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This semester, the Center for Graduate Studies kicked off a Graduate Student Ambassador program. The Graduate Student Ambassadors will work to provide a peer perspective in all recruitment and outreach initiatives pertaining to graduate student enrollment.
Over the last week, we have interviewed and selected 10 students to serve as Graduate Student Ambassadors for the 2014-15 academic year. They are as follows:
Jennifer Adams—MM Music Performance Katie Binder—MST Childhood Education Katie Brooker—MSED Special Education Grace Cady—MSED Literacy Specialist Andrea Gauthier—MST Adolescence Education Science Julie Hollis– MSED Literacy Specialist Katie Lavoie—MST Adolescence Education Science Erin Linkiewicz—MSED Literacy Educator Moriah Proyect—MSED Curriculum & Instruction Pasqua Ventre—MSED Special Education
On behalf of the Center for Graduate Studies, congratulations to these individuals as Graduate Student Ambassadors!
Learn more about our Student Ambassadors on page 6 of this issue!
Inside This Issue
Upcoming Events P.2 Meet Juliana P.4
Meet Beth Anne P.5 Student Ambassadors P.6
Program Events/Flyers P.7
Make a Difference Day is coming up!
On October 25, millions of
Americans will unite to do good for
others. “Our goal is simple. To unite
people, on one day of service, to
make a difference in their
communities.”
This year, Potsdam’s Center for
Graduate Studies is participating!
We will help the community by
cleaning up the section of Route 11
between the village of Potsdam and
Walmart. We’ll grab our garbage
bags and gloves, hit the road, and
pick up any trash we might see
littering the ground.
Starting at 10:30 a.m., we’ll spend
our morning picking up and then
we’ll celebrate our accomplishment
with a little luncheon. All team
members are encouraged to partici-
pate but should be aware that you
must cover your own meal. It will be
a great time to connect with each
other while doing some good for the
community, so come join in the fun!
Make a Difference Day
Graduate Studies Connections A Newsletter from the Center for Graduate Studies
October 22, 2014 | Fall 2014
Congratulations Student Ambassadors!
Calendar of Events/Important Dates
Academic Calendar or Deadlines
“BearAbilities” (Professional Dev.)
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October 2014
All professional development details
and registration info in greater
detail on our website at http://
www.eventbrite.com/o/center-for-
graduate-studies-3368229712
October 7: Preparing a Successful IRB
Proposal and Thesis Writing Tips
October 8: Lunchtime Roundtable:
Preparing for Teacher Certification Exam
October 22: Lunchtime Roundtable:
Preparing for Teacher certification Exam
October 23: Center for Graduate Studies
Lunch & Learn
October 25: Make a Difference Day
October 28: Last Day to Withdraw from
a Class or Elect the S/U Grading Option
November 12: Lunchtime Roundtable:
Preparing for Teacher Certification Exam
November 13: Bowling Night!
December 4: Program Spotlight: Educa-
tional Technology Specialist
December 12: Last Day of Classes
December 15: Final Exams Begin
December 22: Home for the Holidays
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November 2014
Thanksgiving Recess
Fall Recess
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December 2014
Career Planning is Here to Help! Career Planning offers many programs to help students prepare for life during and after college.
This semester, Career Planning is currently holding dates for career/major explorations, resume building, and
job search workshops. Workshops will be held in 206 Sisson Hall. Make sure to register for the workshops at
[email protected] or by calling 267-2344. The dates and times of the events are below. After attending a
workshop, be sure to meet with a professional staff member to continue your exploration or resume building!
Resume Workshop
Date Time
Monday, Sept. 15 9:00
Thursday, Sept. 18 3:00
Monday, Sept. 22 10:00
Thursday, Sept. 25 2:00
Monday, Sept. 29 11:00
Thursday, Oct. 2 1:00
Monday, Oct. 6 3:00
Thursday, Oct. 9 9:00
Wednesday, Oct. 15 1:00
Thursday, Oct. 16 10:00
Monday, Oct. 20 9:00
Thursday, Oct. 23 11:00
Monday, Oct. 27 10:00
Thursday, Oct. 30 3:00
Wednesday, Nov. 5 9:00
Thursday, Nov. 6 2:00
Monday, Nov. 10 3:00
Thursday, Nov. 13 1:00
Monday, Nov. 17 2:00
Thursday, Nov. 20 9:00
Monday, Nov. 24 1:00
Thursday, Dec. 4 10:00
Monday, Dec. 8 10:00
Career/Major Exploration
Time Date
Monday, Sept. 29 9:00
Tuesday, Oct. 7 10:00
Friday, Oct. 17 1:00
Tuesday, Oct. 21 11:00
Thursday, Oct. 30 10:00
Monday, Nov. 3 2:00
Thursday, Nov. 13 3:00
Friday, Nov. 21 2:00
Monday, Dec. 1 1:00
Wednesday, Dec. 10 11:00
Job Search
Date Time
Tuesday, Sept. 16 9:00
Tuesday, Sept. 23 10:00
Tuesday, Sept. 30 11:00
Tuesday, Oct. 7 1:00
Wednesday, Oct. 15 9:00
Tuesday, Oct. 28 9:00
Tuesday, Nov. 4 10:00
Wednesday, Nov. 12 9:00
Tuesday, Nov. 18 1:00
Tuesday, Dec. 2 2:00
Tuesday, Dec. 9 3:00
Meet Our Graduate Assistant Juliana Brush! Juliana Brush is in the first semester of her first year of the literacy specialist program. She
wants to be a reading teacher for children between pre-k and sixth grade who struggle with
reading because she has always loved to read and her passion for reading has only grown since
childhood. When it came time for her to choose schools, she knew that reading was for her.
