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A Magazine for SUNYIT Alumni, Faculty, Friends & Students Spring 2014

Governor Cuomo Announces $1.5 Billion Nanotech Consortium

Fulbright in India Greatest Gift

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Are you receiving SUNYIT Alumni On the cover: Governor Andrew M. Event announcement e-mails? If not, Cuomo announcing “Nano Utica,” a $1.5 billion nanotechnology consortium, be sure to send your e-mail address during an October 2013 presentation in to [email protected] to join SUNYIT’s Student Center. our mailing list! Photo by Lynne Browne ’04 SUNYIT Welcomes Dr. Theodore Max & Robert E. Geer his wife, Melva Acting president begins work

SUNYIT began the 2013-2014 academic year with a new leader at the helm. Robert E. Geer, whose appointment as acting president was approved by the $500,000 STEM SUNY Board of Trustees June 11, 2013, assumed his new role August 1. Geer, who holds a Ph.D. in Scholarship Created Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Minnesota, succeeds SUNYIT’s fifth president, Bjong Wolf Yeigh, who recently accepted the posi- At SUNYIT’s 39th annual commencement on May 1, 2013, Dr. tion of chancellor at the University of Washington Theodore Max acknowledged the graduates and surprised everyone with at Bothell. the announcement of the largest single donation to support scholarships in SUNYIT’s history. Dr. Max and his wife, Melva, presented a check for Geer is vice president for academic affairs and $500,000 to President Yeigh, who accepted the donation on behalf of chief academic officer at the College of Nanoscale the Foundation, and future generations of students. Science and Engineering (CNSE) in Albany. He is also professor of nanotechnology and a founding “Ted and Melva are staunch supporters of SUNYIT, and their gener- member of the CNSE faculty. osity is truly remarkable,” Yeigh said. “This gift is intended to support “I look forward to working with SUNYIT science, technology, engineering and math programs, the so-called students, faculty and staff during this exciting time ‘STEM’ programs, recognizing SUNYIT’s need to meet society’s growing of institutional growth and development,” Geer demand for professionals in these fields.” said. “SUNYIT is a unique member of the SUNY Dr. Max is a longtime member of both the SUNYIT Foundation Board family, and I am pleased and privileged to have the of Trustees and the SUNYIT College Council. A retired surgeon and opportunity to serve as its leader.” educator, he earned an M.D. from the University of Rochester School As CNSE’s chief academic officer, Geer leads of Medicine and a bachelor of science degree from Hobart College. the development and implementation of academic “Our gift is meant to recognize and support the opportunities that degree and outreach programs. In his role as a future SUNYIT students will have here,” Max told graduates. “I am member of the faculty, he leads various research sure those of you graduating today will find success in your chosen projects in the fields of nanoelectronics, nanomateri- field, and someday, when you are at a point in your career where als, and nanometrology. you have the means, I hope that you will remember this day and Members of the SUNYIT community had give back to SUNYIT.” opportunities to meet and greet Dr. Geer at the annual all-campus meeting and other events throughout the fall semester.

The Bridge 1 Alumni Spotlight Successful Leaders in Business

Michelle Brundage ’94 G’97 G’12 Many of us go about our banking needs from home or on one of our mobile devices, hopefully making things a little more convenient amid our busy lives. What it takes behind the scenes to manage the technology that makes it all possible for AmeriCU Credit Union is just another day’s work for Michelle Brundage. Alumni Spotlight A “three-time alum,” Brundage earned a wide-scale credit union projects. Brundage bachelor’s degree in computer information also serves as a member of the Alumni As- systems and went on to pursue a master’s de- sociation Advisory Board. gree in business management; she then earned While her computer information the MBA in technology management. Her systems degree prepared her well for the academic career began while she was work- What I learned at information technology positions she held ing at Griffiss Air Force base in Rome, N.Y., while at both Griffiss and at Rome-based SUNYIT gave me a better and continued when she changed jobs. With AmeriCU, she says it was her MBA in understanding of my role its part-time offerings and online courses, technology management that touched in technology manage- Brundage says, SUNYIT was the perfect upon all of the areas she is exposed to in choice for her while she juggled higher educa- ment along with enhancing her field today, such as project manage- tion, working full-time and raising a family. ment, marketing and project development. my skills.” “The choices SUNYIT gave me allowed “What I learned at SUNYIT gave me a me to continue my education even though I better understanding of my role in technology was working and raising children. When the management along with enhancing my skills,” base was put on the closure list, I worked for she says. a year at as a contractor. Although it was an unexpected career With all of the military cuts, I decided to take path from what she had originally intended, a programmer position at AmeriCU Credit Brundage says it would not have been possible Union, which was a more stable environment. if not for the flexibility of and knowledge While employed at the credit union, I worked gained from her time at SUNYIT, something on both of my master’s degrees and was pro- that will forever keep the school close to her moted to my current position, Manager of mind and her heart. Application Systems and Service.” “I’ve been a part of SUNYIT since the Today, Brundage manages the applica- mid-’80s when I took courses that were tion systems at AmeriCU, including the offered on the base. I have seen SUNYIT banking system, home banking and mobile grow into a wonderful institution that has a banking platforms, among others. She man- lot to offer this area. My son attends full-time ages a group of programmers that provide and is currently a junior and loves it. He’s had automation, reporting and project support a great experience.” for many credit union projects and initiatives as well as being the project manager for many

2 The Bridge Jeff Monge ’92 G’95 Whether it’s as the Managing Partner at Monge Capital Group in New York City, or working to revitalize Harlem, Jeffrey Monge has been nothing but persistent – a trait that goes back to the time he first set foot on the SUNYIT campus.

