OWWR: Old Westbury Web Radio

Hispanic-Latino Cultural Center to Host Conference

(Courtesy of The Current, Submitted by Kathleen O'Connor-Bater, Modern Languages Department)
"In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Hispanic-Latino Cultural Center will present an all-day conference celebrating the centenary of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo on October 18, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The conference will take place in Multipurpose rooms A, B, and C during the morning, where a panel discussion will be held followed by a talk by biographer Hayden Herrera and a luncheon.  Following the luncheon, transportation will be provided to go to the Nassau County Museum to hear another talk followed by a reception.  Registration is $35.00, $15.00 for students.  Please contact Kathleen O'Connor-Bater for registration and details at [email protected] "

Old Westbury Web Radio Fall Schedule

 

The OWWR fall season is underway!

Old Westbury Web Radio is on the air.   There are 12 shows on the air right now and more are coming.

Here's the lastest live show schedule: OWWR Fall Schedule.pdf

Something to Think About

By Donato Palumbo II, Alumni 07 and Fall 06/Spring 07 OWWR News Director

As the first news director of OWWR, I notice a main problem with individuals that wanted to be reporters for the radio station and the school newspaper. They always ask “Why do we have to report campus news?”

Why not?

The college community needs someone to be a watch dog. I believe that the administration attempts to make decisions that are best for the students. However, they may not have a realistic idea of how their decisions affect our college community. If the administration sees that the school radio station and newspaper don’t care about college issues, they may be less likely to consider students in those decisions. OWWR and the Catalyst are the only tools students have to express their views about the college community.

Campus news is the reason why college students will read a school newspaper or listen to a news show on the college radio station. I hate to say it but I’m not going to a school paper or radio station to find out about local, national, and international news. I’m going to turn to 1010Wins, Newsday, or the New York Times for those stories.

College students need to be informed about college issues. If they don’t know about our student government, why should they vote? How can students improve college life if they don’t know all the details about the decisions that are made for them? If they don’t know that clubs exists, why should students go to club events?

Reporting campus news is an important job. There are many issues at SUNY Old Westbury that need to be address. I hope this academic year’s reporters will look for these issues. This is a great training ground on how to do investigative reporting that any reporter can use after graduation.

News for you!

A new academic year is here and I'm sad to leave the OWWR family. But before I head to SUNY Plattsburgh for grad work, I am happy to announce Ms. Maria Davila as the new OWWR news director. Ms. Davila will continue OWWR's standards by giving you quality coverage in campus news, events, and sports.

This year the OWWR news team will be working along side with students in a new class called New Media News Room. The class will be taught by 1010WINS' news director, Mr. Ben Mevorach. Both teams will be working hard to bring you a weekly news show this fall.

Would you like to be part of the news team? Then attend OWWR’s open house on September 12.  Do you have a story idea? Send your suggestions to [email protected].

I wish the new OWWR news team and Mr. Mevorach's class a successful academic year. 

Better education through communication! 

Donato Palumbo II, Alumni 07 and Fall 06/Spring 07 OWWR News Director.

You’re Invited

Old Westbury Web Radio invites you to our open house on Wednesday, September 12.

Take a tour, talk to radio staff members, and get information on how to join the radio team. No experience is necessary!

Open house will be Wednesday September 12 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. Old Westbury Web Radio is located on the top floor of the Student Union Building.

Can’t make the open house? Then stop by any common hour (12-1pm). You can also send an email to [email protected] or call us at (516) 876-7502.

See you around the radio station.

Join SGA!

Ms. Maziely Crisostomo, Student Government Association President, has a few more vacant positions in our Student Senate and Court that need to be filled. Ms. Crisostomo encourages all SUNY Old Westbury students to get involved with our college community. The deadline for ALL APPLICATIONS is due AUGUST 10TH, 2007 BY 12PM.

The available positions are:

Student Senate*

• History & Philosophy
• Mathematics, Computers & Information Science
• Modern Languages
• Sociology
• Psychology*** NOW OPEN POSITION
• Visual Arts
• Accounting
• Finance & Business Economics
• Education

*Only those students who are majoring in the specified academic area are eligible to be appointed to that representative position.

Student Court

• Associate Chief Justice
• Court Justices

To download an application: Appointment_application.doc

Send the filled out application via email to Ms. Maziely Crisostomo at [email protected].

For additional information about your Student Government Association, visit oldwestburysga.blogspot.com. SGA president invites all students to post any comments and suggestion that will improve SGA and our college community.

Donato Palumbo II

May 2007 Graduate Earns Prestigious Newton Fellowship

Jose Rios, a May 2007 graduate of SUNY College at Old Westbury, has been named a winner of a Newton Fellowship by Math for America, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving mathematics education in our nation's public schools.

As a Newton Fellow, Rios will receive an aggregate stipend of $90,000 over five years, a full tuition scholarship to the master's level teacher preparation program at New York University, a position as a secondary school math teacher in New York City, and access to the mentoring, coaching and support services offered by Math for America.

