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Philosophy News Number 6 | Summer 2009

In this issue

• FromtheChair . . . . . . 2

• Congratulations . . . . . 3

• SPELGraduateStudentsAchievements . . . . . . 4

• Featuredfaculty . . . . . 6

• Facultypublicationsandpresentations . . . 7

• AlumniCareerNetwork . . . . . . . . . . . 9

• Alumnispotlight . . . . 10

• Thecoursethatchangedmylife . . . . 11

•Moneymatters . . . . . 11

The Philosophy Department 2009 Homecoming EventFriday, October 2, 2009, 3:30-5 p.m. Philosophy Department, 12th floor, Library Tower

Joinotherphilosophyalumniforareceptioncelebratingphilosophicalcreativityandimagination .Leafthroughfacultypublications;networkwithotheralumni,currentundergraduateandgraduatestudents,andthefaculty .

HostedbythePhilosophyDepartmentandwithanintroductionbythedepartment’sincomingchair,ProfessorMaxPensky .ThereunionisaspaceforexploringwhatkindofdepartmentthePhilosophyDepartmenthasbecome,andhowitischangingandgrowingwhilebuildingonitspast .

Philosophy Reunion at Homecoming 2008

ThePhilosophyDepartmenthelditsfirstalumnireunionaspartofHomecoming2008 .CurrentundergraduatestudentsenjoyedmeetingandtalkingwithalumnilikeEricLobenfeld’71(atcenterinphoto) .SeeEric’salumniprofileatwww2 .binghamton .edu/features/alumni/lobenfeld .html .

Please join the BU philosophy alumni group. WeareorganizingaFacebookpageforourgraduates:www .facebook .com/group .php?gid=75596407145&ref=mf .

From the ChairThe2008-09academicyearismylastasdepartmentchairasIwillbesteppingdowntheendofAugustandProfessorMaxPenskywillbeginathree-yeartermasdepartmentchairinSeptember .IthasbeenaprivilegetoservethePhilosophyDepartmentthesepastsixyears .

Wehaveanadditionalchangeofofficers,andthisonehasalreadytakenplace .ChristopherKnappcompletedhistwo-yeartermasdirectorofthehonorsprogram(DHP)attheendoffall2008 .AnnaGotlibbeganhertwo-yeartermasDHPstartingspring2009 .

Thebudgetaryconstraintsfeltthroughoutacademehavebeenfilteringdowntothedepartmentlevelinavarietyofwaysthisyearand,asaresult,ithasbecomemoreandmorechallengingtomounttherightkindofcurriculum,inviteoutsidespeakers,andsupportresearchbystudentsandfacultyalike .Ithinkthatwehavebeensuccessfulagaininmeetingthechallengethankstoeveryoneinthedepartment’screativityandresourcefulness .

ThequalityofthePhilosophyDepartmentfacultyhasbeenrecognizedwiththepromotionofProfessorTonyPreustotherankofDistinguishedTeachingProfessoreffectiveMay2009;andseveralfacultywillbeonleaveintheupcomingacademicyear(2009-10) .ThisfallProfessorRandyFriedmanwillbeonajuniorfacultydean’sresearchleave .ProfessorAnnaGotlibwillbeonajuniorfacultydean’sresearchleaveinspring2010 .Iwillbeonsabbaticalinfall2009andondean’schair’sresearchleaveinspring2010 .

Forfall2009weareplanningoursecondHomecomingeventandhopethatmanyofouralumniwillcomeandvisitwithus .WewillhaveareceptionatthePhilosophyDepartmentandanopportunitytonetworkwithallpresent .

Formoreinformationaboutthedepartment,pleaselookatourwebsiteatwww2 .binghamton .edu/philosophy .ThewebsitehasbeenrevampedtofittheUniversity’sunifiednewlook .

Thenewsletterhasadedicatedspacefornewsfromphilosophyalumni .Wearealllookingforwardtohearingfromyou .

Bat-Ami Bar On DepartmentChair

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Congratulations to…Professor Anthony PreusforhispromotiontoDistinguished Teaching Professor,whichwasapprovedbytheSUNYBoardofTrusteesintheirMay2009meeting .ProfessorPreus,whoisalsoMasterofCollege-in-the-Woods,receivedhisPhDfromJohnsHopkinsUniversityin1968 .HehasbeenatBinghamtonsince1964 .HisareasofresearchandteachingincludeancientGreekphilosophyandmedicalethics .ProfessorPreus,whowasaRhodesScholarandhasbeendescribedbyprofessionalcolleaguesasanexemplaryscholar,saysofhimselfthatheneverhadanydoubtthathewouldbeateacher .“Educationhasbeenthepreferredprofessionofmyfamilyforgenerations;theonlyquestionwaswhatIwouldteach .”HehaschosentoteachphilosophyandthePhilosophyDepartmentatBinghamtonUniversityisproudtohavehimonitsfaculty .

