Director of the Salazar Rio Grande del Norte Center Paul Formisano, Ph.D., attended the first-ever Water Day at the Capitol along with VP of Advancement Jake Rissler and Development Officer Kate Martinez on Wednesday, March 11. There, they joined other representatives from the San Luis Valley and water professionals throughout Colorado to visit with legislators, their staff, and the public about the importance of the state’s water resources. “It was a great opportunity to raise awareness about initiatives at the Salazar Center and Adams State, and forge new relationships with groups across the water sector,” Dr. Formisano said.
In February, Prison Education Program Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Justin Gallant presented “Architechture of temporal violence in carceral systems” for the Transformative Justice Conference out of Utah (savethekids.org). He also gave a speech and presented a lived storyteller award to Instructor of Distant Education Lucas Alan Dietsche.
Justin Gallant will be published in the Poetries in English magazine on October 1, for “Seeing the Unseeable: Nietzche Shelling and Foucault on the first image of a black hole. ” And on September 7, Adjunct Professor Gallant will present “Post-Reality and the flux of temporal fantasms” at “Temporalities in AI” seminar talk series from Cambridge University, UK.
Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Director of the Edward M. Ryan Geology Museum Chayan Lahiri, Ph.D., presented at the Crane Festival (March 8) titled “Ancient Lake Alamosa.”
The Title III STEM HSI grant team attended the 18th Annual Association of Hispanic Serving Institutions Educators (AHSIE) conference in Boston, MA, on March 8-11. Project Director of the El Centro Sierra Blanca Grant Ken Marquez, Activity Coordinator of the HSI STEM Grant/El Centro Grant Sarah Noller, and Title III HSI STEM Grant Co-Researcher Aaron Montoya, Ph.D., presented their grant research project, Peer Mentoring and Servingness in STEM First-Year Seminar classes, to members of the association. The presentation was a continued effort to disseminate the research study findings and data. Dr. Montoya and Rena Kirkland, Ph.D., professor of psychology, served as the researchers for this project.
Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Science Graduate Program Coordinator Tracey L. Robinson, Ph.D., had a research article, Physical Activity, Exercise and Cancer, published related to the Larry Holder Exercise and Cancer Survivorship program.
In March, Professor of Music Matthew Schildt’s, Ph.D., piece, Nocturnal Passage for flute and piano was performed at the College Music Society conference at Virginia State University. In April Dr. Schildt’s piece Gathering Stars for percussion ensemble will receive its premiere performance at the College Music Society conference at Southern Illinois University.
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Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Marty Jones, Ph.D., is featured on the NPR tote. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Alamosa Public Radio Station KRZA.
