Newsmakers: July 5, 2011

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July 5, 2011

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Tue Jul 05, 2011, 03:28 AM EDT

Matthew Bergeron Collings graduated from the nursing program at Maria College, Albany, on May 15. He is the son of Jeanne Collings of Cliff Haven and Daniel Collings of Plattsburgh.

Collings has been working as a cardiovascular technician in the Electrophysiology Lab at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany for the past four years. He attended Our Lady of Victory Academy and Peru Central School. He previously worked at Wooden Ski & Wheel and Play It Again Sports in Plattsburgh and also Lamoille Ambulance as an EMT prior to going to St. Peter's. Collings attended Maria College's night school program while working full time. He will be working as a registered nurse in the CCU at St. Peter's Hospital. Collings had the honor of being chosen to speak at the nursing students' "White Tea" pinning ceremony before graduation. He is an avid bicyclist, autocross racer and a certified snowboard instructor at Gore Mountain. He lives in Glenville with his fiancée, Sierra Seerup.

The following Plattsburgh State faculty and staff have received Chancellor's Awards this year: Dr. Deborah Altamirano for excellence in faculty service, Thomas Corigliano for excellence in professional service, Terry Lacey for excellence in classified service, Dr. Susan Lezon and Dr. Chris Martine for excellence in teaching and Dr. Jean Ouédraogo for excellence in scholarship and creative activities. This is Altamirano's second Chancellor's Award. Her first was awarded for excellence in teaching in 2006. In addition to holding a regular, full-time teaching load, the associate professor of anthropology serves as chair of her department; interim coordinator of the Latin American studies program; co-adviser of the Model Organization of American States; member of both the Faculty Senate and the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee; and adviser to Sigma Lambda Upsilon — a Latina sorority — and the Anthropology Club. She also recently co-chaired the search committee for the provost. These represent just a few of a long line of service commitments that began as soon as she came to campus in 1998.

Currently the associate dean of the SUNY Plattsburgh Branch Campus in Queensbury, Corigliano has held a variety of posts since he came to Plattsburgh State 43 years ago. He has served as a counselor, acting director of counseling, coordinator of academic advising, instructor of speech and communication and assistant to the vice president for academic affairs. He had served as regional coordinator for the extension center in Queensbury.

Lacey has worked at Plattsburgh State since 1990. Currently a secretary in the Office of Housing and Residence Life, Lacey assists students and families, providing them with information about issues related to housing.

Colleagues have cited her for "her willingness to go above and beyond; extraordinary work ethic; flexibility in performing her duties; ability to juggle multiple duties and, above all, her dedication to providing top-quality customer service," Ettling said.

Since he came to the college in 2006, Lee, an associate professor of accounting, has earned the respect of colleagues and students alike, according to Ettling's letter of recommendation.

Results of student surveys covering eight semesters show they rate him highly on all dimensions covered, including knowledge of material, course organization and ability to increase students' knowledge of subject matter.

Now an associate professor of art, Lezon joined the Plattsburgh faculty as an adjunct in 1994. Since then, she has come to be the college's only full-time faculty member in photography, incorporating her extensive experience in that field into several courses each semester. Student opinion surveys spanning five semesters of these courses show that the vast majority rate her teaching as excellent in every category.

Since Martine arrived on campus in 2006, the associate professor of biological sciences has published seven peer-reviewed articles, a technical report and two field guides; participated in a dozen scholarly conferences; and received a grant from the Nature Conservancy. Martine has fostered the active involvement of students. As a result, six of his students have now received the Botanical Society of America's Young Botanist Award, and several others have received competitive grants from the society to do research in the field. Martine himself was one of only two faculty in the world to receive the society's Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award last year.

This is the second Chancellor's Award for Ouédraogo, who received one for internationalization in 2005 because of his work organizing and executing a short-term cultural and linguistic immersion program at Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique.

Ouédraogo has produced a significant amount of scholarly work since he arrived on campus in 2000. Now a professor and chair of foreign languages and literature, he has written and published five book chapters, two books, 11 encyclopedia chapters and a book review in addition to editing a collective work and presenting at numerous professional meetings — all while carrying a full-time teaching load, serving on a number of college-wide committees and organizing conferences, film showings, poetry readings and other events.