Professor Bat-Ami Bar OnforreceivingtheAward for Faculty Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring.Thisawardrecognizesextraordinaryperformanceandachievementinmentoringgraduatestudents .Criteriaincludeclearevidencebeyondformalclassroomteachingofhelpinggraduatestudentsbecomeestablishedasindependentscholarsandprofessionals .

Professor Randy Friedmanforbeingawardedadean’sresearchleaveforfall2009;Professor Anna Gotlibforbeingawardedadean’sresearchleaveforspring2010 .

Philosophy Major Ms. Julietta RoseforbeingawardedtheDillonAwardandHighestHonors .Ms .RosewillbebeginningaPhDprograminphilosophyattheUniversityofMassachusetts-Amherst .SheisaparticipantinthePellHonorsProgram .

Philosophy Major Mr. Randy BenjenkforbeingawardedHighHonors .HewillbeattendingHarvardLawSchoolandisaparticipantinthePellHonorsProgram .

Philosophy Major Mr. Chris BrownforbeingawardedHonors .

Professor Anthony Preus

Newsbriefs

Professor Max Pensky’sarticle“Amnestyontrial:impunity,accountability,andthenormsofinternationallaw,”whichwaspublishedin2008inEthics and Global Politics,afree-accessonlinejournal,wasdownloadedmorethan2,500times .YoucanfindaPDFversionatjournals .sfu .ca/coaction/index .php/egp/issue/view/2 .

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SPEL Graduate Students AchievementsShay Welch,PhDstudent,wononeoftwoGaius Charles Bolin Dissertation and Post-MFA FellowshipsatWilliamsCollegeforwhichtherewere200applications .TheGaiusCharlesBolinFellowships(namedafterGaiusCharlesBolin,thefirstblackgraduateofWilliams,andfundedin1985,onthecentennialofhisadmissiontotheCollege)aredesignedtopromotediversityoncollegefacultiesbyencouragingstudentsfromunderrepresentedgroupstocompleteaterminalgraduatedegreeandtopursuecareersincollegeteaching .TheBolinFellowshipsaretwo-yearresidenciesatWilliams .Welchwillbeginherfellowshipinfall2009 .Shewillbedevotingthebulkofthefirstyear(2009-10)tothecompletionofdissertationworkwhilealsoteachingonecourseasafacultymemberinthePhilosophyDepartment .Inhersecondyearofresidency(2010-11),andideallywithherPhDinhand,shewillspendhertimeonacademiccareerdevelopmentwhileagainteachingjustonecourse .

Selin Gürsözlü,PhDstudent,wonrecognitionfortheexcellenceofherteaching .ShereceivedherGraduate Student Excellence in Teaching AwardataceremonyinMarch2009 .Gürsözlüfocusesondevelopingteachingstrategiesthatencouragestudentstothink—alongwithherandontheirownaswell .Shedescribesherselfcognizantofsome(maybemost)students’experiencesofsocialandpsychologicalpressureinaclassroomandiscommittedtohelpingstudentsdevelopthecouragetosharetheirthoughts .

Monica Mueller(dissertationtitle:An Inquiry into the Relation between Thought and Action: Interpreting Phronesis )waschosentoreceivetheDistinguished Dissertation Award .Givenatgraduation,thisawardrecognizessuperiorworkbyadoctoralstudent .Agraduateprogramcanrecommendonlyonedissertationforthisaward,whichisevaluatedagainstotherdissertationinitscategory(inDr .Mueller’scase,theHumanitiesandFineArtscategory) .Aminimalqualificationisthatatleastpartofthedissertationisofpublishablequality(whichwasnoprobleminDr .Mueller’scasesincepartofherdissertationisforthcomingasajournalarticle) .

Alejandro Arango VargasandLewis Trelawny-CassitywereawardedtheBest Graduate Student Paper PrizefromtheEasternInternationalRegionoftheAmericanAcademyofReligion .

Josh WretzelreceivedanAmerican Philosophical Association (APA) Graduate Travel Stipend,whichisissuedtoassist

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graduatestudentswhosepapershavebeenacceptedforAPAdivisionalmeetings .

