): Reviewed Massage Therapy
External Agency: Mr. Matthew Kenny
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Program Review Follow-up
Action Item
Timeline
Accomplishements
The completion of the prgram review is in
progress and should be completed by the
fall, 2010.
Fall, 2010
The Massage Therapy Curriculum has been
successfully modified by eliminating a third
level course in Eastern Massage as per the
MT Advisory Committee. Three new elective
courses have been developed to offer
students experiences due to the exigencies of
the job market. These changes have been
approved by the College and will be in effect
in the Fall, 2010.
Course Objectives and Course Assessment
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Results of certification exams, employer and alumni surveys, student surveys, advisory board
recommendations
Data Source
Results
Action Plan
The Massage Therapy Advisory Committee
recommended that the need for Eastern
Massage has become attenuated with the
offering of alternative excperiences to be
included in the curriculum.
The 3rd level Eastern Massage class has been
removed from the MT curriculum and three
new course alternative experiences now
offerred.
68% pass rate for the massage therapy
curriculum
A "c or better" grade policy requirement in
order to advance in the program for students
has been instituted.
Advisory Board
recommendations
Certification exams
Goals/objectives for year just completed
Goals
Strategic
Plan
Evaluation of achievement
Action Plan
The overall evaluation of the program
was excellent with some issues regarding
facilties. Also, a link should be
established between the sciences and
tutoring to aid the kinesthetic learner to
successfully navigate these classes.
The facility issues have been
addressed within the context of
structural limitations. A link with
tutoring will be established through
the Academy structure.
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Academic Program Review of
Massage Therapy
Goals/objectives for coming year
Upcoming Goals
Related Strategic Plan
Objective
Planned Method of Evaluation
Complete the Academic Program
Review for Massage Therapy.
4. Ongoing Assessment of Academic
Offerings and Support Services.
Provide follow up report in response to the
findings of the evaluation report.
Continued Assessment of HE-102 in 4. Ongoing Assessment of Academic
prepatation for future program
Offerings and Support Services.
evaluations that use this course in
their curricum.
Develop instruments to evaluate the success of
students in meeting course objectives.