As they’ve done in previous years, Falk students and their peers on campus, working with faculty and staff, have partnered with McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center to bring attention to the issue in a visual way: by planting pinwheels on campus. Earlier this month, 720 pinwheels were installed on the lawn between the Schine Student Center and Newhouse buildings, with each pinwheel signifying a safe and healthy childhood.“It’s a very striking visual for a very important cause,” according to Brooke Tyszka, academic counselor for Falk College student services.
Students in Kappa Omicron Nu, the national honor society program for Child and Family Studies majors, along with students in the Society for Public Health Education in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition at Falk College, and the Orange Pulse Dance troupe raised funds through Pinwheels for Prevention. Money raised will to go McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center. McMahon/Ryan is a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center and nonrofit organization dedicated to ending child abuse in Central New York through intervention and prevention education.
On April 24, the Student Council on Family Relations, and the Department of Child and Family Studies, will present “Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Abuse,” with special guest, Dr. Ann Botash, McMahon/Ryan Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation Program (CARE) Director and Child Abuse Pediatrician. The event will take place at 1:00 p.m., 175 White Hall.
Read more about Pinwheels for Prevention
View April 24th event flier