With very few computer engineering and vice president of the Student Association and technology programs in New York State at the president of the Latino Student Association, time, Monge said he was considering either which won club of the year during his tenure. the City University of New York (CUNY) or Monge also won the Dean’s Award for student SUNYIT; and he knew he wanted out of the activism. city. The road to SUNYIT, though, called on It was those types of experiences in and out of the strength and persistence that have become the classroom that made Monge want to remain a trademark of his personality. at SUNYIT for a graduate degree. And his how to organize, how to put together proposals, “They didn’t have dorms yet then, those were involvement in extracurricular activities made budgets, execute programming, public speaking still a few years away. I was still waiting to get him switch gears on his academic path. and dealing with people from all walks of life,” accepted when they had a ‘housing day,’ where “I really enjoyed the student government and he says. “It was a really good experience for a students would go through orientation and get a everything I was doing, organizing and putting kid from the Bronx to spread his wings and list of available off-campus apartments,” Monge on events and advocating,” he remembers. “I experience more than just urban living.” says. “For whatever reason, I still hadn’t gotten wanted to try and change directions and going my admission approval yet, but that didn’t stop to grad school was an opportunity for me to do me. I rented a truck with a couple of folks and that. So I applied for grad school for a business went up with everything that I had.” management degree, applied for a fellowship Monge and his friends arrived on campus at and won.” 6 a.m. and slept in the U-Haul truck until the That involvement in government, events, admissions office opened. However, once the and advocacy was forging a new career path doors opened, Monge had one more hurdle to for Monge, and although he didn’t know I really enjoyed the clear. it then, it was also creating what became student government and “They said they hadn’t finished processing my cherished memories of his time at SUNYIT. admission. I told them that I had everything in “We pushed to have different types of cul- everything I was doing, a U-Haul in the parking lot and that they had tural programming,” he says, “and I think it organizing and putting on to let me know if I was turning around to go opened the eyes of a lot of students positively.” events and advocating…” back to the Bronx or not,” he recalls. “They came In the years that followed, Monge has found back five minutes later and said I was accepted. success operating Monge Capital Group, pro- I found an apartment and moved in.” viding advisory services and capital solutions It was still a rocky road that would try both for real estate projects with a focus on public/ Monge’s patience and strength, but also inspire private partnerships. For more than a decade him to bring about change on the campus. before that, Monge was working on economic Landlord problems led Monge and his room- development, even being part of a team that mates to call SUNYIT staff member Carol helped a startup organization utilize $250 mil- Crooms; she discovered that the landlord had lion from the government to revitalize Harlem. been blacklisted from the approved apartment However, he says he would never have been rental list and registered under a false name. prepared for all of his success and the tasks that Crooms and her family helped the trio of stu- lay ahead of him if it hadn’t been for his experi- dents move out, and she had found them a new ences at SUNYIT. apartment the very next day. “Beyond all that I learned in the classroom, “That was my welcoming party to what I learned outside the classroom was an SUNYIT,” he laughs. even greater lesson for me, because I learned Monge didn’t let it deter him from the reason he came to SUNYIT in the first place – getting the education he wanted. In his first year, he was

The Bridge 3 T.J. Allard ’97 Before T.J. Allard became an actor, performer and Emmy-award-winning NBC producer, the self- proclaimed ‘tech nerd’ was a SUNYIT student.

“I had seen an article somewhere that Motown: The Musical” and the behind-the- SUNYIT was one of the Top Ten ‘most scenes holiday special “Radio City Christmas wired’ colleges in the country,” he said. Spectacular.” And skills that he learned at Seeing that one article soon led to an SUNYIT, especially management organiza- academic career that developed and encour- tion, come in handy every day. aged his lifelong desire to create and know Allard won an Emmy Award in 2012 what makes things work. And with the as a producer on a home construction show Internet in its infancy, it was an exciting time called “George to the Rescue,” in which host Alumni Spotlight to be studying technology. George Oliphant and a team of contractors “I saw the Internet for the first time at and designers rescue the homes of deserving SUNYIT, and it was on a Netscape browser,” people. That show aired in NBC’s ten largest he said. “I had no clue at that time what it markets. would turn out to be. I was a tech nerd, always “Winning the Emmy for me wasn’t like You have to have a into games, always tinkering with stuff, so it what you see on television,” he laughs. “I got was a natural place for me to go to college.” a certificate in the mail, and two months later certain set of skills in this Since receiving a bachelor’s degree in I got the statue. I was in that portion of the line of work, and SUNYIT business administration, Allard has put program you hear an announcer say each year is the place where you can the knowledge and skills he gained at SU- is ‘cut due to time.’” get those skills.” NYIT to work navigating the wild world of Throughout all his success, all of the entertainment. programs he has worked on both behind and “I keep going back to Professor Kenneth in front of the camera, Allard says he has Martin and the idea of keeping things simple,” needed skills in working with others, organiz- Allard said of one of the biggest takeaways ing, budgeting, scheduling and many other from his academic days. “There were times administrative traits that he says all go back throughout my career that would come into to his time at SUNYIT, a place he continues my mind where I would picture him saying to recommend to the students and minds of not to oversell it, don’t over explain. Just be tomorrow. on point, just stay on message.” “I didn’t have to take out tens of thousands After graduation, he went to New York to of dollars in loans while still getting a great pursue a career in television, landing on-air education,” he said. “The technological aspect roles on several TV series, including “Good of it back then was such an appeal, and nowa- Day Live” and “3 Men and a Chick Flick.” days it’s a necessity in business. You have to A college education focusing on technol- have a certain set of skills in this line of work, ogy prompted him to delve deeper into the and SUNYIT is the place where you can get production side of entertainment, giving him those skills.” the chance to create and pull entire projects together. Today he is a supervising producer for NBC, creating numerous programs through- out the year, including “The Making of

4 The Bridge Terrence Buck ’90 On the basketball court, when the Campus Center first opened in the late 1980s, Terrence Buck learned a lot about teamwork. Today, he puts those skills to use assembling the best and brightest at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, where he serves as Principal Human Resources Representative and Diversity Specialist.

