There are few experiences more exciting than being submersed in a community with vibrant diversity. That’s why Samadhi Moreno ’14 took a leap, leaving her home in Puerto Rico to study at Syracuse University. “I wanted to go somewhere the complete opposite of home,” says Moreno. “I needed to go somewhere else and meet different people.” At SU, Moreno started off studying medicine. She was always interested in healthcare. “There are a lot of issues with access to care where I’m from. So I said, ‘OK, medicine it is.’” But after taking a few public health classes, she was exposed…
Falk College today announced a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Child Therapy, addressing a growing national shortage of mental health professionals trained to work with children and adolescents and their families. The CAS in Child Therapy is designed for master-prepared licensed/certified professionals, and students currently enrolled in master-level licensure qualifying programs. The core courses and elective options in the 12-credit program include the theoretical foundations of therapy with children and their families/caregivers, as well as evidenced-based practice approaches and techniques. Completion of the certificate prepares students for clinical practice with children in mental health, school and residential settings and…
Fast-forward to the year 2050. What will sustainable housing look like? That’s precisely what architecture students Sarah Ritchey ’17 and Emily Greer ’18, engineering graduate student Riley Gourde, and public health senior Kate DeWitte are competing to answer in the international Well Building 2050 competition. Well Building 2050 is an international design competition, open to students at universities all across the globe, in which teams compete to invent the best model for sustainable, urban housing in the year 2050. Although this sounds like a job for architects and engineers, the team recruited DeWitte, a public health senior from Falk College. “Without a…
Located on the South Side of Syracuse at 150 Ford Ave, The Brady Farm grows a variety of delicious, fresh produce. Jessi Lyons, co-founder of Syracuse Grows, runs the urban farm with her team who just this season has grown and harvested an assortment of over 36 herbs and vegetables according to The Post-Standard. Cheri Abrams, a graduate student in Falk College’s food studies program, is among the members of The Brady Farm team. After completing her practicum at The Brady Farm, Abrams was then hired as a part-time worker. “Since I started in May, I’ve done a bit of…
Falk College and its Nutrition program will host the Second Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series featuring childhood nutrition expert and author, Jill Castle, MS, RDN, CDN, on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in Grant Auditorium. Her presentation, “Fueling the Growing Athlete: What’s In, What’s Out, & What’s Essential,” is free and open to the public. It will cover: Appropriate sports nutrition advice for young athletes. How to understand and avoid the food and feeding pitfalls that commonly plague growing athletes, such as back-loading food intake and unhealthy food environments. The hierarchy of food and nutrients when…
The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University was honored with the Community Team Spirit Award at The Salvation Army’s 45th Annual Civic Celebration held September 14 at the Oncenter. Kevin Reese, ’17, co-chair of the Club’s Charity Sports Auction, accepted the award on behalf of the Club in the company of more than 800 attendees, including guest speaker, actor Richard Gere. This prestigious award recognizes the efforts of the Sport Management Club, a student-run organization in Falk College’s Sport Management Department at Syracuse University whose 11th Annual Charity Sports Auction raised $40,470 for The Salvation Army, Syracuse. A silent auction…
With over 30 years of experience working with children and adults as a practicing family therapist, Ellen Walser deLara, Ph.D., LCSW-R., ACSW, BCD, focuses on the lasting impact of bullying on children, adolescents and adults in her recently released book, Bullying Scars: The impact on adult life and relationships. In a recent podcast by Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air, deLara discusses the long-term effects of bullying. deLara describes the profile for children most commonly targeted by bullies as anyone “demonstrating difference of any kind,” such as those in the disabled or LGBT communities. For children, she explains, bullying can…
When Timothy Bryant graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University through the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program in May 2015, he fulfilled a lifelong dream. Attending SU was a golden opportunity that he embraced with great enthusiasm. One of Bryant’s latest achievements is being accepted into SU’s Ph.D. program in sociology, with four years of funding. He began the program this semester.Despite the challenges of work, family responsibilities and a limited formative education, Bryant excelled in the academic environment at SU. He not only made the dean’s list every semester on his way to a bachelor in public…
Sport Management seniors Joey Weinberg ’17 and Colby Conetta ’17 participated in the Rochester Institute of Technology Hockey Analytics Conference on September 10, 2016. At the conference, hockey analytics experts made presentations about their research and findings. Information presented included video analysis, statistics, and data visualization techniques. A coaches panel included two Division I men’s ice hockey coaches and three Division III coaches, who talked about their uses of analytics in coaching and player evaluation. Weinberg and Conetta’s research was titled “Estimating the Impact of Ice Conditions on Scoring, Shots, and Shot Attempts in the NHL.” The students, who are…
The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, Central New York Chapter, will host an attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) suicide prevention training for clinicians on October 21, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Maplewood Suites in Liverpool, New York. The ABFT model is an empirically supported, trust-based, emotion-focused psychotherapy model designed to improve family and individual processes associated with adolescent suicide and depression. Its goal is to repair interpersonal ruptures, and rebuild an emotionally protective parent-child relationship. The workshop will be instructed by Guy Diamond, Ph.D., the primary developer of Attachment-Based Family Therapy which has received funding and support…