Other Achievements

Jason MalloryandMonica Muellerdefendedtheirdissertationsthisacademicyear .Inaddition,Dr .Mallorystartedastenure-trackfacultyatRaritanValleyCommunityCollegeinfall2008 .Dr .Muellerwillstartastenure-trackfacultyatCapitalUniversityinfall2009 .

Brandon Davis-Shannon, Jess Kyle, Jessie Payson, Regan RuleandRichard SaucedowereawardedtheirMAsontheirwaytoPhDs .

Francine FooteandAndrea Passantino(fromtheBA/SPELMAcombined5-yearprogram)completedtheirMAsandwillbestartinglawschoolinfall2009 .

Fuat GürsözlüacceptedavisitingassistantprofessorpositionintheDepartmentofPhilosophyatDalhousieUniversityinHalifax,NovaScotia .

Selin GürsözlüwillbeagraduateassistantforthePhilosophyinanInclusiveKeySummerInstitute(PIKSI)program,RockEthicsInstitute,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity .Gürsözlü hasalsoacceptedanappointmentasvisitinginstructorintheDepartmentofPhilosophyatGrandValleyStateUniversityinMichigan .

Publications

Fuat Gürsözlü—Forthcoming .“AgonismandDeliberation:RecognizingtheDifference”(The Journal of Political Philosophy ) .

Jack Marsh—2008 .“TowardaReturntoPluralityinArendtianJudgment,”Kritike2(2) .2008 .Reviewof“DiscoveringLevinas”byMichaelMorgan(inLe Mal: Cahiers d’Etudes Lévinassiennes,no .7 .,ed .CarineBrenner:369-373) .2009 .“OfViolence:TheForceandSignificanceofViolenceintheEarlyDerrida”(Philosophy and Social Criticism35(3):269-286) .

Monica Mueller—Forthcoming .“CalculativeDeliberationisInsufficientforPracticalWisdom”(The Journal of Value Inquiry ) .

Jessie Payson—2009 .“MoralDilemmasandCollectiveResponsibilities”(Essays in Philosophy ) .

Newsbriefs

YoucanfindProfessor Eric Dietrich’sdiscussionof21st-centuryscienceinthe2009editionofBinghamton Researchatresearch .binghamton .edu/BinghamtonResearch/2009/A_new_dream .php .

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Featured Faculty

Anna Gotlib

Anna Gotlibjoinedthedepartmentin2007aftercompletingherPhDatMichiganStateUniversity .SheisnowinhersecondyearatBinghamtonandcan,likeapro,locatebothherofficeandtheclassroomsinwhichsheisteaching .Previoustoherbuddingacademiccareer,sheenduredthetravailsofCornellLawSchoolandashortstintasalawyer,practicinginternationalandlaborlawinNewYork,DenverandAlmaty,Kazakhstan .Sheworksprimarilyinthefieldsofethics(especiallymoralpsychologyandnarrativeethics)andmedicalethics,butalsoventuresintothemurkywatersofthephilosophyoflaw,socialandpoliticalphilosophy,andfeministtheory .Shecurrentlyhasseveralarticlesinprogress;severalothersareawaitingprint,ontopicsthatrangefromthedefinitionof“badmotherhood,”tothesocialmanipulationofmaternalbodies,totheethicaldilemmasinvolvedinthedevelopmentoftechniquesofmedicalmemorymanipulation .SheisalsoveryhappytohavebeenappointedasthedirectorofthePellHonorsProgramandeagerlyawaitstheopportunitytoworkwithsomeverybrightandmotivatedphilosophyandPPLstudents .Whennotinthegripofallthingsphilosophical,ProfessorGotliblikestospendtimewithherhusbandandtheirbunny,Clover,and,amongotherthings,buildingandlaunchingmodelrockets .ProfessorGotlibishappytoreportthat,sofar,noinjurieshaveresultedtoeitherthelaunchersoranyoneunfortunateenoughtobestandinginthevicinity .