After finishing up, Juliana hopes to find a job in a school; she doesn’t care if it’s in a classroom
or if it is a literacy specialist, she just wants to work in a school and will sub as much as possible
to get more exposure to the environment.
Juliana works in the Sheard Literacy Center as a Graduate Assistant. She spends her time working closely
with the mentoring program in which three local schools send children from pre-k through eighth grade to the
Potsdam campus Mondays through Thursdays for the undergrad childhood/early childhood education majors to
mentor. Juliana helps make sure the children get off the bus safely, teaches the mentors about how to be mentors,
and, preps them for blocks and student teaching. She also helps expose the undergrad students to the edTPA format
so that they can have practice making detailed objectives, work on classroom management, and practice positive
reinforcement. This position helps Juliana develop her skills as a leader and enhances her ability as an educator, and
she loves being in the Literacy Center.
Wanting to be close to home, Juliana chose Potsdam even though she was torn between Potsdam and
Clarkson at first. When she came to visit the Potsdam campus, she had that feeling of it being the right choice for
her. Juliana was a very shy person when she first came to college, but thanks to the caring and amazing professors,
she was able to be more open to asking questions and making friends. This open and friendly environment is her
favorite thing about Potsdam. She believes that the professors and students really care about each other and try to
help each other here.
Juliana hopes that students will look into internships and other opportunities while they are at college. She
also recommends being as prepared as you can for everything.
“Know as much as you can, have really good time management skills, and get as much as you can out of the
discussions in small classes. It’s really nice when you can do that,” Juliana said.
She also wants students to recognize the vitality of varying programs, especially in the field of education.
With the changing common core standards, she thinks it’s really important to help students out in any way possible,
and she is going to do so by developing a love for reading at an early age.
Alumni Spotlight Opportunity
SUNY Potsdam alumni are employed in positions across the United States and even around the world. Each month, alumni will be featured on the Center for School Partnerships’s bulletin board on the first floor of Satterlee to share their achievements and advice. In order for us to feature our alumni, we need to gather some information. If you would like to be featured or know of a Potsdam alumni interested, please fill out the following survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FBHNS8J Alumni are also encourage to fill out the Center for Graduate Studies Survey at http://www.potsdam.edu/current/GradStudies/alumni/index.cfm
If you would like to send a picture to include with your information, please email it to [email protected].
When it is your turn to be featured, we will send you a picture of the bulletin board to include in your portfolio.
The School of Education and Professional Studies is very proud of its alumni!
Meet Our GAP Beth Anne Sanford! Beth Anne Sanford is a first semester graduate student working on her MA in special
education. She is a Potsdam alumni with a degree in childhood/early childhood
education. Beth Anne hopes to continue on to become a full time teacher in Canton
for a bit, but is also willing to explore other options outside of the North Country.
She would love to go into special education but will take whatever teaching job she
can find.
Beth Anne participates in the Graduate Advantage Program here at Potsdam, and
can be found in the Academic Support Services office in Sisson Hall. Beth Anne heard
about the program from Tim Morse, her boss. She was a tutor during her undergrad
years, and Tim suggested that she apply. While on duty, Beth Anne works with the
group tutoring program. She explained that Tim interviews the groups and assigns tutors to the groups, then
Beth Anne makes sure that everyone knows what group they are in and who their tutor is. She also has the
opportunity to sit in on Tim Morse’s class as a TA if she wants to.
Because she wanted to stay active on campus and needed a little help covering the cost of grad school,
Beth Anne became a GAP. She also mentioned that participating in this program helps her balance the perfect
amount of time on campus helping people and at home with family.
Originally a transfer student, Beth Anne came to Potsdam because she knew she wanted to go into
special education but didn’t know where else to go for the program. She knew two friends who came to
Potsdam for the same program and decided to follow them. She has grown to love Potsdam though. She loves
the summers here in the town, but on campus, appreciates the amazing professors. She never connected with
her professors at her community college the same way she connects with her professors here, and she really
appreciates that. She also loves the various opportunities that Potsdam provides for students.
