{"id":2306,"date":"2021-02-15T01:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T01:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/sas\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2021-02-16T20:33:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:33:05","slug":"winter-2021-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/sas\/2021\/02\/15\/winter-2021-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2021 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 2020 - February 2021, Vol 2, Issue 3<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

Mac<\/span>ricost<\/span>A&<\/span>S
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Western Connecticut State University<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Scholarships Available<\/span><\/h3>\n

New scholarships are added each year, and the application process generally takes less than five minutes.<\/h4>\n

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Special Appointment Assistant Professor of Writing<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Sarah Darer (Littman) on Panel and Published<\/span><\/h4>\n

Sarah Darer (Littman) was on a panel discussing <\/span>Using Fake News to Broaden Teens\u2019 Worlds<\/span><\/em> at the YALSA\u2019s Young Adult Services Symposium with former CIA analyst, Cindy Otis, and Peter Adams, Senior VP of Education at the News Literacy Project.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, her poem, \"Cutting my Heart Out with a Butter Knife\u201d about losing her father to Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, was recently published in the inaugural <\/span>Connecticut Literary Anthology.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Biology Chair and Professor<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Theordora Pinou Featured in National Podcast<\/span><\/h4>\n

Inside Higher Ed, Academic Minute featured Dr. Dora Pinou on their podcast. The episode, Teaching the Environment, explained the importance of outdoor and situational learning to build confidence in Biology and pursuing STEM careers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to the episode, <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Assistant Biology Professor<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Carlos E. Santibanez-Lopez in Netflix Mini Series<\/span><\/h4>\n

New biology faculty member, Carolos E. Santibanez-Lopez, participated last year in a mini-series that is now on Netflix. The series is called <\/span>Alien Worlds<\/span><\/em>, and he is in the second episode, \"Janus.\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the trailer, <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Undergraduate Biology Major<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Shannon Miranda Published in NewsTimes<\/span><\/h4>\n

WCSU biology major, Shannon Miranda, had a letter to the editor published in the paper, NewsTimes. The letter, \"No prescription needed to achieve a 'blue mind,'\" is about relating to water for mental\/spiritual health.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the letter, <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Biology Scientific Publication<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Biology Student and researchers Author Paper Published in Endangered Species Research<\/span><\/h4>\n

Co-authors of this recent paper included current WCSU graduate student, Kayla Deguzman; WCSU Biology Chair, Dr. Theodora Pinou; and Adjunt Researcher, Dr. Nathan J. Robinson. Kayla was also a WCSU Biology undergraduate and SURF program alum,<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the paper, <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Meteorology Alumni And Department News<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Zachariah Silver Returns to WestConn<\/span><\/h4>\n

Dr. Zachariah Silver<\/span> (B.S. Meteorology 2010) has returned to WestConn this spring semester as an adjunct professor, teaching PHY 103 Fundamentals of Physics and team teaching MTR 231 Weather Analysis and Forecasting II with Prof. Rob Eisenson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zach left WestConn and earned his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2017. His thesis topic was 'Mesoscale Modeling and Observations of Flow in Mountainous Terrain'.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Undergraduate Math Students<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

WCSU Students Present at JMM Conference<\/span><\/h4>\n

Six research teams represented WestConn at the Joint Mathematics Meeting undergraduate poster session.<\/span><\/p>\n

One team won an Outstanding Poster Award (Evdokia Kottou, Tyler Grubelich, Advisor: Dr. Xiaodi Wang) and another earned an Honorable Mention (Lylah Bottelsen, Carina Cardoso, Advisor: Dr. Xiaodi Wang). Two of the Award winners, Kottou and Grubelich, are local high school students who took Dr. Wang's summer research class. Since 2008, WCSU students have won outstanding poster awards at 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021's JMM.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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English Professor<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Heather Levy Publishes Book<\/span><\/h4>\n

Dr. Heather Levy of the English Department published <\/span>Reconsidering Elizabeth Bowen\u2019s Shorter Fiction: Dead Reckoning<\/span><\/em> in December. This book integrates the entirely of scholarship on Bowen\u2019s short stories and considers the implications of perpetrator trauma in narratives of mayhem, suicide and murder. It introduces five previously unpublished short story fragments and two nearly complete stories from The Elizabeth Bowen Collection at The Harry Ransom Research Center at the <\/span> University of Texas at Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Creative and Professional Writing Students<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Great News from Current and Past MFA Students<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Shannon Marzella, a first semester MFA candidate, is excited to announce her first book, <\/span>Girl in Shadows<\/span><\/em>, has recently been acquired by an independent publisher, Nymeria Publishing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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MFA alumna, Beth Turley's next middle-grade novel, <\/span>The Flyers<\/em> <\/span>(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers), releases June 1, 2021. Pre-order her book <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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MFA candidate, Susan Mangiero, is excited to begin an internship with the Highlights Foundation, a premier non-profit that \u201cpositively impacts children by amplifying the voices of storytellers who inform, educate, and inspire children to become their best selves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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MFA candidate, Kristine Donahue, is thrilled to announce the start of her new role as a technical writer for Medtronic, Inc. Medtronic is the largest medical device manufacturer in the world and produces a wide variety of medical devices. Kristine embarks on her new career path on Medtronic\u2019s surgical robotics team.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Send submissions for the newsletter to msasdean@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Winter 2021, Vol 2, Issue 3<\/p>\n

Morgan Rondinelli, Editor & Publisher<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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