Several JCC faculty members were honored with Applauding Participation in the Learning Environment (ApPLE) awards this fall.
ApPLE recognizes scholarly research, grant awards, professional honors, creative presentations, and publication credits achieved by faculty. Recipients included:
- Essays by English professor Karen Weyant were published in About Place, Barren Magazine, Lake Effect, MARY: A New Journal of Writing, Potomac Review, Solidago Review, and Stitch.
- Heather Burrell, assistant professor of nursing, was elected president of the board of directors of the Competency & Credentialing Institute, a perioperative organization for nursing.
- Simone Sellstrom, assistant professor and director of media, visual, and performing arts, completed the second edition of her book, Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses, for use by the Small Business Development Center of New York.
- Compositions created by associate professor and coordinator of music Neil Flory were performed at several universities and colleges. His Sonata for Euphonium and Piano was published in March.
- Associate professor and director of teacher education Renee Funke was elected second vice president of the New York state organization of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators.
- Meghan McCune, associate professor of anthropology and sociology and co-director of the social sciences, presented a paper, “Seneca Decolonization and the ‘State’ of Salamanca: The Changing Relationship Between a Native Nation, a Congressional Village, and New York State,” at the 117th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Society.
- Political science professor and global studies coordinator Greg Rabb received a fellowship from the State University of New York Rockefeller Institute of Government to study fiscal stress in small western New York cities. He also received a research grant from the University of Illinois to study Palestinian issues.
- Ellen Lehning, professor of biology, and Andy Pitoniak, assistant professor of biology, published a paper in the Journal of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society.
- Technical writing contributions by cybersecurity and computer technology instructor Ken Zatyko helped a defense contractor win a $200 million contract for educating Department of Defense employees.
- Assistant professor and reference librarian Cynthia Horton McKane was a peer reviewer at a Western New York Library Resources Council conference. She also did several presentations on research for JCC and College Connections faculty.