Randy Friedman

Randy FriedmanjoinedthedepartmentsofPhilosophyandJudaicStudiesin2005 .Hisresearchincludescontinentalphilosophy,AmericanpragmatismandmodernJewishthought .Hisworkexplorestheconstructionofsubjectivityandintersubjectivityandtheconceptualizationofthemetaphysicalinseveralfigures,includingEdmundHusserl,FranzRosenzweig,MartinBuber,MordecaiKaplanandEmmanuelLevinas .Heisparticularlyinterestedinthetensionsbetweennaturalandnaturalizingphilosophyandmetaphysics .Inotherwords,howmodernJewishphilosophyreconstructsthecentraltheologicalcategoriesofcreation,revelationandredemption .HewasawardedaDean’sResearchSemesterAwardforJuniorFacultyforfall2009 .HeisplanningoncompletingthreearticlesthatgroundabookonthetensionsbetweenimmanenceandtranscendenceinmodernJewishphilosophy .ThearticlesexaminethedebatesbetweenRosenzweig,Buber,LevinasandMordecaiKaplanonthenatureandfunctionofthedivine,thestatusofrevelationandthe

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tasksofredemption,andtracethephilosophicalinheritancesofthesefiguresinordertobettershapeaninterpretiveframeworkfortheirreligiousthought,whichrevolvesaroundashiftfromrecognitionofatranscendentalGodtoanethicsinwhichtheOther’sneedsshapeourownsubjectivity .

Workathomehasinvolvedexploringtheconstructionofplaytents,cribs,tricyclesandotherobjectsinvolvingtheuseofAllenwrenches .InDecember,RandyandBrendawelcomedEllieTamar’slittlesister,MikaHadas,tolifeinBinghamton .Sheiscurrentlyout-sleepingEllie,butisnotyetallowedtoeatchocolatedonutslikeherbigsister .

Faculty Publications

Professor Jeffner Allen

• 2009 .“PhilosophyandPorousImagination:BetweenCoralReefs .”South African Journal of Philosophy Special Issue on African Philosophy.

• 2008 .“DivingPlanetarity .”This Watery World: Humans and the Sea,2nded .Eds .VartanMessierandNanditaBatra .Newcastle-upon-Tyne:CambridgeScholarsPress .

• 2008 .“Danslesrouagesétincelantsdumythetoujoursenmouvement:Dé-composerBeauvoir .”[“AmongGlowingWheelsofMythRarelySettling:De-Composing‘Beauvoir .’”]Simone de Beauvoir cent ans après sa naissance: Contributions interdisciplinaires de cinq continents.Ed .ThomasStauder .Tübingen:GunterNarrVerlag .

Professor Eric Dietrich

• 2008 .“TheBishopandPriest:Towardapoint-of-viewbasedepistemologyoftruecontradictions .Logos Architekton2/2 .

• 2008 .“SomeStrangenessintheProportion,orHowtoStopWorryingandLearntoLovetheMechanisticForcesofDarkness .CommentaryonE .SelingerandT .Engström’s“AMoratoriumonCyborgs:Computation,Cognition,andCommerce .”Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences7 .*2008 .“Pluralism,RadicalPluralism,andthePoliticsoftheBigBang .J. of Exper. and Theor. Artificial Intelligence.

• 2008 .“TowardExtendingtheRelationalPrimingModel:SixQuestions .CommentaryonRobertLeech,DenisMareschal,

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RichardCooper’s“AnalogyasRelationalPriming:Adevelopmentalandcomputationalperspectiveontheoriginsofacomplexcognitiveskill .”Behavioral and Brain Sciences31/4 .

Professor Charles Goodman

• 2009 .Consequences of Compassion: An Interpretation and Defense of Buddhist Ethics.OxfordUniversity .TomanyWesterners,themostappealingteachingsoftheBuddhisttraditionpertaintoethics .ManyreadershavedrawnonBuddhism'semphasisoncompassion,nonviolenceandtolerance,itsconcernforanimals,anditsmodelsofvirtueandself-cultivation .Therehasbeen,however,controversyandconfusionaboutwhichWesternethicaltheoriesresembleBuddhistviewsandinwhatrespects .Inthisbook,CharlesGoodmanilluminatestherelationsbetweenBuddhistconceptsandWesternethicaltheories .EveryversionofBuddhistethics,saysGoodman,takesthewelfareofsentientbeingstobetheonlysourceofmoralobligations .Buddhistethicscanthusbesaidtobebasedoncompassioninthesenseofamotivationtopursuethewelfareofothers .Onthisinterpretation,thefundamentalbasisofthevariousformsofBuddhistethicsisthesameasthatofthewelfaristmembersofthefamilyofethicaltheoriesthatanalyticphilosopherscallconsequentialism .Goodmanusesthishypothesistoilluminateavarietyofquestions .HeexaminesthethreetypesofcompassionpracticedinBuddhismandarguesfortheirimplicationsforimportantissuesinappliedethics,especiallythejustificationofpunishmentandthequestionofequality .

