Social work student Justyn Knight ’18 is noticing what it takes to work in the helping professions. By learning about others, and about himself, Knight says he is feeding his passion for lifting others up. “The thing I enjoy most about social work is helping others achieve the goals they set out for themselves,” he says. “Sometimes all people need is some guidance to help them get on the right track.” Knight is used to giving others encouragement as a student-athlete on the Syracuse University men’s cross country team. This season, Knight was honored with the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Male Performer…
“It’s not what you don’t have that’s important,” says wheelchair basketball player Nik Goncin, “it’s what you have.” Changing Sports, Changing Lives tells the stories of people like Nik who put their abilities, their drive, their dreams first and their physical or intellectual disabilities second. They participate in sports that have been adapted to transform and enrich lives. The documentary film will air on WCNY TV, PBS channel 24 in Central New York, on Sunday December 18th at 12 noon. It is narrated by Chris Fowler of ESPN and ABC. Changing Sports, Changing Lives is based upon research done by…
The Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University announced McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center as the beneficiary of its 12th Annual Charity Sports Auction. Slated for December 10 in the backcourt of the Carrier Dome, silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports memorabilia and hands-on experiences, electronics and tickets to major sporting events, will take place in conjunction with the SU men’s basketball game vs. Boston University. Doors will open and bidding will begin at 10:00 a.m. and run through until the buzzer announcing the second half of the game. The SPM Club is a student-run organization in Falk…
The Syracuse University Baseball Statistics and Sabermetrics Club sent five students to compete in SABR Diamond Dollars Case Competition at Columbia University in late November. The team was given the prompt of finding the three most valuable position players in Major League Baseball, taking into account player production, age, injury risk, and contract. They had one week to work on the case, and then traveled to New York City to present their findings at Columbia on November 18. Justin Perline ’19, Evan Weiss ’19, Chris Karasinski ’18, Olivia Lavelle ’19, and CB Garrett ’18 placed second for their model. The…
This October, 30 undergraduate, graduate and dietetic intern students attended the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) in Boston, MA and afterward, attended a Syracuse University nutrition alumni reception. At FNCE, students attended a variety of the 270 educational sessions, explored hundreds of vendors and networked with both dietetic professionals and alumni. “The students were inspired by the breadth and depth of our field and returned with some new ideas and a passion for how they can contribute as nutrition professionals as they move forward,” says nutrition professor Tanya Horacek. “Attending the 2016 FNCE conference was by far one of…
The Syracuse University Falk College Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is hosting a makeup drive to benefit the Syracuse area transgender community December 1, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Schine Student Center. The drive was organized by Meghan Harris and Nikki Binnie, MFT graduate students on the Trans Team at the Syracuse University Couple and Family Therapy Center, part of the MFT program. Students on the Trans Team received specialized training to provide gender-affirmative therapy for transgender people and their families and assist in the readiness process for medical gender transition. “As students on the…
Sport Management students Olivia Lavelle ‘19, Caitlin Burke ‘18, Sarah Lundmark ‘18, and Mallory Miller ’17 teamed up to win the 7th Annual iSchool MLB.com College Challenge on November 13. The winners were given 24 hours to tackle real-world problems in the sports-tech industry and pitch their ideas to current MLB.com employees who are also Syracuse alums, including SPM graduate Carlos Ruiz ‘13. This year’s task was to personalize the digital experience for MLB fans. The SPM team’s winning project was an addition to the already existing Ballpark app, where they created a tab called “Home Plate,” which allowed fans to…
Dr. Patrick Walsh, assistant professor of sport management, has been named a 2016 Research Fellow of the Sport Marketing Association (SMA) for excellence in sport marketing research. Walsh and his fellow honoree, Dr. Stephen Shapiro of Old Dominion University, were recognized at the Sport Marketing Association Conference XIV SMA Awards Luncheon Friday, November 4, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Walsh’s research focuses on the brand management practices of sport organizations and how they can best harness the power of their brand to further their business objectives. Specifically, he has examined topics such as the effectiveness of brand extensions in sport, the…
The Nutrition Assessment, Consultation and Education (ACE) Center is a hands-on learning laboratory that prepares students with traditional and emerging professional competencies critical to effective nutrition practice, thanks to a generous and visionary gift from Falk College alumna, Rhoda Dearman Morrisroe ‘69. In the ACE Center, students will practice nutrition-focused physical examinations on a new patient simulator. The new facilities will allow for unlimited opportunities for direct practice with indirect calorimetry to measure how many calories someone is utilizing, instead of estimations that use imperfect mathematical equations. Additional enhancements to student learning include class experiences measuring body composition with the…
Students in Syracuse University’s School of Social Work in Falk College recently explored one of the most complex and difficult issues in America today: the unsettling interactions between gun violence, community relations, trauma and racial justice. With a focus on implications for public policy, community responses, and social work practice, the 18th Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Forum brought students together with neighborhood, community and political leaders, and other experts to discuss the trauma, pain, and disruption of gun violence, and what is being, and should be, done to address this issue. “As social workers, we understand that the…
