Operation Christmas Child delivers shoe boxes of gifts to children all over the world. The Social Workers United student organization is currently collecting empty shoe boxes with lids or plastic containers and small gifts to fill each box. Those willing to donate can drop off boxes to Lisa Kennedy at 440 Sims Hall. Gift collection is set-up outside the 3rd floor Atrium in Sims Hall. Gift Suggestions Include: School Supplies: Pens, pencils and sharpeners, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc. Toys: Small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals,…
SAEYC’s fall conference offers two training sessions for three hours of training. The importance of educating the whole child will be the focus of a November 9 conference presented by the Syracuse Association for the Education of Young Children (SAEYC). The event will take place at the Syracuse City School District Professional Development Center and is sponsored by Falk College at Syracuse University and the Syracuse Association for The Education of Young Children. GNancy Gabriel, professor of human services and teacher education at Onondaga Community College and founder/director of West Side Nursery School will present the keynote address, “Making the…
Jails and prisons have become the nation’s largest psychiatric institutions, especially for low-income persons and persons of color. The National Sheriffs’ Association reports that in virtually every county across the country, county jails hold more people with severe psychiatric illness than any psychiatric facility in that county. More often than not, these facilities are under-equipped to address mental health and related substance abuse problems. The intersection of New York’s state and local corrections systems and mental health policies and services with respect to incarcerated persons who are seriously mentally ill was explored during the Syracuse University School of Social Work’s…
You can improve eating habits by making healthy food choices. Seniors and graduate students in the nutrition science and dietetics program (supervised by registered dietitians), will provide accurate, thorough and confidential dietary consultation. The program is led by Tanya Horacek, associate professor, nutrition. The deadline to sign up to participate is October 11.
The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in Syracuse University’s Falk College wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of the community at large, improve eating habits and promote general well-being by making healthy food choices. Seniors and graduate students in the nutrition science and dietetics program (supervised by registered dietitians), will provide accurate, thorough and confidential dietary consultation. The program is led by Tanya Horacek, associate professor, nutrition. The deadline to sign up to participate is October 18. Consultation sessions are private and individualized, with flexible…
The Falk College is pleased to announce seven first-year students from the Class of 2017 are part of the WellsLink Leadership Program, including: Isaiah Brown, Child and Family Studies; Niakale Camara, Social Work; Emma del Sol, Sport Management; Ashley Dixon, Child and Family Studies; Vida Ebron, Steve Lopez and Aja Watkins, Child and Family Studies. The Tenth Annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony will take place on Friday, November 1 to honor WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have successful transitioned to their second-year. Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator, will give the keynote address. Established in…
The Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition at Syracuse University is seeking participants for a new research study aimed to improve children’s cardiovascular health. The Syracuse Lead Study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will examine environmental toxins that collect in the human body, such as lead, to understand their impact on stress response and cardiovascular health. By identifying cardiovascular risk factors, this research study will offer valuable information to improve child and adult health in communities throughout the country. The Syracuse Lead Study is a four-year project focused on children ages 9, 10 or…
The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) honored Rick Welsh, Ph.D., professor of food studies in the Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, for exceptional contributions to the field of rural sociology with the 2013 Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award. This distinguished honor recognizes excellence in scholarly work in the same spirit exemplified by the late Fred Buttel, a prominent scholar of the sociology of agriculture and environmental sociology. The award was presented to Welsh and co-investigators Leland L. Glenna, David Ervin, William B. Lacy and Dina Biscotti at the annual meeting of RSS in August 2013…
Deborah Coolhart, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, explored therapeutic issues specific to transsexual youth and families and presented a clinical assessment tool for determining transsexual youth’s readiness for medical treatments in a recently published article. “Therapy with Transsexual Youth and Their Families: A Clinical Tool for Assessing Youth’s Readiness for Gender Transition,” was published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Volume 39, Issue 2, pages 223–243, April 2013, with Amanda Baker, Sara Farmer, Meaghan Malaney, and Daran Shipman. It is currently featured as a key research article on the web site of Psychology Progress.…
SPM 101 students sleep overnight in cardboard boxes, collect personal care items to benefit Rescue Mission In the past year, an average of 235 people who might otherwise have been homeless stayed at the Rescue Mission shelter nightly. On October 10, 37 students enrolled in SPM 101—Personal and Social Responsibility—will sleep in cardboard boxes overnight on the SU Quad to raise awareness about homelessness. As part of these efforts, they are collecting personal care items to benefit men using the Rescue Mission shelter in the Syracuse community, including razors, soap, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks and underwear. “We talked about this…