“Students should take advantage of as many opportunities as they can,” Beth Anne said. “I feel like a
lot of people think it’s expensive to study/travel abroad, and it is, but it’s so worth it.”
Beth Anne traveled to Australia in her undergrad and believes that Potsdam offers so many
opportunities for students, and people should go out and do something for the community rather than sit in
their dorms.
College Writing Center Welcomes Graduate Assistant The College Writing Center is fortunate to have hired English and Communication graduate student Bethany Fobare as a Graduate Assistant!
Bethany is working as the Assistant Director of the College Writing Center. She supervises and mentors tutors, provides tutoring, and leads workshops. This fall, Bethany has already led more than 15 workshops, mostly orientations to the CWC services for FYSS classes. She works closely with the CWC director, Dr. Jennifer Mitchell, to solve problems and improve our procedures for both staff and clients. Bethany worked in the Potsdam CWC as an undergraduate and studied journalism in Colorado before returning to Potsdam.
The CWC also congratulates Brenton Johnson, who was our past Assistant Director/ GA. Brenton com-pleted his master's in English and Communication and is teaching and tutoring at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake.
The App
Welcome Student Ambassadors!
Andrea Gauthier
Hometown: Glengarry, Ontario, Can-
ada
Degree Program: MST Adolescence
Education Science
Anticipated Grad Date: May 2015
Why Potsdam? The program here is
an accelerated program compared to
Ontario, and Potsdam has a great
reputation in Ontario.
E-mail: [email protected]
Katie Lavoie
Hometown: Malone, NY
Degree Program: MST Adolescence
Education Science
Anticipated Grad Date: May 2015
Why Potsdam? It was close enough to
home to get the college experience
without being too far away and I really
liked the campus, professors, and
people.
E-mail: [email protected]
Katie Binder
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Degree Program: MST Childhood
Education
Anticipated Grad Date: December
2015
Why Potsdam? I wanted to explore
options outside of Long Island. I real-
ly came for dance. I did my under-
grad here in dance and I want to
become a dance teacher so I’m kind
of making my own path by getting
both degrees.
E-mail: [email protected]
Moriah Proyect
Hometown: Liberty, NY
Degree Program: MSED Curriculum
& Instruction
Anticipated Grad Date: August 2015
Why Potsdam? I came here for the
education program and I really like
how similar it is to my hometown. It
was enough of a step outside of my
comfort zone but not too much.
E-mail: [email protected]
Other student ambassadors include Julie Hollis, Jennifer Adams, Grace Cady, Erin Linkiewicz. Congratulations again to all of our student
ambassadors! Welcome to the Center for Graduate Studies team!
Pasqua Ventre
Hometown: Westtown, NY
Degree Program: MSED Special
Education
Anticipated Grad Date: August 2015
Why Potsdam? I did my undergrad in
music education here and then loved
the campus so much that I decided to
stay!
E-mail: [email protected]
Katie Brooker
Hometown: Gloversville, NY
Degree Program: MSED Special
Education
Anticipated Grad Date: August 2015
Why Potsdam? I came here mostly
for the education program and once
I visited campus, I knew I wanted to
come here.
E-mail: [email protected]
The New York State Reading Association conference will be in Liverpool, NY (near Syracuse) on November 9-11. This year, the conference will host many people from authors to graduate students to college professors who will speak at over 100 sessions that pertain to literacy in the disciplines. Because the conference is being held near Syracuse, students might be able to make a day trip if they are worried about costs. If you would like to register, or would like more information, visit http://www.nysreading.org/Conference/2014. Don’t wait!
If you are a full-time student in college then you can join the NYSRA free of charge. You just need to send a letter from your college advisor stating that you are a full-time college student along with your membership registration form. The usual registration fee for students is $5. *Note- You will still need to pay $15 for your local council fee.
What does the North Country Council of the International Reading Association do?
(1) Encourages the study of literacy at all educational levels (2) Stimulates and promote research in literacy (3) Publishes the results of pertinent and significant investigations and practices
(4) Assists in the development of teach-education programs (5) Disseminates information relating to literacy (6) Promotes mutual understanding and cooperation among teachers, administrators, parents, and others in preschool programs, elementary grades, junior high, high school, special areas, and college (7) Sponsors conferences and meetings related to literacy
By joining, members will be able to network with others at the local and state level, learn the best practices to use with children in literacy, learn what is going on at the State and Federal Level, develop professional connections to Lit-eracy Gurus, develop leadership skills, have the opportunity to attend conferences and workshops, become advocates for literacy, meet many authors (well-known and not so well-known), have the opportunity to win grants and awards, and can be published in journals and other forms of publication.
For more information visit their website at http://northcountryreadingcouncil.weebly.com/.
The New York State Reading Association is offering
Free Student Membership!
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