Professor Robert Guay

• 2009 .ReviewofRobertWicks,SchopenhauerinNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Professor Christopher Knapp

• 2009 .“SpeciesInegalitarianismasaMatterofPrinciple .”Journal of Applied Philosophy26/2 .

Professor Max Pensky

• 2009 .“Transition,Amnesty,andSocialTrust:LessonsfromSouthAfrica,”inJosephLewandowski,editor,Trust and Transitions: Social Capital in a Changing World,CambridgeScholarsPress .

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• 2009 .“PragmatismandSolidaritywiththePast:Mead,Benjamin,andtheEndsofMemory,”inChadKautzerandEduardoMendieta,editors,Pragmatism, Nation and Race: Community in the Age of Empire,UniversityofIndianaPress .

Professor Steve Scalet

• 2009 .Nintheditionofaleadingintroductorymoralandpoliticalphilosophytextbookinthecountry .Morality and Moral Controversies.Co-editedwiththelateJohnArthur,PrenticeHall .

• 2008 .StudentessaysfromthePPLandphilosophyPellHonorsProgram .Justice and Law and Social Philosophy: Our Changing Points of View.GlobalAcademicPublishing .

Professor Lisa Tessman

• 2009 .“ExpectingBadLuck .”Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy.24/1 .

• 2008 .“ReplytoCritics .”Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy.23/3 .Thisarticleispartofthe“TessmanSymposium”onBurdened Virtues,includingtheworkofthreecritics(CheshireCalhoun,MarilynFriedmanandChristineKoggel)andTessman’sresponse .

The Alumni Career NetworkTheAlumni Career NetworkisasearchabledatabaseofBinghamtonalumniwhohavevolunteeredtobecontactedbycurrentstudentsandalumniregardingcareerinformation .Therearecurrently47philosophymajorsand48PPL(orLawandSociety,whichiswhatPPLusedtobecalled)majorswhoarepartofthisnetwork .IfyouareacurrentphilosophyorPPLmajor,considerusingthenetworktoidentifyalumniwhohavevolunteeredtobetheretogiveyouinformation .Theycanbeidentifiedbyprofession,employer,location,majororgraduateinstitution .IfyouareaphilosophyorPPLgraduate,considerbecomingpartoftheAlumniCareerNetwork .Tousethenetworkgotowww .bconnectalumni .binghamton .edu .

Ifyouwanttocontactthealumniofficedirectly,sende-mailtoalumni@binghamton .eduorcall607-777-2431 .

Ifyouwanttocontactthealumniofficedirectly,sende-mailtoalumni@binghamton .eduorcall607-777-2431 .

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Alumni SpotlightStacey DanielcompletedtwodegreesinfouryearsatBinghamtonUniversity,thenwentstraightthroughFordhamLawSchool .Immediatelyupongraduating,shebeganworkasarealestateassociatewithSchulteRoth&ZabelLLP,thefirmsheclerkedwithduringthesummer .

Atacrossroadsofsortsasshewrappedupherbachelor’sdegree,DanielsoughtguidancefromthelateProfessorJohnArthuraboutwhethertocontinueonforamaster’sdegreeorheaddirectlytolawschool .“Hereallyinfluencedme,”shesays .“Basically,hesaidthatwhenI’monmydeathbed,Iwouldremembermylastyearofcollege,butnottheextrayearofpracticinglaw,soIdecidednottograduateearlyandtogoonformymaster’s .”

DanielcallsherselfluckythatshecametoBinghamtonknowingwhatshewantedtodo .“Ididakindofmini-debateinmiddleschoolandmyteachersaid,‘Youcould[bealawyer],’anditstuck,”shesays .HerdecisiontobecomealawyerwasconfirmedassoonasshestartedtakingPPLcourses .“Thisistherightfitforme,”shesays .“ListeningtoJohnArthurtalkingaboutthelaw,arguingaboutwhythelawsareonthebooks . . .whysomelawsworkandsomedon’t . . .”madeherchoiceeasy .

“SincemyolderbrotherwenttoBinghamton,IvisitedandhetoldmeaboutthePPLprogram .IcameinknowingIwantedtodoPPL .Theprofessorsaresofocusedongettingyoutothinkaboutthesocialworldandhowyourlifecaninfluencepoliticsandtheworld—howwestructureourselvesthewaywedo,”saysDaniel .

ShecreditsLisaTessman,associateprofessorofphilosophy,andherMAthesisadviser,ProfessorBat-AmiBarOn,forinfluencingher .“Theyweresoopenandwelcomingandinterestedinme,andhowandwhatIwasdoing,”shesays .Theyreinforcedthat“everyoneisallowedtoexpresstheiropinionsandwe’reallowedtochangeourmindsandthinkaboutwhatwewanttopursueinourlives .”

