College Community Responds to Clothing Drive

Members of the Gathered in Faith Together (G.I.F.T.) Club coordinated a clothing drive for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Faculty, staff and students responded in a big way, donating some 2,300 articles of clothing, which were picked up by The Salvation Army Oct. 21. 

Students had an added incentive in this drive. Clothing was dropped off in residence halls and the one that contributed the most clothes would win a pizza party. In a close race, Space Hall came out on top with 612 articles.

"T" Time

Clothesline Project Raises Awareness of
The Abuse and Violence Against Women

“Members of the College community were invited to design a T-shirt that will be used to help raise awareness about violence against women,” said Claudia Welbourne, director of counseling services and director of “Our Place,” the Women’s Center.

Sponsored by the Women's Center and the Association of Future Social Workers (AFSW), seven shirts were hung on a clothesline on the Norton Chapel lawn.

Stephanie Dean, a psychology and social work major coordinated the project.

“It’s important to raise awareness about a variety of abuses, such as rape and incest, along with domestic violence,” said the junior, who resides at the Women’s Center. “Abuse not only affects the victim, but the family and

friends of the victim as well. It happens more than people think.”

“The shirts [the students created] will join the clothesline at the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center in Penn Yan as a College community contribution,” said Welbourne.

Different colored shirts have different meaning and include: white (women who died due to violence); yellow or beige (women who have been battered or assaulted); red, pink or orange (women who have survived rape or a sexual assault); blue or green (women who are survivors of incest and sexual abuse); purple or lavender (women attacked due to their sexual orientation); and black (women attacked for political reasons).

Up Next: Chelsea Bango

Indian River Central School Senior Selected
Experiential Learner of the Month

Oxbow resident Chelsea Bango, a senior at Indian River Central School in Philadelphia, N.Y., is the October recipient of Keuka College’s Experiential Learner of the Month Award.

Keuka, the national leader in experiential, hands-on learning, established the program to honor high school students whose commitment to experiential, hands-on learning has made a difference in their communities.

 Bango will receive a partial fellowship to Keuka and qualify for the Experiential Learner of the Year Award, which carries a full fellowship to the College.

A member of the softball team at Indian River, Bango is a regular participant in the school’s talent shows.

A member of the Oxbow Presbyterian Church, she is a founding member of the

choir and has assumed a leadership role of the youth group. She has raised funds so that the youth group could attend spiritual conferences and conduct a mission trip to help the homeless in New York City.

Bango also takes part in worship services the church holds at a nearby nursing home.

“The highlight of the services is the singing of old-time hymns that Chelsea and her friends lead,” said Ronald Sinclair, pastor of the church. “After the service, Chelsea always spends time with the residents to let them know that they are loved.”

Bango’s community service work also extends to the local fire department and earlier this year she took a lead role in the staging of a community pig

roast that raised funds to help maintain local cemeteries.

In addition to her schoolwork, athletics, and volunteer work in the community, Bango has held various jobs.

The Experiential Learner of the Month Award-winner is featured on television stations throughout central, western, and northern New York state, as well as the Southern Tier.

The participating stations include:

• WTVH, Channel 5, Syracuse (CBS).
• WROC, Channel 8, Rochester (CBS).
• WKBW, Channel 7, Buffalo (ABC).
• WWNY, Channel 7, Watertown (CBS).
• WBNG, Channel 12, Binghamton (CBS).

(Net)Working It

Students Participate in Turnaround Management Association’s
Student Night for Third Year

Six Keuka College upperclassmen had the opportunity to rub elbows with an array of business professionals Oct. 18.

The students—Amy Chaffee (senior management major), Kyle Sylor (junior management major), Robin King (senior management major), Todd Lincoln (junior management major), Allison Berwanger (junior accounting major), and Eric Bishop (senior management major)—participated in the Turnaround Management Association’s (Upstate

New York chapter) Student Night, held at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford.

This is the third year that Associate  Professor of Management Ann Tuttle has taken Keuka students to the event that is designed for college students. Other colleges that participated this year were the University of Buffalo, Syracuse University, St. John Fisher College, SUNY Brockport, and SUNY Geneseo.  

“It is a wonderful opportunity for Keuka’s business students to network with business professionals—managers, bankers, accountants, and attorneys—who all work in the areas of turning struggling businesses around,” said Tuttle. 

In addition to being a networking opportunity, the event also featured a presentation and panel discussion on the resurrection of the Rochester/Toronto CATS fast ferry. Led by Michael J. Beyma of Underberg & Kessler LLP, the discussion also featured Rochester City Commissioner of Environmental Services Ed Doherty and Rochester Corporate Counsel Linda Kingsley.

“[The presentation] complements some of the business studies [that are part of the Division of Business and Management’s curriculum],” said Tuttle, who added that classroom discussions also broach reasons why businesses fail, including accounting, management, marketing, financing, and human resources.

Here She Is. . .

Senior Jessica Bryant Earns Scholarship from
Miss America Organization

The organizational communication major from Newark earned the Pyramid Award in Marketing and Public Relations, a scholarship for those contestants pursuing a career in marketing or public relations.

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and

local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance. This assistance is not just for the handful of young women who become Miss America, but is available to the more than 12,000 young women who compete in state and local competitions.

“As a communications major at Keuka, I know that I have a diverse background of classes and activities which made me qualified, even though I was not specifically majoring in marketing or public relations,” said Bryant, who learned of the scholarship by viewing the Miss America website, where a list of available scholarships for competitors is provided.

Bryant, a contender for Miss New York State 2005, thought she would have heard the news at the pageant, held at the beginning of July. But as summer

passed, and school began, Bryant assumed that no news meant she did not receive the scholarship. 

“I was notified by mail that I received the scholarship, consisting of $2,500 to defray college expenses, or to pay off student loans,” said Bryant, who was selected Miss Salt City in February. “While many see pageants simply as big hair, sequins, and bright lipstick, it has contributed greatly to my ‘college fund.’ Receiving this scholarship was such an honor to receive, and it will certainly help pay for next semester's bill.”