News Release
Feb 27, 2009
Inspirational K-12 Teachers and Leaders Honored by Independent College and University Presidents at CICU Annual Meeting
Contacts: Terri Standish-Kuon, Vice President of Communications & Administration (518-436-4781; terri@cicu.org); Dennis Kennedy, Director of Communications (518-436-4781; dennis@cicu.org)
WHEN: Monday, March 2, 2009, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: New York State Capitol, The Governor’s Reception Room (War Room), Second Floor, Albany, New York
WHAT: Twenty-one graduates of independent colleges and universities throughout New York will be honored at the 2009 Alumni Hall of Distinction Awards Ceremony and Legislative Reception. The 2009 Alumni Hall focuses on inspirational elementary school educators and school leaders (principals, superintendents, and school business officers) who bring attention to the pivotal role that private colleges and universities play in preparing New York State’s teachers, educating students at all levels, and administering essential school programs. Each year, more than 17,500 students earn education degrees at 86 Independent Sector campus locations.
The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) created the Alumni Hall in 2000 to recognize New York’s Independent Sector graduates who have made extraordinary contributions to society through their careers and community involvement. The reception is one part of CICU’s 53rd Annual Meeting for college and university presidents.
WHO: State legislators, policymakers and staff, higher education leaders, and more than 55 independent college and university presidents are expected to join alumni honorees and their families. Robert M. Bennett, Chancellor of the Board of Regents, will be the event’s Master of Ceremonies. CICU president Abe Lackman and Board of Trustees chair and president of New York University John Sexton will make remarks.
The Alumni Hall of Distinction, class of 2009, includes the following:
• Alfred University - Peggy Wozniak
• Clarkson University - Richard F. Seifert
• College of Mount Saint Vincent – Rose G. Kelly McTague
• The College of Saint Rose - Cecily Wilson
• Daemen College - Jeffrey Rabey
• Dominican College - Bernadette Kappen
• Dowling College - Wendy Power
• Excelsior College - Charles Dedrick
• Fordham University - Patricia Kelly-Stiles
• Hofstra University – Bonnie Kaufman Epstein
• Nazareth College – Cynthia Lowenguth
• New York University - Danielle Dubno
• Nyack College - Renee Horrey
• Pace University - Debra Barbosa-Galarza
• Roberts Wesleyan College - Barbara Murray
• St. Bonaventure University - Marc Vachon
• St. Joseph’s College - Marianne Ferrara
• St. Lawrence University - Trudy Hall
• Syracuse University - Daniel Lowengard
• Teachers College, Columbia University - Sabrina Hope-King
• University of Rochester - Joy Moss
To learn about the many ways independent colleges and universities are educating teachers, read “The New Education of Teachers” and “The Fine Art of Teaching” posted online: http://www.cicu.org/publicationReports/article.php?Article_ID=81 http://www.cicu.org/publicationReports/article.php?Article_ID=17
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The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) represents the chief executives of New York's 100+ independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Member colleges compose the largest private sector of higher education in the world and confer most of the bachelor's degrees (56%), master's degrees (72%), and doctoral and first-professional degrees (80%) earned in New York State.
CICU member campuses enroll more than 466,000 students, including nearly 300,000 New York State residents. One in three (27%) New Yorkers enrolled full time at independent colleges and universities in the state comes from a family earning less than $40,000 annually. And most (52%) African-American and Latino students who earn their bachelor's and graduate degrees in New York State are Independent Sector alumni.