April 20, 2006 Volume 27, No. 26
PEC seeks nominations for annual elections
The Professional Employees Council is running its nomination procedure differently this year. A Web-based process is being used to solicit nominations for upcoming elections. Employees may go to http://pec.binghamton.edu/ nominate.pl to nominate colleagues for openings on the council. Nominations are due by Friday, April 21, so that the election can begin in April.
For more information, contact Darryl Wood at dwood@binghamton.edu or 777-2908.
Asian art exhibit runs through Sunday
runs through Sunday Trans-boundary Experiences: an Exhibition of Contemporary Art from China, Japan and Korea will be on display at Spool Mfg, 138 Baldwin St., Johnson City until April 23.
Three Binghamton University graduate students are curators of the exhibition, which seeks to explore different levels of trans-boundary experiences through the works of eight East Asian artists.
For more information, email Fumiwo Iwamoto at fiwamot0@binghamton.edu.
Night shift learns about Binghamton
“The Binghamton Tradition:
from Vision to Excellence” was
presented last month to thirdshift
staff from Physical Facilities,
Computing Services and
University Police in a special session
that began at 11:30 p.m.
Hosted by administrative
staff from Human Resources
and Physical Facilities, the session
explored the University’s
growth through the years. A
lively discussion centered on
Binghamton’s proud tradition of
providing quality customer service
to students, staff and the
public. More than 40 night shift
cleaners, janitors, supervisors,
police officers and computer operators
participated in the session,
the first in a series of night
shift outreach offerings.
Future sessions will address
retirement planning and understanding
your benefits, said Alison
Gierlach, personnel associate
in Human Resources. There
will also be training for night
shift supervisors on communication
skills and managing priorities.
11 Binghamton students honored by chancellor
John R. Ryan, chancellor
of the State University of
New York, recently honored 11
Binghamton students with the
2006 Chancellor’s Award for
Student Excellence.
New York residents Giya
Abraham of New City, Andrew
Gardner of Brockport, Matthew
Gervais of Liverpool, Trevor
Gomberg of Thiells, Michael
Hartwell of Canandaigua, Peter
Longo of Hopewell Junction,
Timothy Nevinger of Vestal, Karen
Sidi of Plainview, Meredith
Woitach of Vestal and Weiqin
Zhang of Flushing and David
Henann of Wind Gap, Pa., were
among 270 college students
from 62 SUNY campuses chosen
for the honor.
The awards are given annually
to students who earn a GPA
of 3.78 or higher and record a
significant contribution to their
campus or local community.
Debaters receive national recognition
Junior Dan Weiser was
awarded one of 20 Scholastic
All-American Awards at the
2006 Cross-Examination Debate
Association’s (CEDA) National
Tournament. The award
is given to students who maintain
the highest level of academic
success while promoting
a healthy environment for education
and learning within and
outside the debate community.
Also at the tournament,
sophomores Jake Gartman and
Matt Malia qualified for elimination
rounds. Advancing to
elimination rounds places the
pair in the top 64 two-person
debate teams out of a pool of
about 250.
After the event, Binghamton
was ranked first in the East Region
and 10th in the country by
CEDA. Meanwhile, the National
Debate Tournament ranked the
team ninth among the nation’s
200 programs.