“I am responsible for recruiting, interview- Brookhaven scientists are expanding the “They had no problem letting me know if I ing and hiring non-exempt level scientific/ understanding of the properties and function played well or not in the basketball game,” he professional and administrative staff,” Buck of matter from the microscopic to the cosmic. laughs, offering a recommendation to those says. “I provide career and job counseling for And that has Buck very excited about the thinking about higher education. “SUNYIT employees and act as an internal consultant Quad-C site currently being constructed on will provide you with a great foundation. This to laboratory staff in providing guidance and the SUNYIT campus. school is growing every year and getting better interpretation of Human Resources policies “We have a Center for Functional Nano- and better.” and procedures.” materials, and I hope to hire some people from Buck also represents the laboratory at SUNYIT,” he says. “I’d also like to have some recruitment fairs and professional confer- professors come visit our facility here.” ences, actively recruiting college students at The path to success, Buck says, began with both the undergraduate and graduate level for those first steps at SUNYIT and the opportu- summer internships and Research Associate nities it allowed him, including an internship scientific staff positions. in Utica. It was an experience that he says was My internship and “I also administer the High School Co-op key to skill-building for the future. and Youth on Campus programs and advise my business studies at “Utica was working on their business district SUNYIT have helped me and mentor all students in the programs. Just and my job was to have the businesses register, recently I became the manager of AGEP-T learn more about the city and help provide a in everything I do today. FRAME, which stands for Alliances for brochure for the office,” he says. “My intern- I think it gave me a great Graduate Education and the Professoriate ship and my business studies at SUNYIT have foundation.” – Transformation.” AGEP-T FRAME is a helped me in everything I do today. I think it partnership between Stony Brook Univer- gave me a great foundation.” sity, the Center for Inclusive Education, and Brookhaven National Laboratory with the Looking back on his time spent at SUNYIT, National Science Foundation. Buck says he has many fond memories. In the late 1980s, he was a member of one of the first The Brookhaven National Laboratory is basketball teams to play in what was then the a multipurpose research institution estab- campus’s new home for athletics, the Campus lished in 1947 for the peacetime exploration Center. And he also recalls a positive academic of science. It is funded primarily by the U.S. experience; small class sizes allowed him and Department of Energy’s Office of Science and his professors to get to know each other. houses large-scale instruments and facilities, many of which are not found anywhere else in the world. About 5,000 scientists use the lab for research in chemistry, physics, biology, and other disciplines.

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Jeffrey Miller G’13 When Jeffrey Miller was thinking about going back to school for an MBA, he knew right away that traditional class- room learning would not be a viable option. His wife was pregnant with their first child, and they were living in Connecticut while Miller commuted to and from work in New York City. His job in the financial industry demanded long hours.

“I knew that going to classes wasn’t some- of having an ‘AirCard’ on my laptop, so thing that was going to work well. I didn’t I could sign in and do all the research, want to give up weekends with a child on the get into the online libraries for research way. I just knew that wasn’t something that and do most of the work on the train.” would work out well with my lifestyle, so I Now the chief technology officer at went straight to looking at online programs,” Serengeti Asset Management in New York, Miller says. Miller has found that online learning’s unique Having graduated with a bachelor’s opportunities – beyond the content of the degree from SUNY Albany, he said he coursework – were valuable as well. felt very comfortable with the idea of “Doing it remotely and trying to coordinate taking online courses through another everyone’s schedule, it improved my planning, SUNY institution. His choice: SUNYIT. coordinating and communication skills,” he “For me, the most attractive thing was the says. fast-track program because I didn’t need to The flexibility of SUNYIT’s online courses retake classes I had as an undergraduate,” he allowed Miller to continue his education For me, the most at- says. “I just wasn’t interested in retaking all and advance his career without changing tractive thing was the those intro-level classes again.” his lifestyle. And these days, with his degree fast-track program Unlike many college students, Miller’s complete, he’s found other ways to pass the because I didn’t need to “classroom” was often a commuter train. Each time on the train. retake classes I had as an day travelling from home to work and back “I’ve traded my classes for a Netflix again, he did the bulk of his online course- account,” he jokes. “Every TV show and undergraduate” work, taking it “slow and steady,” with one movie that I missed out on when I was doing class per semester on the path to his goal. my MBA, I’ve now caught up on.” “I would say that about 90 percent of my MBA was done on the train,” Miller says. “My train commute is a little above an hour, so having an hour where you’re forced to do something, it became the perfect time slot – an hour there, an hour home – to do the work. Working in IT, I had the luxury

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Dennis Elsenbeck ’87 For Dennis Elsenbeck, it’s all about connecting the dots. As Regional Executive for National Grid’s Western Division, Elsenbeck is responsible for representing the company in public affairs, community relations and network alignment, as well as the region’s large commercial and industrial customers in terms of energy sales, reliability, service and strategic planning.

At the root of all his responsibilities and “Our younger folks are leaving the area industry knowledge is a fundamental because ‘there are no jobs available,’ but if understanding that issues to be overcome are, you look to your local business, especially as he calls them, nothing more than discon- local industrial companies, they’re begging nected points of objectives that are just out in for people. There’s a gap in skill set,” he says, space and waiting to be brought together in adding that interest in science, math and the correct order. It’s an understanding that technology by students needs reinforcement flourished while he was a student at SUNYIT. early in the educational pipeline. “The whole curriculum of industrial engi- Fortunately, Elsenbeck says future oppor- neering was connecting the dots,” Elsenbeck tunities will be plentiful, as many industries says. “I found that was my base experience. will experience a large gap between their work My fundamental goal is understanding where needs and skilled workers available for hire the disconnects are and then rallying the in- over the next five to ten years, given the age dividuals and processes so the connect points of their current workforce. It’s with reasons are seamless.” like this in mind that he now serves on The whole curriculum When Elsenbeck was a SUNYIT student, economic development agencies and UB’s the college was located in its temporary quar- Engineering Council. of industrial engineering ters, primarily in former mills buildings, but “You can clearly see the gap when you was connecting the dots… the move to the permanent campus in Marcy look at it from both an economic develop- My fundamental goal is remains one of the most vivid of his SUNYIT ment perspective and academic perspective,” understanding where the memories to this day. he says. disconnects are and then “It was just a demonstration to me that it That perspective, the cornerstone of was a right choice and right school to go to which was built at SUNYIT, is allowing rallying the individuals and because it demonstrated a very progressive Elsenbeck to play a guiding hand in the future of processes so the connect view of what was happening in the industry engineering and industry by doing what he points are seamless.” at the time,” he says. does best: connecting the dots. Building on his SUNYIT bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Elsenbeck went on to earn a master’s degree in engineer- ing from the University at Buffalo and an MBA from the University of Rochester. On top of all his responsibilities with National Grid, he also chairs the Dean’s Council for the University of Buffalo’s School of Engi- neering – work that he thinks could see big results locally if applied in the Mohawk Valley.

