SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor informed the University Board of Trustees that she will step down in 2014.
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Visioneering
Friday, October 12th, 2012A Tale of Two Speeches
Friday, September 14th, 2012
SU alum Travis Mason (right) giving an award to Dr. Cornel West in 2005.
This post is about two people: one rising star and one Academy Award-winner.
It’s also about two speeches that were given about one week apart. One speech was given at a college convocation; the other at a political convention. One speech is about education; the other is about politics. One speech was given in Syracuse by Travis Mason, a government affairs analyst at Google; the other speech was given by actor/director Clint Eastwood in Tampa.
Can you guess which speech was most effective?
Profile in Courage
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
John Dau, author, genocide survivor and international healthcare advocate
John Dau, head of the John Dau Foundation, was the keynote speaker for grand opening celebration of ProLiteracy’s headquarters on Marcellus Street yesterday. Dau is a genocide survivor from the Sudanese Civil War and now a college graduate.
Dau said that an education is one of the most important assets a person can acquire. It can never be taken away from you, he said.
Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
Saturday, August 11th, 2012
Vision Center Program Director Gina Rivers, along with Rev. John Carter, spoke to graduates of the 2012 Synergy Program during a ceremony held at Upstate Medical University on Friday.
Mercy Works, Inc. gathered 2012 Synergy Program students and local leaders at Upstate Medical University yesterday to participate in a Celebrity Apprentice-style program to culminate a summer of development and leadership training. Synergy is one of several enrichment programs run by Mercy Works.
Student team leader Keith Rowser
Team “X Static 8” celebrates a win for Service Project of the Year
Mercy Works Inc. Director of Development Clarence Jordan (right), who served as a celebrity judge, talks with Sen. John DeFrancisco during the program.
Why Rap?
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Joe Clair, entertainer and health advocate, visited Syracuse with the Rap It Up Campaign.
Comedian, actor and former VJ Joe Clair (aka Cleezy) brought humor and but also a generous dose of reality to the Southwest Community Center in Syracuse yesterday during the Rap It Up event. He talked about a family member being HIV positive and having to take 30 pills a day for the past 20 years to maintain. At the same time he said, those same medicines can do damage to the body.
Rap It Up Event Panel
As a moderator a panel that included Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow, adolescent health specialist Dr. Jeri Dyson and singer Sammie, Clair kept it real by enlightening and entertaining the crowd, young and old, with sobering statistics and the need for prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases.
“Some of these disease do not have symptoms,” Clair said. “That’s why you need to get tested.”
Below hear Dr. Dyson talk about diseases that do not go away.
Schoolhouse Rap
Saturday, April 7th, 2012Education consultant Erik Cork brings a fresh approach to learning.
Schoolhouse Rap from Syracuse in Focus on Vimeo.
Saturday School
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Erick Cork: Born to InspireThose who can do; those who can’t teach. Those who can’t teach administrate; and those who administrate should hire Erik Cork.
Cork, who plays the role of a walking Hip-Hop thesaurus, dj, preacher, high-0ctane story-teller and teacher, brought his Rap, Rhythm and Rhyme Workshop at Bethany Baptist Church today.
Hundreds of students from several Central New York school districts and their parents attended. The day was an educational experience today that was exciting, refreshing and pure edu-tain-ment.
Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme: Children learn in different ways
I saw parents stare in unanimous disbelief as they watched elementary age to high school-aged children enthusiastically participate in learning vocabulary words and study skills to the beat of contemporary music.
Cork’s philosophy illustrates that children be excited about learning. All it takes is a fresh approach, flexibility in formula and higher expectations (by parents and educators).
Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme: No child left in the background
Ushering Boys to Men
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Coming Back Together X-Cal to Action Education Forum
Syracuse University alumni returned to campus this weekend for Coming Back Together (CBT) X. Today’s CBT X schedule featured a panel discussion about “Saving Our Black and Latino Boys” at the School of Education that featured Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler, former SU Football player A. Alif Muhammad, Keith Alford, Dalia Rodriguez and Jeff Mangram. Muhammad (standing in photo above) stressed education with cultural sensitivity and warned against misrepresenting the behavior of black and Latino young men. Here’s an article written about Muhammad by Syracuse-based journalist Saundra Smokes.
CBT X Education Forum
Welcome Back
Monday, September 5th, 2011Here’s a back to school message from blogger Seth Godin about the state of education today.
Just Say Yes
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Say Yes to Education (Syracuse) Scholars with Executive Director Rachael Gazdick
Here are some photos from the Say Yes to Education Summer Festival held yesterday at Thornden Park.
Elmwood Dance and Drill Team
Perfect Combination: Say Yes Counselors Kenzell Cooper and Irene Hudson dance for the crowd.