"The entire campus community of SUNY College at Old Westbury is proud and excited to have one of its own recognized with a prestigious Newton Fellowship," said College President Calvin O. Butts, III. "Through this program, Jose Rios will be able to build upon the strong foundation knowledge he has acquired as a student at Old Westbury and continue moving forward in the development of what I am certain will be a stellar career in mathematics education."

A resident of Brentwood, New York, Rios graduated from Old Westbury in May with a Bachelor of Science degree in Adolescence Education: Mathematics and a second major in Mathematics. The 2007 fellows join a group of 81 previously named recipients who have either completed or continue in their educational development. The Newton Fellowship Program focuses on the shortage of adequately qualified mathematics teachers in the public secondary schools by helping to train mathematically-talented individuals to become secondary school math teachers and supporting them in the early years of their careers.

Math for America was founded in January 2004 by Dr. James Simons, President of Renaissance Technologies Corporation, in conjunction with a group of mathematicians, business people and educators to substantially improve the quality of mathematics education in the nation s public schools.

Source: oldwestbury.edu

An Innovative Online Science Course

SUNY College at Old Westbury is one of 90 colleges and universities nationwide that is joining forces with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to introduce a highly innovative online course in which students are introduced to the science of oceanography.

The course, Online Ocean Studies, was developed by the AMS with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and will first be offered at Old Westbury during the spring 2008 semester.

Barbara Hillery, associate professor of chemistry and physics at Old Westbury, recently attended a one-week faculty workshop at the University of Washington's School of Oceanography in Seattle, Washington, as part of the course implementation effort. The workshop, offered for the first year, is a key component of a special AMS program being conducted in partnership with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide students at minority-serving colleges and universities with access to Online Ocean Studies.

The AMS Online Ocean Studies Diversity Project is a major part of the AMS mission to expand the offering of geoscience study opportunities to students who are members of groups underrepresented in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and to increase the participation by minorities in science careers, including ocean science and science teaching. Support for this AMS Diversity Project is provided by the NSF's Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement - National Dissemination Program.

Online Ocean Studies relies heavily on the use of the latest ocean data and maps delivered via the Internet. Students also have hands-on learning experiences by completing two laboratory-like investigations each week during the semester based on current ocean conditions.

At the recent workshop, Dr. Hillery - along with 23 other faculty members representing minority-serving colleges and universities across the U.S. - were advised on methods to teach the course and were briefed on the recent advances in ocean sciences. Lectures were delivered by experts in the field of Oceanography, including speakers from The University of Washington's School of Oceanography, NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

The short-term goal of the AMS Online Ocean Studies Diversity Project is to make minority undergraduates more aware of the geosciences and opportunities for internships, summer employment, and more advanced study. The long-term goal of the program is for more minorities to enter the workforce as geoscientists or geoscience teachers.

Dr. Hillery will report on her course experiences and student interest in additional geoscience opportunities at the January 2008 AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Source: oldwestbury.edu

Biology Professor Heads to Great Britain

Expanding awareness of both scientific and teaching principles will be the goal when Stephen C. Pryor, associate professor in Biological Sciences Department at SUNY College at Old Westbury, travels to two of the United Kingdom's leading universities in July.

Highlighting Pryor's agenda will be a July 30 appearance at a session of The Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University. During his visit to "the Roundtable," Pryor will lecture on the methods and best practices for teaching evolution in a class room setting. A well-known not-for-profit organization whose mission is to seek human advancement and understanding through the improvement of education, The Oxford Round Table provides a forum for the study and consideration of current issues facing state and national systems of education.

The Oxford Round Table meets periodically and each session is comprised of a small select group of leaders from both the public and private sectors of several countries. Past membership has included Ministers of Education, governors from the United States, members of Parliament, Executive Officers of international corporations, educational administrators, attorneys and academicians from major universities.

Prior to his visit to Oxford, Pryor will lecture on July 26 before students and faculty at the University of Southampton, among the United Kingdom's leading research universities. While there, he will discuss his research and findings in a presentation titled "The Effect of Opiates and Opiate Antagonists on the Heat Latency Response in the Parasitic Nematode Ascaris suum." An article of the same title was recently published in the journal Life Sciences by Pryor, his colleague in the Old Westbury Biological Sciences Department, Fernando Nieto, Ph.D., and several of their students.

Along with his duties as a member of the Old Westbury faculty, Pryor is the associate director of the Old Westbury Neuroscience Research Institute as well as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Career Opportunities in Research (COR) program at the College and the NIMH Neuroscience High School Honors Research program. He is also principal investigator of an NIMH funded project titled: "Chronic Opiate Processes in Parasitism." He has numerous peer reviewed publications in the areas of parasitology and neurobiology.

He earned both a Ph.D. and M.P.H. from the University of Texas, School of Public Health. Before joining the Old Westbury faculty in 1980, he conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Population and Demographic Genetics at the University Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Source: oldwestbury.edu