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President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. announces appointment of Dr. David A. Starrett as Executive Vice President and Provost
President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. announces appointment of Dr. David A. Starrett as Executive Vice President and Provost
Friday June 11, 2021
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Dr. David Starrett
I am excited to announce the appointment of Dr. David A. Starrett as SUNY Fredonia’s new Executive Vice President and Provost, effective August 15, 2021. The appointment includes a concurrent tenured position as Professor in the Department of Biology.
I am looking forward to working with Dr. Starrett and the faculty and staff as we go forward in the university’s next chapter. His background in the natural sciences, and his extensive research, teaching, and academic leadership experience make him highly qualified to assume this role. Also, Fredonia’s potential for future growth throughout the university, especially in the areas of science
Three sperm whale calves. (Amanda Cotton)
Five Israelis have been invited to join a pioneering global research project aimed at listening into and understanding the language of sperm whales, the animals with the biggest brains on the planet.
Project CETI Cetacean Translation Initiative forms part of TED’s Audacious Project program, which annually selects what it calls “big, bold solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges.”
CETI seeks to provide the first-ever blueprint of another animal’s language and maybe even to enable humans to communicate with these great mammals, which are ranked as vulnerable worldwide by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and as endangered in the US and the Mediterranean.
NMSU Faculty Senate rejects proposed merger of education and health colleges
LAS CRUCES – The New Mexico State University Faculty Senate on Thursday rejected Provost Carol Parker s proposal to combine two colleges into a new college.
Parker proposed in August 2020 to merge the College of Education, the College of Health and Social Services, and the Department of Sociology (in the College of Arts and Sciences), to create a new college to be named the College of Health, Education and Social Transformation. The proposal is actually quite modest, Parker said. The only thing that would change is one thing instead of these units being spread across three colleges. None of the academic programs will change. None of the faculty will be affected. Nobody s going to be moved to a different department. Nobody s departments are being changed in any way. None of our faculty policies concerning tenure promotion will change. Essentially, literally, we are just giving all of these pre-exist
While the pandemic has delayed the physical opening of the new Autism Diagnostic Center at New Mexico State University, the center is now offering telehealth services to children under 36 months old in need of a diagnostic evaluation for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Cosette Montañez, a licensed psychologist and NMSU associate professor in the Department of Communication Disorders, leads the interdisciplinary team at the Autism Diagnostic Center. The ADC is currently conducting evaluations via telehealth for children younger than 36 months in need of a diagnostic assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. (Courtesy photo)
In order to receive treatment, a child must have a medical diagnosis of ASD from a qualified evaluation provider. Since the center opened last year, staff has seen a high demand from parents and children not just in southern New Mexico, but from around the state.