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÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.

Joseph Damrath, attorney, Hornell City judge, and associate professor at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College, has been named a Distinguished Jurist by the Center for Dispute Settlement. He was honored at a luncheon in February.

Damrath, who was among 10 candidates nominated for the award, selected by a panel of judges from the Seventh Judicial District (which includes Steuben County), was cited for using peaceful conflict resolution in his courtroom for the past 15 years, which helps in alleviating court-case backlogs.

Physical and Health Sciences Department at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College, met with members of the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College Honors Program and biology students in February to explain how high-energy, high-caffeine drinks affect the human body physically and mentally.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College’s Communications Office has captured a bronze medal in the Higher Education Marketing (formerly Admissions Marketing Report) Report’s 25th annual national competition for its total recruitment package, which includes the ASC Viewbook, Applied Technology Viewbook, Road Piece, Campus Life, Financial Aid, and Athletics pieces.

Dr. John M. Anderson, president, ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College, has joined a growing list of higher education leaders committed to fighting global warming. Earlier this week, Anderson agreed to sharply reducing and eventually eliminating all of the college’s global warming emissions, and accelerating the research and educational efforts to equip society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate.

Nine ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College information technology students, accompanied by James Boardman, assistant professor and chair, Computer and Information Technology Department, will travel to Orono, ME, in early March to participate in the 2010 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC). The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College Cyber Defense team consists of the following members:

The Greeks at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College have once again smashed the myths surrounding fraternities and sororities by surpassing the all-student grade point averages (GPA) in fall 2009. This major accomplishment has been the result of hard work and dedication by members of the Student Life staff as well as Greek leaders who have encouraged sororities and fraternities to include scholarship and academic excellence as important goals for their organizations.

What would you do if your mother had successfully battled breast cancer and was the guest of honor at a party celebrating that victory? If you’re Nicole Wagner, Fulton, a third-year bakery intern in the culinary arts: baking, production and management program at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College, you bake her a bust—literally!

Students, faculty, and staff at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College continue their efforts on behalf of Haiti relief. In just three weeks, a variety of activities has netted a total of $7,350.31. Among the most visible is the growing paper brick wall being built in the Central Dining Hall on the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ campus.

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