Terrier Volume 75, Number 1 - Spring 2011 | Page 18

Fa c u lt y N ot e s

Dr. Steven M. Lipson (Biology and Health
Promotion) attended the Multidisciplinary 2011 New
England Science Symposium at the Harvard Medical
School. Dr. Lipson’s and colleagues’ research was
presented as a poster presentation. He also
published “Effect of Cranberry and Grape Juices on
Tight Junction Function and Structural Integrity
Among Rotavirus-infected Monkey Kidney Epithelial
Cell Culture Monolayer’s” in Food and Environmental. Dr. Lipson was also named “Man of the Year” by
the New York City chapter of the Borough Park Lodge
No. 409, Independent Order of OddFellows for his
relentless efforts of service to the community.
Drs. Lipson and Marina Gair (Education) published
a science-education study in the Journal of

Dr. Ian Maloney (English) and several students
attended the final dress rehearsal for Hamlet at
the Heights Players on Willow Place as well as a
complementary performance. Afterward, the
director and cast sat with students and discussed
the play, live theater, and Shakespeare.
Dr. John McNamara
(Physical Education)
volunteered to make
an exercise DVD for
the New York City
Department of
Education. Students
who do not have physical education teachers at
their school will be able to follow along with the
DVD for a fat burning, muscle building workout.
Dr. Carmine Nogara
(Accounting), a
volunteer firefighter for
the town of Glen Rock,
N.J. (seen holding the
hose), helped fight the
biggest fire in his
12-years with the fire
department. Fortunately,
no one was injured.
Dr. Kathleen Nolan (Biology and Health Promotion)
invited seven science majors to attend two

R

.
ST

With your support, St. Francis College continues to immerse our students
in the Franciscan traditions of academic excellence, civic responsibility,
and a deep spirit of compassion.

F
2011 UND F

O

Giving today for the good of tomorrow

10

FR

E

Mitch Levenberg’s (Academic Enhancement)
“The Pen” and “The Line” will appear in The Same
Press Magazine, and his story “The Game Farm”
will appear in the online journal Big City Lit.

Watch the student
co-produced and
acted film at www.
stfranciscollege.
edu/terrier

G

Dr. Peter Leibman ’71 (Education) facilitated the
Kappa Delta Pi Southern Conference in Alabama
and spoke at the Kappa Convocation in November
in Indiana. As part of growing partnerships with
city schools, he hosted curriculum planning
meetings with faculty and supervisory staff from
PS 133; held a thank you breakfast for staff at
PS 128 and helped create an anti-bullying program
with Boody JHS, also arranging for St. Francis
College students to serve as big brothers and
sisters for Boody students.

Microbiology and Biology Education (JMBE). The
article, “The Recording of Student Performance in
the Microbiology Laboratory as a Training, Tutorial
and Motivational Tool, expounds the use of motion
”
picture recording of student work [in the laboratory], and the use of student-acted tutorial films
as learning and motivational tools.

20

Dr. Francis Greene (Department of Foreign
Languages, Fine Arts, and International Cultural
Studies) delivered a three-part lecture on American
Art at the Crossroads Cultural Center in Manhattan.
In addition, he presented a paper at the International Symposium on Sacred Space at the Savannah
College of Art and Design, attended the annual
conference of the Society of Architectural
Historians in New Orleans, and received a Faculty
Development Grant for travel and research in
Germany this summer.

AN

CIS CO

L

LE

The Fund for St. Francis College updates and enhances the experience of a
Franciscan education for our current students and those of the future. It underwrites the
scholarship assistance which the majority of our students depend upon to attend SFC. Every gift
to SFC is important as it will directly beneficially impact the lives of students. Our students
recognize this and are deeply grateful. Be a part of the bridge that links youthful dreams and
hopes with future success.
Make a secure gift on-line at
https://gifts.stfranciscollege.
edu or send a check payable
to St. Francis College within
the enclosed business
reply envelope.

Y