Professional Activities
Karrie Kalich (Health Science), Dottie Bauer (Education), and Deirdre McPartlin (Child Development Center) gave a presentation entitled “Changing Preschoolers’ Eating Habits through Gardening and Nutrition Experiences” at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference in Dallas (Nov. 4–8, 2008). The conference is one of the largest professional-development conferences in the United States, with more than 20,000 early-childhood professionals in attendance. Their presentation summarized the Early Sprouts curriculum and presented data that demonstrate the impact of the program on children’s preference for vegetables. Karrie, Deirdre, and Dottie are also pleased to announce that their book, Early Sprouts: Cultivating Healthy Food Choices in Young Children, will be published in February 2009 by Redleaf Press.****
Jose Lezcano’s (Music) latest CD, Latin Landscapes, was recently released. In collaboration with Matthew Shubin, bassoonist, and Paul Schliffer, flutist, of the Rochester Folk Art Guild, the CD features his original compositions and arrangements of Latin American composers for guitar and winds. The CD is available at Hannah Grimes and on Jose’s website. Jose also performed Nov. 24 at the RFAG Series in Middlesex, N.Y., and gave a Spotlight talk on Nov. 8 in Fitchburg, Mass., on “Flamenco and the Classical Guitar” for the Noche Flamenca performance at Weston Auditorium.****
Irene Herold (Mason Library) presented a three-hour workshop in November for the OCUL (Ontario Council of University Librarians) Associate University Librarians Meeting at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on mentoring for leadership. This was based upon research she did for Managerial Leadership in the Information Profession courses she has completed for her Ph.D. program at Simmons College. It included a review of three leadership theories (transformational, LMX, and team), their relationship to mentoring, and best practices in leadership mentoring in industry and library organizations.
