{"id":63728,"date":"2015-09-26T11:16:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63728"},"modified":"2015-09-26T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T14:21:48","slug":"annual-wheler-conference-on-world-affairs-to-focus-on-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63728","title":{"rendered":"Annual Wheler Conference on World Affairs to Focus on Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Cazenovia, NY \u2013 Sept. 2015)\u00a0Cazenovia College will host the 14th Annual Wheler Conference on World Affairs, on\u00a0Wednesday, Oct. 7.\u00a0Debbie Stack, director of Education and Community Engagement at WCNY in Syracuse will kick off the event at\u00a09 a.m., in the Catherine Cummings Theatre at Cazenovia College with the keynote address on “Educating Our Children Through Public Media.”<\/p>\n

Stack, WCNY\u2019s chief grant writer, oversees all onsite educational programming in WCNY\u2019s Education Center; is responsible for the integration of educational content across WCNY\u2019s multiple media platforms; works with WCNY\u2019s television production department on documentaries, special projects, and Double Down, WCNY\u2019s high school academic quiz show; and directs WCNY\u2019s community engagement initiatives as part of WCNY\u2019s mission to be the community\u2019s connector. She is a former adjunct professor in the museums studies graduate program at Syracuse University and also owned and operated Syracuse Scenic Tours. She is a member of the Boards of the Onondaga Citizen’s League, the Onondaga County Public Library System, and the Friends of the Witter Agricultural Museum in addition to being a founding partner of the Onondaga County Literacy Coalition.<\/p>\n

The Wheler Family Conference is made possible through the support and efforts of the Wheler Family, in particular Barbara Wheler and the late A. Gordon Wheler, former trustees of the College. The conference is a U.S. Constitution Day event.<\/p>\n

The conference schedule, available at\u00a0www.cazenovia.edu\/wheler<\/a>, includes the following breakout panel discussions on “children,\u201d as well as additional sessions and program details.<\/p>\n

\u201cEncouraging Creative Thinking in Children\u201d
\nElizabeth Heller, sales and graphic designer, Logowise, LLC, Binghamton, NY
\n“Autism and the First Responder”
\nDaniel Riordan ’06, EMS manager, Penfield Ambulance
\n“Children in the NYS Court System”
\nChristine Nicolella, Esq., sole practitioner attorney, Delanson, NY, and attorney, Child Liaison to the Appellate Division, Third Dept., Office of Attorneys for Children, Schoharie County
\n“Mentoring Matters”
\nJessica Ginney\u00a0and\u00a0Dennis Hoover, mentoring program supervisors, Community Action Partnership for Madison County
\n“Who, Me? Yes, You!”
\nTheatrical presentation by students in Visiting Assistant Professor\u00a0Roxy\u00a0Spano\u2019s First Year Seminar class
\nScreening of 2013 documentary,\u00a0American Winter<\/p>\n

One of the many highlights of the day is the invitation-only luncheon that will feature the annual\u00a0Sarah Webster Addresses, given this year by\u00a0Sophia Kinne, a senior from Thomas J. Corcoran High School in Syracuse, New York, and\u00a0Rebecca Nicolella, Cazenovia College junior and social science major from Delanson, New York.\u00a0 Nicolella is also this year’s assistant conference director.<\/p>\n

All conference offerings, with the exception of the luncheon, are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact\u00a0Dr. John Robert Greene, conference director, and the Paul J. Schupf professor of history and humanities, at\u00a0(315) 655-7229\u00a0or\u00a0rgreene@cazenovia.edu.<\/p>\n

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