The Bridge 9 Architect’s rendering of the CNSE-SUNYIT Computer Chip Commercialization Center (Quad-C).

10 The Bridge Nano Utica Announced

SUNYIT faculty, staff and students were among the hundreds of attendees who filled the Student Center multipurpose room to capacity for Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s October 10 announcement of ‘Nano Utica,’ a $1.5 billion public-private investment that will make the Mohawk Valley New York’s next major hub of nanotech research. Those in attendance said the announcement bodes well for SUNYIT and the entire region. “The spin-off impact of Nano Utica, on both [SUNYIT] and the greater community, will be enormous,” said Steve Schneider, professor of political science. “Building on the work of the Governor’s Regional Economic Development Councils, SUNYIT is poised to play a central role in the economic development of the Mohawk Valley.” Read the full text of the Governor’s announcement at: governor.ny.gov/press/10102013-nano-utica

Quad-C In support of the leadership and vision of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and in partner- ship with the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE), the $125 million Computer Chip Commercialization Center (Quad-C) at SUNYIT is scheduled to be Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (seated, center) was joined at the October 2013 announcement completed by the end of 2014. The 253,000 in the Student Center multipurpose room by academic and industry leaders and other sq. ft. Quad-C facility, which will include elected officials. 56,000 sq. ft. of Class 1 capable cleanroom space, will host public-private partnerships through Governor Cuomo’s $1.5 billion ‘Nano Utica’ initiative, a consortium spearheaded by CNSE and SUNYIT that includes leading technology companies such as Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions Incorporated (ANS), SEMATECH, Atotech, and SEMATECH and CNSE partners, including IBM, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron. With an annual operating budget to exceed $500 million, the Quad-C will result in the creation of 1,500 high-tech jobs, groundbreaking academic programs, and cutting-edge workforce training opportunities.

About 500 Mohawk Valley residents got a first-hand look at the development of the CNSE-SUNYIT Computer Chip Commercialization Center (Quad-C) November 2, 2013. Community Day, which attracted more than 3,000 attendees statewide, was part of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE) signature ‘NANOvember’ celebration, a month-long showcase of New York’s growing high-tech sector. Those attending the event on the SUNYIT campus were able to tour the construction site and learn more about the Quad-C, the Marcy Nanocenter at SUNYIT and the basics of nanotechnology.

The Bridge 11 Wildcat Weekend 2013 events & activities!

Save the Date Wildcat Weekend 2014 September 26 – 28

12 The Bridge The Bridge 13 Kool Fulbright Specialist in India Psychology of nonviolence in homeland of Mahatma Gandhi

V. K. Kool, professor of psychology, served as a Fulbright Specialist in India during the spring 2013 semester. The Fulbright Specialist Program (FSP) promotes linkages between U.S. academics and professionals and their counter- parts at host institutions overseas. The program is V.K. Kool, professor of psychology (seated, center) with the students and faculty of India’s Northeastern designed to award grants to qualified U.S. faculty Regional Institute of Management. and professionals, in select disciplines, to engage in short-term collaborative 2 to 6 week projects at host concerning nonviolence. The field of psychology in yam; Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati; institutions in over 100 countries worldwide. Kool India needs a great deal of attention on such issues North Eastern Regional Institute of Manage- was hosted by Mysore University, Mysore, India. of peace and nonviolence.” ment, Guwahati; Harish Chandra Post Graduate “My experience as a Fulbright Specialist in Kool delivered lectures and spoke at a number College, Varanasi; and Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya India was very interesting, especially owing to of business, professional and academic forums College, Varanasi. He is currently serving a five- the fact that I was focusing on the psychology of at several colleges and universities, including: year term on a roster of Fulbright Specialists. nonviolence in the homeland of Mahatma Gan- Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhi- dhi,” Kool said. “While in academic disciplines nagar; KLE University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical such as history, political science and others, I have College, Belgaum; Rani Channama University, observed a phenomenal growth in issues Belagavi; Mahatma Gandhi University, Kotta- Get Social… Stay Connected!

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14 The Bridge Reaching Out Globally Making SUNYIT better known internationally – that’s the goal of Tze Teck Sim ’99. And since joining the SUNYIT staff as an international admissions counselor in 2013, he has done just that. “As an alum, it’s been especially meaningful for me to travel abroad, representing SUNYIT internationally. I’ve met with many enthusiastic students who truly wanted to be part of the SUNYIT community.” After graduating from SUNYIT with a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, Tze Teck worked as a database administrator for Special Metals in New Hartford and Hamilton College; prior to joining the SUNYIT admissions team, he served as senior system analyst and director of international programs at Herkimer County Community College. Tze Teck Sim ’99 International Admissions Counselor

