March 02, 2006 Volume 27, No. 21
Harpur’s Ferry receives national recognition
national recognition
Harpur’s Ferry was honored
as the EMS Organization of the
Year at the recent National Collegiate
Emergency Medical Services
Foundation conference in
Boston, Mass.
The honor is given to one
agency nationwide each year for
excellence in collegiate emergency
medical services.
And for the second year in
a row, Harpur’s Ferry took top
honors in the foundation’s advanced
life support skills team
competition. Joshua Parsons,
Evan Gluck, Michael Schlazer
and Benjamin Krakauer were
on the team this year.
Harpur’s Ferry was earlier
named Emergency Medical Services
Agency of the Year by the
New York State EMS Council.
Harpur’s Ferry maintains
a roster of 130 to 150 active
members. Although most of the
volunteers are students, the
squad includes faculty and staff
members as well as alumni.
Summer programs available for children
Continuing Education and
Outreach will offer summer
programs for children.
The Summer Dance Institute
will run from July 10-21 with
a fee of $525, Archaeology for
Kids will be held from July 17-
27 with a fee of $129 and the
Summer Youth Musical Theater
Workshop, which will present
Wonderful Town, will run from
July 24-Aug. 13. The fee for
that program is $395.
For more information,
call 777-6857 or e-mail
conted@binghamton.edu.
Family Weekend organizers Family Weekend organizers
Family Weekend 2006 will
take place Saturday and Sunday,
Oct. 21 and 22.
Organizers are looking for
individuals, departments and
groups that would like to volunteer
to host activities, plan
interactive events and manage
informational tables or exhibits
during the weekend.
Contact the alumni office
at 777-2431 or e-mail
a l u m n i @ b i n g h a m t o n . e d u .
Please indicate the name of your
group, when you are interested
in participating and a brief description
of your activity.
Amazon exhibit opens March 7
A multimedia adventure titled
“Perspectives: Expedition
Amazon” will transport visitors
deep into the rainforest. Featuring
artwork, photographs, film
and performance, the exhibition
will have its premiere in the
FA-Art Museum.
A free opening reception will
begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 7.
The exhibition reflects
the journey of a group of
Binghamton alumni and colleagues
to a remote community
in Peru. Their efforts to build
a health clinic are reflected in
more than 90 paintings and
photographs.
The show will be on display
through March 11. The museum
is open from 1-4 p.m. Tuesday
to Saturday and from 1-7 p.m.
Thursday. It’s closed Monday
and holidays. Admission is free.
Donate cell phones to help SOS Shelter
The Women’s Rugby Club, in
conjunction with Campus Recreational
Services, is collecting
old cell phones until the end of
the semester.
Old cell phones, along with
their chargers, will be collected
by the club and will be donated
to the SOS Shelter in Endicott.
The club will also donate a percentage
of its annual Scrumstock
home tournament entry
fee to the shelter.
Drop off phones at the Department
of Campus Recreational
Services in the East Gym.
For more information, contact
the club’s president, Rachael
Kelly, at rkelly1@binghamton.
edu or Craig Dube at
cdube@binghamton.edu.
O.A.R. to perform on campus March 26
O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) will
perform March 26 at the Events
Center.
Tickets cost $18 for undergraduates
and $28 for the public.
They are available at the
Events Center box office or online
at sa.binghamton.edu.
Graduate School has funding available for TAs/GAs
Do you intend to employ a
graduate student on the state
TA/GA payroll in 2006-’07? Do
you intend to pay the stipend
from your department’s state/
IFR funds (not funds allocated
by the Graduate School)?
If so, you are employing a
“Unit-Funded TA/GA.” The
Graduate School has tuition
scholarships for certain Unit-
Funded TA/GAs for 2006-’07.
Details are available at
http://gradschool.binghamton.
edu/fs/bboard.asp. Requests
should be submitted online by
March 15.
For more information, contact
Michelle Harder, Graduate
School funding assistant, at 777-
2239 or miharder@binghamton.
edu.
