Faculty/Staff June 2020 Employment News
Employment Patrick O’Brien, Interim Environmental Health & Safety Officer effective June 8, 2020.
The Crane School of Music Dean Vacancy
The Crane School is accepting on-line applications for the administrative position of Dean. Reporting to the Provost, the Dean supervises the School’s faculty members, professional and administrative staff, and the Associate Dean; serves as a primary liaison with the School of Education & Professional Studies and the School of Arts & Sciences; and serves on the Provost’s Cabinet, President’s Council, and other college committees.
Anneliese Bishop ’17
With just a few weeks left until graduation, SUNY Potsdam senior Anneliese Bishop is hard at work developing real-world skills as a social media intern at Brasher Falls Central School. Bishop is the school’s first social media intern, a position that she has embraced with passion and dedication. During the internship, she launched the school’s first Instagram page and has been regularly updating their Facebook and Twitter accounts with fresh content that highlights activities at the high school, middle school and elementary school in Brasher Falls.
Erin Wagner ’13
Just five years ago, alumna Erin Wagner ’13 was studying geology behind the walls of SUNY Potsdam’s Timerman Hall. Now she works as a geologist for ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company in the world.
‘Potsdam Shaped Who I Am as a Clinician’
Just four years after completing his degree at SUNY Potsdam in exercise science, Luke Vitale ’20 has already received his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Duke University, completed three clinical rotations around the country, and has now been hired as a travel physical therapist for a sports / orthopedic clinic on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Measures of Success
Just a mile down the road from SUNY Potsdam, Claudia Basabakwinshi ’24 slips into her waders and carefully steps into the chilly water flowing through Parkhurst Brook. Extending what looks like a blue telescopic ski pole, she measures the water velocity with a flow meter, as her classmate Alyssa Card ’26 calculates the depth of the stream.
The Archaeologist’s Path
Just three days after walking across the Commencement stage, Sydney O'Melia ’24 was already working in the real world, applying skills from her undergraduate degree in archaeological studies.
Driven to Excellence
At just twenty years old, Victoria Sekyere ’23 has already published a book, started a non-profit organization, and is in the process of applying to law school as she wraps up her degree in criminal justice with a minor in pre-law at SUNY Potsdam.
Education
K-12 Education Those that go on to teach physical science or earth science at elementary, middle, or high school have the ability to change lives and get students excited about science. Jobs center on preparing and implementing lectures and classroom activities to teach science content and reasoning.