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NEAC Championships of one kind or another. Four-time NEAC Goalkeeper of the Year Malick In addition, the same three teams also saw Faye taking part in a post-game interview. their top players take home NEAC Player of the Year honors, and all three coaches received Historic Fall Season the NEAC Coach of the Year Award. Men’s Soccer: for Wildcat Athletics A Season to Remember In what athletics director Kevin Grimmer After winning back-to-back NEAC Cham- dubbed “the best in school history,” it was pionships in 2010 and 2011, the men’s soccer a record-breaking season for SUNYIT fall team finished 9-7-2 in 2012 and lost in the first sports squads. Excluding cross country, which round of the NEAC Tournament in a penalty- competes in meets and doesn’t register wins and kick shootout to Penn St.-Harrisburg. losses like other sports, SUNYIT’s fall sports Before the 2013 season, head coach Peter- teams combined for a 53-17-3 record, good for son Jerome made a remark regarding the large a stunning win percentage of .747, while taking recruiting class he’d brought in: home three championships. “We needed to do that in order to set the In the North Eastern Athletic Conference tone and let guys know that 9-7-2 (the previ- (NEAC), SUNYIT’s dominance stood in ous year’s record) is not acceptable. For a lot of even greater relief, with the men’s and women’s programs that’s a successful year; for us it’s a (Bronx, N.Y. / MLK), who had a season that soccer teams combining with the women’s vol- disappointment and I’ve had to live with that will likely never be matched at SUNYIT. leyball team for a NEAC record of 23-6, a .793 for a year . . . it didn’t sit well with me and I let Faye recorded a .908 save percentage and a .40 winning percentage. And the men’s soccer and them know every chance I got that 9-7-2 wasn’t goals-against-average, placing him 2nd in the women’s volleyball teams – each of which set acceptable.” nation in both categories. With 11 shutouts, program records for most wins in a season – lost Coach Jerome’s words combined with Faye was named the NEAC Goalkeeper of the just one conference game apiece. SUNYIT bringing back two former players of Year for the 4th-consecutive season, received Even more impressive than all the wins was the year for their senior seasons had Wildcat his second career Player of the Year Award, the way each team finished out the season. fans expecting a successful 2013 campaign. But and was named a 1st-Team All East Region Of the five competing fall teams, three won even the most optimistic wouldn’t have imag- goalkeeper by the National Soccer Coaches ined the year men’s soccer Association of America (NSCAA). would turn in: with an overall record of 16-2-2, Cross Country the Wildcats demolished Shines at Home the previous program A hidden gem of SUNYIT’s athletic record for most wins in facilities is its outstanding cross country course a season. In recording a located opposite Oriskany Residence Hall on 7-1 NEAC record, the Residential Drive. It’s a true cross country team won the NEAC course, with a full 8-kilometer route through regular season champi- a heavily wooded area; at no point do runners onship along with the have to touch any pavement, as is often the case conference tournament at other courses. Most years the Wildcats will championship, a weekend host only one race, the SUNYIT Short Course that included a thrilling Invitational at the beginning of the season. In penalty kick victory over 2013, however, the course was on full display, Morrisville State Col- as the Wildcats hosted three events. Part of it lege in the championship was strategy – one of those races was to be the game. NEAC championship in November. Come Coming up huge in championship time, SUNYIT coach Bill NEAC Champs three of the last four years. the shootout was senior Tylutki wanted to make sure his runners were goalkeeper Malick Faye as familiar with their home course as possible. 16 The Bridge And they were. After placing third in each Other Highlights NEAC Player of the Year of their two regular season meets at home, Senior Stephanie Wurz (Whitesboro, N.Y. / Kaitlyn Harrington the Wildcats blew the competition away in Notre Dame) tied the all-time program record November’s championship meet. All five of by finishing her career with 33 goals; she led SUNYIT’s scoring runners placed in the top 10 the Wildcats with 15 scores in 2013. overall, with sophomore Derek Struck (Knox, Seniors Abbey Hanehan (Stillwater, N.Y. N.Y. / Berne-Knox-Westerlo) winning the race / Stillwater) and Kristina Strang (Rotterdam, and breaking his own course record (which N.Y. / Schalmont) finished out their careers he had set just a month prior at the Wildcat as two of SUNYIT’s top-10 all-time scorers. Weekend Invitational on September 28). Wurz and Hanehan joined sophomore Erica Following Struck were seniors Dylan Parry Maisonet (Defense) in being named to the (Voorheesville, N.Y. / Voorheesville) and Chris NEAC All-Conference Second Team. Wicks (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker), who finished their NEAC careers with 4th and Women’s Volleyball Wins 24 5th place finishes. For their efforts, all three Consecutive Matches were named to the NEAC All-Conference The success of the SUNYIT men’s soccer 1st Team, with Struck taking home Runner of team was no surprise for a program that had the Year for his record-setting championship already won two championships in three years. performance. That wasn’t the case for the 2013 SUNYIT The maestro of SUNYIT’s symphonic women’s volleyball team, which rebounded Senior Taviot Jackowski (LaFayette, N.Y. / race was also honored, as Bill Tylutki received from a disappointing 12-22 finish in 2012 to LaFayette), who co-captained the 2013 squad his second NEAC Coach of the Year award. post a school-record mark of 29-5 in 2013. along with Harrington, was named to the Tylutki gave all credit to his team, saying that The turnaround included a 24-match winning NEAC All-Conference 1st Team as a setter. due to the tenacity and durability of his 2013 streak that was the longest active streak in the After suffering a season-ending injury mid- squad, he was able to design workouts that he nation at the time. The Wildcats finished 9-1 way through the 2012 season, Jackowski – an hadn’t used “since back when I was training for in the North Eastern Athletic Conference excellent student and recipient of the SUNY marathons.” (NEAC) as well, earning a share of the NEAC Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete Award – chose to On the women’s side, the team continued Regular Season Championship. return to SUNYIT to pursue an MBA degree, to develop in 2013, taking a huge step forward For her passionate leadership and out- enabling her to use her final year of eligibility. in the form of first-year runner Sarah Murphy standing play, senior Kaitlyn Harrington Sophomore libero Erika Reakes (Central (New Hartford, N.Y. / Notre Dame). Murphy (Central Square, N.Y. / Paul V. Moore) was Square, N.Y. / Paul V. Moore) was selected led the Wildcats throughout the year, and in selected the NEAC Player of the Year, the first to the All-Conference 2nd Team, and senior particular showed tremendous improvement SUNYIT player to receive that honor since Hanne Saarinen (Lempaala, Finland / Tam- over SUNYIT’s three home races. After Juleah Vedder did it for the Wildcats in 2009. pereen Lyseon Lukio) finished her SUNYIT finishing 42nd in the first race at SUNYIT Engineering the 17-win improvement from career by making the All-NEAC 3rd Team, on August 31, Murphy jumped to 20th in the a season ago was head coach Jake Bluhm. her first selection to an All-NEAC team. Wildcat Weekend Invitational on September Bluhm, in his third season with the Wildcats, 28, and in the NEAC Championship on was voted NEAC Coach of the Year. November 2 vaulted all the way to 7th place, For up-to-date sports schedules the highest place ever for a SUNYIT women’s and other stories find the Wildcats online: cross country runner and good for a spot on the www.wildcats.sunyit.edu NEAC All-Conference 1st Team. Strong Second Half for Women’s Soccer SUNYIT’s Official The 2013 SUNYIT Women’s Soccer season YouTube Channel was an exercise in resilience. The Wildcats Visit! opened the year with one of the toughest early-season schedules in recent memory, as SUNYIT’s first four opponents would all go on to finish the season with winning records, posting a combined mark of 44-26-4. To the team’s credit, after a 1-8 start to the year, the team finished the year 7-2-1, win- Follow us ning four straight to close the regular season, including a clutch 5-0 win against Morrisville on Twitter on Senior Day to clinch a spot in the NEAC Tournament. The Wildcats went on to lose to @itwildcats conference power Lancaster Bible College in @sunyit the NEAC quarterfinal, but gave the Chargers a run for their money with a Kristina Strang goal in the 85th minute to pull the ’Cats to pull within one.

