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UB Highlights UB Highlights Vol. 6, No. 1 News & Events for January 1-31, 2009 IDEAL/Grad Info Session Purple Knights Home Athletic Events Tuesday, Jan. 6, 4:30-6:30 p.m. January 1-31, 2009 Stamford campus, 5 Riverbend Drive Information will be offered about IDEAL, UB’s Men’s Basketball accelerated adult degree-completion program, and MBA, Jan. 10 (Sat.), 3 p.m., Dowling @ Hubbell Gym M.S. Counseling and Human Resources, M.S. Jan. 14 (Weds.), 7 p.m., C.W. Post @ Hubbell Gym Education, 6 th Year Certificate of Advanced Study Jan. 21 (Weds.), 7 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas @ programs. Call 203-358-0700 or email Hubbell Gym [email protected] , for more info. Jan. 24 (Sat.), 3 p.m., Mercy @ Hubbell Gym Jan. 31 (Sat.), 3 p.m., Adelphi @ Hubbell Gym Women’s Basketball Graduate Info Session Jan. 10 (Sat.), 1 p.m., Dowling @ Hubbell Gym Thursday, Jan. 8, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 (Mon.), 7 p.m., American International @ Information and an opportunity to register will be Hubbell Gym offered on the 6 th floor of Wahlstrom Library for the Jan. 14 (Weds.), 5 p.m., C.W. Post @ Hubbell Gym following programs: Jan 21 (Weds.), 5 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas 2 Doctoral : Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering; Hubbell Gym Ed.D., Educational Leadership Jan. 24 (Sat.), 1 p.m., Mercy @ Hubbell Gym Master’s : MBA, M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Jan. 31 (Sat.), 1 p.m., Adelphi @ Hubbell Gym Counseling and Human Resources, M.S. Gymnastics (Women’s) electrical engineering, M.A. Global Jan. 24 (Sat.), 6 p.m., New Hampshire and Yale @ Development and Peace, M.S. Instructional Wheeler Recreation Center Technology, M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Swimming & Diving (Women’s) M.S. Technology Management Jan. 16 (Fri.), 1 p.m., Western CT @ Wheeler Information sessions for the following Education Recreation Center programs will be held in Carlson Hall : M.S. Education (non-certification), M.S. Education (teacher certification), M.S. Education, 6 th Year January Spring Semester Dates Certificate of Advanced Study. Friday, Jan. 9 : Health Sciences Orientation and Registration Sunday, Jan. 11 : Last Day for Readmission MLK Community Service Applications Monday, Jan. 19, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 : Health Sciences Classes Begin Volunteer for a service project in memory of Martin Thursday, Jan. 15 : New Student Orientation Luther King, Jr. Organized activities will include fun, Friday, Jan. 16 : Application Deadline for free breakfast and lunch, work on a project, meeting new Chiropractic National Board Exams, Parts I-III friends, reflection exercises, and prizes at the end of the Saturday, Jan. 17 : Residence Halls Open for day. All are welcome. Contact Elie Siag at 203-545- New Students 3037, [email protected] , or Myung Jin Baldini at 908- Sunday Jan. 18 : Residence Halls Open for 370-3560, [email protected] . Sponsored by Returning Students Service For Peace. Monday, Jan. 19 : Martin Luther King Day – No Classes, Administrative Offices Closed. Happy New Year 2009! Tuesday, Jan. 20: Classes Begin UB Achievements & Honors Students & Alumni Faculty & Staff Athletics Dental Hygiene Emma Woolley , junior midfielder (soccer) was named to Leigh Vitukinas , clinical assistant professor, was the NCAA Div. II All-East Region First Team Dec. inducted in November as president of the Connecticut 11. Linda Velaj , sophomore forward, was selected for Dental Hygienists’ Association. Sandra Stramoski, the Second Team, and sophomore forward Rakel clinical assistant professor, was elected 2008-09 vice- Hinriksdottir for the Third Team. president. Meg Zayan , dean of the Fones School, is Miranda Der , freshman gymnast, qualified for the immediate past president of the association. United States Women’s Gymnastics Team competing Laurel Risom and Katherine Russell, clinical assistant in the 2009 Maccabiah Games, in Israel in July. She professors, presented and facilitated the Professional will compete in the All-Around, which includes vault, Issues Forum, “Advancing the Profession of Dental uneven bars, balance beam, and the floor exercise. In Hygiene through Research,” at the Connecticut Dental 2005 Miranda was a member of the gold medal- Hygienists’ Association’s 13 th Annual Nutmeg winning U.S. Women’s Junior Gymnastics Team in Conference in November. the Maccabiah Games, the world’s third-largest Education international athletic competition. Patricia Mulcahy-Ernt, professor of reading and Dave Boykin , sophomore guard (basketball), has been language arts, presented a paper, “Self-Regulated selected as the East Coast Conference Men’s Study Reading Processes,” at the Annual Conference Basketball Player of the Week for Dec. 8-14. of the National Reading Conference on December 5. Business She was an invited presenter on a panel reviewing the Xiaoyan (Elva) Ma and Zhishun (Jason) Zhang, the new edition of the Handbook of College Reading and “Go Surfly” team, took first place, with an outstanding Study Strategy Research , summarizing her chapter, $157,470.42 portfolio value, in the Connecticut Stock “Strategic Study Reading.” She also recently presented Market Simulation, sponsored by the Connecticut Post her research at the annual conference of the College and Newspapers in Education Program. All student Reading and Learning Association and at the annual teams in this competition, members of Business conference of the New England Reading Association. English Communications classes advised by Professor Margaret Queenan , assistant professor, presented a Steven Rashba, began on Oct. 6 with $100,000. paper, “A Year Is Not Long Enough for Learning: A Second, fifth, seventh, and eighth places were also Second Year Qualitative Study of Comprehension won by UB teams. In a second competition, the Strategies,” at the American Association for the Connecticut Stock Market Game, sponsored by Advancement of Educational Research in November. SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education, Team A6, Li Wang and Melek Kartal, advised by Prof. Rashba, UB joined 21 universities in the U.S. Educational Group trip to finished in second place, outperforming the benchmark the Middle East in November. Engineering Prof. Abdelshakour S&P 500 by 29.26%. Third place went to Team Abuzneid, Steven Boyd (Director of International Admissions), ZZ260, Palak R. Patel , an MBA student advised by and Barbara Maryak (Associate VP for Admissions), all shown below, visited with prospective students, U.S. ambassadors, Professor Kueun Choi . UB teams, among 78 and visa and education counselors in Azerbaijan, Jordan, participants from CT universities, have placed first, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Kazakhstan, second, and/or third in this competition for six years. with the goal of further increasing UB’s student diversity. Nutrition Chrissy Wellington , MS ’05, is a contributing author of Navigating the Supermarket . See the information at http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=5371 874 . Chrissy is a clinical nutritionist at the Canyon Ranch Medical Spa in the Berkshires. Did we miss something? UB Highlights is published twice monthly during the academic year and monthly in January, June, and July to inform the University community about UB events and achievements. To comment or to list your event or award, e-mail Rebecca Salonen, [email protected], or call x4988. .
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