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Published: November 17, 2011

  • McPherson recognized

    Ryan McPherson, chief sustainability officer and former associate vice president of government and community relations, has received the Edwin Crawford Award for Innovation, one of two 2011 Service Awards in State Government Relations recognizing leadership in state relations and institutional advocacy.

    The Crawford Award and the Marvin D. “Swede” Johnson Achievement Award, won by Thomas E. Daniel, senior vice chancellor for external affairs for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, are the only national awards in higher education state relations, a field that encompasses advocacy and outreach efforts on behalf of colleges and universities to governors, state legislators and other key policymakers.

    The awards are administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.

    In being selected for the Crawford Award, McPherson was recognized for numerous accomplishments, among them implementing an integrated advocacy model for UB that built consensus on campus and in the community, moved the institution to communicate more proactively with state government and ultimately resulted in securing the passage of NYSUNY 2020, the most comprehensive higher education legislation in a generation in New York State

    McPherson and Daniel will be honored during a luncheon at the Higher Education Government Relations Conference, being held on Dec. 1 in San Diego.

  • NY Virtuoso Singers to perform

    UB faculty member Harold Rosenbaum will conduct the New York Virtuoso Singers in a holiday-themed program of music from the Renaissance, Medieval and Baroque periods at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.

    The UB Alumni Association will host a pre-concert reception featuring remarks by Rosenbaum and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Bruce Pitman. The cost for the concert and reception, which includes an open bar and hors d’oeuvres, is $16 for one ticket or $30 for a pair of tickets for dues-paying members of the alumni association, or $24 and $46 for nonmembers.

    Capacity for the reception is limited, and advanced registration is required.

    Advanced tickets for the concert only are $12 for general admission and $9 for UB faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens, and $5 for students. Tickets at the door are $20, $15 and $8. Tickets can be obtained at the Slee Hall box office, the Center for the Arts box office and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com.

    Founded in 1988 by Rosenbaum, The New York Virtuoso Singers has become this country's leading exponent of contemporary choral music. Although the chorus performs music of all periods, its emphasis is on commissioning, performing and recording the music of American composers.

  • ‘Soup’s On’ for Capen scholarships

    The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual “Soup’s On” luncheon to benefit the Grace Capen scholarships at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 8 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

    The event is open to the public.

    The menu will feature holiday cranberry punch, mixed-greens salad, crab bisque and chicken creole gumbo along with tuna and turkey sandwiches, muffins, rolls and butter, coffee and tea, and desserts.

    Cost is $25 per person.

    To make reservations, call Phyllis Chojanacki at 834-2515

    The club also will hold its annual poinsettia and wreath sale to benefit the Capen scholarships. Items should be preordered by Nov. 22 for distribution at the Soup’s On luncheon.

    For more information, contact Joan Ryan at 626-9332.

  • Flags at half-mast honor fallen soldier

    Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast on Nov. 29 in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on Nov. 21.

    Pvt. Jackie L. Diener II died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum. Diener was from Boyne City, Mich.

    Cuomo has ordered that flags on all state buildings be lowered to half-mast in honor of and tribute to New York service members who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.