The Bridge 17 Class Notes and SUNYIT Memories

1970s Patricia (Greenwood) Davis ’83 George Coman-Lavery ’78 works at the Norwich Campus of Morrisville State College resides in Boston, Mass., and is as a senior staff assistant – employed by the Massachusetts Student Services and resides Department of Health Systems. in Earlville, N.Y. 1980s Allen Styno ’84 was recently Paul N. Austin, ’80 recognized for his 25 years of CRNA, Ph.D., was awarded the service to SUNY System Ad- 2013 John F. Garde Researcher of ministration at the 2013 Service the Year Award by the American Recognition Awards Ceremony. Association of Nurse Anesthe- Dr. Tyrone L. Bennett ’88 tists Foundation at their 2013 recently celebrated the grand Annual Meeting. The award is opening of Math-Infusion, LLC, given to an individual who has located in Deer Park, N.Y. Math- Alumni and guests enjoy the private SUNYIT tent at the Syracuse Empire made a significant contribution to Infusion, LLC is an educational Brewfest in July 2013 the practice of anesthesia through company that teaches techniques clinical research. Paul graduated through hands-on experiences Rachel Bain ’97 was named as 2000s from the St. Lawrence Psychi- and uses those means to increase Vice President of the New York Jon-Paul Kidwell ’01 recently atric Center School of Nursing student performances, team State Association of Ambulatory accepted the position of as- in 1978, SUNYIT (BSN) in work, and respect for math. Surgery Centers, Inc. (NYSAA- sistant administrator at Rome 1980, the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps Dr. Bennett serves in the role SC) by the Board of Directors. Center For Rehab & Health- Anesthesia Program/George of education consultant for Rachel is also the Director of care – a Long-Term Care facil- Washington University in 1985, the company. Nursing at North Country University of Buffalo School of ity in Rome, N.Y. J.P. resides in Yiannos Georgiades ’88 is Orthopedic Ambulatory Surgery Nursing (M.S.) in 1990 and the Utica with his wife Christina the head of physical security of Center in Watertown, N.Y. She University of Cincinnati College and sons Ethan and Benjamin. Cyprus Telecommunications. He previously worked at Samaritan of Nursing (Ph.D.) in 2001. Paul Marc O’Shea ’01 is a self- would like to find and contact his Medical Center in Watertown for retired from the U.S. Air Force in employed professional painter classmates and teammates from 20 years in various nursing posi- 2005 and currently is a professor living in New Haven, Conn. the Wildcat Soccer Team for tions. She earned an Associate’s at Wesleyan University. 1987-1988. Degree of Applied Science in Jacob Yerdon ’02 G’04 Darryl Burgess ’83 is currently Nursing at Jefferson Community 1990s is a senior web/application employed as an industrial engi- College and a B.S. at SUNYIT. developer for Harvard School She is currently completing her neering manager for Triumph Pat Newell ’90 is currently a of Public Health in Boston, Aerospace in Milledgeville, Ga.. Master of Science in Nursing Mass. sports reporter for The Evening Administration. She holds Yuliana Klusmeyer ’04 Sun in Chenango County. professional accreditations of Tony Perugino ’92 was Certification in Operating Room lives in Remsen, N.Y., and is named chief financial officer of Nursing (CNOR), Advanced employed as an accounting Vassar Brothers Medical Center Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) technician for Defense Finance in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and Basic Life Support (BLS). and Accounting Services Besides being an active member (DFAS) in Rome, N.Y. Glenn Mathews ’94 lives in of the NYSAASC since 2002, Robert J. Lydford G’04 Lackawanna, N.Y. and works as she is a member of the Associa- the senior manager of customer recently relocated to Arizona tion of Operating Room Nurses, relations for Buffalo Bills to join Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard American Nurses Association, Football in Orchard Park, N.Y. & Smith in Phoenix as an Order of The Eastern Star and a Judith (Bender) Finn ’95 associate attorney. Lewis works member of the Redwood Volun- Brisbois is a national law firm as a credentialing specialist for teer Fire Department. with 900 attorneys in 31 offices the North Shore-LIJ Health Mike Evans ’99 was recently in 16 states. James Ebersold ’83 of Slinger- System and resides in promoted to senior project Elizabeth Crawford ’05 lives lands, N.Y., completed his MBA Manhasset, N.Y. coordinator for the Fortus Group in Utica, N.Y., and is employed at the University at Albany in Michel Joseph ’96 resides in and will oversee a variety of key as a sales executive for Mele August of 2013. James graduated Central Islip, N.Y., and works as accounts nationwide. Mike joined Companies, Inc. with a 3.9 GPA and was member an operations manager for the the Fortus Group in November Chelagat Misiko ’05, G’12 of the business honor society – City of New York. 2012 as a project coordinator and Beta Gamma Sigma. has helped recruit health care is the owner of CNM professionals across the country. Accounting.

