Associate professors of child and family studies, Drs. Eunjoo Jung and Rachel Razza, are the newly named undergraduate and graduate directors, respectively, in the Department of Child and Family Studies. As undergraduate director, Dr. Jung works in conjunction with the department chair and oversees all undergraduate programs and operations including curriculum development, student inquiries, advising, and undergraduate awards. Her research focuses on student learning and educational environment. Specifically, she explores how family and school factors affect children’s capacity to cope with challenging educational and environments. As graduate director, Dr. Razza works in conjunction with the department chair and oversees all…
Falk College today announced the opening of the Nutrition Assessment, Consultation and Education (ACE) Center, a new hands-on learning laboratory to prepare students with traditional and emerging professional competencies critical to effective nutrition practice. A ribbon cutting ceremony, tours and a reception will take place Friday, September 25 at 11:00 a.m., 202 MacNaughton Hall, in the Falk Complex. A generous and visionary gift from Falk College alumna, Rhoda Dearman Morrisroe ‘69, made the ACE Center possible. It includes two lecture halls, one with a demonstration kitchen and one with a teaching station; two small private consultation rooms; a physical assessment…
Dietetic interns visit local farm Earlier this semester, dietetic internship director, Deb Connolly, took the dietetic interns (CAS program) to a local beef farm, as she has for the past couple of years, with Cindy Chan Phillips, an alumna of the Nutrition program who is the nutrition consultant for the NY Beef Council.
Food as Medicine As part of the day-long celebration commemorating the Falk College’s Nutrition Assessment, Consultation and Education (ACE) Center, Amanda Archibald, owner of Field-to-Plate will use the Center’s new demo kitchen to lead the presentation “Food as Medicine.” The new ACE Center is made possible by a generous gift from Falk almuna Rhoda Dearman Morrisroe ’69. The presentation will take place Friday, September 25 at 1:45-3:00pm, 204 MacNaughton Hall, in the Falk Complex. Amanda Archibald’s contribution to food and nutrition is channeled through her nationally acclaimed company, Field to Plate®. This visionary company creates dynamic food and culinary education…
“Taking Back Our Health through Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture,” the first-ever Syracuse Food Justice Symposium, will focus on grassroots urban agriculture and food justice. Scheduled to take place October 2-3, it is organized by a broad coalition of grassroots organizations, not-for-profit agencies, community gardeners, interested stakeholders and Syracuse University partners, including the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in Falk College, the Department of African American Studies and the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Canary Lab in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Education, and SUNY ESF’s Department…
Sport Management sophomore Sarah Gardner works in public relations for Syracuse University Athletics. After events at the Carrier Dome are finished, Gardner assists with the press conferences, taking quotes for cuse.com and aiding reporters, sitting alongside the players and coaches.
Four advanced standing MSW students received Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant awards as a part of the Upstate New York Mental and Behavioral Health Education Consortium (UNY-MBHEC). This initiative’s focus is to increase the capacity of the social work profession in Upstate New York to serve the mental and behavioral health needs of veterans, military personnel and their families, and residents of medically underserved rural communities. Consortium efforts are led by Principal Investigator, Dr. Carrie Jefferson Smith, director of the School of Social Work, and co-Investigator, Kristin Esposito, field placement coordinator, School of Social Work. The project is…
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), which accredits social work master’s programs, requires at least one advanced concentration offering. The School of Social Work in Falk College today announced it will offer two new revised and renamed advanced concentrations to ensure that its curriculum prepares graduates in accordance with current best practices. The concentrations include the Advanced Clinical Practice (formerly the Individuals, Families and Group, or IFG concentration) and Advanced Integrated Practice (formerly Community Organization, Policy, Planning and Administration, or COPPA concentration). The Advanced Clinical Practice concentration offers clinically focused students purposeful opportunities in coursework and practicum settings to…
Grant awards from the Community Foundation of Central New York and the John Ben Snow Foundation will support a new collaborative project, led by principal investigator, Linda Stone Fish, Falk Family Endowed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy. The project, entitled, “In This Together,” will provide workshops to help social service professionals, educators, health care practitioners, juvenile justice workers, clergy, and mental health counselors learn how to identify and address signs of trauma. The program will also provide grief counseling, healing circles, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and therapy to community members impacted by violence. Most of the people on the front…
Common Thread Community Farm, working with Brainfeeders, the food studies student organization, is making it possible for Syracuse University and ESF students to get fresh produce through a CSA share pick-up site on campus starting this August. See video here: The CSA vegetable shares will include fresh, sustainably grown potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, beets, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, peppers, eggplant, herbs, winter squash, celery, leeks, kale, chard and more. Brainfeeders is the first academically recognized Food Studies Club in the country and it is housed in Falk College’s Food Studies program. The student group acts as a resource for all…
