Attempt at Clarification and an Update

by Sarah Gutowski, Chair, New Member Mentoring Program

My post on Faculty Development and Retraining needs some clarification, I'm afraid. The language of the letter that was sent out by our administration earlier this semester states that "Administration encourages retraining in the following areas: Chemistry, Communications (Speech), Computer Science, Culinary Arts, Geography, Mathematics (Developmental)." To be more clear, the letter should really read that retraining is permitted for certain areas only, and that this list contains some (or all) of those areas.

 

I mean, really, it would be helpful if they listed the areas in which they allow faculty members to apply for retraining (particularly if there are areas in which they do not allow retraining). Or if they specified the areas where faculty need retraining. Or if they defined retraining. As it stands, the word "encouraging" is ambiguous and a little misleading.

 

Anyway, the point of this post is to clarify, but I'm not sure if I can (see reasons in the paragraph above). Hopefully I'm not contributing to or causing greater confusion, because as Marie Hanna (our FA Secretary) pointed out, new faculty probably don't need retraining at this point anyway, so this information may or may not be useful to you.

 

So here's some information that will be more useful! It's an updated list of new members and their mentors! Yay!

(I apologize for the effusion of exclamation marks. I'm a little excited about the prospect of catching up on grading next week. I know: it's sad.)

Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 New Members and Mentors

 

Grant Campus

New Members  //  Mentors 

 

Kimberly Coluccio  //  Sue DeMasi

Kathleen Ayers-Lanzillotta  //  Alyssa Kaufman

Margaret Kennedy  //  Jeff Epstein

Jason Ramirez  //  Bruce Seger

Gregory Ryan  //  Tony Zajac

Michael Selmer  //  Al Heraghty
Sharon Gardner //  Maureen Arma
Timothy Giardina //  Ed Chropufka
Timothy Keiley  //  Larry Cavanagh
Edwin Roldan  //  Mohini Ratna

 

Central

New Members  //  Mentors

Danielle Groneman  //  Theresa Morales

Donna Krompinger //  Joan Horn

 

Ammerman Campus

New Members  //  Mentors

 

Melissa Adeyeye  //  Emily Lauer

Raymond Di Sanza II  //  William Burns

Nicholas Giordano  //  Albin Cafone

Elizabeth McCormick  //  Meridith Leo-Rowett

Hsiaofang (Sharon) Huang  //  Vera Hu-Hyneman

Mark Kenny //  Vladimir Jurukovski

Brian Koralewski  //  John Bockino

Rachel Schmidt  //  Cecilia Spellman
Lisa Behnke  //  Catherine Lipnick
Richard Lauria //  Maria Nieves-Alonso
Kim Mokarry  //  Karen Pepe
Michael Riggio  //  Andrea Dunkirk
Dawn Wing  //  Krista Gruber
 

Eastern Campus

New Members  //  Mentors

Misty Curreli  //   Justin Turner

Jamie Emmetsberger  //  Katherine Aguirre

Todd Gardner  //  Joe Napolitano

Richard Mack  // Johanna MacKay

Heather Mann  //  Paul Anderson

Aimee Mattiolo  //  Jodi Levine

Rachel Millings  //  Erikka Mendez

Meredith Starr  //  Adam Penna

Susan Wood  //  Kristen Cosentino
Adela Johnson  // Penny Bealle
Janet Tierney  //  Nic Pestieau
Yu Zhang  //  Katherine Aguirre


I hope you all have a wonderful Spring Recess.

(Yay Spring Break!!!)