18 The Bridge Ryutaro Teraoka ’05 is Grace Coons ’11 is a RN Theodore Ayoub III ’12 lives Alyssia Corteaux G’12 working as an associate shift supervisor at Teresian in Stafford, Va., and is a is a family nurse practitioner manager for Toshin Electric House in Albany, N.Y. Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines at Bassett Healthcare in Corporation in Osaka, Japan. Corps in Quantico, Va. Cooperstown, N.Y. Matthew Crumb ’11 works as Kenneth Dapson ’07 lives in an identity engineer for Identropy Holly Bacon ’12 is employed Denise Crandall ’12 is em- Syracuse, N.Y., and works for and is living in Chicago, Ill. as a senior adjustment researcher ployed as a convention coordi- the Department of Defense/ at the Federal Reserve Bank of nator at meeting management David Harrington G’11 is New York Army National Atlanta in Atlanta, Ga. associates in Sherburne, N.Y. a software engineer at Xerox Guard in human resources. in Webster, N.Y. Alex Baer ’12 works as a Elizabeth Cromer ’12 works Jake DiBari ’08 has been mortgage processor 2 at M&T as a staff accountant at Thew Daniel Hebert ’11 is a partner/ named as the City of Rome’s Bank in Ballston Lake, N.Y. Associates in Marcy, N.Y. attorney and counselor at law for new Director of Community Morrisroe Hebert LLP located Tiffany Baye G’12 is Crystal Dilonez ’12 lives in and Economic Development. in Utica, N.Y. a human resources New York, N.Y., and is attend- He will oversee city projects Darlene Henry ’11 coordinator at Chobani, ing graduate school at NYU’s such as waterfront develop- is the Inc. in New Berlin, N.Y. Steinhardt School of Culture, ment and work on regional, cosmetics manager at Macy’s Kristin Betzenhauser ’12 Education, and Human Develop- state and federal projects such in New Hartford, N.Y. is ment. Crystal is pursuing a Mas- as brownfield opportunities and Megan Kosowski ’11 a business intelligence developer is ter of Arts in Higher Education housing initiatives. Jake is also at Northern Safety & Industrial employed as a staff RN at and Student Affairs. She is also a board member of Rome Clean in Frankfort, N.Y. Faxton-St. Luke’s Hospital working as a graduate assistant & Green and is a member of the Stephanie Bouck G’12 in Utica, N.Y. lives in the Office of Student Activi- Regional Economic Develop- in Mohawk, N.Y., and is Kelley McAfee ’11 began ties and Resource Center at the ment Council’s energy policy employed as an instructor of attending UMass Amherst Polytechnic Institute of NYU in group. He currently resides in nursing at St. Elizabeth’s as a full time Ph.D. student Brooklyn, N.Y. Rome with his wife, Lori. Medical Center in Utica, N.Y. in fall 2013. Kieran Burns ’09 lives in Aleksey Panasyuk G’11 Staten Island, N.Y., and is is employed as a program director currently attending graduate for United Activities Unlimited school at Syracuse University and Public School 55. for a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Chris Dare ’09 Aleksey is employed as an was selected to associate computer scientist become a U.S. Naval Officer in at Air Force Research Laboratory July 2013. He will start train- (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. ing to become a Naval Aviator Paul Piacentink G’11 shortly after becoming lives in commissioned. Utica, N.Y., and is employed as a Gregory Grevelding ’09 Commercial Lines Middle is a Market Underwriter at Utica Naval Officer for the U.S. Navy. National Insurance Group. 2010s Timothy Stalnaker ’11 is attending graduate school at Michael Blandford G’11 Syracuse University College of is currently living in Law. He is currently employed Clearwater, Fla. as a inventory control specialist Tina Bowdish ’11 lives in at Walmart in Rome, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y., and is Dalila Everett ’10, Cletus Leon ’11, Nick Gasparovich ’07 and Jessica Rowe ’08 Ashley Wieczerzak ’11 lives employed as a financial at the “SUNYIT Alumni Happy Hour” in Philadelphia, Pa., in June 2013 in Port Leyden, N.Y., and works administrator at the as a contract specialist at the University of Rochester. Air Force Research Laboratory Jonathan Brugge ’11 Laura (Fuller) Chrisman ’12 lives in (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. Josh Duffy ’12 is employed New Holland, Pa., and works as LaToya Workman ’11 is is employed as a social worker as an environmental technician a test engineer at CNH Global. attending graduate school at for the State of Vermont and at Sienna Environmental Konstantin Brutsky ’11 Utica College in pursuit of a resides in Barre, Vt. in Buffalo, N.Y. Cassandra Christman ’12 works as a risk manager at the master’s degree in cybersecurity. Dorothy ‘Dee’ Facci G’12 Mohawk Valley Psychiatric She works as a telecom specialist lives in Gloversville, N.Y., and is is employed as a Lean6 Center in Utica, N.Y. at Mohawk Regional Information employed as a home health aide Consultant for Defense Melissa Ciaccia ’11 is Center in Verona, N.Y. at Top Quality Home Care. Finance and Accounting Amanda Zionc ’11 employed as a institutional safety lives in Renata Conde G’12 lives in Services (DFAS) in Rome, N.Y. officer at the New York State Rome, N.Y., and is employed as Winnabow, N.C., and works Peter Faseun ’12 lives in Department of Corrections and a business office manager as a nurse practitioner at Albany, N.Y., and works as Community Supervision in Al- at Valley View Manor in Cape Fear Cancer Specialist a senior systems