“AtBinghamton,Ienjoyedmyself,studiedashardasIcould,andthePhilosophyDepartmentwasinterestedinmeandwhatIwantedtobewhenIgrewup .Iwasn’tanamelessface,”shesays .“BinghamtonisagreatschoolandtheeducationIreceivedtherewasamazing .Ievenhaveacousintherenow .”

Stacey Daniel

“ At Binghamton, I enjoyed myself, studied as hard as I could, and the Philosophy Department was interested in me and what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wasn’t a nameless face. Binghamton is a great school and the education I received there was amazing.”

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The Course That Changed My LifeFrom Kayleigh George, Binghamton University Library Marketing Coordinator

AcollegecoursethatchangedmylifewasIntroductiontoPhilosophy .IwasafreshmanatBinghamtonUniversity,andwaslookingforsomethinginteresting—arealchallenge .Luckilyenough,myprofessorwasMartin Dillon.OneofthemostpopularprofessorsattheUniversity,ProfessorDillonwaslargelyresponsibleforinspiringundergraduatestomajorinphilosophy .Ifanyonewastrulymeanttoteach,itwashim .Hisintellectmatchedhisabilitytoconveyideas,whichisararefindinaprofessor .Hewasmagnetic—atrulycharismaticteacher,andapleasuretolistento .Hiscoursebookssitonmybookcasetothisday,includingworksbyFriedrichNietzsche,SørenKierkegaard,MartinHeidegger,Jean-PaulSartre,JeremyBenthamandLaoTzu .Shortlybeforehisdeathin2005,IwasfortunatetotakeanothercoursewithProfessorDillon:ExistentialismandModernThought .Iwillalwayscredithimwithopeningmymindandinspiringmetothinkindependently .

Martin Dillon

Money MattersIwouldliketobeginbythankingthoseofyouwhohavesentusdonationsbothforthePhilosophyGeneralFundandfortheMartinDillonMemorialFund .Thisandlastyear,Dr .MartinRinglehasbeenourspecialdonortothePhilosophyGeneralFund .

TheMartinDillonMemorialFundhasbeengrowingsteadilyandpassed$16,500 .Itproducesenoughincomeininterestforprizesthatweregiventothebesthonorstudents .Sincewecanalsousesomemoneyfromthefundtosupportphilosophyundergraduatestudenttraveltoundergraduatephilosophyconferences,itisimportantforthefundtocontinuegrowing .

Whatweneedtobuild,inadditiontotheMartinDillonMemorialFund,areotherdedicatedfundsand/orthePhilosophyGeneralFund,whichisabout$8,500shortofbecominga$15,000endowment .ItwillbewonderfultoturntheGeneralFundintoanendowmentthatwillpayforaPhilosophyDepartmentalSpeakersSeries,forexample .Ifyou’reinterestedinlearningmoreaboutdonatingtothedepartment,pleasecontactmeor,beginningSeptember1,incomingdepartmentchairMaxPenskybycalling607-777-3616 .

IamawarethatItendtoprovideawishlist .Thedepartmentdependsonyourgenerositymoreandmore .Your contributions really matter.Pleasecontinuetohelpourwishlistcometrue .All donations small and large are welcome.

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The department depends on your generosity more and more. Your contributions really matter. Please continue to help our wish list come true. All donations small and large are welcome.

Youcanmakeyourgiftonlinebygoingtowww .bconnectalumni .binghamton .edu/Giving/index .asp .Inthesectionfor“GiftInformation,”firstchooseHarpurCollegeastheschoolorunit .Thenselect“otheraccount,”completetheamountandtypeeitherPhilosophyGeneralFund,Account#10794;theMartinDillonMemorialFund,Account#20232;ortheLeonGoldsteinScholarshipFundinPhilosophy,Account#20361 .HarpurCollegeandBinghamtonUniversityalsowouldgreatlyappreciateyourgenerosity .Ifyouprefersendingacheck,pleasemakeitpayabletotheBinghamtonUniversityFoundationusingtheprintableformatwww .bconnectalumni .binghamton .edu/Giving/PrintableGiftPage .pdf .

YoucanalsocontacttheHarpurCollegedevelopmentofficer,LisaCourt,at607-777-4277orsende-mailtolcourt@binghamton .edu .Shewillbehappytodiscussgiftopportunitieswithyou .

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