analyst at bany. She resides in Selkirk, N.Y. Norwich, N.Y. in Wilmington, N.C. Albany Medical Center. The Bridge 19 Mike Foppes ’12 lives in Cindy Marshall G’12 lives William O’Mara G’12 lives Justin Thompson ’12 lives in Clinton, N.Y., and is employed in Munnsville, N.Y., and is in Clinton, N.Y., and works Herkimer, N.Y., and is currently as an associate relations manager employed as a FNP-BC at as a project manager at PAR pursuing a master’s degree in at Hannaford in Clinton. Community Memorial Government Systems Corp. criminal justice at Grand Canyon Hospital in Hamilton, N.Y. in Rome, N.Y. University. He is employed as a Rhiannon Hickox ’12 lives visual security officer at Macy’s in in Rome, N.Y. She is attending Brian Maum ’12 is attending Rosalyn Powell ’12 is a New Hartford, N.Y. graduate school at Binghamton graduate school at SUNYIT for self-employed photographer in University for a master’s degree an M.S. in Network and Com- Seattle, Wash. Dennis Thoryk G’12 works in social work. puter Security. He is employed as a library media specialist at Audrieanna Raciti ’12 lives in as an IT Support Specialist at Onondaga Community College Teresa Huang ’12 is Yorkville, N.Y., and is currently ConMed Corporation in Utica, in Syracuse, N.Y. employed as a case planner for attending graduate school at N.Y. the Chinese-American Planning SUNYIT for a master’s degree in A. Carol Towers ’12 lives Council in New York, N.Y. Daniel Mayer ’12 lives in Family Nurse Practitioner. She is in Binghamton, N.Y., and is a Scotia, N.Y., and works as an employed as a RN at Faxton-St. community services worker Daniee Hurlbert ’12 is the Information Technology Special- Luke’s in Utica, N.Y. for Broome County. Director of Communications ist 2: Programming at NYS and Development at the Utica Stephanie Richard ’12 is Michelle Tucker G’12 works Department of Education in Zoo in Utica, N.Y. employed as a habilitation as a video producer at SUNYIT Albany, N.Y. services specialist at Upstate and lives with her family in Cerebral Palsy and resides in Whitesboro, N.Y. Herkimer, N.Y. Juleah (Vedder) Wanner ’12 Suryeduth Sadhoo ’12 lives works as a prevention counselor at in Valley Stream, N.Y. He is the Insight House in Utica, N.Y. currently attending gradu- Glenda Whittaker ’12 is a ate school at St. Scholastica RN at St. Elizabeth Medical for a master’s degree in Health Center in Utica, N.Y. Information Management. He Jonathon Williams ’12 is employed as a HIM Director at A. Holly Patterson Extended lives in Schenevus, N.Y., Care Facility in Uniondale, N.Y. and is employed as a takeoff technician at Jett Industries Joseph Santelli ’12 is em- in Colliersville, N.Y. ployed as a Software Tester at Michael Wojtowecz ’12 QualiTest in Fairfield, Conn. is employed as a process Bryant Schur ’12 lives in engineer at GlobalFoundries, Gloversville, N.Y., and is Inc., in Malta, N.Y. employed as a manager’s Terry Wormuth ’12 Associate Athletics Director Kevin Edick, Rich Toran ’90, Kem Ettienne ’98, assistant at Enterprise Holdings, works John Wallace ’90, Athletics Director Kevin Grimmer and Terrence Buck ’90 Inc., in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. as a designer/analyst at United enjoying “SUNYIT in NYC” in December 2013 Eric Sedlacek ’12 Technologies in Syracuse, N.Y. Stacy Wurz ’12 lives in Jacksonville, N.C., and is pursuing a works as an assistant resident master’s degree in Information Brandon Jones G’12 is Justin McHugh ’12 lives in engineer at North Carolina Design and Technology at employed as an accountant at New Hartford, N.Y. He is attend- Department of Transportation SUNYIT. She lives in Cold Fitzgerald, DePetrio, and ing graduate school at Syracuse in Williamson, N.C. Brook, N.Y., and is employed as a marketing assistant at Utica Wojnas CPAs in Utica, N.Y. University College of Law and Chris Specht ’12 works as an is employed as a student rep at National Insurance Group. Daniel Joslin G’12 lives in AV specialist at Utica College. Westlaw in Syracuse, N.Y. Yoshiaki Yasuda ’12 lives in Fayetteville, N.Y., and works as a Jeffrey Sperbeck ’12 works Christine (Brockway) Tokyo, Japan and works at the program manager at Ravenglass as a financial assistant at the McKinney ’12 Adirondack Cafe in Tokyo. Technologies in Manlius, N.Y. is employed as a Bank of Richmondville in residence manager at Herkimer ShaeLynn Zelazowski ’12 Anne Lalonde G’12 is the Cobleskill, N.Y. ARC in Herkimer, N.Y. is a receptionist at Mohawk owner/proprietor of North Kelly Strine ’12 lives in Samantha Merithew ’12 Glen Imaging in Rome, N.Y. Country Family Health NP, Canastota, N.Y., and is PLLC in Ogdensburg, N.Y. is a customer service manager currently attending graduate George Lorber ’11 at Tops Market in Rome, N.Y. To submit your Class Notes and lives in school at SUNYIT for a M.S. SUNYIT Memories, please contact Solvay, N.Y., and works as an Jamie Murphy G’12 is attend- degree in Nursing/Family the SUNYIT Alumni Office at alumni@ application engineer 3 at Cisco ing graduate school at Bingham- Nurse Practitioner. Kelly is sunyit.edu or call 315-792-7110. Systems in Syracuse, N.Y. ton University for a Ph.D. in employed as a RN at St. Joseph’s Nursing. Jamie is employed as Hospital Health Center in Christine Marsden ’12 an adjunct instructor at SUNY Syracuse, N.Y. works as a support investigator Delhi. for Herkimer County and lives in Little Falls, N.Y.

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